The launch of rockets from the Gaza Strip and bombs from Israel does not stop. The conflict has entered the second week and the bombings are intensifying every day. The deaths in 8 days are more than 200; according to the Palestinian National Authority 192 are in Gaza (58 children). 10 Israelis killed, including 2 children.
Rockets, bombs and clashes. From Tel Aviv to Gaza the war of the two fronts
by Sharon Nizza
Blinken’s appeal: “Protect civilians and children”
In Copenhagen on an official visit, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, called on Israel and the Palestinians to “protect civilians and especially children”, reiterating that the Jewish state has “as a democracy”, “a” special duty “in this regard.” We will continue to work in diplomacy to end this cycle of violence. We are ready to lend our support should the parties wish to agree on a ceasefire “.
A well-known Gaza doctor killed with his family
The doctor died in one of the attacks carried out by Israel in the Strip Ayman Abul Al-Ouf. With him, his wife and 5 children. The Hamas Ministry of Health reported that their bodies were taken to Shifa hospital where the professor was a leading figure, also known in the international medical community. The attack – where dozens of Palestinians were injured – took place last Saturday night in Al Wahda Street in Gaza City, 200 meters from the hospital. In memory of al-Ouf, the structure named one of its rooms.
Islamic Jihad commander died
The commander of the Islamic Jihad battalion in the northern Gaza Strip, Hisam Abu Harbid, was killed in an Israeli air raid on Jabaliya, after a joint operation by the Israeli army together with intelligence. Abu Harbid had taken the place of Baha Abu al-Ata in command of the battalion after the killing of the latter in November 2019.
Issacharoff: “On the fire from Gaza we need zero tolerance or a new conflict will break out”
by Sharon Nizza
Hamas tunnel under attack: 15 kilometers destroyed
Air strikes this morning by the Israeli army caused the destruction of 15 kilometers of tunnels used by Hamas and the homes of nine alleged commanders. Gaza residents described the attacks as the heaviest since the war began, more powerful than the rocket wave that left 42 dead and razed three buildings to the ground yesterday. The power station in Gaza has announced that its fuel stocks are almost gone and that it may be forced to suspend operations tonight.
Erdogan on the phone with the Pope
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan he talks to Pope Francis on the phone and asks for a stop “to the massacre of the Palestinians”. This was reported by the Presidency of Ankara, according to which the leader asked the pontiff for a common commitment of “Muslims, Christians and all humanity” to stop the “massacre” taking place against the Palestinians.
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“If the international community does not punish Israel, which commits crimes against humanity, with sanctions, the Palestinians will continue to be massacred,” Erdogan told Pope Bergoglio, underlining the importance of the pontiff’s appeals to “mobilize the Christian world and the international community “on the crisis. The Turkish leader then accused Israel of violating both Muslim and Christian “holy places”, “limiting access to the Al-Aqsa mosque and the basilica of the Holy Sepulcher” in Jerusalem.
No joint declaration by the UN Security Council
In the meantime, the United Nations Security Council convened in emergency by China, Norway and Tunisia has ended in a stalemate: the United States opposed a joint declaration to demand an end to the violence, citing the fact that a such an action would be “counterproductive”. A position strongly contested by Beijing, which accused Washington of preventing the UN from “speaking with one voice”.
President Joe Biden, speaking with Netanyahu, said that “Israel has the right to defend itself”, so Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a tweet called on all parties to “de-escalate”. An appeal also came from Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who said he was “deeply troubled by the Israeli attack on Saturday against the buildings that housed international media.
The Israeli ambassador in Rome writes to Iran’s foreign minister
“While you are visiting beautiful Rome, I am in Israel with my little daughters, under fire from the terrorist attack that Hamas has unleashed on Israel, with your funding, your encouragement and your guidance.” Thus the Israeli ambassador to Italy, Dror Eydar, in a letter sent to the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad zarif who is currently on an official visit to Italy.
“Since last Monday – writes Eydar – Hamas has fired about 3,000 rockets at Israeli cities and civilian targets, including Jerusalem, thus violating its sanctity. All on your inspiration and encouragement. The Middle East has been unstable for years due to your subversive interference. . Wherever there is chaos, we will find traces of your regime. This is the case in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, as well as Gaza. Your economy is collapsing, but you are investing the rest of your money in the spread of terrorism and in financing your nuclear missile program. For whom? From morning to evening, declare your desire to destroy Israel and the United States. All Judeo-Christian civilization is threatened by your bloody regime. “
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