The UN agency emphasizes that only 15 of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are at full capacity. Meanwhile, Erdogan attacks Netanyahu
Sea Watch ship arrived in Marina di Carrara with 119 migrants
The ship entered the port of Marina di Carrara (Massa Carrara).Sea Guard 5' with 119 migrants on board who were rescued by the German NGO off the coast of Libya on Christmas Eve. Among them are 26 unaccompanied minors. For the Apuan port, it is the ninth landing in 2023, totaling over 1,000 immigrants, including this latest arrival.
The reception and organization of the various post-disembarkation procedures are coordinated by the Prefecture of Massa Carrara. At the port wharf, volunteers, health workers and law enforcement, as well as Port Authority and Port Authority employees waited to disembark. The migrants receive the first checks on board and are then dropped off in small groups and accompanied by buses to the nearby Imm-CarraraFiere exhibition complex, where they then identify themselves and undergo medical examinations. The migrants will then head to the selected reception centers.
Iran: Khamenei at the funeral of Pasdaran, killed by Israel
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, attended the funeral in Tehran this morning of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a key member of the Revolutionary Guard who was killed in an Israeli attack from the Golan Heights while he was in Syria on Monday. During the ceremony, Khamenei praised Mousavi's work and expressed a message of condolence to the soldier's family, Irna reports.
Wafa, Palestinian killed in clashes with Israel in Ramallah
The Wafa agency reported that one Palestinian was “killed by bullets from Israeli occupation forces and 14 others were injured” during clashes with the Israeli army in the center of Ramallah, the administrative capital of Ramallah West Bank. Wafa identified the killed Palestinian as Hazem Abdel Fattah Qatawi. The clashes came after the army arrested three people accused of laundering money for Hamas and Islamic Jihad as part of an operation to bust a local purse. The same operations took place in Jenin, Hebron, Tulkarem, Attil and Al-Bireh.
Middle East: Attack near hospital in Khan Younis, 10 Palestinians killed
At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured in an attack near Al-Amal Hospital near Khan Younis. This was announced by the Palestinian Red Crescent.
IDF fights “last Hamas battalion north of Gaza, targets destroyed”
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed two of the last Hamas infrastructures in Gaza City, from where the militants fired rockets at Israeli military vehicles and from where they prepared a rocket attack on tanks. The IDF announced this in a statement. Fighting also continues in the Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods, where Israeli soldiers believe the last Hamas battalion in the northern Gaza Strip is located.
Israel: The ambassador will not return with President Erdogan
“As long as Erdogan is President of Turkey, the Israeli ambassador will not return to Ankara.” Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said this on the radio after Erdogan compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler. Israel recalled its ambassador to Ankara last October, and Turkey did the same.
Milei is proposing to Congress a state of public emergency until 2025
Argentine President Javier Milei has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Deputies asking Congress to declare a state of public emergency in the economic, financial, tax, pension, security, defense, tariffs, energy, health and administrative sectors until March 31 December 2025. The text – which summarizes a series of initiatives envisaged in the mega-decree on deregulation (Decree of Necessity and Urgency, Dnu) signed last week – consists of 183 pages and 664 articles. The project establishes tax reforms, suspends the application of the wage adjustment formula and tightens measures against protests. In particular, new controls on street demonstrations would also be included in the criminal code, which would increase the penalties for street closures. The new law also declares companies and companies that are wholly or majority state-owned subject to privatization, including Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aysa, Banco Nación, Ypf and the public media Channel 7, Radio Nacional and Telam.
Israel, 3 more soldiers killed in Gaza, toll now at 167
The Israeli army announced the deaths of three more soldiers killed in combat in Gaza. They are Asaf Pinhas Tubul (22 years old), Neriya Zisk (24 years old) and Dvir David Fima (32 years old). The number of soldiers killed since the ground operation began in Gaza has risen to 167.
Israeli embassy deletes video of Hamas attack in Seoul
The Israeli embassy in Seoul has deleted a video it shared showing a hypothetical Hamas attack on South Korea following criticism from the South Korean government. The Times of Israel reports on it. The video was uploaded on Tuesday and showed a terrorist attack on the country's capital: The footage, later deleted, showed gunshots, explosions and graphic images of an injured South Korean mother searching for her daughter. The footage was also shared by the official Israeli account on X in a post that was later deleted following heavy criticism online. “Imagine if that happened to you. What would you have done?,” the message asked in the caption. “Hamas' killings and abductions of Israeli civilians cannot be justified, but it is not considered appropriate for the Israeli embassy in Korea to produce and distribute a video comparing this to the security situation of another country,” he told the State Department in Seoul. “We communicated our position to the Israeli embassy in South Korea and the Israeli side deleted the video.”
Türkiye: Collision between 7 vehicles in Sakarya, 10 dead and 59 injured
Ten people were killed and 59 others were injured, eight of them seriously, in a traffic accident between seven vehicles in Sakarya province in northwestern Turkey. This was announced by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, as state television Trt reported. The collision occurred at 4:46 a.m. on a stretch of highway near the town of Dagdibi, about 140 meters east of Istanbul. Due to the thick fog, seven vehicles, including three buses and a truck, collided, said provincial prefect Yasar Karadeniz.
Ukraine: Moscow, two drones shot down in Crimea
Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones over Crimea. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, as Tass reported. “Yesterday evening, the Kiev regime's attempts to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation were stopped. “The use of air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,” the ministry said in a statement.
