2023-12-05 23:52:00
A child cries, with his father, before his wounded sister in Khan Yunis. HAITHAM IMAD | EFE
The troops are already present in the main strongholds of the group
05 dic 2023 . Updated at 10:52 p.m.
Israel continues trying to control the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. There he has his bastion Father Sinwarleader of Hamas in the enclave, and there the Al Qassam Brigades—the armed arm of the group—keep their most powerful military wing.
The troops had arrived yesterday at the gates of the city, on the northwest flank, between fierce hand-to-hand combat that could determine the course of the war. Khan Yunis is the last remaining fiefdom of the Islamists, the last major battle for control of the Strip and probably the most difficult. It is believed that under the soldiers’ boots, among the labyrinthine tunnels that run underground, Sinwar is hidden.
Flood the tunnels
And against the tunnels, sea water. According to him Wall Street JournalBenjamin Netanyahu’s government has prepared plans to flood the Gaza metro (as they call the network of underground passages) with water pumped from the Mediterranean. The United States is aware and the machinery is ready: five large bombs near the al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, capable of flooding the tunnels in a matter of weeks. However, with 122 hostages still in the hands of the Islamistsit has not yet been decided whether the plan will be carried out.
Further north, Israel is already present in all enemy strongholds: Gaza City, Beit Hanun and Jabalia. There he consolidates his achievements and prepares for a third phase that, according to the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Herzi Halevi, has already begun. Yesterday, on the most intense day since the start of the ground offensive, the IDF They completed the siege around Yabaliaand five soldiers and 60 civilians lost their lives.
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Of the almost 16.000 muertos Gazans in just two months of conflict – plus another 7,000 estimated in the rubble – Tel Aviv estimates that about 5,000 are members of Hams. Less than a third.
The hostages were drugged
Islamist militants gave tranquilizers to some of the hostages freed last week, to make them seem more relaxed and happy. This was stated by Hagar Mizrahi, head of the medical division of the Israeli Ministry of Health. According to her, the kidnappers used clonazepam, although she did not specify whether she had discovered it through blood analysis or from statements by the captives.
Hams wanted to hide a month and a half of abuse and rape, they maintain from the US, and point out that for this very reason, to prevent women from speaking, they still keep many captive. As a counterpoint, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that radical Israeli settlers in the West Bank are prohibited from entering the United States. “They are involved in undermining peace, security and stability, and we have stressed to the Israeli Government that they must be held accountable,” he said.
The hostages are not the only ones who have suffered abuse. Of the more than 1,200 victims of the Hamas massacre on October 7, it is estimated that more than 300 were women. Members of the Israeli health personnel report having found their bodies brutally raped, with legs spread, pelvis destroyed and clothes lowered. One of them, naked and bloody on her bed, had a grenade in her hand. A grenade that didn’t explode.
Qatar accuses the international community of allowing genocide
The emir of Qatar issued a harsh rebuke to Israel yesterday, at the summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Israel’s occupation forces have violated all political, ethical and humanitarian values, said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani to open his speech.
It’s a shame for the international community to allow this heinous crime to continue… with systematic and deliberate murders of unarmed innocent civilians, he added. That’s a genocide committed by Israel.
The Qatari emir also stressed that the Palestinians must be praised for standing firm in their just cause and reaffirmed his commitment to continue your country’s mediation effortstogether with its partners, to restore the truce between Israel and Hams in the Strip.
Expressions such as double standards and double morality have become the most popular, and this means that international legitimacy can be a victim of this barbaric war, he concluded.
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Shortly after Al Thani’s statements, Hamas reiterated that he will not start a new negotiation process nor release more hostages if the attacks against the Gaza Strip do not stop.
The group’s representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, added that Netanyahu bears full responsibility for the lives of the hostages and accused him of breaking the temporary truce and obstructing the agreement.
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