According to Hamas, more than 60 of the kidnapped hostages are missing as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas military organization, said 23 Israeli hostages were buried under the rubble. The number of hostages held by Hamas was recently estimated at around 240.
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Palestine reports Israeli attack on refugee camp, Israel investigates
During an Israeli attack on the refugee camp Al Maghazi According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, 51 people were killed in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. As a result, several others were injured. Many women and children were among the victims, it was said.
The report could not be independently verified at this time. An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking whether the army was deployed in the area at the time.
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Israel accuses Hamas of using refugee camps as well as UN schools and hospitals as hideouts and weapons depots. Hamas denies this.
Ongoing fighting in Gaza
In the Gaza Strip, fighting between the Israeli army and Islamic Hamas continues unabated. Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, near the border, with anti-tank missiles on Sunday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported.
A good week after the start of the Israeli ground operation, the Israeli army took journalists to the contested Palestinian territory.
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New time window for escape to the south
Since the start of the war, the Israeli army has repeatedly called on civilians in the northern Gaza Strip to flee to the southern coastal area for their own safety. According to the military, at least around 700,000 people have already done this. The United Nations even speaks of 1.4 million internally displaced people.
The army again gave civilians in the Gaza Strip a window of opportunity to flee on Sunday and also published a map showing the designated road.
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The Israeli military would allow traffic on a southbound road between 10am and 2pm local time (9am and 1pm CET), an Israeli army spokesman wrote on Platform X on Saturday night.
The speaker appealed to the people to take advantage of the next opportunity to go south for their own safety.
Gaza bombings against Israel continue
Hamas’ armed wing fired another long-range rocket into southern Israel on Saturday. According to the UN, a school was also hit during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The school in the Jabalia refugee district serves as housing for displaced families, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said. There are reports of 20 deaths.
The exact context was unclear. On the Palestinian side there was talk of an Israeli attack. Israel’s military said it was analyzing the reports. Information provided by both parties is often difficult to verify.
Israeli troops attack Hamas leader in Gaza
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari recently declared that it was the intention of Hamas and its leader Jihia al-Sinwar to show the image of a destroyed Gaza and hold Israel responsible for the suffering of the people in that region. “They will not be able to hide the real culprits, namely themselves, who brought ruin to Gaza,” Hagari said.
Israel’s advancing ground forces are “dismantling one Hamas battalion after another” and would “eliminate” Al-Sinwar, The Times of Israel newspaper said, citing Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant, on Saturday night.
Mass protests against Israel around the world
Faced with horrific images of mounting deaths and drastic destruction, angry pro-Palestinian protests erupted in numerous cities across Europe and the US.
n Dusseldorf According to police reports, almost 17 thousand people took to the streets; in Berlin there were about half that number. The capital’s police denounced posters with criminal content, released dozens of advertisements and are now investigating, among other things, sedition.
In washington Tens of thousands of people demanded “Freedom for Palestine”, many protesters marched to the White House and gathered in front of the entrance gate, which was painted with handprints in red paint.
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In London 30,000 people took part in protests against Israeli attacks, the BBC reported, citing police estimates. Among other things, they called for an immediate ceasefire. Thousands of people also took to the streets in French cities. In Paris Around 20,000 protesters participated, local media reported, citing the police.
“Expulsion of Palestinians” must be stopped, Jordanian foreign minister says Ayman al-Safadi on Saturday in Amman, following a meeting with US Secretary of State Blinken. “The killings and war crimes must end and Israel’s immunity from international law must end.”
Blinken again called for a humanitarian ceasefire but rejected a long-term ceasefire. “A full ceasefire now would only leave Hamas in power, able to regroup and repeat what it did on October 7.”