The EU: “We need a humanitarian pause to supply hospitals in Gaza”
“The EU is seriously concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and joins calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the creation of humanitarian corridors, including through increased capacity at border crossings and a dedicated sea route,” said the High One EU representative Josep Borrell condemned “Hamas’ use of hospitals and civilians as human shields. Civilians must have the opportunity to leave the combat zone.” “Hospitals must be immediately supplied with the most urgent supplies and the ‘most serious’ patients must be safely evacuated,” he added.
Hamas: “Death toll in Gaza rises to 11,180”
The death toll in Gaza has risen to 11,180 since Israel’s intervention began following the October 7 attack on kibbutzim. The Hamas government announces it.
Shifa Hospital Director: Ready to evacuate if Israel allows it
The director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, said medical staff and patients were ready for immediate evacuation if Israel allows it. He stated this on Radio Ashams in Nazareth, Israeli media reported. He added that the intervention of international organizations was necessary to ensure a safe evacuation to a medical center in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. More than 700 patients, including dialysis patients and the injured, were named, with three deaths and four additional deaths in the last two days due to lack of oxygen and dialysis.
Scholz: “Against an immediate ceasefire in Gaza”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he rejects an “immediate” ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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Israel: “Hamas prevented Shifa from withdrawing fuel”
The Israeli army wanted to deliver 300 liters of fuel to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for “urgent medical purposes,” but Hamas prevented the facility’s staff from taking them. The military spokesman said that Israeli soldiers arrived at the entrance to the hospital this morning and deposited the fuel there. The army also released a recording of a conversation between an Israeli officer and a hospital manager that said Yosef Abu Rish, director general of the Health Ministry, blocked the hospital from receiving fuel.
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Hundreds of pro-Iranian fighters stationed in Syria’s Golan
Around 700 pro-Iranian Syrian, Iraqi, Lebanese and Palestinian fighters have been deployed in the last few hours in southwest Syria near the Golan Heights, which is disputed with Israel. This was reported by the National Observatory for Human Rights, which draws on a dense network of local sources. The sources said pro-Iranian aid troops are stationed in the Qunaytra and Daraa regions, which have been regularly hit by Israeli air and artillery strikes over the past month. So far, the regular Syrian army has not directly intervened in the ongoing conflict between Israel and pro-Iranian forces in the region.
Netanyahu does not rule out a hostage deal
Benyamin Netanyahu said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that there “could be” an agreement to release the hostages held by Hamas. The Israeli Prime Minister stated that no agreement would be possible before ground operations in Gaza began. “But then things started to change,” he said.
Guterres insists: “Israel does not protect civilians in Gaza”
“The law of war provides for the protection of civilians, and the Israeli army is not doing this in Gaza,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in an interview with CNN. “It is clear from the number of civilian casualties that this is not happening,” he reiterated.
Hamas has suspended hostage negotiations over Shifa
Hamas has suspended hostage negotiations over Shifa’s handling of Gaza. A Palestinian official told Portal, Haaretz reported.
Israel, 7 soldiers injured by Hezbollah airstrikes in the north
Seven Israeli soldiers were seriously injured during one of Hezbollah’s launches in northern Israel in Manara. This was announced by the military spokesman, after which 15 launches from Lebanon towards Israeli territory had been identified in the last few hours. Four of them were intercepted by the missile defense system, the rest fell in open areas.
New warning sirens in northern Israel
Rocket warning sirens sounded again in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. The army announced this.
Netanyahu: “The UN attacked Israel instead of Hamas”
“The UN Secretary General criticized Israel instead of this brutal Hamas.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this in an interview with CNN. “I want the international community to support us and attack the pure evil that Hamas represents,” he stressed.
Netanyahu reiterated in an interview with CNN that without Hamas’ release of the hostages, there will be “no ceasefire” in Gaza.
“There are hostage negotiations underway involving Israelis, Qatar and also Egypt.” American national security adviser Jake Sullivan said this in an interview with CNN, commenting on media rumors about a possible agreement between Israel and Hamas on a prisoner exchange.
NBC speaks of a prisoner exchange, but there is no confirmation
An agreement has reportedly been reached between Hamas and Israel for the release of around 80 Israeli women and children in exchange for Palestinian women and youth detained by Israel. That’s what an official from Joe Biden’s administration tells NBC. The source said the United States is also exploring other options, adding that there is no certainty that any proposed agreement will be successful. However, both Israeli and Palestinian confirmations are currently missing. There had also been talk of such an agreement in recent days.
Haaretz: “Hezbollah claims rocket launch in Israel”
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing an anti-tank missile in the north of the country, injuring six Israelis, one seriously. Haaretz reported it.
Ben Gvir, “total control of the northern Gaza Strip”
Israel must maintain “complete control” over the previously occupied areas in the Gaza Strip, “indeed over the liberated areas,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party. ‘. In an interview with public radio, Kan then argued that the expulsion of settlers from Gaza in 2005 was a mistake. “If they had stayed, the October 7 massacres would not have taken place because – he explained – those who also control the country collect information. He is the owner of the house. When asked about the opportunity to return to settlement building and Gaza, Ben Gvir replied: “That doesn’t scare me.”
New Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon, 3 locations hit
After the attack on Dovev Hill, in which six Israelis were injured, one of them in very serious condition, Hezbollah from southern Lebanon launched new attacks with anti-tank missiles. Subsequently, according to local sources, additional anti-tank missiles were fired at the cities of Zarit, Yifatch and Aramshe.
So far there have been reports of at least one person being injured in these new attacks. In some areas of the Upper Galilee, the population was ordered to remain in emergency shelters.
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After a rocket from Lebanon, Israel strikes across the border
After Lebanon launched an anti-tank missile that injured Israeli civilians in the north of the country, Israeli artillery is striking across the border. The military spokesman said this, adding that recently “a terrorist cell was targeted that was located in a civilian area in Lebanon and intended to open fire on Israeli territory.”
Palestinian Crescent, Al-Quds Hospital no longer in operation
The humanitarian organization Palestinian Red Crescent (Prcs) announced on According to PRCS, “the suspension of services is due to the exhaustion of available fuel and disruption of power supply.” The UN had previously reported that key hospital services had been closed since Wednesday due to a lack of fuel. The PRCS “holds the international community and the signatories of the Fourth Geneva Convention responsible for the complete collapse of the health system and the resulting catastrophic humanitarian conditions.”
Hamas, Al-Shifa hospital building destroyed in Israeli attack
Hamas’ deputy health minister said an Israeli attack destroyed a building at Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
“The two-story building of the heart disease department was completely destroyed by an airstrike,” Deputy Health Minister Youssef Abou Rich told AFP, blaming the Israeli army for the attack. The AFP was unable to confirm the attack at the scene, but at least one witness present at the hospital confirmed the attack and the damage it caused.
The Pope, weapons are silent in the East, they will never bring peace
“The weapons stop, they will never bring peace and the conflict does not spread. Enough, enough brothers, enough!” This is what the Pope said today during the Angelus prayer in a new appeal about the war in the Middle East. “In Gaza, the wounded must be helped immediately,” he continued, “the shelters must be protected, much more humanitarian aid must be sent to this exhausted population, the hostages must be released, among whom are many elderly people and children “Every person, whether Christian, Jew, Muslim, no matter what nation or religion, every person is holy, precious in the eyes of God and has the right to live in peace,” the Pope added.
Herzog, “Hitler’s Mein Kampf Found on Hamas Terrorist”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed to the BBC that a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf was found on the body of a Palestinian militiaman in the northern strip. The body, he added, was in the children’s room of a civilian house that served as a base for Hamas terrorists. “This – he emphasized – is Hitler’s book translated into Arabic. The book that led to the Shoah and World War II. The terrorist wrote notes, marked the sections and studied Hitler’s ideology of hating, killing, burning and massacring Jews wherever they were. This is the real war we face.”
Army chief flies over Gaza and observes ground operations
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi flew to the Gaza Strip to view ongoing military ground operations. This was announced by the military spokesman, after which Halevi spoke via radio with the troops in the field of the Golani Brigade. “I tell the soldiers that they are doing important work,” emphasized Halevi, according to the spokesman, “everyone is behind you and the entire army is working on your advance to victory.”
Israel, humanitarian corridor also from Shifa to the southern Gaza Strip
Even today, the Israeli army has secured a seven-hour humanitarian corridor (until 4 p.m. local time, 3 p.m. in Italy) for the Palestinian population wishing to move from the north to the south of the strip. Military spokesman Avichai Adraee said this on X in Arabic. The affected street is Salah ad Din. Adraee added that there will be a safe corridor from Shifa Hospital to Gaza City for those wishing to reach Salah ad Din, and that a “tactical” pause in military operations (until 2 p.m. local time) will be ensured in the Jabalya refugee camp in the north will be on the Strip and in the nearby Izbat Malien district.
UN, raid on headquarters in Gaza, significant number of dead
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reported “a significant number of deaths and injuries” in a “bomb attack” on its headquarters in Gaza City, which was evacuated by its staff and is now inhabited by hundreds of displaced Palestinians. “The ongoing tragedy of dead and injured civilians trapped in this conflict must come to an end,” the UNDP said in a statement. “Civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN premises must be respected and protected at all times.”
Palestinian killed in clashes with army in West Bank
A 34-year-old Palestinian, Muntaser Saif, was killed today in the village of Burka (near Nablus, West Bank) in clashes during an Israeli army raid. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa, according to which Saif had been imprisoned in Israel in the past. During the operations, the military blew up a car and arrested an al-Fatah member. The army has not yet released its version of these incidents.
Israel: Terrorist infrastructure attacked in Syria
Israeli warplanes have attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in Syria after an attack from this area on the Israeli-annexed part of the Golan Heights. The Israeli army announced this. “In response to the attack on the Golan Heights yesterday – the army said in a brief statement – warplanes attacked terrorist infrastructure in Syria.”
Israel: Hamas has lost control of the northern Gaza Strip
In the last three days alone, around 200,000 Gaza City residents have left the city, signaling that Hamas is losing control of the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari reported this in a press conference. This was reported by Tass. “Many people have left the country in recent days because Hamas has lost control of the northern Gaza Strip. Almost 200,000 people have left in the last three days alone.” The spokesman said civilians were leaving the northern part of the Gaza Strip “contrary to the orders” of Hamas, which, according to the Israeli army, uses civilians as human shields.
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