Israel has evidence that Hamas militants were among those who took part During the October 7 massacres in Israel, “staff from UNRWA,” the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, were in Gaza. This was announced by military radio, citing information from the Israeli secret service Shin Bet. According to the broadcaster, Israel had also collected evidence on site that UNRWA had cooperated with Hamas in “terrorist activities” despite its classification as a humanitarian organization.
In this context, the broadcaster mentioned “the opening of entrances within its schools that faced Hamas’s military tunnels, the use of school buildings to store combat vehicles, and educational texts glorifying armed struggle.” Meanwhile, Israel ha-Yom newspaper reports today that the NGO Un-Watch has viewed internal messages exchanged via Telegram between UNRWA staff on October 7, while the massacres were taking place in Israel. According to the NGO, these messages include expressions of joy and support for jihad. This information came following the visit to Israel, during which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel to provide greater support to humanitarian efforts in Gaza, including using UNRWA's structures.
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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken – after a meeting with the Israeli leadership yesterday – met the Palestinian president in Ramallah in the West Bank Abu Mazen. The dossier of the Gaza war is on the table: the US position is known, according to which the Palestinian Authority (PNA) should be included in the future administration of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war. According to media reports, Blinken was greeted upon his arrival in Ramallah by demonstrators demanding “Liberate Palestine” and “Stop the genocide.” “I met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen, editor's note) to discuss ongoing efforts to minimize civilian damage in Gaza, accelerate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, end extremist violence and work for an independent Palestinian.”
Gaza “is an inseparable part of the Palestinian state and we will not allow any attempt to expel our people from the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.” This was confirmed by Palestinian President Abu Mazen during his meeting in Ramallah with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Abu Mazen, quoted by the media, stressed “the need to defund taxpayer funds, as their withholding contradicts agreements with Israel and international law.” Abu Mazen also reiterated the urgency of bringing “humanitarian aid to Gaza” and ending the “war of annihilation” against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Immediately after I saw Blink, Abu Mazen will go to Aqaba, Jordan, for a meeting on the same topic King Abdallah and the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The US Secretary of State said Palestinian President Abu Mazen is “determined” to reform the Palestinian Authority.
Meanwhile, an Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo today for a new round of meetings with Egypt on a possible new hostage exchange. This was announced by an Egyptian source, Israeli media reported. Egypt, along with Qatar and the United States, is one of the sponsors of negotiations that in the past led to a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and the exchange of hostages. According to Israeli figures, there are still 132 hostages in Hamas's hands in Gaza
This was announced by the Hamas Ministry of Health 23,357 people were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war. Hamas also reported 59,410 injuries. Most of the victims were “women, teenagers and children,” according to the same source. Meanwhile, an Israeli bomb attack near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza left at least one dead and injured 40 peoplesaid the Hamas government press office, quoted by Al Jazeera. The latest attack came as Israel stepped up bombings and ground attacks in the central and southern Gaza Strip. At least 147 people have been killed in the last few days, the Arabic broadcaster reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent said people were killed in an Israeli attack on an ambulance in the central Gaza Strip today four paramedics. “Four members of the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crew died as a result of the Israeli occupation attack on an ambulance along Salah al-Din, at the entrance to Deir al-Balah,” the organization said in a statement
Video demonstration in Tel Aviv for the United States to maintain its support
TV, new proposal from Qatar to release hostages
Qatar has drawn up a new proposal for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, and tonight the initiative will be presented to Mossad chief David Barnea's war cabinet. This was reported by the commercial television channel Canale 13. The proposal was drawn up after a recent meeting between the Prime Minister of Qatar and the families of the hostages in Doha and, according to Canale 13, envisages the exile of some Hamas leaders from Gaza. The movement would be part of a “ “political horizon” for the Gaza Strip remains active. All hostages would be released, but only gradually and in parallel with the complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. “Talks about expelling the resistance forces are just an illusion,” said a Hamas official in Lebanon, referring to Qatar’s proposal for negotiations between the parties. “The idea of disarming the resistance is naive and does not correspond to reality,” the Palestinian faction leader added.
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