Latest news on the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas and current information on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to press sources, at least 20 people were killed after the attack by Israeli forces in Rafah.
While fighting continues on the ground, today is an important day as the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Most recently there was a veto from the USA, which wanted to talk about a humanitarian pause rather than a ceasefire. The resolution is being drafted by the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
President Herzog: “Israel is ready for a new humanitarian break for hostages”
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Egypt will work with the US to prevent the expulsion of Palestinians
Egypt and the United States agreed to work together to prevent the expulsion of Palestinians from their land. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced this as concerns grow over the largest displacement of Gazans since the start of the war.
Houthis: “We will hit the ships of any country that attacks us”
The Houthis warn they will attack ships of “any country” that acts against them in the Red Sea. This was said by a senior representative of the Yemeni-Iranian armed group. “The ships of any country that acts against us will be attacked in the Red Sea,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said in an interview with Iran’s Al-Alam TV channel. The warning comes as the US announced the formation of an international coalition to patrol the region, with 10 countries including Italy joining.
UN: “Israel is taking inadequate steps in humanitarian aid in Gaza”
Israel's moves to provide aid to Gaza fall “far short of what is necessary,” said United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Tor Wennesland in a speech to the U.N. Security Council in the Gaza Strip.
Minister Tajani: “Positive message from Herzog that we were hoping for”
“We welcomed very positively the words of President Herzog, who announced Israel's willingness to suspend military activities in order to facilitate a solution regarding both the hostages and humanitarian assistance. It is a very positive message that comes from Israel, just as we had all hoped for.” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said this in a press conference with his British counterpart David Cameron on the sidelines of the ambassadors' conference in the Farnesina.
Haaretz: “Hamas in Cairo discusses hostage exchange”
A Hamas delegation will arrive in Cairo in the next few days to discuss a hostage exchange with Israel with Egyptian intelligence officials. This was reported by Haaretz, citing Palestinian sources. According to the same source, this would be the first time a delegation has arrived in Cairo to discuss the issue since the end of the ceasefire on December 1.
Minister Gaza: “Over 19,600 deaths since October 7th”
Since October 7, at least 19,667 people have been killed and 52,586 injured in the Gaza Strip. This is the new budget released by the Gaza Health Ministry, which is under Hamas control, and reported by al-Jazeera satellite television
President Herzog: “Israel is ready for a new humanitarian break for hostages”
“Israel is ready for a further humanitarian pause and more assistance to enable the release of the hostages.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said this at a meeting with foreign ambassadors, emphasizing that “the responsibility now lies entirely with Sinwar and Hamas.” Leadership lies”.
Erdogan: “US stop turning a deaf ear to ceasefire”
“The United States should stop turning a deaf ear to these calls for a ceasefire. Israel is shooting at the Palestinians and Gaza, but also at humanity.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this to journalists on the flight back from Budapest, according to Turkish media reports. “During my conversation with Biden, I reminded the United States of its historic responsibility. “How could the world scream louder that Israel must be stopped?” Erdog added
Kremlin: “We will not participate in the anti-Houthi coalition in the Red Sea”
Russia will not take part in the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, citing the Tass agency. “We will not take part in this operation, that’s all I can say,” he said. Italy, among others, will also take part in the operation.
Pope Francis: “Christmas of mourning in the Holy Land, let us not leave them alone”
“A Christmas of pain and sorrow is predicted for the inhabitants of the Holy Land. We don't want to leave them alone. We are close to them with prayers, with concrete help. The suffering of Bethlehem is an open wound for the Middle East and for the whole world”. The Pope underlines this on X.
Hamas: “Almost 20,000 dead in Gaza”
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had reached 19,667.
Patriarch Jerusalem: “Everyone talks about the future of the Palestinians without talking to them”
“It makes no sense to talk about dialogue now because it doesn't exist. The only area for direct dialogue and discussion today is the release of the hostages, but there is nothing else.” This was underlined by the map of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, speaking to AsiaNews. “I know of other ongoing contacts,” he says, “to understand what needs to be done at a later stage,” but even in this case “it seems to me that they don't have very clear ideas.” Rather, it needs precise “this: a strategy, a perspective, visions for the future”, even if “the dialogue between the two parties makes little sense” at the moment.
