Israel is preparing the post-war plan in Gaza, while Hamas' goal is a caliphate in Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital, at least according to the former interior minister of the Fathi Hammad faction to al-Aqsa TV. Despite American and European pressure, the Netanyahu government has reiterated several times that it does not want Abu Mazen's PNA to rule the Gaza Strip once the conflict is over and Hamas is eradicated. For this reason, the Prime Minister has commissioned a small team to develop a strategy, the basic principles of which will also be communicated to the Biden government step by step. At the top is national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, a close ally of Netanyahu. With him are Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer (ambassador in Washington until two years ago) and representatives of the army, the Shin Bet and the Mossad, as well as the current envoy to the USA Mike Herzog. The team is expected to meet again this week.
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ANSA Agency The Diary of the Day – December 11th General strike in the West Bank and East Jerusalem against Israeli aggression
According to government spokesman Eylon Levy, Israel's intention is not to expel Gaza's population from the Gaza Strip. In this context, Levy described the allegations made against the Jewish state as “scandalous and false.”. In particular, Levy referred to what was supported in Doha by Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, namely “Israel's systematic efforts to rid Gaza of its population.” Israel, the government spokesman explained, had only asked the population to leave the main war zones, not the Gaza Strip.
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Europe is also on the move: Rome, Berlin and Paris – with a letter signed by the three foreign ministers Tajani, Baerbock and Colonna – supported EU High Representative Josep Borrell's intention to impose concrete sanctions against Hamas. However, Borrell announced that the “time has come” to also impose sanctions on Israeli “violent settlers” in the West Bank and who is working on it in the EU Council.
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Meanwhile, Israel has announced that 20 of the hostages were killed “by Hamas in Gaza during their captivity,” while Moscow – following yesterday's stormy talks between Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin – called for the immediate release of these hostages (173). ), which are still in the hands of the militiamen. On the 66th day of the conflict, the army reported heavy fighting, even street by street, both in the north (in Jabalya and Shujaia) and in the south of the Palestinian enclave, where the Islamic faction's main strongholds are located. Proof of the severity of the ongoing fighting is also the number of Israeli soldiers killed – 104 since the start of the ground operation – and the number of casualties in the Gaza Strip, which continues to rise, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, which makes no distinction between civilians and militiamen reached over 18,000. But it's not just Gaza: the conflict with the Lebanese Hezbollah is also becoming increasingly violent in northern Israel. The army responded to eight rockets fired from across the border, and the 75-year-old mayor of the city of Tayybe, Hussein Mansur, was killed in an Israeli strike.
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Finally, the Washington Post again raised allegations that Israel had used white phosphorus bombs in civilian areas with ordnance supplied by the United States: specifically, according to the newspaper, on October 16 in the Dhahira area of southern Lebanon. Washington expressed great “concern” about US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “We operate legally, on the basis of international law,” commented Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari in the evening. According to Kan public television, his words should be interpreted as confirmation that the army is only using these bombs to protect its forces and not against civilians or to start fires.
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