7:48 p.m
Hamas and Hezbollah will go to war if we are destroyed by Israel
Hezbollah will go to full war with Israel if Hamas is completely destroyed in Gaza. NBC reports citing a Hamas member in Beirut. “Now is not the right time. The red line for Hezbollah is the complete destruction of the resistance in Gaza,” Ahmed Abdul Hadi told NBC.
7:41 p.m
Israeli troops in the parliament in Gaza City
Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade entered and took control of the parliament in Gaza City. The photo of troops displaying Israeli flags behind the presidential table went viral on social media.
7:30 p.m
New missile warning sirens in central Israel
The warning sirens are wailing again in central Israel. The Israeli military reports that a major rocket attack has been launched across the entire central area of the country for the first time in days.
7:28 p.m
Israel, Hamas has lost control of Gaza
“Hamas has lost control of Gaza, it has no power to stop the army.” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that “terrorists are fleeing to the south and civilians are looting their bases. They no longer have confidence in the government.”
7:06 p.m
UNRWA, tomorrow we will not be able to receive aid from Rafah
“Our trucks have run out of fuel: tomorrow we will not be able to receive the aid arriving from the Rafah crossing,” Thomas White, the head of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, wrote this on X.
7:05 p.m
WHO: “Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is almost a cemetery”
Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Strip, “is no longer functioning as it should due to power outages and fuel shortages” and “almost resembles a cemetery.” Christian Lindmeier, spokesman for the World Health Organization, told the BBC. Lindmeier explained that around the facility “there are bodies that cannot be cared for and cannot even be buried or taken to a morgue.” The WHO is particularly concerned about the fate of dozens of premature babies who can no longer stay in their incubators. Lindmeier said the hospital is unable to provide kidney dialysis to 45 patients who need it. Inside the facility are around 600 patients and other people who have sought refuge in the hallways.
6:45 p.m
Scholz: “Two-state solution only possible without Hamas”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was only possible without Hamas. “This is a terrorist organization and must be fought” and is not the basis for a two-state model, said Scholz at a meeting with the Ngg union. The Tagesschau reports about it.
6:25 p.m
Hamas Health Ministry: “Death toll rises to 11,360”
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, the number of people who have died in the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 11,360. This was reported by the Palestinian press agency Wafa. The dead so far include 4,609 minors, 3,100 women and 678 elderly people. However, the number of injured reached 28,000.
In the West Bank, the number of Palestinians killed rose to 180 and the number of wounded rose to 2,700. The ministry reiterates that it is difficult to collect information due to the lack of communication and attacks on hospitals, but says that 3,250 citizens, including 1,700 minors, are still missing.
5:49 p.m
Minister Cohen, pressure is growing on Israel for a ceasefire
Pressure on Israel to reach a ceasefire is increasing. This is what Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said – quoted by the media. “From a political perspective,” he said, “we recognize that Israel is under greater pressure. The pressure is not very great, but it is increasing.” He then added, according to the media, that “in the conversations I have with foreign ministers, they emphasize the humanitarian issue,” while “the shock of the October 7 massacre is weakened”. “There are also those who do not publicly ask for a ceasefire.”
5:08 p.m
A journalist was injured in an Israeli bomb attack in Lebanon
A Lebanese journalist was injured in southern Lebanon today by shrapnel from a bomb fired by Israel near the demarcation line between the two countries. This was reported by the Lebanese Order of Journalists, according to which the local MTV television crew was the target of an Israeli raid near Yarun, a place not far from the front line between Hezbollah and Israel. On October 13 last year, a Lebanese journalist, Issam Abdallah, was killed and three other journalists were seriously injured by gunfire from Israeli territory. A Lebanese reporter injured in this attack had to have her leg amputated.
4:24 p.m
Medical sources: “6 dead in Israeli attack in southern Gaza Strip”
Six Palestinians were killed and others injured, including children and women, after Israel shelled “a house belonging to the Al-Shafi’i family” in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. This is reported by the Palestinian agency Wafa, citing medical sources.
