president Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu You spoke on the phone today. It is the first exchange between the two since the Israeli army’s air strike in the Gaza Strip.
Biden reiterated to Netanyahu that “Israel has every right and responsibility to protect its citizens from terrorism” and stressed that “it must do so in accordance with international humanitarian laws that prioritize the protection of civilians.” This is stated by the White House in its coverage of the telephone conversation, the first since Israel’s invasion of Gaza, between the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister.
Now it is France today condemned the “unacceptable violence” of Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. “France strongly condemns the settler attacks that have led to the deaths of several Palestinian civilians in Qusra and el-Sawiya in recent days, as well as the forced displacement of several communities,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to military radio, violent clashes broke out between Israeli IDF soldiers and armed Palestinians in the north of the strip, near the Erez border crossing with the Jewish state. According to the same source, the militiamen emerged from a tunnel several hundred meters long on the nearby border with Israel and fought a battle with the soldiers. Many Palestinian fighters were reportedly killed. The army has not yet confirmed the matter.
The Israeli army has increased the number of ground troops in the northern Gaza Strip as part of the expansion of the operation. The Palestinian Red Crescent (Prcs) has reported that Israel has called for the immediate evacuation of Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza as “it is on the verge of bombardment”: The Red Crescent itself reports this in the Guardian. “PRCS has just received serious threats from the occupation authorities to immediately evacuate Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip because it would be bombed. Since this morning there have been raids 50 meters from the hospital,” the message said.
Video The Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip continue
Israel has “firebombed” areas of southern Lebanon, including the area near the UN base in Naqura, where the headquarters of the UN mission (Unifil), which includes a thousand Italian soldiers, is located. No casualties were recorded among civilians or soldiers. Lebanese media reported this, citing the mayor of Naqura, Abbas Awada.
There have been such incidents in the last 24 hours, said the military spokesman Over 450 Hamas terrorist targets were hitincluding operational command centers, observation posts and anti-tank missile launch sites.” As part of the expansion of ground activities – he continued – “joint combat forces attack terrorist cells that attempt to attack soldiers”. Last night an officer and a soldier were injured: apparently the first in this operation.
“Humanitarian efforts in Gaza, led by Egypt and the United States, will be expanded on Sunday.” This was stated by Israeli army spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, adding that “Gaza residents have been fighting for more than two weeks over various “You must stay away from Hamas outposts.” The warning is reissued: Civilians in the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City should be temporarily affected Move south to a safer locationwhere they can get water, food and medicine.
Hamas’ health ministry said: More than 8,000 people (half of them children) were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war with Israel.
Islamic Jihad has announced the killing of Taysir Alghouti, a member of the organization’s political bureau, in an Israeli raid. Alghouti, the Palestinian faction said, was hit at his home in Rafah, southern Gaza, along with his family, many of whom died in the attack.
A Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli army in the Askar refugee camp near Nablus in the West Bank. This was reported by Palestinian medical sources quoted by the Wafa agency, who stated that the Palestinian (25 years old) “died from a severe chest wound” and that ten others were also injured. Accidents and collisions were then reported in Tammun near Nablus and Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Arrests in Gaza after food raid, trained under protection
After a mob of Palestinians raided the UNRWA warehouses in Deir el-Balah (south of Gaza City), Hamas police intervened and made numerous arrests. Local sources told ANSA that IThe police managed to recover a large part of the looted quantities. With this step, the bakers, who had threatened to close their businesses after becoming victims of violence, They assured that they would produce bread for the population tomorrow if the police guaranteed them protection.
“The situation in Gaza is becoming more desperate by the hour,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a visit to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Guterres repeated desperate calls for a ceasefire to end the “nightmare” of bloodshed. “I regret that instead of a much-needed humanitarian pause, supported by the international community, Israel has intensified its military operations,” he added.
Telephone and internet communication in Gaza has gradually started working again, writes the Portal agency – as the website Ynet reports.
Netanyahu: “I made a mistake, I apologize for criticizing the army”
“I was wrong. The things I said after the press conference should not have been said, and for that I apologize.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote this on X after deleting his first social media post in which he wrote Accused intelligence services and army leaders of failing to warn him about Hamas’ plans. “I fully support all the heads of the security services” as well as “the army chiefs of staff, commanders and soldiers who are at the front and fighting for our country.”
Netanyahu had written on Facebook that he had not been warned by military intelligence or the Shin Bet (internal security) about a possible war by Hamas. The military broadcaster then responded that it had instead received warnings of possible attacks from the Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis, which has become “more aggressive” due to tensions in Israel. Centrist leader Benny Gantz (who is part of the “national emergency government”) defended the military leaders and called on the prime minister to retract his statements.
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