BarcelonaThe government of Israel is not ready to surrender to its indiscriminate bombing campaign in Gaza: On Monday, the Israeli army intensively attacked by air and sea in the south of the Gaza Strip and east and south of the city of Khan Yunis, in its worst performance. In the region since the beginning of the war on October 7. The military operations came a few hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the peace plan proposed by Hamas on Sunday.
The Red Cross and other medical funds on the ground report dozens of deaths and the destruction of vital infrastructure such as a food factory and gas stations. They also reported that they had lost contact with their staff at Hay Al Amal Hospital, which was surrounded by tanks. According to the authorities in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, attacks occurred in five places that the Israeli authorities described as “safe,” where about 30,000 people are seeking refuge. During 108 days of war in Gaza, more than 25,000 people were killed and more than 63,000 others were injured.
Dr. Salim Saqr, head of the surgery department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, one of the few hospitals still operating in the region, told the Qatari Al Jazeera channel that more than 100 were wounded and 50 dead during the past 24 hours, and that many of the injured were in critical condition because it took time. long so you can move them. He reported that the forty beds in the intensive care unit were full and were no longer able to receive new patients.
The center's director, Dr. Nahed Abu Ta'imah, said that they also cannot transfer patients to other hospitals because they are under the Israeli military siege, such as Al-Qaher Hospital and Al-Aqsa University, which also host hundreds of patients. IDPs. He also regretted that the supplies arriving by train were not sufficient for the needs: “We received pills and syrup, some with a very close expiration date, and useless equipment for the emergency teams.”
The attack on Khan Yunis comes after a few days when the bombings were less intense (it rose from 500 deaths per day to about 150) and while Israel in the northern Gaza Strip says it has reduced the number of its forces and returned many soldiers to their homes. Of his reserve soldiers. Defense Minister Yoav Galant said on Sunday that “operations are expanding in Khan Yunis” and that “smoke emanating from tanks, artillery, and warplanes will continue to cover the skies of Gaza until we achieve our goals, most important of which is the destruction of Hamas and the return of Hamas.” Hostages to the homeland.
Netanyahu rejects the truce proposal
As a result of his rejection of the truce, Netanyahu was forced to provide clarifications this morning to representatives of the hostages’ relatives about his rejection of Hamas’ proposal for a ceasefire. The Islamists proposed “ending the war” in Gaza in exchange for the release of 111 Israeli hostages believed to be still being held in the Strip, in three stages, in a plan brokered by Qatar and Egypt.
Netanyahu responded unequivocally in the negative: “I directly reject the conditions for the surrender of Hamas’ monsters,” he said in a video released by his office. According to Netanyahu, the conditions put forward by Hamas include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of all its members.
Relatives of the hostages responded to Netanyahu's refusal by organizing a march to his residence, where they camped. Oren Gantz, the mother of a girl who was kidnapped and died in captivity in circumstances that were not clarified, accused the prime minister of wanting to continue the war to save his political career: “For Netanyahu, a ceasefire will mean another October 7.” He said in his parliament. “Not only did my daughter die, she died under your watch,” he said. Hamas says 27 hostages were killed in Gaza, many by Israeli fire. For weeks, massive demonstrations have called for hostage rescue to be prioritized in the military campaign against Palestinian militias.
American newspaper The Wall Street Journal It was published exclusively on Monday that Qatar and Egypt presented Israel and Hamas with a proposal for a three-phase ceasefire, which would last 90 days, to end the war. The plan will include a permanent ceasefire under which Hamas will release all civilian hostages, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the army’s withdrawal from cities, the resumption of freedom of movement within the Strip, and an end to the siege. Using military drones and doubling humanitarian aid. In a second stage, Hamas hands over the female soldiers and the bodies of the dead hostages, and Israel releases more prisoners. In the third stage, the Israeli army withdraws to the Gaza border and the Islamists release the last hostages (soldiers and men of military age).
Hamas admits “mistakes” on October 7
On Sunday evening, Hamas published an 18-page document entitled: Our novel In it, he admitted that there were “mistakes” in carrying out the October 7 operation, in which 1,200 Israelis were killed and 240 hostages were taken. But the Islamists say in the document, which is the first they have announced since the attack, that they do not attack civilians because of their religious beliefs, and that if there are civilians killed or injured, this is due to “chaos” or directly. Israeli fire also justified the attack as a “necessary step and a natural response” to the 75-year-long occupation from which the Palestinian people are suffering. As they have done on previous occasions, they deny accusations of rape and torture as Israeli propaganda.
They claim that the goal was to attack Israeli military centers and capture soldiers to force them to exchange Palestinian prisoners and that avoiding harming civilians “is a moral and religious obligation” for all their fighters. They pointed out that “if there was an attack against civilians, it was accidental and during the confrontation” with Israeli forces. They also point to the effects of war: adding that the Palestinian people “have the ability to decide their future and resolve their internal affairs” and that “no one in the world” can decide for themselves.
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