The conflict is spreading to the Middle East. Five people were killed on Saturday, January 20, in an “Israeli attack” against a building in Damascus, Syria, where a “meeting of leaders close to Iran” was taking place, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Man (OSDH). “Two senior Iranian advisers were killed,” Mehr news agency said. Since the war in Syria began in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on neighboring Syrian territory, mostly targeting forces backed by Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime and sworn enemies of the Syrian army. Follow our live stream.
Europe raises its voice. European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell accused Israel on Friday of “founding” and “financing” the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which holds power in Gaza and is behind the unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israeli soil. With this statement, the Israeli Prime Minister reiterated his rejection of the establishment of a Palestinian state.
New Israeli attacks. On Friday night, Israeli forces bombed the north and south of the Gaza Strip, particularly the Khan Younes sector (south), the new epicenter of ground fighting and air strikes after the first phase of the war focused on the north of the territory. Early Saturday, the Hamas Health Ministry reported at least 90 deaths overnight.
Tensions between the United States and Israel. The United States, Israel's main ally and key supporter in its war against Hamas, has in recent weeks called on the Israeli army to reduce civilian casualties in its operations and reiterated its support for the creation of a Palestinian state. , a topic at At the center of disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
A growing conflict. The Yemeni Houthis claimed responsibility for new shots at an American oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, provoking new American attacks against them on Friday.