4:03 p.m
Israel orders closure of “Hezbollah-friendly” broadcaster
The Israeli security cabinet yesterday approved the suspension of the activities in Israel of the Lebanese satellite channel al-Mayadeen, which is believed to be close to Hezbollah positions. The Times of Israel writes it. The authorities cite the reason that their programs “harm national security.” In particular, these include live broadcasts near Israeli army positions. Some ministers have also called for al-Jazeera to be shut down. But according to media reports, the government is hesitating because Qatar is brokering the release of the hostages held by Hamas.
3:42 p.m
Netanyahu on Hezbollah: “They are playing with fire”
“Anyone who thinks they can escalate attacks against our armed forces and civilians is playing with fire.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this, referring to the situation on Israel’s northern border, but without directly mentioning Hezbollah. “We will respond to the fire with even greater fire,” he added in a speech at a military base. “Let’s not put ourselves to the test. So far we have only shown a small part of our potential.”
Referring to the situation on the Gaza front, Netanyahu said, reiterating his desire to defeat Hamas: “There are no breaks here. There are no half measures here. It’s not an ‘operation’, it’s not a ’round’. Let’s move forward to complete victory.
3:34 p.m
King Abdallah: “Israel must not occupy Gaza or security zones”
Jordan’s King Abdallah rejects any plans by Israel to occupy parts of the strip or establish safe zones within the Palestinian enclave. This was reported by the Petra Agency, according to which “the priority now is to end the war and allow sufficient aid to the Gaza Strip.”
3:15 p.m
Israel: “21 terrorists killed in Quds hospital”
The Israeli army eliminated “a terrorist team stationed in the area of Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza, which fired at the soldiers from the entrance to the hospital.” The military spokesman said, adding that “21 terrorists were eliminated.”
According to the spokesman, “The team had infiltrated a group of civilians at the entrance of the hospital when they started firing with a grenade launcher and other shots. The soldiers returned fire. During the firefight,” he continued, “civilians were seen leaving the hospital.” Hospital buildings and other terrorists coming out of adjacent buildings hid among themselves and joined the attempted attack. After the shooting, the terrorists returned to hide in the hospital. The incident – he stressed – “is another example of how Hamas continues to abuse civilian structures, including hospitals, from which attacks are carried out.”
2:38 p.m
UN, diesel shortage, humanitarian operations in Gaza stopped within 48 hours
The United Nations has warned that humanitarian operations in Gaza will “cease within 48 hours” due to fuel shortages.
The head of the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, Thomas White, warned today that “humanitarian operations will be suspended within 48 hours if fuel is not allowed into the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip, where there is fighting between Hamas and Hamas is coming.” Israel. “This morning two of our major water utilities stopped working – running out of fuel – which will deprive 200,000 people of drinking water,” wrote Thomas White on X.
UN video, flag at half-mast in honor of personnel killed in Gaza
2:38 p.m
Israel “attacks Hezbollah” after launches from Lebanon
After firing rockets from Lebanon, Israeli planes attacked a number of “positions and locations of Hezbollah terrorists.” The military spokesman said this, explaining that the targets included “terrorist infrastructure, weapons depots and Hezbollah command centers.” An Israeli civilian hit by a Lebanese Hezbollah rocket in the Upper Galilee yesterday died. The media reports about it. This is an employee of the electricity company who was doing repairs in the town of Dovev, not far from the border. Several of his comrades were injured in this attack.
Some Israelis were injured in the Upper Galilee this morning in another attack from southern Lebanon. According to Kan public television, they were hit by an anti-tank missile and several mortar shells aimed at the entrance gates in the village of Netua’, a few kilometers south of the border. Mortar shells exploded in another Israeli border village, Margaliot, this morning but caused no casualties. The residents of the area near the border are being accommodated in emergency accommodation. After an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon at the Israeli village of Netua, Israeli artillery hit the position across the border from which the shot came. This was announced by the military spokesman.
