Israeli Defense Minister Gallant announced that “Hamas had lost control” of the Gaza Strip and its militiamen were “fleeing” south, while Israeli troops took over the parliament in Gaza City. The ongoing fighting has its epicenter near hospitals, which Hamas has converted into sites of resistance against the army. The number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza rises to 46. UNRWA announces the death of one of its employees, bringing the total number of victims to 102. UN warns that humanitarian operations in Gaza “will cease within 48 hours” due to fuel shortages. Hamas threatens that Hezbollah will fully enter the war against Israel if the Palestinian faction is on the verge of destruction. King Abdallah of Jordan: Israel’s violations could cause the region to explode. China’s pressure on fentanyl in light of Biden and Xi’s announcement
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Israeli soldiers in action against Hamas in Gaza (Photo Ansa/Idf)
09:30
Iraqi Shiite militias attack US bases in Syria and the Israeli city of Eilat
The Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite Islamic Resistance militias have announced the attack on three US bases in Syria and the “commissioning” of a short-range smart Sarim missile. The militia members announced this on their Telegram channel and announced that they had used drones and other weapons to attack al-Malikiya, the US base al-Omar and Villa Verde in the northeast of the country. The leader of the pro-Iranian paramilitary movement Al-Nujaba, Akram al-Kaabi, simultaneously confirmed an attack that took place on Sunday against the Israeli city of Eilat in the far south of the country on the border with Jordan. This was reported by the Iraqi news agency Shafaq. In the morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 15 rockets fired by pro-Iranian militias against the forces of the United States-led international coalition in Syria, one rocket against the Koniko base in Deir el-Zor, another against Al Omar base and another on the city of Al Mayadin. According to the organization and informants in the Arab country, the militias have launched at least 32 attacks on coalition bases in Syria.
09:21
Media: 10 dead in Israeli attack on Khan Younis
An Israeli bomb attack on Khan Younis, a town in the southern Gaza Strip, killed at least ten people at dawn this morning. There are children among them. This was reported by the Wafa agency. The raid hit the homes of the Al-Agha and Abu Gemayzeh families in the eastern part of the Palestinian city. Over the past month, Tel Aviv has repeatedly described Khan Younis as a safe city where evacuees from northern Gaza could find refuge.
09:17
Blinken “disagree” with US diplomats, “we are listening”
The State Department hears the concerns of American diplomats in the countries of the Arab world and guarantees its employees attention and attention to the signals coming from the region. He does this with a letter from Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “We listen” to those “who do not agree with the approach we are taking,” the diplomat wrote in a message addressed to the entire State Department and distributed yesterday after his return from a trip to the Middle East and Asia. The news was reported by The Washington Post, which obtained a copy. In the letter – written a few days after CNN reported cables from American ambassadors to the region alarmed at the risk of losing “the support of Arab public opinion for generations” due to the apparent unconditional support for the Israeli election campaign in Gaza – Blinken acknowledges that some diplomats have expressed reservations about supporting Israel amid a campaign against Hamas that is exacting a heavy toll in civilian deaths in Gaza. Several cables went through the State Department’s “dissident channel,” according to some U.S. officials quoted by the newspaper, alluding to the space created during the Vietnam War that allowed diplomats to express their support freely and unfreely for a line other than that of an official to express fear of consequences. Blinken’s letter officially presents itself as an update for staff at the end of the nine-day mission in eight countries and the West Bank.