“What I see – he notes – is that everyone talks about the future of the Palestinians, but no one talks to the Palestinians. To talk about the future, you also have to talk to them, not just about them. Instead, they are not given a voice at this moment.”
“Now – said the Latin Patriarch – new leadership is needed,” because with the current leadership “I do not consider it possible to build clear perspectives for dialogue.” In the past, the Patriarch visited the Catholic community in Gaza during this time, celebrating first communions and confirmations and visiting the sick. “Not being there this year – he says – is a great pain.”
5 rockets were fired from Gaza towards Tel Aviv, no one was injured at the moment
There are currently no injuries or locations hit following the rocket attack – the first in a week – fired from the Gaza Strip into the Tel Aviv area. This was reported by Magen David Adom, the national emergency service of the State of Israel, quoted by the Times of Israel. According to Jewish state media, the alarm sirens sounded not only in Tel Aviv, but also in Jaffa and Bat Yam. Five rockets are said to have been fired, one of which was intercepted. The attack was claimed by Hamas.
Kremlin: “We will not take part in the operation against Houthis”
Russia will not take part in the international maritime operation to protect Red Sea routes from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We will not take part in this operation. That’s all I can say,” he explained. Several countries will take part in the initiative announced by the Pentagon, including Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Italy, Norway, France and Spain.
Houthis: “We will attack in the Red Sea every 12 hours”
The Houthis of YemenThe Iran-backed terrorists have threatened through one of their spokespeople that they intend to “carry out operations and attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea every 12 hours.” Mohammed Abdul Salam, spokesman for the group, added to Al Jazeera that they will “target ships that are exclusively destined for Israel.” According to the Yemeni group, the goal is to “increase pressure on Israel to stop its aggression and lift the siege on Gaza.”
Pentagon: “Houthi attacks threaten global trade”
Attacks by Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi groups in the Red Sea are a “threat” to international trade, the Pentagon said.
Demonstration in Rome to demand a ceasefire in Gaza: the pictures
Amnesty International Italy, Together with over 40 civil society organizations and associations, reiterated the need for an immediate and permanent “ceasefire” in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. During yesterday's demonstration in Rome The text “Ceasefire” was illuminated with more 1000 lighting Speakers included: Tina Marinari, Amnesty International Italia; Silvia Stilli, AOI; Cecilia De Luca, Assopace Palestine; Paolo Pezzati, Oxfam; Marco De Ponte, ActionAid Italia; Sergio Bassoli, CGIL; Monica Minardi, Doctors Without Borders.
More than 200 deaths on the Strip in 24 hours
More than 200 Gazans, most of them children, have died in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours due to air and artillery strikes by the Israeli army in various parts of the enclave; and among them, about thirty civilians died in a bomb attack in Rafah. “Israeli aircraft and artillery continued to bomb various areas of the Gaza Strip, after a bloody day in which more than 200 people died, most of them children,” Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing several local sources within the enclave.
UN: “US could accept cessation of hostilities in Gaza”
The Security Council vote U.N. on the United Arab Emirates' draft resolution on Gaza, postponed until today after the suspension decided on Monday evening, must take into account the position of the United States, which has stated that it cannot support a reference to “cessation of hostilities”, but that it can accept a request for a “suspension of hostilities”. The Guardian reports on it. The Arab countries that negotiated the text said they were encouraged to see the White House trying to find language that reflects the position adopted on Oct. 18 calling for a suspension of the humanitarian ceasefire , would support – and not simply veto the resolution and an urgent humanitarian ceasefire on December 9th.
IDF: “Subhi Ferwana eliminated, he financed Hamas forces”
The Israeli army announced a message on war activities. “The IDF, ISA and other security forces will continue their efforts to cut off Hamas’s source of funding,” the message said.
Israel to its citizens: “Avoid traveling to the Maldives”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has advised its citizens against doing so Maldives “Faced with the deteriorating climate towards Israel”. “It is advisable not to undertake any travel to the Maldives at this time,” the ministry added, advising those already in the country “to consider leaving because if they get into trouble for any reason It will be difficult for us to help “them”.
