• It is the 81st day of the war: According to Hamas, more than 20,400 Palestinians have been killed, including around 8,000 children. In Israel, 1,200 people died in the attack on October 7th.
• Emir of Qatar hears Biden: “Possible joint mediation in Gaza”
• Israel: “The war will last for many more months”
• General Mousavi was killed in an Israeli attack in Syria. Raisi's threat: “Israel will pay for his death.”
• The Israeli army attacks the Red Crescent headquarters in Khan Yunis
• Netanyahu visits the Strip: “We won’t stop.”
• Hamas and Islamic Jihad reject Egypt's peace plan.
6:18 a.m. – Sullivan-Dermer meeting to transition into a new phase of the war
American National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan received Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in Washington to discuss cooperation between the United States and Tel Aviv in the war against Hamas. This was reported by the Times of Israel, which, citing a US National Security Council spokesman, claims that the meeting discussed, among other things, “moving to another phase of the war to focus attention on Hamas.” -Value goals.”
Also on the agenda were discussions on “measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza and minimize harm to civilians and efforts to bring the remaining hostages home, as well as “planning for the day after” the end of the war, “including governance and Security”. in Gaza, a political horizon for the Palestinian people and the continuation of work on normalization and integration.”
05:56 – AlQahera News: “Egypt’s proposed deal is still on the table”
Egypt's proposal for a new ceasefire agreement is still pending, but there are no final answers yet. This is what a senior Egyptian source said in an interview with Egyptian broadcaster AlQahera News. According to the source, Egypt's proposal for a new agreement that would allow the release of hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is preliminary and would only be expanded upon receiving responses from all parties involved. The source's claims contradict reports that Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected the offer.
5:30 a.m. – Al Jazeera: “Israeli attack in West Bank, six dead”
Nighttime raids by Israeli forces in the West Bank. This was reported by Al Jazeera, according to which a drone strike was carried out and six Palestinians were killed. The attacks occurred in the city of Tulkarem, the Nour Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem and the city of Beit Ummar north of Hebron. Israeli forces had previously stormed the West Bank towns of Qaffin, Jayyus, Alar, Atil and Sayda, according to Al Jazerra. Local Palestinian news agencies reported that Israeli soldiers searched several houses, leading to clashes.
3:45 a.m. – Media: Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army launched air strikes in southern Lebanon. This was reported by Al Mayadeen, a Hezbollah-affiliated media outlet. According to the report, the IDF struck in Bint Jbeil and Yarine, near the border with Israel.
3:26 a.m. – The Emir of Qatar hears Biden: “Possible joint mediation in Gaza discussed”
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden. This was reported by the Qatari news agency Qna. The two leaders discussed “the latest developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories” and “joint mediation efforts to achieve a lasting ceasefire.” “During the telephone conversation,” reports Qna, “we discussed the strategic relations between the two friendly countries and the ways to support and develop them, as well as the main regional and international issues of common interest.”
02:52 a.m. – The Israeli army expands ground operations to urban refugee camps
Israeli forces say they have expanded their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory. Residents reported shelling and airstrikes rocking the camps in Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij. The cities are home to Palestinians whose families fled or were expelled from their homes during Israel's 1948 War of Independence. The camps are now overcrowded with Palestinians who fled the northern Gaza Strip in the early stages of Israel's ground offensive. Meanwhile, Gaza's main telecommunications provider announced another “complete suspension” of its services.
02:40 – USA: “12 drones and 5 missiles fired by the Houthis into the Red Sea destroyed”
The US said in a statement released by the Pentagon that it had destroyed 12 drones and five missiles fired by the Houthis over the Red Sea.
02:19 a.m. – Israel: “An enemy Houthi air target was intercepted before entering our territory.”
“One of our fighter aircraft successfully intercepted an enemy air target over the Red Sea while heading towards Israel before entering our territory,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari announced, attributing the authorship of the attack to the Houthis. According to the media, the plane was on its way to Eilat. “The Houthi attacks against Israel are terrorist actions,” Hagari continued. “They are taking place under the direction of Iran and using Iranian intelligence and weapons.” “These actions – he explained – are not only directed against Israel. You are a problem for the world.”
02:08 – Al Jazeera: “Houthis attack an MSC merchant ship in the Red Sea”
Al Jazeera broadcaster, citing a Yemeni source, reported that the Houthis attacked an MSC ship in the Red Sea to prevent it from reaching Israel. The news is also republished by Israeli websites.
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on the MSC ship. A spokesman for the Yemeni group's armed forces said a merchant ship, the MSC United, “was attacked with naval missiles after ignoring three warning calls.” The spokesman also said drone strikes had also been carried out against the southern Israeli city of Eilat and “other areas of occupied Palestine.”
01.44 a.m. – The new battle front
Israeli forces shelled Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza on Tuesday and ordered residents to evacuate the area. This is a sign that the army plans to expand its ground offensive to a third part of the besieged area. The opening of a potential new front threatens to trigger a new wave of destruction and displacement in a war that Israel predicts will last months. Israeli forces have been involved in heavy urban fighting in the northern Gaza Strip and the southern city of Khan Younis, pushing Palestinians into smaller and smaller parts of the territory in search of refuge. Despite international pressure for a ceasefire and U.S. calls for a reduction in civilian casualties, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that the fighting is “not over yet.”
The Israeli offensive was one of the most devastating military campaigns in modern history. According to Gaza's Health Ministry, more than 20,900 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children, were killed; When counting, no distinction is made between civilians and combatants. Meanwhile, new signs of war between Israel and Hamas have heightened tensions in the region. An Israeli airstrike in Syria killed an Iranian general, prompting promises of revenge from Iran. US warplanes attacked Iranian-backed militias in Iraq who had carried out a drone strike there, injuring American soldiers.
1:20 a.m. – Media: A Hamas council member was killed in Gaza
According to information from Gaza reported by Haaretz, the Israeli army killed Hamis al-Najar, a member of the Hamas Legislative Council, in a raid in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. According to the same information, his wife, two children and numerous grandchildren were killed in the attack.
00:51 – The Red Crescent headquarters in Khan Yunis is hit
Israeli artillery shells hit the upper floors of the Palestinian Red Crescent headquarters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, causing some casualties among those displaced inside. This was reported on the Palestinian Red Crescent's X. Thousands of displaced people have found shelter in the building in question, he added. This news has not yet been commented on in Israel.
00:27 – Eshkol Nevo, the war diary: the false normality and the sudden tears
(by Eshkol Nevo) Get up in the morning. Open your eyes. Pick up your cell phone. Enter the news site. Scroll through the list of victims. Every morning, the army spokesman publishes the names of the soldiers killed in Gaza the day before. The focus is on the name. The heart beats strong. A quick first read to make sure there isn't anyone I know among the dead. The result so far after two and a half months of war is: the son of a dear friend. The son of a student. My daughter's best friend's brother.
00:06 – Iran: “We will respond to Mousavi’s assassination in due course”
“Iran reserves the right to take the necessary measures and respond at the appropriate time and place” to the assassination of Pasdaran leader Seyyed Razi Moussawi by Israel: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said this. “The Zionist regime has committed a new cowardly and aggressive act of terrorism. “This hateful act is a new, clear sign of the terrorist nature of the Zionist regime,” Kanani added, quoted by Mehr Agency. “Since its founding, the Israeli regime has committed all kinds of crimes, repeatedly and continuously violating international rules”; concluded the spokesman for the Tehran Foreign Ministry.