Israel, Hamas positions in a residential area in Jabalya
The Israeli army discovered “numerous Hamas fighting positions and weapons depots in a residential area and near a school” in Jabalya, northern Gaza. The military spokesman said the depot contained “shoulder rocket launchers, explosive devices, grenades, machine guns and military uniforms.” In the civilian area in Jabalya, soldiers also destroyed the “residence of a Nukhba terrorist (Elite Hamas unit, editor's note) who was prepared to attack troops.”
Hamas: “Israel attacked hospital north of Gaza”
Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. AFP reports on it. The Hamas-run Health Ministry reported that the attack came after the facility was under siege and bombardment for days, according to Al Jazeera. “We call on the United Nations, the WHO and the International Committee of the Red Cross to act immediately to save the lives of those in hospital,” Hamas spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said on the Telegram channel Ministry added and explained that the Israeli forces were rounding up the men in the courtyard of the hospital, who could then be arrested.
Wafa, 4 Palestinians killed by Israeli drone in West Bank
Four Palestinians were killed in Jenin in an Israeli “drone strike” in a neighborhood of the northern West Bank city. This was reported by the Ramallah news agency Wafa. Israeli security sources said Israeli soldiers were attacked by a cell of armed men during an arrest operation in the city. Numerous explosive devices were thrown at the soldiers, he continued. Haaretz reported that the Palestinians were militiamen from the armed group Jenin Battalion.
Gaza: Iran, “the war has already spread to the region”
“The scale of the war in the region has increased and if the attacks on Gaza are not stopped immediately, there is a possibility that the region will explode at any moment and all sides will lose control,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a phone call his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
“Unfortunately, Americans are unaware of the danger of further escalating the war. The life of their ally (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is just the continuation of war and genocide, the situation in the region will not remain like this,” the head of Tehran's diplomacy added during the meeting, criticizing the US for vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and calling on China to take an “active role” to end the war.
According to IRNA reports, Wang Yi also expressed regret over Washington's veto of the Security Council resolution and said that Beijing attaches great importance to the prospect of a ceasefire in Gaza and the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Gaza: UN: “Communicable diseases are increasing sharply”
Overcrowding and poor hygienic conditions in the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) shelters in the southern Gaza Strip have led to a significant increase in some communicable diseases and ailments such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, skin and hygiene-related ailments such as lice: this was announced by the UN -Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced in its daily update. The Guardian reports on it. On average, OCHA adds, UNRWA shelters in the central and southern areas are hosting nine times more IDPs than expected.
Gaza: Palestinian media, 12 dead in Israeli raid on Rafah
Medical sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that at least 12 people, including six children, were killed in an Israeli shelling of a residential building belonging to the Harb family in the al-Zuhor district of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip tonight. Sources in Cairo told Sky News Arabia that Israel has asked Egypt and Qatar to help negotiate another ceasefire deal with Hamas that would see more Israeli hostages held in Gaza released.
According to these sources, a three-way meeting between Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials will soon take place under American auspices. Earlier, Emirati television channel Al Arabiya said, citing a Palestinian official, that Hamas and Israel could begin talks next week on a new prisoner exchange deal.
Gaza: Media, Israel consults Egypt-Qatar on new Hamas deal
Sources in Cairo told Sky News Arabia that Israel has asked Egypt and Qatar to help negotiate another ceasefire deal with Hamas that would see more Israeli hostages held in Gaza released. According to these sources, a three-way meeting between Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials will soon take place under American auspices. Earlier, Emirati television channel Al Arabiya said, citing a Palestinian official, that Hamas and Israel could begin talks next week on a new prisoner exchange deal.
Biden, “Differences with Netanyahu, Israel in difficult phase”
US President Joe Biden referred to the complex relationship he has with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acknowledging that there have been and continue to be differences between them over the years. The Portal agency reports this on its website. At a reception at the White House to mark the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Biden recalled his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu. The US president said he made a note of an old photo of the two and used a nickname for the Israeli leader. “I wrote on it: 'Bibi, I love you, but I don't agree with anything you have to say.' And today it’s pretty much the same,” Biden said, to scattered applause from the largely present audience. Hebrew, He added that Israel was in a “difficult situation” and that it had had “differences with some Israeli leaders.”
Blinken calls on Gantz to limit damage to civilians in Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz on Monday about efforts to “facilitate the safe return of all remaining hostages” in Gaza, as well as increasing humanitarian aid. This was reported in a note from State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, in which he emphasized that Blinken “reiterated that Israel must take all possible measures to avoid harm to civilians and that the United States remains committed to taking concrete actions “To take steps towards the creation of a Palestinian state.”
Biden, we will continue to help Israel defend itself against Hamas
“You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, I am a Zionist.” This was what American President Joe Biden said at a reception in the White House on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. “We continue to provide military assistance to Israel to defend itself against Hamas, but we must be careful, they must be careful: public opinion can change from one day to the next,” Biden stressed, reiterating that the US will continue to work on “aid” humanitarian aid for innocent Palestinians”.
The American president also condemned anti-Semitism and the threat to Jews in the United States: “Those who remain silent are complicit,” he attacked and reiterated that “there is no place for hatred against Jews or Muslims in America.”
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