Since the end of the Jewish Sabbath, Israel has intensified airstrikes in northern Gaza, having completed a deployment of troops, artillery and tanks that now only awaits orders to advance into the interior of the enclave. The army appears to be diligently implementing its three-phase plan to invade Gaza and destroy Hamas and its militias. The top military spokesman, General Daniel Hagari, once again called on the Palestinian population this Sunday to move to the south of the strip, as more than 700,000 residents of the territory’s north have already done since the last day the army has a mosque in Jenin (West Bank) continues to bomb and exchange fire with the Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon.
The Gaza Health Ministry has increased to 266 the number of Palestinians killed in bombings in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours as of midday this Sunday, Portal reports. Israel has again ordered civilians to leave the north of the strip, particularly the enclave’s capital, where it says the command centers of Ezedín al Qasam’s militias and political leaders are hidden in a secret Hamas tunnel network. “Urgent message to the residents of Gaza. Its presence north of the Gaza River [límite fijado por el ejército en la zona central del enclave] puts his life in danger. “Anyone who decides not to leave the northern Gaza Strip south of the river could be identified as an accomplice of a terrorist organization,” it says in Arabic in leaflets about Gaza City and in text messages received on their cell phones. Population. Of the 1.1 million Palestinians who live in this part of the coastal area (almost half of the total), around 700,000 have already fled to the south.
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In addition, at least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli army attacks on the West Bank overnight, according to the Palestinian Authority (PNA). One of the attacks hit a mosque in Jenin, which the Israel Defense Forces said served as an “underground terror infrastructure.” The ANP has issued a statement denouncing that Saturday night’s bombing in Jenin represents a “dangerous escalation” of the conflict. Meanwhile, tensions remain in the north of the country on the border with Lebanon, where the army has decided to evacuate another 14 towns amid attacks and exchanges of fire with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah. She warned: “It is a very dangerous game.” Syria, in turn, accuses Israel of having attacked the airports in Damascus and Aleppo and shutting them down.
Amid the Israeli attacks, the humanitarian aid Gaza needs once again entered Gaza through the border post with Egypt in Rafah, where the United States’ agreement with Israel and Cairo allowed the first convoy to enter as early as Saturday. of 20 trucks with food and medicine, which are not enough to meet the needs of the population. According to the Portal agency, humanitarian and security sources confirm that the second convoy consists of 17 trucks.
The Israeli army spokesman has increased to 212 the number of Israeli hostages and hostages of other nationalities who remain in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, following an attack on Israeli territory on October 7 that left at least 1,400 people dead came. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 4,600 people have been killed by Israeli attacks or bombings since the war began, 70% of whom were civilians.
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