07:14
Gaza: Blinken told Netanyahu there can be no occupation
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that there could be “no re-occupation of Gaza by” the Jewish state, but acknowledged that “a transition period may be necessary during which security” in the Gaza Strip is guaranteed to be a strip. This was reported by US media. Speaking to ABC, Blinken said: “When it comes to the future of Gaza, we believe it must be under Palestinian rule and there must also be security. “If we want to have lasting peace and security, it is essential that we actually move forward to ensure that Palestinians have political rights, the ability to govern themselves and make decisions about their future in their own state,” added the US diplomatic chief added.
07:13
Gaza: Israel, body of soldier kidnapped by Hamas recovered
The Israeli army announced this morning that it has recovered the body of Noa Marciano, the 19-year-old soldier taken hostage by Hamas.
The body of the soldier abducted by Hamas from the Nahal Oz base on October 7 was found in a building next to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. This was announced by the military spokesman. Last Monday, Hamas released a video of Marciano (19 years old), taken four days after her abduction, detailing who she was and whose daughter she was. At a certain point the video stopped and his body appeared. Yesterday, the body of another female hostage kidnapped by Hamas was recovered, also near Shifa Hospital.
07:10
West Bank: Israeli attack on Jenin, “3 dead and 7 injured”
According to Palestinian sources in the West Bank city of Jenin, three people were killed and seven injured in an Israeli military operation in the early hours of today. The local media reported about it. According to the report, some people were injured by an airstrike and others by gunfire. Two of the people killed were members of the local Jenin Bridges militia. Two of the injured were in serious condition. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also reportedly surrounded the city’s Ibn Sina Hospital.
The Israeli army arrested two medics and ordered the evacuation of the hospital, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa. According to Palestinian sources, the IDF surrounded the hospital on all sides and searched the ambulances.