Israel continues its attacks on Gaza and its incursions into the West Bank after speaking of ‘tactical truces’
Israel continued to bomb the Gaza Strip overnight, carrying out raids on several towns and camps in the West Bank, after talking about tactical truces in the Strip under American pressure.
Shehab news agency reported that more than 10 people were killed in an Israeli shelling of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip today (Friday), and said the shelling hit the club area in the field and the area of Al-Halabi roundabout in Jabalia.
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The Palestinian News and Information Agency also reported that 6 people were killed and others were injured in a shelling that targeted the vicinity of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, which it said included tents for the displaced people, erected next to a tent for journalists.
Eyewitnesses from inside the hospital located west of Gaza City had earlier informed the Arab World News Agency that an Israeli attack had targeted the hospital courtyard. One of them said the attack caused injuries inside the hospital. Witnesses reported that a bomb fell next to the journalists’ tent in the hospital courtyard.
The Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post” confirmed that the Israeli Air Force carried out major attacks on the Strip. He said many of these attacks targeted the Al-Shifa hospital area, while he said airstrikes over Gaza were heard in central and southern Israel.
During the night, according to the Israeli army, sirens were heard in the hinterland of Gaza, while the Palestinian Information Center reported that missiles were launched towards the Israeli areas on the border with Gaza. “In response to the attack on hospitals” in the Gaza Strip.
Shehab news agency quoted the Palestinian Red Crescent as saying that heavy shelling targeted the Tal Al-Hawa area, where Al-Quds Hospital is located. The Red Crescent said the hospital was hosting more than 14,000 displaced people.
At the same time, the Palestinian channel Al-Aqsa reported today that the Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in the Gaza Strip was targeted, resulting in a fire breaking out. The channel quoted Gaza’s Ministry of Health as saying the hospital was directly targeted following a shelling carried out by Israeli forces.
As reported today by the Palestinian agency “Shehab”, according to Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, all attempts to extend the work of health services in the Strip have been exhausted, as he stated: “We have a few hours before hospitals in Gaza and the north interrupt service.”
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On the other hand, the Israeli newspaper “The Times of Israel” reported today that an Israeli soldier was killed during the fighting in Gaza, explaining that this brings to 36 the number of deaths among the Israeli army since the beginning of the ground operation. .
In the West Bank, the Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli forces stormed several towns overnight and into dawn today, while the Shehab agency reported that gunmen targeted Israeli forces with an explosive device near the Askar camp, east of Nablus.
The Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli forces stormed the Arroub camp north of Hebron at dawn from the main gate and the nearby town of Beit Fajjar, and raided citizens’ homes.
He said the forces also stormed the town of Hizma, east of Jerusalem, at dawn today and attacked a young man in his car before arresting him amid the firing of tear gas, and carried out raids and searches. .
In Nablus, Israeli forces reinforced with several vehicles stormed the southern city of Beita overnight. This led to the outbreak of clashes with citizens, according to the Palestinian Agency, during which bullets, sound bombs and tear gas were fired, without causing casualties.
Also at night, Israeli forces stormed the cities of Al-Issawiya, northeast of Jerusalem, and Silwan, to the south. “Which led to the outbreak of violent clashes with citizens, including the arrest of two young people.”
Also overnight, forces stormed the Khallet Manna area, south of Hebron city, and raided the homes of two prisoners and forcibly evacuated their families in preparation for their demolition, according to the description of the Palestinian Agency.
Large forces also stormed the Tahrir roundabout area and suburb, imposed a tight military cordon and prevented the movement of citizens, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes.
The website Axios quoted Israeli and American officials as saying that American pressure was the reason Israel agreed to a tactical cessation of fighting for 4 hours a day in Gaza.
The website quoted Israeli officials as saying that Israel had made it clear to US President Joe Biden’s administration that it would be ready to extend the ceasefire if a deal was reached to release detainees in Gaza.
The American site explained, quoting a senior Israeli official, that Israel fears that Washington is trying to push it onto a path that leads to a permanent ceasefire, but at the same time cited American officials that the American side had made it clear to Israel that he had no intention of forcing Israel into this permanent ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the American network Fox News quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the fight against the Hamas movement in Gaza will continue, although it will include safe passage for civilians away from the fighting sites.
Netanyahu said, according to the network, “In specific places, and for a specific period, a few hours here, a few hours there, we want to facilitate the safe passage of civilians away from combat zones, and we are doing that.”
This morning the American network CNN reported that Biden had told journalists that he had asked Netanyahu for a humanitarian truce for more than 3 days.
However, the Israeli prime minister told Fox News that he doesn’t agree with the US administration on everything, saying: “One of the things we don’t agree on is the ceasefire.”
He added: “A ceasefire with Hamas means surrendering to it… and therefore there will be no ceasefire without the release of the hostages.”
He continued: “We don’t want to try to govern Gaza. We don’t want to look for a job; But let us give them and us a better future throughout the Middle East. This requires the defeat of Hamas. “I have set goals, but I haven’t set a timetable to achieve them, because, as you know, it may take longer.”
According to CNN, Biden expressed his optimism regarding the release of more than 200 Hamas detainees in the Gaza Strip, including Americans, saying: “We are optimistic; “Things are moving forward.”
Biden downplayed concerns that Netanyahu was listening to the United States, but said, according to the network, that the process “took a little longer than I had hoped.”
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Yesterday (Thursday), the Times of Israel newspaper quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that Israel had agreed to a “tactical” truce that meant expanding humanitarian corridors that had begun to be identified recently. Allow Gazans to move from the north to the south of the Strip, away from the areas where the fighting rages.
The official added that these truces will be imposed every day for 4 hours in a different neighborhood in northern Gaza, with residents notified 3 hours ahead of time.
According to the official, residents will be able to use this time to head south through the two humanitarian corridors established by Israel, or leave their homes to obtain food, medicine and other aid.
But Taher Al-Nono, media adviser to the head of Hamas’s political bureau, denied having reached a truce agreement with Israel. He said in a statement: “Talks continue regarding the truce and no agreement has been reached at this time.”
Yesterday CNN quoted White House spokesman John Kirby as saying that Israel will begin to implement a 4-hour-a-day cessation of military operations in the northern areas of Gaza.
The UAE mission to the United Nations said Abu Dhabi had called for an open session of the Security Council in light of developments in Gaza and that the session would be held this afternoon.
He added on platform “X” (formerly Twitter) that the session comes “in light of the dire situation and growing developments in Gaza, including the growing health crisis due to continued attacks on hospitals.”
He continued: “We also asked Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director-General of the World Health Organization) to provide a briefing during the meeting.”