the Jewish state continues its massive bombings in the south of the Gaza Strip

2023-12-29 13:08:36

The Israeli army bombs the southern Gaza Strip. During the night from Thursday to Friday, Israeli forces increased strikes on Rafah, in the south of the Palestinian enclave. With the intensification of operations in recent days in Khan Younes and in the center of the territory, “at least 100,000 people” had been displaced to this city, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (Ocha). “The fighting must stop,” hammered the head of UN humanitarian operations Martin Griffiths on X (ex-Twitter). “What Israel is doing to the Palestinians, and primarily to Gaza, is ‘the monstrosity of our century’,” declared for her part the UN rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, on the social network. “Western complacency becomes complicity“, she added. Follow our live stream.

Discussions for a truce in Cairo. Officials of the Islamist group in power in the Gaza Strip travel to the Egyptian capital to transmit “several sightings” about the Egyptian plan to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The latter provides for renewable truces, staggered releases of Palestinian hostages and prisoners and, ultimately, a ceasefire putting an end to hostilities.

The Israeli army opened fire on a UN convoy. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that the Israeli army had fired on one of its convoys in the Gaza Strip. “Our leader and his team were not injured, but a vehicle was damaged”declared Thomas White, the director of the agency, on X (formerly Twitter).

Israeli strikes in Syria. The Syrian Defense Ministry cited Israeli strikes near Damascus and in southern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes particularly targeted the area around Damascus airport, twenty-four hours after the resumption of flights, suspended since an Israeli attack at the end of November.

A drone shot down in the Red Sea. In Yemen, the Houthi rebels, allies of Iran, are increasing their firing towards the Red Sea to slow down international maritime traffic in “support” in Gaza. The US Navy says it shot down a drone and an anti-ship missile on Thursday evening, saying it was the “22nd attack attempt” of the kind by these Yemeni rebels since mid-October.