The Israel pounding Gaza and early this morning launched airstrikes, while its planes also struck Lebanon overnight. At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a meeting of his top generals and his war cabinet on the escalating conflict.
The Israeli attacks were concentrated in the central and northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. An attack on a residence near the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of Palestinians and injured others, according to media reports.
In Israeli-occupied West Banktwo Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in the Jalazon refugee camp near Ramallah, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today.
Residents told Reuters that Israeli forces raided the camp and made widespread arrests as they clashed with gunmen and some stone-throwing youths. The Israeli military has not issued a statement on the incident.
Health authorities in Gaza have said at least 4,600 people have been killed in two weeks of Israeli bombardment, which began after Hamas attacked communities in southern Israel on October 7, in which 1,400 people were killed and 212 taken hostage. in Gaza.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian discussed in a phone call late Sunday night ways to stop Israel’s “brutal crimes” in Gaza, Hamas said in a statement.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said yesterday, Sunday, on ABC’s “This Week” that “what we are seeing … is the prospect of a significant escalation of attacks against our troops and our people throughout the region.”
Chinese Middle East envoy Zhai Jun, who is visiting the region, warned that the risk of a large-scale land conflict is increasing, as reported by Reuters and relayed by the Athens Agency.
Iranian security officials told Reuters that Iran’s strategy includes limited strikes against Israeli and US targets by its Middle East allies such as Hezbollah, but avoiding a major escalation that would draw Tehran into the conflict.
In neighboring Syria, where Iran, the main regional backer of Hamas, has a military presence, Israeli missiles hit the international airports of Damascus and Aleppo on Sunday, disabling them and killing two workers, Syrian state media reported.
Also early this morning, Israeli warplanes struck two Hezbollah cells in Lebanon, which were planning to launch an attack with anti-tank missiles and rockets against Israel, the Israeli armed forces announced. The Israeli military also hit other Hezbollah targets, including a building complex and an observation post.
Hezbollah announced today that one of its fighters was killed, without releasing details.
The Israeli armed forces announced that 7 soldiers have lost their lives on the border with Lebanon since this latest conflict began.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Stageh called on the international community to create “a united front” to stop Israel’s attacks on Gaza and allow aid to enter the enclave.
A second convoy of 14 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip yesterday, Sunday evening, from the Rafah crossing.
US President Joe Biden and Netanyahu said in a phone call that “there will now be a continuous flow of this critical aid to Gaza,” the White House announced.
The UN humanitarian affairs office announced that the amount of aid that has entered Gaza so far is only 4% of the daily average before the hostilities, and is only a fraction of what is needed in food, water, medicine and fuel. , which are sold out.
Source: News Beast
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