The intensification of fighting in Khan Younis – which Israel says will continue for another month – has prompted the IDF to order residents to leave their homes and reach the camp. Al Mawasi, a collection of tents and makeshift shelters where Palestinians who have left their homes have gathered. The UN sounds the alarm: “Half the population he is starving9 out of 10 families You don't eat every day“. UN Secretary-General Guterres spoke at the Doha Forum and recalled the US veto of the Gaza ceasefire resolution: “The United Nations is paralyzed by geostrategic divisions. But I promise not to give up.
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UN: “Half of the population dies of hunger”
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The Israeli army is calling on residents of Khan Yunis to evacuate
10:25 a.m
Guterres: “The UN is paralyzed by geostrategic divisions. But I promise not to give up.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laments the failure of the Security Council and condemns the “divisions” that are “paralyzing” it. “The most important forum for the peaceful resolution of international disputes is paralyzed by geostrategic divisions,” Guterres said at the Doha forum. “And this is affecting solutions from Ukraine to Myanmar to the Middle East.” According to Guterres, “the council’s authority and credibility have been seriously undermined.” Words that come after the US vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. “I have reiterated my call for a humanitarian ceasefire,” said Guterres, who has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter in recent days. “Unfortunately the Security Council has failed to do this, but that does not make it any less necessary. I can therefore promise that I will not give up.”
09:44
Qatar: “Efforts for a ceasefire continue. We will not give up”
Mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire in the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip continue despite incessant Israeli bombing, reducing “the chances” of a “positive outcome.” This was stated by Prime Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani during the Doha Forum. “Our efforts, which we are implementing together with our partners, continue. We will not give up,” he assured.
09:39
A French frigate shoots down drones from Yemen in the Red Sea
The French military has announced that a navy frigate intercepted and shot down drones launched from Yemen over the Red Sea. “The Navy's multi-mission frigate Languedoc (Fremm) shot down two anti-drones that came from the shores of Yemen,” said a statement published on X in recent hours. According to the press release, “these two threats” were “intercepted and destroyed” yesterday evening about 110 kilometers off the Yemeni coast near Al Hudaydah.
09:28
Former Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman: “War with Hezbollah is inevitable”
“The IDF is prepared for a conflict on multiple fronts,” said Avigdor Lieberman, former Israeli foreign and defense minister and founder of Israel’s Beytenu party, in an interview on radio 103Fm. “We must end the war in Gaza and prepare for another one in the north, that is inevitable,” he said in statements republished by The Jerusalem Post, with an apparent reference to the border with Lebanon and Lebanese Hezbollah.
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Fighting continues in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
Fighting continued overnight in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. The military spokesman said that the Air Force had attacked “infrastructures in which terrorists operated and also tunnel entrances”.
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Sources Israel: “The war in Gaza will last another two months”
Israeli sources quoted by Kan TV estimated that the war in Gaza could last “two months.” The same sources added that after this period there will be no ceasefire, but local operations carried out by forces that remain close to the Gaza Strip.
07:29
UN: “Half of the population dies of hunger”
Half of Gaza's population is starving as fighting continues between Hamas and Israel, said the deputy director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Carl Skau.
Only a fraction of needed supplies have made it to Gaza and in some areas nine out of 10 families are unable to eat every day, the official added, stressing that conditions in Gaza have made humanitarian aid deliveries “almost impossible.” would have.
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The United States has not set a deadline for Israeli army operations in Gaza
Israel's national security adviser Tzachi Hangebiexplained that the United States They have not given Israel a deadline for completing military operations against Hamas in Gaza. “They understand that they cannot tell the IDF how long it will take to achieve its goals. The good thing is that they have the same goals. According to some US government officials, the US expects the Israeli operation in the southern part of the Gaza Strip to last several weeks before transitioning, possibly in January, to a low-intensity, hyperlocal strategy targeting specific Hamas militants and leaders .
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The Israeli army is calling on residents of Khan Yunis to evacuate
The Israeli army issued instructions to residents of large parts of the country Khan Younisthe second largest city in the Gaza Strip to evacuate the area Al-Muwasi, a strip of land with few structures on the coast that was supposed to be a humanitarian and protected area and is actually an improvised camp for those who have fled without food or medicine. The Israel Defense Forces said: “The general instruction for residents is to move to the Al-Muwas area.” Previously, the IDF had issued an “urgent appeal” for civilians to leave much of the area in and around the city, where fierce clashes broke out. Fights and the hunt for Sinwar are underway.
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Anti-Semitism, the rector of the University of Pennsylvania and the chairman of the board resign
The President of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing about incidents of anti-Semitism and threats on campus. When asked whether the “call for genocide against the Jews” violated the code of conduct, the rector replied that “it is not violence in itself.” Magill is the first president to resign following the controversy sparked by the hearing of three presidents of prestigious American elite universities discussing threats on campuses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.
Along with the president of the University of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the board is also leaving Scott Bock
01:15
Netanyahu to Biden: “Fight in Khan Younis for another month”
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to the President of the United States: Joe Bidenin a phone call that the current IDF operation in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip will continue for another three to four weeks.
TOPSHOT – Members of a Palestinian family who fled Gaza City to Khan Yunis and recently fled to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip gather around a small fire in a workshop where they found temporary shelter, Dec. 9, 2023 They continue fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel stepped up its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on December 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN push to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)