Middle East: Blinken expected for new mission in the region, stop in Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected on a new mission next week in the Middle East, including Israel, to discuss the next steps in the war against Hamas, an Israeli source cited by CNN has announced.
Drone hits Golan, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq claim attack
A drone hit the southern Golan Heights during the night. There were no injuries, but one building was damaged. Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for the attack on a compound near Eliad “in support of Gaza,” the Jerusalem Post reports. It is the first time the Golan Heights has been attacked during the war, which began on October 7.
Lavrov, Armenia risks its sovereignty by moving closer to NATO
Russia expects Armenia to recognize the risk of losing its sovereignty in defense and national security by deepening dialogue with the Atlantic Alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Tax. “I hope that Yerevan realizes that deepening cooperation with NATO could lead to the country losing its sovereignty in the field of defense and national security,” he said. Lavrov emphasized that Armenia has conducted dozens of joint exercises with the Atlantic Alliance this year.
Clashes in the West Bank, a Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in Ramallah
One Palestinian was killed and several others injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Ramallah in the West Bank. Clashes broke out overnight in several other locations in the West Bank, including Jericho, Jenin, Tulkarm and Nablus. According to Palestinian sources, at least nine Palestinians were injured in Halhul. Three people were injured in Jenin, one in clashes and two in a drone strike.
WHO, UN resolution on aid for Gaza has not yet had any effect, countries must commit
The United Nations Security Council resolution to facilitate the increase in humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip has “not yet had any effect,” complained WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The decision was made last week. “Security Council countries must urgently implement the recent resolution establishing ceasefires and humanitarian corridors in Gaza. Day by day, the needs of the war-torn Gaza population are growing. “Danger, poor health, hunger, thirst, lack of shelter should not be the norm for millions of people, but it is,” he wrote of the risk, “delivering aid to two hospitals in Gaza, al Shifa, in the north – where 50,000 people have sought refuge – and al-Amal in the south, where the organization's staff reported they could not leave “without encountering patients and refugees.” “Tens of thousands of people are fleeing bombing in the areas of Khan Yunis and central Gaza, on foot, on donkeys or in cars,” they added.
Kiev, the Russian army is trying to break through on 7 fronts in the east
The Russian army is trying to advance on seven fronts in Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine: this was stated by the Kiev General Staff in the morning briefing, adding that in the last 24 hours the defense forces “eliminated 920 Russian soldiers, increasing the total number.” Losses of the Kremlin troops amount to around 356,670 soldiers killed.” Yesterday, the Ukrainian army – according to the General Staff – repelled heavy attacks in the Kharkiv region, in the direction of Kupyansk, in Lyman, in Serebryansk (Lugansk). There was also fighting on the front in Bakhmut (Donetsk) and Avdiivka.
Israel's attack on Gaza left 200 Palestinians dead and 300 others injured
Nearly 200 Palestinians were killed and another 300 injured in Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave's health ministry. At least twenty people died in shelling by IDF troops near Al-Amaj Hospital in Khan Younis. The death toll from the war in Gaza since October 7th is 21,110 dead.
Ukraine: another 250 million mini military aid package from the USA
The United States will provide Ukraine with a new $250 million military assistance package, the 54th since August 2021, which includes air defense ammunition for the Himars, Stinger, Javelin and artillery systems, as well as AT-4 anti-tank missiles. A $61 billion aid package for Kiev is blocked in Congress by Republican opposition. According to the Pentagon, these are “capabilities to support Ukraine's most urgent needs so that its armed forces can defend its sovereignty and independence.” U.S. leadership is critical to supporting coalition efforts to support Ukraine, which includes approximately 50 allies and partners.” “Security assistance to Ukraine is a wise investment in our national security,” the Defense Department said in a statement. The deployment was made possible by presidential signature authority, a foreign policy tool that allows for rapid delivery of components to Defense Department warehouses in crisis-hit countries abroad. An instrument last used in December 2022 to support Taiwan against growing military pressure from China with a 345 million military aid package for Taiwan.
WHO: The people of Gaza are in great danger
The population of Gaza is in “great danger,” said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO said it delivered supplies to two hospitals on Tuesday, stressing that only 15 of Gaza's 36 hospitals were at full capacity. The international community must “take urgent action to alleviate the grave danger facing the population of Gaza, which threatens the ability of humanitarian workers to help people with terrible injuries, acute hunger and great risk of disease,” Ghebreyesus said.
Iran's supreme leader leads prayers at Mousavi's funeral
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei led prayers at the funeral of Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior Revolutionary Guard adviser who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, Iran said.
Khamenei praised “the tireless struggle of this martyr and asked for his comradeship with the guardians of God,” state television said.
Mourners chanted “Death to America, Death to Israel” during Mousavi's funeral service at Iraq's most revered Shiite shrine in the city of Najaf on Wednesday.
Since war broke out between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, Iranian-backed groups have launched operations against Israel, while others, including militias in Iraq, have threatened U.S. interests.
Israel has been carrying out attacks for years against targets it claims are linked to Iran in Syria, where Tehran's influence has increased since it backed President Bashar al-Assad in the 2011 Syrian civil war.
Republicans in Colorado are calling for the Trump verdict to be overturned
The Colorado Republican Party has announced that it has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state's highest court's unprecedented ruling that barred Donald Trump from the 2024 primary election. This was reported by CNN. This means that the stay of the decision of the Surpema Court of Colorado, which would have expired on January 4, is extended until the national court expresses its opinion.
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