In Beirut, the head of Hezbollah speaks for the first time since the Hamas attack on October 7: “Holy and only Palestinian operation. All options are on the table.” Blinken: “Maintain calm and stability in the West Bank.” Israel rejects a ceasefire until the hostages are released. UN Secretary-General Guterres: “Horrified by ambulance attack”
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According to US sources, Israel will intensify its ground operations by reducing air strikes
The United States expects a new phase of Israel’s war against Hamas with a reduction in airstrikes in the coming days and a greater focus on tactical ground operations. US sources explain this CNN. Following Antony Blinken’s return visit to Israel, US sources say the administration is “being very direct about war decisions and deliberately asking difficult questions” in talks with Israel. Asked whether Washington believes it is time to support calls for a ceasefire, the administration official said a ceasefire was not appropriate given the scale and nature of the attacks on Israel on October 7. He then reiterated that the US continues to call on Israel to take the so-called “humanitarian pauses” and stressed that although Israel has the right to defend itself, it must respect international law.
05:57
According to media reports, Hamas tried to get its fighters out of the Gaza Strip amid injured foreign citizens
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes: “A senior American official said Hamas tried to smuggle its fighters out of Gaza in ambulances Rafah, delaying efforts to evacuate foreign citizens. US officials reportedly found that a third of the names on the lists of people to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip were Hamas fighters.
04:55
Israel announces capture of a Hamas stronghold: “Documents on the 7/10 attack inside”
Israeli troops have announced the capture of an important fortress Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where the soldiers of the Givati Brigade They also found documents that could be crucial for further steps in the war. An army spokesman said this. According to Israel, the facility housed Hamas’s intelligence headquarters based in Jabaliya and stored documents including detailed maps, charts, communications and personal information on terrorists and Hamas commanders; “Similar contents were found on the bodies of captured and dead terrorists after the October 7 attacks.”
04:34
US expresses support for Palestinians, NYT journalist resigns
For his support for the Palestinian people and his opposition to Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip, according to the New York Times Magazine journalist Jazmine Hughes she stepped back. The decision came after a conversation with his editor. In recent days, the journalist signed a letter of opposition to the Israel-Gaza war from Writers Against the War on Gaza, which the NYT said was a violation of editorial policy. “While I respect that he has strong convictions, this was a clear violation of Times policy, which I fully support and which is an important part of our commitment to independence,” the editor-in-chief wrote. New York Times Magazine, Jake Silverstein in an email to the editor. Hughes, who worked for the Times since 2015, had no comment on the resignation. The letter was also signed by other journalists from the Los Angeles Times, Jewish Currents, Al Jazeera, Vox Media and New York Magazine.
04:20
USA: “Israel has significantly refined its battle plans against Hamas”
A senior official told reporters that Israeli war planners made changes after consultations with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken. He writes it the time of Israel. Today, Blinken is in Amman, the capital of Jordan, for a summit that will be attended by the foreign ministers of several Arab countries – in addition to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt – as well as the secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee, Hussein al-Sheikh.
04:12
Guterres horrified by attack on ambulances in Gaza
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio GuterresHe said he was “horrified” by Israeli forces’ attack on an ambulance convoy in Gaza. He said this in a statement, adding that the conflict “must come to an end. The images of bodies scattered on the street outside the hospital are heartbreaking,” his statement said.
01:58
Red Crescent call: “Stop attacks on medical workers”
The Palestinian Red Crescent (Prcs) calls on the international community to intervene to protect civilians and medical teams from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The objection was made on the profile of The statement came after Israel admitted attacking an ambulance near the hospital Al Shifa in Gaza, causing 15 deaths and 60 injuries, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. Israel claimed the ambulance was hit because it was used by Hamas.
01:06
Gaza, rocket against ambulance convoy. IDF: “Used by Hamas terrorists to transport weapons”
According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry, at least 15 people were killed and around 60 injured in Israel’s rocket attack on an ambulance. The attack, confirmed by Israeli forces, was planned because the vehicle was used by terrorists to transport weapons into the enclave. The explosion in front of the hospital al-Shifa where thousands of displaced people have sought refuge.
00:18
Al Jazeera, 20 dead in school bombing in northern Gaza Strip
According to the station AlJazeera At least 20 people died in the Israeli bombing of a school-turned-emergency shelter North of Gaza: This was reported by the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave. Dozens of people were injured near the institute Osama bin Zaid.
(afp)