On Sunday, December 24, Jabaliya and Gaza City in the north and Khan Younes, the major city in the south, were bombed again, Hamas said. While the north has so far been the scene of enormous destruction, the Israeli army has announced its intention to continue its attacks in the south, in search of those responsible for Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group at the same time States and the European Union. After Gaza City, “we are pivoting south and concentrating our main operations on another Hamas stronghold, Khan Younes,” an army spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, told American broadcaster Fox News. Fighting in the north “will continue, perhaps at a lower intensity,” he added. Follow our live stream.
New assessments. On Sunday, the Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health said Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip had killed 20,424 people since the start of the war, including 166 people killed in the last 24 hours. The Israeli army said 152 soldiers had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas began. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was “paying a very high price for the war.”
An interview between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated in an interview with Joe Biden that he wants to continue the offensive until the elimination of Hamas. During their telephone conversation on Saturday, the American president emphasized “the critical need to protect civilians” and the two men discussed the “goals” and “process” of the Israeli offensive, according to the White House. Joe Biden made it clear to the press that he “did not ask for a ceasefire.”
New attacks on ships in the Red Sea and off the coast of India. A chemical tanker was hit by an “attack drone fired from Iran” off the coast of India on Saturday. According to maritime security firm Ambrey, the ship is “connected to Israel” and operates between Saudi Arabia and India. For its part, the Wall Street Journal claims that the Dutch company that operates the MS Chem Pluto “is linked to the Israeli shipowner Idan Ofer.” Two oil tankers and a US destroyer traveling in the Red Sea were also attacked by drones fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to the US military.