What happened in the last few hours?
These are the highlights of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza this Saturday, December 23, at 12:00 p.m.:
– Guterres is once again at odds with the Israeli government over a resolution calling for more humanitarian aid. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has clashed again with Israel following the adoption of a Security Council resolution on Friday calling for “urgent measures” to increase humanitarian access to Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen interpreted the text as a wake-up call to UN agencies to be more effective in distributing aid, while Guterres denounced that Israel was doing nothing other than obstructing the delivery of aid.
– Hamas considers the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council to be “inadequate”. The Islamist group Hamas considers the resolution passed by the UN Security Council on Friday to encourage the sending of humanitarian aid to Gaza to be “inadequate”. In a statement, he said that the text “does not meet the needs of the catastrophic situation created by the Zionist military terror machine in the Gaza Strip” as it does not provide for a ceasefire. For its part, the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, sees the initiative as “a step in the right direction.”
– The EU welcomes the UN Security Council's call for unhindered aid to Gaza. European Council President Charles Michel welcomed the United Nations Security Council resolution calling for the unhindered and safe entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
– The Israeli army has arrested hundreds of militants in Gaza and interrogated more than 200 in Israel in the last week. The Israeli army and the country's internal intelligence agency, the Shin Bet, reported this Saturday that “hundreds” of Hamas or Islamic Jihad militiamen were arrested in military operations in Gaza last week. Of them, around 200 were transferred to Israel for interrogation.
– Israel orders evacuations and carries out attacks in the central Gaza Strip. Israel continued its military offensive in Gaza in the early hours of Friday with attacks and operations in the central area of the enclave. The Israeli army has ordered civilians in Al Bureij in central Gaza to evacuate the area and move south. The director of the UN Office for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Thomas White, has stated that the Israeli evacuation order affects 150,000 people.
– Sánchez reiterates to Biden that the “political solution” for Gaza is the coexistence of two states. The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, said in a telephone conversation with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, that the “political solution” to the Gaza conflict is the coexistence of a Palestinian state and the State of Israel. in peace and security and the need for a humanitarian ceasefire.”
– An Israeli-linked ship is attacked by a drone off the coast of India. A Liberian-flagged ship linked to Israel was hit by an explosive drone off the coast of India. There was a fire on the ship, which was extinguished and no crew member was injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.