A new stage of the war, almost a month after the Hamas terrorist attacks? This Sunday evening, the Israeli army announced that it was carrying out “significant attacks” on the Gaza Strip. “They will continue tonight and in the days to come,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said, claiming that IDF forces operating in the area have now divided it into two parts: “South Gaza and North Gaza.”
Throughout the day on Sunday, despite numerous calls for a truce, heavy fighting continued between Israeli soldiers and Hamas. Footage broadcast throughout the day by Tel Aviv showed soldiers accompanied by tanks and bulldozers patrolling the rubble or along the Mediterranean coast of this strip of land.
After all, telephone and internet lines in the Gaza Strip were cut off by Israel for the third time since October 7, according to Palestinian operator Paltel. According to Hamas, shortly after the blackout, the Israeli army intensively bombed Gaza City and other areas of the northern Palestinian territory. Explosions were heard as far away as Rafah in the far south of the territory.
Aid to Gaza at center of diplomatic talks
In the evening, the Hamas government said there was “intensive bombing” around several hospitals. Earlier, the Israeli army, once again accusing the Palestinian group of using medical facilities during the war, published images that it said showed Hamas members shooting from a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
In a new mission to the region, Antony Blinken arrived in Baghdad in the evening after visiting Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and Cyprus. In Ramallah, he warned against the “forcible displacement” of Palestinian civilians into the Gaza Strip after the Israeli army repeatedly called on Palestinians to evacuate from the north of the territory, where fighting is most intense, to the south. The US official also reaffirmed the United States’ “commitment to delivering life-saving humanitarian assistance and resuming essential services in the Gaza Strip.”
In Doha, Qatar, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called on Sunday for an “immediate humanitarian truce” following fighting that has killed several thousand civilians. “An immediate, lasting and sustainable humanitarian truce is absolutely necessary and must lead to a ceasefire,” she said, announcing she was working to pass the text at the UN with several partner countries.
But Israel, which has vowed to “destroy” Hamas after attacks that killed 1,400 people on its soil, says it is currently opposed to any pause in the war until more than 200 hostages are freed. “We will continue (the offensive) until we achieve victory. We have no other alternative,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Source: Le Parisien
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