Time.news – The Gaza Strip has experienced the bloodiest day since the start of the new escalation, while the Israeli prime minister, Banjamin Netanyahu, warns that the military operation “will still take some time”, and assures that he has “US and international support”.
At least 42 Palestinians killed in the early hours of Sunday, including 8 minors, and a family of 15 it was exterminated by bombing. In total, the Palestinian victims are 192, including 58 minors, while 10 people have died in Israel from the rain of rockets. Twelve Palestinians have died in clashes with soldiers in the West Bank.
The concern of the Holy Father
Pope Francis expressed “deep concern”, emphasizing the unacceptable death of innocent people, especially children. “Do we really think of building peace by destroying the other?”, The pontiff asked, urging the international community to stop this “growth of hatred and violence which constitutes a serious wound to fraternity, difficult to heal if it does not open up to dialogue .
A meeting of EU foreign ministers has been called for Tuesday, from which the head of the Farnesina, Luigi Di Maio, asked for a “clear and unified” position. The military admitted that Israel has suffered the largest number of rocket attacks, some 3,000 since Monday, more than during the 2019 escalation and the 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. The military claimed to have hit the homes of several Hamas commanders and accused the Islamist movement of using civilians as human shields, placing them near military infrastructure.
The home of the head of the Hamas political office in Gaza was also affected, Yahya Sinwar, and his brother, Muhammads Sinwar, to Khan Yunis. The Israeli army has “hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza, including underground vehicles”, giving a “hard blow to Hamas” but not yet definitive, Netanyahu pointed out after a meeting of the government’s security cabinet, adding that they were ” towers of terror demolished “, referring to the skyscrapers destroyed in the air strikes.
Gaza without electricity
The United Nations, Egypt and Qatar would be negotiating a short truce to allow Gaza to refuel with the necessary fuel not to run out of electricity tomorrow at the latest.
In Sheikh Jarrah, the East Jerusalem neighborhood of the clashes that triggered the new crisis, a car was thrown at the Israeli security forces, causing seven injuries, while the rain of rockets (up to 40 per minute) against southern Israel continued almost non-stop, including the places at the gates of the Negev desert.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, opening the extraordinary meeting of the Security Council, warned that the crisis destabilizes the entire region and assured the commitment for an immediate ceasefire, saying he was “deeply troubled” by the attack. Israeli against the building where international media were based in Gaza.
Egypt has anticipated the reopening of the Rafah crossing, scheduled for tomorrow, to help treat the injured, who number more than 1,200. Foreign companies have canceled all flights to Tel Aviv at least until Tuesday and Israeli companies are organizing flights to recover compatriots who have been stranded abroad.
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