Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024 – Exactly three months have passed since the Hamas attack on Israel. The breath of the world is still suspended, looking at the entrance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his Fourth month of fighting characterized by fear of one regional conflagration after threats from Iran and Hezbollah. It is no coincidence that the American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken These days he is on his fourth diplomatic trip to the Middle East and met the King of Jordan.
Three journalists were killed in Israeli raids in Gaza today. This was reported by Palestinian media, which said one was among them Ali Salem Abu Ajwagrandson of Ahmed Yassinwho founded Hamas in 1987. It was previously reported that two Palestinian journalists, including the son of Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, were killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike west of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israel declares: “after the dissolution of the Hamas military structure in the northern Gaza Strip“.
Israeli tanks on the border with the Gaza Strip (Ansa)
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10:33 p.m
Israel Admits: 'Palestinian Girl Accidentally Killed'
Israeli police have admitted accidentally killing a four-year-old Palestinian girl while trying to neutralize the man who was driving a car that crashed at a checkpoint in the West Bank. According to reconstructions, the vehicle with a man and a woman on board accelerated near the checkpoint in the town of Biddu, slightly injuring a young border police officer. The police immediately opened fire, killing both occupants of the car, but the shots also hit a vehicle behind that contained the little girl. Seriously injured. She was pronounced dead shortly afterwards by rescue workers who rushed to the scene.
10:08 p.m
IDF: “Those killed were killed by a terrorist operating a drone”
The IDF responds to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, saying that the two, who worked for Al Jazeera, were in a vehicle with a terrorist operating a drone. In response to a question about the incident, the IDF spokesman's unit told the Times of Israel that a military aircraft “identified and attacked a terrorist who was operating an aircraft in a manner that endangered IDF forces.” The IDF says it is aware of “the statement that two other suspects who were in the same vehicle with the terrorist were struck during the attack.” Hamza Wael Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera's Gaza correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh, and Mustafa Thuria, an AFP videographer who also worked for the Qatar-based broadcaster, both died in the attack in Rafah, southern Gaza .
7:28 p.m
Blinken to Israel: “War could metastasize the region”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could “metastasize” and threaten security across the Middle East. “This is a time of profound tensions in the region. This is a conflict that could easily spread and cause more uncertainty and suffering,” Blinken said at a news conference in Qatar during a regional tour aimed at de-escalating the conflict.
6:36 p.m
Blinken: “Palestinians in Gaza must be able to return to their homeland”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was “imperative” that Israel do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza who must be able to “return home”. “Palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions permit,” he said in Doha alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani as part of his tour of Arab countries and Israel.
4:34 p.m
4-year-old Palestinian girl killed by an Israeli military bullet
A four-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli soldiers in Bidu in the second Palestinian attack of the day on West Bank streets. That's what the news agency says
According to Palestinian Maan, she was shot by border guards in the direction of the car of a Palestinian who had just hit two officers. The driver was “neutralized” and his condition is unknown. An Israeli agent was not seriously injured.
4:33 p.m
West Bank: 4-year-old girl killed by military bullets
A four-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli soldiers in Bidu in the second Palestinian attack of the day on West Bank streets. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Maan, according to which the fire was directed by border guards towards the car of a Palestinian who had just hit two officers. The driver was “neutralized” and his condition is unknown. An Israeli agent was not seriously injured.
3:25 p.m
Blinken in Jordan: against the expulsion of the Palestinians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who “thanked him for his role and leadership in providing life-saving assistance to Palestinians in Gaza” and agreed with the sovereign to “continue close coordination for sustained humanitarian assistance.” “. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller underscored “US opposition to the forced relocation of Palestinians” and “the urgent need to protect Palestinian civilians in the West Bank from violence by extremist settlers.”
1:38 p.m
“Grandson of Hamas founder killed”
Palestinian media sources, relaunched by the Times of Israel, report today's death in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip Ali Salem Abu AjwaNephew of the sheikh Ahmed YassinThe founded Hamas in Gaza in 1987 and was its spiritual leader until he was killed by Israel in 2004. According to some sources, Abu Ajwa worked as a journalist in Gaza, writes the Israeli portal.
11:43 a.m
Media: “USA fears escalation in Lebanon”
The US fears that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to expand the Middle East war into Lebanon to ensure his political survival, amid domestic criticism of his government's inability to prevent the October 7 Hamas attack. The Washington Post revealed it today.
11:38
King Jordan to Blinken: “Put pressure on Israel, otherwise catastrophic consequences”
King Abdullah II of Jordan called on the United States to press Israel for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and warned of the “catastrophic impact” of continued hostilities. The Jordanian head of state today received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is currently on a tour of Qatar, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. According to a statement from the Royal Palace in Amman, Abdullah II also stressed the need to put an end to the “tragic humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.” And he reiterated that “the region cannot achieve stability without a just solution to the Palestinian question and without the realization of a global peace based on the two-state solution,” Palestinian and Israeli
08:17
Blinken sees King of Jordan today
American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Amman yesterday evening as part of his fourth diplomatic trip to the Middle East since the start of the Gaza conflict to prevent its expansion, plans to meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan today. It became known that the head of US diplomacy, who will also discuss with the sovereign the issue of assistance to the residents of the Gaza Strip, is also planning a visit to a facility in Amman managed by the UN World Food Program (WFP-WFP), sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In brief statements in Crete before embarking for Amman yesterday, Blinken expressed “deep concern” about growing tensions and violence on the border between Israel and Lebanon following the killing of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, in a raid in Beirut. “We want to do everything we can to prevent an escalation” between Israel and Lebanon and stop what he called the “endless cycle of violence.”
07:35
West Bank: Air strike on Jenin, 6 dead
An Israeli airstrike killed six people in Jenin in the West Bank. This was announced by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, citing international media.
07:14
Israel: “Part of the Hamas structure in the northern Gaza Strip dissolved”
Israel says it has “dismantled” Hamas's “military structure” in the northern Gaza Strip as the war against the Palestinian Islamist movement enters its fourth month today amid fears of a regional conflagration. In the early hours of Sunday, some witnesses reported Israeli airstrikes in Khan Youne, the capital in the southern Gaza Strip and the new epicenter of ongoing clashes between the Israeli army and Hamas, with Palestinian agency Wafa reporting numerous deaths and injuries. On Saturday evening, the Israeli army said it had increased its focus on the central and southern Gaza Strip after about three months of war, allowing it to defeat Hamas in the northern strip.
Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip (Ansa)