On the 99th day of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Movement, dozens of people were killed in the Gaza Strip, south of which Israeli forces shelled, according to Hamas.
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The conflict between Israel and Hamas has entered its 99th day. On Saturday January 13, the Israeli army opened fire in the south of the Gaza Strip. Hamas’ health ministry reported a new toll of 23,843 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on October 7, during an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israeli soil that killed around 1,140 people, according to an AFP count. Israeli toll. Tolls in the Palestinian enclave could not be verified by an independent source. Here’s what to remember from Saturday.
Dozens killed in southern Gaza Strip, Hamas says
According to Hamas, dozens of people were killed in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, south of which the Israeli army opened fire. The Israeli strike killed more than 60 people, mostly women and children, and wounded dozens, according to the health ministry of Hamas, the movement that has controlled the small, besieged and heavily populated Palestinian territory since 2007. On the ground in Gaza, an AFP correspondent reported intense nighttime bombing in the south, in Khan Younes, which has become the epicenter of fighting, and in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, where thousands of Gazans have fled further clashes. North.
According to the UN, the “Hundred Days” are “a stain on our common humanity”.
“Death, Destruction on a Large Scale” And “The Pain of the Last Hundred Days” Since the start of the war in Gaza “A stain on our common humanity”The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Assistance Agency (UNRWA) said on Saturday. “It has been a hundred days since this devastating war began, killing and displacing people in Gaza, following horrific attacks against people in Israel by Hamas and other groups. It has been a hundred days of hardship and suffering for the hostages and their families.”Philip Lazzarini declared in a press release published while in the Palestinian Territory.
US forces attack Houthi rebels in Yemen again
After the first American and British strikes on Friday, the American military launched new strikes on Saturday against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen. The Houthis, who control large swathes of Yemen, have stepped up their threats against international maritime traffic in the Red Sea. Earlier on Saturday, the Houthi channel, al-Masirah, reported strikes on at least one site in the capital, Sanaa. “US-British Enemy Targets Capital, Sana’a with (Several) Attacks”., citing his correspondent in the city, communicated with al-Masirah on his X account. Then, the United States Central Military Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the American strike at 3:45 a.m. local Saturday (1:45 a.m. in Paris). “Against Radar Site in Yemen”.
Earlier in the evening, a military source and a police source linked to the rebels announced that a new strike on the western city of Hodeida was in response to rocket attacks by the Houthis from the port city. The strike was not immediately claimed. An AFP correspondent in Hodeida heard a powerful explosion followed by a missile, and an hour and a half later, another distant explosion.
In the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, tensions have risen in the Red Sea in recent weeks with Houthi attacks targeting maritime traffic in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. Since Friday, the conflict has spread across Yemen with two episodes of American and British strikes against Houthi rebels. China on Saturday condemned the American-British operation, assuring through its representative at the United Nations that “This does not contribute to the safety and security of commercial vessels and the protection of freedom of navigation”.
“No one will stop us,” warns Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday, January 13 “person” Will not stop his country from fighting in the Gaza Strip. “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, not anyone else.”He made the announcement during a press conference in Tel Aviv, specifically referring to South Africa’s request to the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Emmanuel Macron called for the “resumption of negotiations” for the release of the hostages
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for this “Resuming repeated negotiations for liberation” Hamas hostages, in a video posted on social networks and during a rally in Tel Aviv in support of the hostages. “The French nation is determined that (…) all the hostages of the terrorist attacks of October 7 are released. France does not abandon its children. That is why we must start negotiations again and again for their release.”Emmanuel Macron promised “Bring All Home With Us”.
