A month after the massacre caused by the Islamist Hamas in Israel, Israeli troops have penetrated deep into the Gaza Strip. Ground troops have already been deployed in the city of Gaza and are increasing pressure there.
The night at a glance:
Several commanders of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, have been killed in the past 24 hours, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Monday evening. According to their own statements, the armed forces had previously divided the Gaza Strip in two and completely surrounded Gaza City.
Two of the dead Hamas commanders masterminded the October 7 massacre in Israel, Hagari claimed. The army also destroyed several entrances to underground tunnels. Many of them are close to schools, hospitals and humanitarian facilities. Tank and ground forces discovered launching pads for 50 rockets near a mosque.
Palestinian eyewitnesses reported damage to the roof of Shifa Hospital in Israeli attacks on Monday. Asked whether Israel would also attack the clinic, which the military says also serves as a Hamas command center, the spokesman said: “We will penetrate deeper into Gaza city and reach every place where terrorists are.” There is “no place where Hamas terrorists will be safe from army attacks.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially ruled out a longer ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “Without the release of the hostages, there will be no general ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.”Netanyahu told American television station ABC. “In terms of tactical pauses – an hour here, an hour there – we can assess the conditions to bring in humanitarian supplies and get out individual hostages. But I don’t think there will be a general ceasefire.”
According to Netanyahu, a general ceasefire would contradict Israel’s war objectives. “That would hinder our efforts to free our hostages, because the only thing these Hamas criminals understand is the military pressure we are applying,” he said in the ABC interview.
Given the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to build a field hospital.
On the instructions of Emirati President Mohammed bin Sajid, the hospital must provide necessary medical care to the Palestinian population in the coastal area, state news agency WAM reported.
Five planes have already flown from Abu Dhabi with the necessary equipment for the hospital. The cargo would be unloaded in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish and then taken to the Gaza Strip. The field hospital should be equipped with 150 beds and cover various medical specialties.
UN Secretary General António Guterres described the situation in the Gaza Strip as a “crisis of humanity”. He reiterated his calls for the immediate release of the hostages taken to Gaza and a humanitarian ceasefire. ‘Gaza will become a cemetery for children’said Guterres in New York.
Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan sharply criticized the statements. “It has been more than 30 days since children in southern Israel were deliberately slaughtered by Hamas terrorists. But you said nothing about a ‘cemetery for children’ that the south of Israel has turned into,” he wrote on the X platform.
Guterres has “lost his moral compass” and must resign.
Jordan, meanwhile, drew a “red line.” Attempts to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank will be seen as a “declaration of war” by the kingdom, Jordanian Prime Minister Damit al-Khasawneh said on Monday, according to state news agency Petra.
(yam/sda/dpa)
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