• It's the 83rd day of the war: “More than 21,000 Palestinians dead,” including about 8,000 children, according to Hamas. In Israel, 1,200 people died in the attack on October 7th.
• Erdogan: “Netanyhau is like Hitler”. The answer: “We don’t accept his sermons.”
• For Israel, the war will “last many more months”
6:34 a.m. – Media, at least 20 dead in Israeli attack south of Gaza
At least 20 people were killed in an attack by Israeli forces on a residential building near the Kuwait Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. This was reported by the broadcaster Al Jazeera. The attack comes as a Hamas delegation is expected in Cairo to make “observations” on an Egyptian ceasefire plan.
5:26 a.m. – A CNN video shows restrained and naked men, women and at least two children
Men, as well as women and at least two children, were reportedly arrested and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a stadium in northern Gaza. These are the images shown in a CNN narrated video from the Strip. The US broadcaster says it cannot verify when the footage was taken, but claims to have geolocated it to Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City, where the NGO Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said it had received reports of detentions . The NGO says it has received information that the Israeli army is detaining hundreds of Palestinians from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, including dozens of women who were taken to Yarmouk Stadium. An image of the video shows “two boys, who appear to be stripped down to their underwear, walking and holding both hands in the air as the IDF directs them into the stadium,” the US media said, adding that “In another video, two.” Figures, who appear to be the same unclothed boys, are seen with their hands over their heads while lined up with other men, who appear to be adolescents and adults acts. In another moment of the video, “women and other children imprisoned” could also be seen: “In one shot, three women are seen sitting on the grass in front of a soccer goal, fully clothed, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs.” of the stadium . “You can see an Israeli flag hanging on the soccer goal,” says CNN, which also says it has contacted the IDF but has received “no response yet.”
11:04 p.m. – Hamas delegation in Cairo to discuss ceasefire plan
A delegation of Hamas officials will travel to Cairo today to give their “observations” on Egypt's plan for a ceasefire that would end the war in Gaza, a Hamas official told AFP. According to the source, the plan was presented to representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad last week when leaders of both groups visited the Egyptian capital.
Sources close to Hamas say Cairo's three-phase plan calls for renewable ceasefires, a staggered release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel and, ultimately, a permanent ceasefire to end the war unleashed by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. writes France Presse.
The plan also calls for an interim Palestinian government after talks with “all Palestinian factions” to be responsible for governing and rebuilding post-war Gaza.
8:05 p.m. – The head of the Mossad will report to the War Cabinet about the hostage situation
Mossad chief David Barnea and Israel Defense Forces hostage envoy Nitzan Alon will report to the War Cabinet this evening on the latest developments in the hostage negotiations. This was reported by Channel 12. According to Haaretz's expectations, the Israeli war cabinet will discuss the Israeli position on the future of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war for the first time this evening. “Discussions will revolve around a plan developed by the National Security Headquarters for the necessary steps once the fighting has ended,” the newspaper said.