1:36 p.m
A doctor from Al Shifa: “The tanks are in front of the hospital”
As the Guardian reported, Dr. Ahmed al-Mokhallalati told the media at al-Shifa Hospital that “there are tanks in front of the hospital.” “It is a completely civilian area. Only hospital facilities, hospital patients, doctors – he said – and other civilians in the hospital. Someone should stop them. They bombed the water tanks and wells, they also bombed the oxygen pump. They bombed everything in the area.” So it’s unlikely we’ll survive. We tell everyone that the hospital is no longer a safe place to treat patients. We are harming patients by keeping them here.”
Al Jazeera reports that Mohammed Zaqout, director of Gaza’s hospitals, said there were still about 650 patients, 500 health workers and about 2,500 displaced people in the hospital complex. The Guardian reports on it. The figures are lower than those released over the weekend, when it was reported that 1,500 patients, 1,500 health workers and 7,000 displaced people were on site.
Video Gaza, the Israeli army’s attacks on land and from the air
12:36 p.m
The Palestinian prime minister is asking for UN and EU aid to be parachuted into the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh He called on the UN and the European Union to send “parachute aid” to the Gaza Strip. “I ask the United Nations and the European Union to send aid with parachutes to the Gaza Strip, especially to the north,” Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh said, referring to the area where fighting is most intense.
Video Gaza, the appeal of the Palestinian Prime Minister: “UN and EU send parachute aid to the Gaza Strip”
12:32 p.m
Tajani: “An Italian-French-German document on Gaza has been presented”
“Italy is at the forefront of providing assistance to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip We are ready to treat injured Palestinian children in Italy: At the heart of today’s debate was the Italian-French-German document aimed at isolating Hamas, preventing it from causing harm, cutting its funding and preventing a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe and the world said Minister Antonio Tajani in Brussels.
Furthermore, said the Foreign Minister, “Gaza must be part of a future Palestinian state and we believe that the only legitimate organization that governs it is the PNA: of course it must modify and modernize itself. In a transition period, this could include a United Nations presence and a Unifil-style presence to avoid a backlash, as is the case on the Israel-Hezbollah border. In Brussels, Tajani, Italy, said was ready to do his part when asked: “With its credibility in the Middle East, Italy can play an important role for the two-state solution.”
Video Middle East, Tajani: “Italian-French-German document presented on Gaza”
12:27 p.m
Borrell’s mission to Israel and Arab countries this week
“This week I will travel to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan to discuss humanitarian access and assistance as well as policy issues with regional leaders. We need a political horizon focused on the two-state solution. This goal can only be achieved through dialogue. This was announced by the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, on X. It is Borrell’s first mission to the region since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
12:07 p.m
Israel announces humanitarian pause in Rafah
Israel has announced a four-hour humanitarian break in the urban agglomeration of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The “tactical cessation” of military activities in the area applies from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This is reportedly the first time Israel has observed a humanitarian pause in the sector south of Wadi Gaza.
Meanwhile, according to Israeli public radio station Kan, the Rafah transit crossing towards Egypt has been opened to allow around 500 people with dual nationality to leave the country. Today 85 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are expected to arrive.
11:50 a.m
Hamas rules out partial prisoner exchange: “It must be complete”
“Our position on the prisoner dossier was clear from the start. And it refers to a complete prisoner exchange.” He said it, as Israeli media reported: Osama Hamdan High Hamas representative from Lebanon, who thereby ruled out rumors of negotiations for a partial exchange between hostages and prisoners of the faction in Israeli prisons. He also explained that negotiations over the hostages with foreign passports are running in parallel in the hands of Hamas, but are being “obstructed” by Israel.
11:07
Turkish ship with field hospital landed in Egypt near Gaza
A Turkish ship carrying materials for a field hospital has landed in the Egyptian port of Al-Arish, near the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, a port official reported. A Turkish health official told AFP that the ship was carrying “materials, generators and ambulances for the establishment of eight field hospitals.” The delivery comes after Hamas government officials reported that all hospitals in northern Gaza were “out of order” due to fighting with Israeli forces.
