AGI – The fighting in Gaza is raging, among the heaviest in the two months of the war with Hamas. The Israeli army troops have surrounded the city of Khan Younisto dismantle the Hamas command center in southern Gaza; and according to Israel, some soldiers are already in the heart of the city, the largest in the southern sector, and where some of the 138 hostages still in the hands of the Islamists may be hidden.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force has attacked around 250 targets in the enclave in the last 24 hours and the military – according to the army – continues to locate and destroy weapons, underground wells, tunnels and explosive devices. According to the military spokesman, among the targets attacked were rocket launchers with which a series of projectiles were fired towards central Israel on Tuesday.
And in Khan Younis, the Israelis claim to have surrounded the Gaza home of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Israeli troops have begun the third phase of their offensive in Gaza, which will focus on the southern part of the enclave, in several locations they consider key Hamas strongholds. And soEvacuate residents to other parts of the enclave.
On foot, on motorcycles, crammed into carts or with luggage piled on the roofs of their cars, thousands of civilians continue to flee south, trapped in an ever-tightening perimeter near the closed border with Egypt and facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation. The images that come from inside are frightening. The United Nations humanitarian chief said the Israeli military campaign was creating “apocalyptic” conditions and virtually eliminating any possibility of significant humanitarian operations.
Martin Griffiths, United Nations emergency relief coordinator, said he spoke for the entire international humanitarian community when he said the offensive deprived aid workers of any meaningful opportunity to help the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip. “What we are saying today is: enough is enough. It has to stop,” because help is now impossible, “it’s like putting a plaster on a bleeding wound.”
According to Hamas, they are dead 16,248 people since the start of the war, more than 70% of whom are women, children and young people. And there are no signs of what comes next. US President Joe Biden, who has also decided on sanctions against violent settlers in the West Bank, has once again expressed his desire for the creation of a Palestinian state.
But Netanyahu said Gaza must remain demilitarized, rejected the idea of an international force ensuring security in the enclave and said the only entity that could ensure it was the Israeli army. Today, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a conversation with Foreign Minister Antony Blinken: Washington demands that the conflict not expand, Beijing wants an immediate ceasefire. But the USA assumes that the Israeli offensive will continue for weeks.
Rocket volley on Israel, rocket falls near the factory
New volley of rockets from Gaza against Israel: Sirens wailed in the kibbutzim around the Gaza Strip. A rocket struck near a factory in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak but caused no casualties.
Erdogan warns Israel: “You will pay if you act in Turkey”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns Israel that if the Jewish state’s intelligence services tried to attack Hamas leaders on Turkish territory, the consequences would be “serious.” “Whoever talked about this possibility doesn’t know the Turks and doesn’t know Turkey. Those who believe that such a scenario is possible must be reminded that the price to be paid would be very high. If they are careless enough to act against us, they will.” “They will be forced to pay a price so high that they won’t recover for a while. We are not a country that was born yesterday, don’t forget that,” Erdogan said.
Tajani, Italy is doing everything possible for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip
“The situation of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip is very complicated: Italy is doing everything it can, the first patients are being hospitalized on the Vulcano ship docked in Egypt, we are going to build a field hospital, we have decided to invest more money another.” 10 million to help the Palestinian civilian population.” This was stated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on the sidelines of a press conference in Viale Asiago to present Rai’s foreign offer.
“Hamas also bears a great responsibility: if it continues to fire rockets and hide the rockets among the population and use them as a shield, it will be difficult for Israel to attack only military positions,” the Farnesina leader continued, also condemning them Attacks by “Houthi rebels on ships sailing in open waters.” “This is unacceptable, there is a strategy of tension that must be counteracted at all costs.”
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