by Davide Frattini, correspondent from Jerusalem, Andrea Nicastro, correspondent in Beirut, and the online editorial team
The news from Tuesday, January 23rd, on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, live. Since November 19, the Yemeni armed group has attacked at least 33 cargo ships traveling in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
• 109th day of the war: According to Hamas, over 25,000 Palestinians have died. According to the UN, 70% of the victims are women or children (data from January 18). According to a U.S. intelligence estimate, Israeli security forces have killed only 20-30% of Hamas fighters (January 21). In Israel, 1,200 people died in the attack on October 7th.
• Relatives of the hostages attack the Knesset, work is interrupted.
• Khan Yunis, at least 50 dead after Israeli attack, 100 injured.
• The UN complaint: Israel is hindering humanitarian missions in the northern Gaza Strip.
9:08 a.m. – Gallant: The deaths of the soldiers force us to achieve goals
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in Gaza and recalled that their fall compels us to achieve the goals of the war. In a post on This is a war that will determine Israel's future for decades to come: The fall of the combatants compels us to achieve the war's goals. My deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims of the campaign and I wish those injured a speedy recovery.
??????? ???? ?????? ?? ??????? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???????, ?? ??????? ?? ??????? ?????? ??????? ???? ???.
?? ??????? ??????? ?? ???? ??????? ?????? ??????? ??????? – ?????? ??????? ??? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???????.
???? ??????? ??????? ???? ??????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???????.— ???? ???? – Yoav Gallant (@yoavgallant) January 23, 2024
9:01 a.m. – Hamas: We have not received a ceasefire proposal
Hamas has not officially received a ceasefire proposal from Israel, which would suspend hostilities for two months in exchange for the release of the hostages. A Hamas spokesman in Lebanon, Walid Kilani, told the Turkish Anadolu news agency. He recalled that for Hamas the most important condition for an agreement is a full and complete ceasefire, and not a temporary one. Only when this condition is reached will there be hostage negotiations.
7:42 a.m. – The anger of the relatives of the hostages who are pursuing Netanyahu
(by Davide Frattini, Jerusalem correspondent) The prime minister resides a hundred meters behind the darkness and the barrier erected by the police that blocks the last stretch to the stone building in Jerusalem but blocks almost the entire route across Gaza. However, it is not the official residence of the head of government. When Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power after the November 2022 elections, his wife insisted that the headquarters on Balfour Street, not far from here, be renovated; she had already spoken out in a TV interview about the cracks in the International guests complain about the kitchen and the fallen plaster. The prime minister couple has been guests of Simon Falic, the American duty-free magnate, for months.
The families of the hostages are harassing them throughout the country, with some fixed bases (the tents in front of the villa in Caesarea on the north coast), the garrison in front of this house and yesterday afternoon the siege of Parliament, up to the raid during a meeting of the Finance Committee: where – given that the distribution of funds was being discussed – MPs were asked to pay the ransom for the hundred kidnapped people still being held by the terrorists in the tunnels of the Gaza Strip. Or walk away and leave the task of representing them to others.
Read the article here.
7:02 a.m. – 21 Israeli soldiers killed in an attack on Gaza
Yesterday, 21 soldiers were killed in fighting in Gaza. This was announced by military spokesman Daniel Hagari. This is the worst episode for the Israeli army since the beginning of the war.
The attack occurred in the Almaazi area, in the middle of the Gaza Strip – not far from the border – and not as Khan Yunis initially seemed. As far as we know – said Hagari – yesterday at around 4 p.m. (not at night) the terrorists fired a rocket at a tank that was protecting the soldiers and there was an explosion in two two-story buildings. These buildings that the army undermined collapsed while the soldiers were in and around them.
4:40 a.m. – Yemen: New US strikes against the Houthis, eight targets hit
The attacks launched yesterday evening by ships and aircraft of the US and British forces against positions of the pro-Iranian Yemeni Houthi militias hit a total of eight targets, including an underground weapons depot, missile systems and launch stations, as well as surveillance systems and air defense. The armed forces of the two Western countries made this known in a joint note. A US military official quoted by The Hill newspaper said that at this point we believe the attack was successful and achieved the desired effect in terms of removing Houthi capabilities. Since November 19, the Houthis have attacked at least 33 cargo ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, prompting 14 shipping companies to suspend operations in the region.
3:16 a.m. – CNN, Mossad chief suggests exile for Hamas leader
Mossad chief David Barnea has proposed banishing Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip as part of a broader ceasefire deal, CNN reveals. Citing officials familiar with the discussions, the cable news channel says Barnea raised the idea last month in a meeting in Warsaw with CIA Director Bill Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and that U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the possibility again when I was in Doha earlier this month.
One of the officials said the Qatari prime minister told Blinken that the idea would never work because Hamas does not believe Israel will halt military operations in Gaza after the terror group's leaders leave the enclave. According to Israeli estimates, despite the nearly four-month war in Gaza, Israel failed to capture or kill any of Hamas' top leaders in Gaza, and about 70 percent of Hamas' forces remained intact.
January 23, 2024 (modified January 23, 2024 | 09:11)
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED