Gaza is once again cut off from the world. Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel announced a new general blackout in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, December 26, the fourth since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7. Paltel explains this blackout as “the continuation of aggression” as the Israeli army continues its offensive against the Palestinian enclave that began more than two months ago. Follow our live stream.
Palestinian MP arrested by army. Khalida Jarrar, one of the figures of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was arrested on Tuesday by the Israeli army in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, her family said. Israeli army soldiers stormed into the family's home in Ramallah “by breaking down the door at 5 a.m.,” her husband Ghassan Jarrar told AFP. In a statement, the PFLP said the Israeli army “carried out an extensive arrest campaign among PFLP leaders and members in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday morning.”
The United Nations is “deeply concerned” about Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations has called on the IDF to take all possible measures to protect civilians. Any attacks must strictly respect the principles of international humanitarian law,” spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Seif Magango said in a statement.
Israel is threatening a rise in power. In a column published Monday in the Wall Street Journal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an intensification of fighting in Palestinian territory, which was shelled by Israeli forces in retaliation for the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in the Hebrew state. “It will be a long war,” he emphasized in the columns of the American daily newspaper. “Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarized and Palestinian society must be de-radicalized,” he said.
Hamas denounces an “absurd project”. According to Haaretz, Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to encourage the voluntary emigration of Palestinians from Gaza. “Our problem is not whether we should authorize a withdrawal, but whether there will be countries willing to accept a withdrawal,” he said. Palestinians “refuse to be deported and displaced. There can be no exile and there is no choice but to remain in our country,” Hamas responded in a statement.