Middle East
The Al-Qassam Brigades said their fighters clashed with Israeli forces in the Al-Atatra area, west of Beit Lahia in Gaza.
Today, Saturday, intense Israeli bombing continues on various areas of the Gaza Strip, including field clashes with Hamas fighters in different areas, while the daily tragedies suffered by the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip become increasingly serious.
Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Saturday that the death toll from Israeli attacks in the Strip had risen to 9,488, including 3,900 children, since October 7.
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Al-Qudra added that the Israeli bombing that targeted UNRWA’s Al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia left 15 people dead and more than 70 injured, indicating that the number is expected to increase.
He stressed that Israel is deliberately preventing the wounded from leaving the northern Gaza Strip to the south and from there to the Rafah crossing, stressing that the hospitals in the Strip are crowded with wounded in critical and dangerous conditions, “and we lose many of them ”. them every day.”
Bombing of Gaza
Regarding the medical teams, Al-Qudra revealed that 150 of their members were killed and 57 ambulances were destroyed, adding that Israel deliberately targeted 105 health institutions and put 16 hospitals out of service.
Hamas: Israel has the responsibility to prevent the exit of foreigners and the wounded
For his part, Osama Hamdan, leader of the Hamas movement, declared on Saturday that Israel is responsible for breaking the agreement on the exit of foreigners and wounded and the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
Hamdan added at a press conference in Beirut: “Our agreement on the Rafah crossing included the exit of foreigners and the wounded and the entry of relief materials, but Israel violated the agreement by bombing the ambulances.” He continued, “We hold Israel responsible for disrupting the agreement and stopping the exit of foreigners and the wounded.”
He explained that since the opening of the Rafah crossing, only 440 trucks have entered, “which does not cover any of the residents’ needs,” 142 injured people have been discharged for treatment and 1,058 foreigners have left.
He went on to say: “The relief efforts entering through the Rafah crossing do not meet minimum needs and we call for the crossing to be opened fully.”
The Hamas leader warned that Gaza’s hospitals are in a catastrophic situation and are unable to cope with the huge number of wounded due to lack of fuel and medical supplies.
He condemned the “direct and deliberate bombing of schools hosting displaced people, such as the Al-Fakhoura school”, which has left dozens dead and injured.
Al-Qassam: We clashed with Israel west of Beit Lahia
At the scene, a statement from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said on Saturday that its fighters were engaged in a multi-arms clash with Israeli forces in the Atatreh area, west of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, according to the Arab World News Agency.
Later, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades released a statement saying their fighters killed five Israeli soldiers and wounded others in an attack by their fighters on a building northwest of Gaza.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also said they targeted an Israeli tank that entered near Tal al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, with a “Concourse” guided missile.
It added that its fighters bombed the Israeli city of Ashdod with a missile salvo in response to the targeting of civilians.
A joint statement said the Al-Qassam Brigades and Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Jihad movement, mortared Israeli vehicles entering south of Tal Al-Hawa.
Hamas radio reported on Saturday that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a house in Gaza belonging to Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, who is outside the Strip.
The Palestine Information Center reported that a drone bombed Haniyeh’s home in Beach camp in the Gaza Strip. He pointed out that this was apparently in preparation for bombing by military aircraft.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced today, Saturday, that the army has granted 3 hours for residents of northern Gaza to safely evacuate the southern Strip. Adraee said in a statement via the “X” (formerly Twitter) application: I would like to inform you that the Israel Defense Forces “will allow passage on the Salah al-Din Road today between 1pm and 4pm, for Take advantage of the moment coming to move south, towards… After Wadi Gaza.” The Israeli army justifies its demands for residents to leave eastern Gaza, to the south of the Strip, by saying Hamas fighters are hiding in tunnels under homes and civilian buildings in Gaza city.