10:11
WHO, Al-Shifa Hospital is no longer functioning
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on “Tragically, the number of deceased patients has increased significantly,” he wrote, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
And quoted by Al-Araby TV and CNN, the medical director of the Palestinian medical facility, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya said that the operating theaters “are completely out of order and when the injured come to us, we can’t give them anything other than first aid.” “Anyone who needs surgery dies and we can’t do anything for them,” adds the managing director. Regarding premature babies who are taken out of incubators after they run out of oxygen, Abu Salmiya said: “They are wrapped in aluminum foil and we put hot water next to them to keep them warm.”
At Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, “27 adult patients” who were in intensive care and “seven premature babies” who were kept in incubators have died so far, according to the Hamas Health Ministry, which updated the death toll : Information that cannot be verified.
09:18
Borrell (EU): “Already dealing with the post-war scenario in Gaza”
“Today we should start talking about post-war Gaza, not just about reconstruction, but also about offering the Palestinians an inclusive solution: I will present a range of options, things we should do and things we should “This is what the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, said upon his arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council.
“It is urgent to establish and respect humanitarian pauses in order to distribute humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip, wherever people need food and assistance.” This was stated by the European Commissioner for Emergencies, Janez Lenarcic, specifying that humanitarian Breaks must be “announced well in advance” so that humanitarian organizations can prepare, and that they must be “clearly timed” so that “humanitarian workers can carry out their work safely.”
The commissioner also stressed the need to bring “many more trucks carrying humanitarian aid” to the Gaza Strip to ensure the delivery of “urgently needed” fuel. “We will support every opportunity to receive humanitarian aid,” said Lenarcic, explaining the possibility of establishing a maritime corridor for humanitarian aid to Gaza. “The logistical problem,” he added, “is the fact that there are currently no disembarkation and unloading facilities on the Gaza coast, which therefore need to be set up.”
“Now we need greater EU engagement in the Middle East and in particular in building the Palestinian state. If no solution is found, we will now see a cycle of violence that will last from generation to generation,” said Josep Borrell at the end of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
08:10
NGO: Eight pro-Iranian fighters killed in US strike in Syria
At least eight pro-Iranian fighters, including at least one Syrian and two Iraqis, have been killed in US raids in eastern Syria in recent hours in response to attacks on American personnel. This was reported by the Syrian NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This is the third American attack on Iran-linked sites in Syria in less than three weeks.
08:02
The army: “Hamas weapons and structures discovered in schools, mosques and houses”
Israeli army ground troops in Gaza continue to take place Hamas weapons and facilities in schools, mosques and activists’ residences the Islamic faction. According to the military spokesman, soldiers from the 401st Brigade discovered a faction structure in the Al-Quds University and a cache of explosives in the Abu Bakr Mosque on the outskirts of the al-Shati refugee camp. A cache of weapons was discovered at the home of an Islamic Jihad activist in Beit Hanoun, including some in a child’s bedroom. A tunnel entrance, intelligence material and weapons were also found in Beit Hanoun.
Video West Bank, Israeli settlers pose as Hamas and infiltrate a school
07:26
UN, at least three nurses died in Shifa. Hamas: “Six died prematurely due to lack of treatment”
At least three nurses have died at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, near which fighting is taking place, according to a UN bulletin carried by the BBC. In addition, according to the United Nations, vital infrastructure of the hospital, such as the oxygen production machine, water tanks and a well, the cardiovascular ward and the maternity ward, were damaged.
The United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast as a “mark of homage” to fallen UN personnel in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA, the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, said more than 100 of its staff have died in Gaza since Israel’s crackdowns began. The BBC writes it.
Meanwhile, the Hamas government says that in the last few hours the number of premature babies who died due to lack of treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has increased to six and that the number of patients in intensive care has lost their lives the same reason has increased to nine. .
5:59 p.m
The Kingdom of Signs: Israel between David and Goliath
One of the stories in which the origin of Israel is rooted, the battle between David and Goliath, which is won by the seemingly weaker one, namely the shepherd boy who will become king, defines the unique duplicity of how Israel has been perceived over time: weak or strong, victim or executioner, as the case may be. This is one of the elements that further complicates the understanding of a complex event such as the Arab-Israeli conflict in its departure from Hamas and Israel.