AGI – In one Israeli air strike near Damascusor in Syria. It remained A senior Iranian commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed. This was announced by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim, this is the case Sayyed Reza Mousavia general who oversaw Pasdaran military operations in Syria, as well as a close confidant of former Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by the US in Iraq on January 3, 2020.
THE Guardian of the Islamic Revolution warned that Israel would pay for the assassination of Mousavi. This was reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim, citing the statement announcing the death of the senior Pasadaran official in the Jewish state raid.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He accomplished one thing rare visit to troops in the Strip of Gaza and ensured that the The war against Hamas is far from over. “We will not stop, we will continue to fight and we will intensify the fighting in the coming days and this will be a long fight and it is far from over. We need patience, unity and must remain true to our mission,” Netanyahu said during a meeting of Likud lawmakers in the Knesset.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
On this occasion was the Prime Minister booed by the hostages' families held by Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu has promised to bring them home but stressed that “more time” and “greater military pressure” on the enclave are needed. The families of the abductees greeted his words with a shout of “Now.” “My colleagues and I are sparing no effort” for the release of all hostages, the Prime Minister assured in response. According to Israel, 129 kidnapped people are still in the hands of Hamas.
For its part, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the The number of deaths in the Strip has risen to 20,674. And according to Palestinian medical sources, the Israeli airstrike from December 24th on al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee campsin the central area of Gaza caused the Death of 106 people. It is the deadliest airstrike since ground operations began in the enclave.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad (Pij) have rejected the Egyptian proposal handing over power in the Gaza Strip to a technocratic Palestinian government in exchange for a permanent “ceasefire.” This was reported by two Egyptian security sources cited by Portal, referring to the three-phase plan promoted by Cairo together with Doha to end the conflict and release all Israeli hostages.
War cabinet, ceasefire and killing of Mousavi on the table
In Israel met with the War Cabinet For discuss the Egyptian ceasefire proposal which could lead to the release of additional hostages held in Gaza; Also on the table is the investigation into developments on the northern border with Lebanon following the raid in Syria in which a senior Iranian “Pasdaran” official was killed.
The Egyptian plan, already rejected by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, calls for an end to hostilities in Gaza, Hamas relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip in exchange for a permanent ceasefire, and the release of all remaining hostages in three phases . The first phase involves the suspension of hostilities for two weeks, which can be extended to three or four, in return for the release of 40 hostages: women, minors and elderly men, especially the sick. In return, Israel would release 120 similar Palestinian security prisoners.
The second phase would include Cairo-sponsored internal Palestinian talks aimed at ending the split between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and Hamas and leading to the formation of a technocratic government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to oversee the reconstruction of the Strip and pave the way to Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections.
The third phase would include a comprehensive ceasefire, with the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages, including soldiers, in exchange for a yet-to-be-determined number of Palestinian security prisoners linked to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. including those arrested after October 7 and some convicted of serious terrorist crimes.
Hamas political office head Ismail Haniyeh returned to Qatar on Saturday after a four-day visit to Cairo to discuss the Egyptian proposal with his supporters, while an Islamic Jihad delegation arrived in Egypt yesterday.
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