IDF destroys Palestinian attacker's home in West Bank
The IDF announced that it had destroyed overnight the home in Aqraba in the West Bank of a Palestinian who was responsible for the killing of two Israelis – father and son – last August in a garage in Huwara, a city in the territories. Shai (60 years old) and Aviad Nigarkar (28) were originally from Ashdod and were hit by the Palestinian while they were getting their car washed. As part of the operations in the West Bank, the military spokesman announced the arrest of ten wanted Palestinians, including four suspected of having ties to Hamas, as well as the confiscation of weapons and money.
Clashes in Khan Yunis, bomb discovered in clinic
A new day of fighting for the Israeli army, bringing up to date what it is particularly involved in khan Yunis, the capital in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. There was one in the morning Firefightspecified the military spokesman, with a cell of armed men equipped with RPG rocket launchers being eliminated.
In Gaza City's Shejaiya district, army bomb squads managed to defuse a bomb hidden in a clinic not far from a school. During searches in the area, numerous weapons (including Kalashnikov rifles) and ammunition were found. According to the army, another Hamas military tunnel has been identified along the coastal road in Gaza City. Its entrance was shelled by warplanes, “resulting in the deaths of a large number of terrorists.”
Houthis: “We will continue to attack ships in the Red Sea”
Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels have said they will not stop attacks on ships in the Red Sea despite a US announcement of a new maritime security force. “Even if America manages to mobilize the entire world, our military operations will not stop, regardless of the sacrifices it will cost us,” the group's senior official said Mohammed al-Bukhaiti on X
Hamas: “Another attack on Jabalia refugee camp, 10 dead”
At least ten Palestinians were killed and around forty others injured in a new Israeli attack on the refugee camp Jabaliah, in the north of the Gaza Strip. This was announced by a spokesman for the Hamas Ministry of Health, which controls the region, quoted by the Guardian.
Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began, 94 journalists have been killed in Gaza
The number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 94 since the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas broke out on October 7. This was announced by the Palestinian news agency Wafa, announcing the death of journalist Adel Zoroub in Israeli bombings at dawn this morning in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, which killed at least 25 residents. According to Wafa, over 200 Palestinians died in Israeli attacks on Gaza yesterday.
Middle East, Berlin's development minister visits the region
The German Development Minister, Svenja Schulze, She went to visit Israel and in the Palestinian territories. The mission was planned for last week, but was canceled due to the closure of the Geneva airport where Schulze was supposed to board. Today German politicians are meeting with representatives of Israeli civil society and those affected by the Hamas attack on October 7th as well as residents of a Kibbutz near the border stripes From Gaza.
Media: “US raid against Iranian Pasdaran in Syria”
One stop from Pasdaran Iranians was attacked by the US Air Force that night Syria on the border with Iraq. This was reported by Syrian media, according to which the attack took place against a barracks of Iranian forces and Iraqi militias supported by Tehran in the Syrian border district of Abukamal. Information on victims is not available. According to the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria, loud explosions were heard in the Abukamal area during the night.
Iran: “Independent Houthis in their attacks in the Red Sea”
“The Yemeni Houthi group acts independently in its attacks and seizure of Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea in protest against the war against Palestinians in Gaza. It is not fair to associate the Yemeni group's independent actions with other countries,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said at a press conference in Tokyo during his visit to Japan. Tehran has been blamed for recent Iran-backed Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Farnesina: “Italy will abstain from the UN if the conditions are met”
The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation indicates that the title of La Stampa's interview with the minister published today is Antonio Tajani does not accurately reflect the thoughts of the head of the Farnesina.
In the text of the interview – we read in the note – it is said that Italy supports diplomatic initiatives (and therefore possible votes at the United Nations) that could accelerate a political process to end the Gaza conflict. But write this for Italy”No more abstentions at the United Nations“Clearly undermines the possibility that circumstances will arise in the future where Italy will have to choose abstention instead. Among other things, Italy will not take part in the vote in the Security Council in the next few hours, since it is currently not a member of the Council itself. Minister Tajani reiterates his support and his judgment on the legitimacy of the Israeli government's actions in defending its population from the terrorist attacks Hamas, but at the same time has in recent weeks intensified its appeals to the government of Israel in Jerusalem itself to protect the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.