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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli army will make sure “safe way” civilians before the planned attack on Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, during an interview with an American channel that will be broadcast on Sunday February 11. New Israeli attacks targeting the city on Saturday.
According to the United Nations (UN), more than 1.3 million Palestinians, most of them civilians who fled the war, are still holed up in the city, which has been turned into a huge encampment, on the border with Egypt, in desperate humanitarian conditions.
Benjamin Netanyahu assures Rafah population will benefit from “safe passage” before attack by Israeli army
Before attacking Rafah, the Israeli army will allow the population to evacuate the city “safe passage”, Benjamin Netanyahu made the assurance during an interview with the ABC News Channel that will be broadcast on Sunday and excerpts of which will be published on Saturday evening.
The city’s population in the south of the coastal region near the Egyptian border has more than quintupled in recent weeks, with the arrival of thousands of people fleeing the war, to 1.3 million people.
“Victory is within reach. We are going to do it. We will take the last terrorist battalion of Hamas and Rafah, the last bastion.Israel’s prime minister announced on the program “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC News.
“We will do this while ensuring safe passage for the civilian population so they can leave” places, he said. “We are developing a detailed system to achieve this.”He added, “We don’t interact casually”.
He cited areas north of Rafah that had been cleared and could be used as shelters, he said.
According to Hamas, the attack on Rafah will result in “thousands” of victims
Hamas said on Saturday that Israel could invade Rafah “Thousands dead and wounded”. The Palestinian Islamist movement added that it held itself responsible for the possible consequences “The American Administration, the International Community, and the Israeli Occupation”..
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Many voices are being raised to ask Israel not to invade Rafah. On Saturday, Germany sounded the alarm with the bid “Declaration of Humanitarian Disaster”. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, also warned X Against a possible invasion by the Israeli army in Rafah, which would be the same “An indescribable humanitarian disaster”. “Resuming negotiations to release hostages and suspend hostilities is the only way to avoid carnage”, he added. ” In an area of a million people, without planning and thought, such an operation would now be a disaster.The US State Department also announced this week.
Hamas’ health ministry announced on Saturday that 28,064 people had been killed, including 117 in the last twenty-four hours, and 67,611 people had been wounded since the start of the war. This assessment could not be independently verified.
A Hamas official survived an Israeli attack in Lebanon that killed three
A Hamas official was targeted by an Israeli raid in Lebanon on Saturday, two Lebanese and Palestinian security sources announced to Agence France-Presse (AFP). According to a Lebanese source, Bassel Saleh, “Responsible for Recruitment in the West Bank” Within Hamas, “Survived the assassination attempt but suffered burns to his back and was hospitalized”. For its part, the Palestinian source reported “Failure to assassinate senior officer” Hamas’s war against Israel in the Gaza Strip.
The strike took place in the village of Jadra, south of Beirut, about 40 kilometers from the Israeli-Lebanese border. Two civilians were killed in the raid, which targeted a car, local rescuers told AFP. The pro-Iranian Hezbollah announced that one of its members, who lived in the local area, was among those killed.
The National News Agency (ANI, Lebanese official) reported that an Israeli drone strike on Saturday near a mosque in Houla village near the Israeli border also killed one person and injured nine others. The village’s mayor, Saqib Kotesh, told AFP that the victim was a civilian who was targeted in his home, located opposite a mosque.
Stéphane Sejourne says he understands the “real trauma” of Israelis but considers the situation in Gaza “unreasonable”.
The head of French diplomacy, Stéphane Sejourne, who visited the Middle East a week ago, gave an interview to the daily newspaper Western FranceIn which he believes that “his duty” It is meant to be understood “Israeli trauma is real”. “And it also means that the situation in Gaza is unjustified”He said elsewhere. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza today is catastrophic, and in reality unacceptable”Develops the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
France has been requesting a permanent ceasefire for weeks. Like his predecessor Catherine Colonna, Stéphane Sejourne, during his travels, spoke of settler violence in the West Bank, “Which has nothing to do with the situation in Gaza” And that should stop. Paris is currently preparing sanctions against these extremist immigrants.
Western France Stefan Sjörnen also questioned the possibility of recognizing a Palestinian state, which could be a lever in the two-state solution debate. “There is no taboo on this issue”He declared. “What is important is that this state comes into existence and therefore the conditions for it are met, including Israel’s security conditions”However, he clarified.
A 6-year-old girl who disappeared during the fighting in Gaza was found dead
A 6-year-old Palestinian girl named Hind Rajab was found dead in Gaza City on Saturday morning. She disappeared almost two weeks ago, and her harrowing calls, recorded by emergency services during the hours she survived in a car in the middle of an Israeli operation in Gaza City, were widely circulated on social networks.
The remains of Hind and several of his family members were found in a car near a gas station in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, after Israeli tanks left the area at dawn, his family told AFP, who accused the Israelis of killing them.
The bodies of two Palestinian Red Crescent rescuers, who were sent to rescue him, were found a few meters from their ambulance on Saturday morning, the relief company said in a statement. conversed.
“Hind Rajab was beaten by the occupying forces (Israel) along with everyone who was in the car with him”Hamas’ Health Ministry confirmed in a statement.
Israel claims to have found a Hamas tunnel under UNRWA headquarters
The Israeli army and internal security agency said on Saturday that they had a “Tunnel Entrance” of the Islamist movement Hamas under the headquarters of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City. UNRWA, which claims to be Israel “Completely Infiltrated by Hamas”replied that he had not occupied his headquarters since October 12.
“The entry led to an underground terrorist tunnel that was an important military intelligence asset of Hamas and passed under the building that serves as UNRWA’s headquarters in the Gaza Strip”Mention the Israeli army and the Shin Bet in a press release. “Electrical Infrastructure” of the tunnel – 700 meters long and located 18 meters underground – “was connected” At the headquarters of the agency, “Suggests that UNRWA facilities provide tunnels with electricity”, according to him. A cache of documents and weapons at the UN compound “Confirmed that the offices were also used by Hamas terrorists”.They add.
“We have not used the building since we left it and we are not aware of any activity that may have taken place there.”, UNRWA responded. The building was last inspected in September 2023, she said in a statement. Israel’s accusations “Deserves an independent investigation, which is currently not possible because Gaza is in an active war zone”UN agency noted.
