U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that the U.S. response to the Iran-backed militias that allegedly killed three U.S. Army reservists in Jordan will be “multi-pronged, phased and sustained.” could be”. over time”.
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyehconfirmed this morning that he had received the proposed ceasefire agreement drawn up during the weekend summit in Paris: “The priority is to put an end to the war.”
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11:48
Gaza, Ministry of Health: “26,751 people have been killed and 65,636 injured since October 7.”
11:06
Haniyeh: “The priority is to stop the aggression”
11:48
Gaza, Ministry of Health: “26,751 people have been killed and 65,636 injured since October 7.”
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said at least 26,751 people had been killed in Palestinian territory during the war with Israel.
A ministry statement said a further 65,636 people had been injured since the war broke out on October 7.
11:06
Haniyeh: “The priority is to stop the aggression”
Hamas received the proposal from mediators in Paris and confirmed that it would examine it and respond to it “on the basis that the priority is to end the aggression, the brutal attack on Gaza and the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces from the Gaza Strip.” to stop”. This is the comment of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh posted on Telegram, but said it was available to discuss “any serious and practical initiative or idea, provided it leads to a complete cessation of aggression.”
10:52
Haniyeh: “Once we receive the proposed agreement, we will examine it”
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh confirmed this morning that he had received the proposed ceasefire agreement and intended to examine it. He added that he was open to any option to end the war in Gaza.
(afp) 09:52
Hamas and PFLP: No prisoner exchange without an end to the aggression in Gaza
Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who met in Beirut, reiterated in a statement posted on Telegram that “there will be no prisoner exchange until Israel's aggression in Gaza ends.” Haaretz also reported a statement from Hamas leader Osama Hamdan that the Islamic faction had not yet received the agreement drawn up by mediators in Paris. “What the hostile media reports about an expected agreement – he said – aims to satisfy the families held by the resistance.”
(afp) 09:27
Hamas: “We will respond to the killings in Jenin hospital”
After the killing of three suspected Palestinian terrorists at Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin in the West Bank, Hamas said that the “crimes of the Israeli army will not go unanswered.” The Islamist organization said the killings were a “continuation of the occupation's ongoing crimes against our people from Gaza to Jenin” and stressed that one of the men was injured and lying in bed when he was killed. Of the three men, Hamas confirmed that one was among its members and the other was from the Jenin Brigade. The third was also a Palestinian fighter. Palestinian fighters “will not be intimidated by the killings or weakened by the crimes of the cowardly enemy,” Hamas added.
(afp) 09:09
Borrell: “EU funding for UNRWA has not been suspended. His role is fundamental at this moment.”
“Ongoing EU funding commitments have been honored and funding has not been suspended,” the office of the head of the European Union’s foreign policy, Josep Borrell, wrote in a statement. “UNRWA’s role is crucial under the current circumstances in Gaza,” the statement said. “Two million people urgently need the help of UNRWA and other UN agencies.” Borrell welcomed “the organization's swift and decisive action” in the face of “very serious allegations against a number of UNRWA staff” and said that “the EU is next Funding decisions will be made in the light of the results of the investigations”. . The European Union is one of UNRWA's largest donors, providing about a tenth of the UN agency's funding, according to 2022 data.
08:30
Palestinian Wafa Agency: Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli bombing in Rafah and Khan Yunis
Dozens of people have been killed or injured in bombing raids by Israeli forces on areas in the center and south of the Gaza Strip in recent hours. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa, according to which in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, there were “intense raids” against at least one house in the El Geneina neighborhood and bombings against “one target” in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the Palestinian enclave, the Came under Hamas control in 2007. According to the same sources, the areas of Batn al-Sameen and Al-Amal in Khan Yunis, also in the south of the Gaza Strip, are also being attacked. The agency also reported a raid on a mosque in the Khan Yunis district and near the city's Nasser Hospital. In addition, a bomb attack on a house in the Al-Sabra neighborhood killed at least 20 people. According to Wafa, the victims were civilians, mainly women and children.
08:25
Israeli operation in the Avicenna Hospital in Jenin: Three Palestinians killed
The Israeli military “neutralized three terrorists” who were in the Avicenna Hospital in Jenin. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, “three martyrs were killed in hospital by the occupying forces.” In a statement, the Israeli army, internal security and police said it was a “joint operation” and that the three killed were “a Hamas terrorist who was hiding in the hospital along with two other terrorists.” . Israeli and Palestinian media report that the Israeli operation at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin in the West Bank lasted just 10 minutes: the soldiers entered the facility at 5:30 a.m. local time (6:30 a.m. in Italy), disguised as doctors, Palestinian nurses and other women made their way to a hideout on the third floor and killed the three with silenced pistols before escaping the building unharmed. According to Israeli press reports, the cell was planning imminent terrorist attacks, including one similar to the one on October 7. One of the cell members is called Muhammad Jalamneh, he was 27 years old and was allegedly in contact with Hamas headquarters abroad. According to press reports, he was also the spokesman for Hamas's military wing in the Jenin camp. The other two people killed were two brothers, Muhammad and Basel Ghazawi. According to the Army, the “neutralized” cell represents “a new example of terrorist groups' cynical use of civilian spaces and hospitals as cover and as human shields.”
01:35
Foreign Secretary Cameron's new trip to the Houthis and Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron begins a new regional tour of the Middle East this Tuesday in Oman, which will focus on the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the conflict in Gaza.
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