The war has reached a new, more intense phase: the Israeli army has announced that Gaza City is completely surrounded and that as soon as the troops enter the city there will be a raid on Shifa Hospital, the main hospital in the Gaza Strip According to the Jewish state secret service, high-ranking Hamas leaders are in hiding. “The strip is now divided into two sectors: north and south,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said at the end of a day of heavy bombing in which Israeli units – the 36th Division – had now reached the Gaza coast.
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ANSA Agency War in the Middle East, the news of the day – News – Ansa.it Blinken meets Abu Mazen in Ramallah. Hamas: “45 dead in bomb attack on Maghazi refugee camp”. He recalled the atomic bomb in Gaza, Netanyahu suspended an Israeli minister. Iran: “Ceasefire or the US will be hit hard” (ANSA)
A day that began with another massacre: an Israeli bombing hit the Maghazi refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, causing the deaths of at least 45 people, according to Hamas health authorities, who updated the figure to 9,770 (4,800 minors). Death toll in Gaza since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
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ANSA Agency Khamenei meets Hamas leader Haniyeh in Iran – News – Ansa.it Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, together with a delegation in Tehran, met the head of Hamas’s political office, Ismail Haniyeh. (HANDLING)
Under an incessant hail of bombs, Gaza is once again isolated: all telephone and internet connections have been cut again, while Hamas spoke of “intense Israeli bombings” near hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Gaza City and in the north Tel Al-Hawa, Zeytun, Shujaiyeh, Albasara, Rimal, al-Nasser and Karama are particularly affected. But Hamas is not standing still: while the warning sirens sounded, a powerful volley of rockets was fired from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv and throughout central Israel. Due to the interception of the Iron Dome, there were powerful explosions in the air. There were no casualties. Meanwhile, the situation in the north also remains very tense due to new exchanges of fire with Hezbollah: an Israeli drone hit a car and killed three little girls and their aunt in southern Lebanon, while the “Party of God” responded with an anti-tank missile at Kibbutz Yiftach , which resulted in the death of a civilian.
Learn more ANSA Agency Ceasefire or humanitarian pause, the two options – News – Ansa.it Everyone or almost everyone agrees that the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip is causing suffering among the Palestinian civilian population. (HANDLING)
“We are ready to launch an attack in the north at any time,” Israeli chief of staff Herzi Halevi warned, while Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah announced a new speech next Saturday. And to illustrate that it seems impossible to talk about peace at the moment, there was also the disturbing statement by Minister of Jewish Tradition Amichai Eliahu, who described a nuclear bomb on Gaza as “one of the possibilities,” even if one’s own life was at stake game would stand. of the 240 Israeli hostages because “wars have their price”. The storm was immediate: “Eliahu’s words are outrageous and do not correspond to reality,” Netanyahu replied. “Our armed forces operate on the basis of international law so as not to harm innocent people.” Eliahu then tried to remedy the situation: “It was just a metaphor.” But that wasn’t enough: the prime minister suspended him.
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ANSA Photoreporter Agency: “4 children and 3 brothers lost in the raid in Al-Maghazi” – News – Ansa.it The tragedy reported CNN: “My house was destroyed” (ANSA)
“More than 2,500 terrorist targets have been hit in the Gaza Strip” since operations began in Gaza through land, sea and air strikes, Hagari said, adding that soldiers continue to “eliminate terrorists in close combat and through airstrikes.” Hamas infrastructure, weapons depots, observation posts and command and control centers in the Gaza Strip.” Hagari, who has already accused Hamas of installing its military commandos at the base and under Shifa Hospital, today provided new examples of this strategy and mentioned that Sheikh Hamed Hospital (a Qatar-funded facility) and the “Indonesian” in the north of the strip. Using photographs and intercepted phone calls, the spokesman claimed that Hamas’ military wing was using these structures for its military activities. And among the thousands of victims there are also those who want to provide information about the war and the humanitarian catastrophe. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 36 journalists and media workers have died since the conflict began. According to the New York-based organization, the war between Israel and Hamas has become the deadliest time for conflict reporters since CPJ began documenting journalist victims in 1992. Of the 36 documented deaths, 31 were Palestinian, 4 were Israeli and 1 was Lebanese. Eight journalists were reportedly injured, three were missing and another eight were arrested.
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