On Friday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories expressed its deep concern about the significant increase in Israeli arrests of Palestinians, and called for an investigation into accusations of torture during detention in Israel.

A statement issued by the office stated that Israel has arrested more than 3,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of the war on Gaza in early October.

It added that a record number are being detained without charge or trial. He continued that within two months, six Palestinians died in Israeli prisons, which is the largest number of deaths in such a short period in decades, according to Reuters.

Since the Hamas attack on October 7 and the subsequent violent Israeli bombing of Gaza, Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons have reported deteriorating conditions, including overcrowding, restrictions on access to food and water, and limited visits from family or lawyers.

Many said they were beaten and abused by guards, including threats of rape.

The office said, “The huge increase in the number of Palestinians arrested and detained, the number of reports of ill-treatment and humiliation suffered by detainees, and the reported failure to adhere to basic due process, all of this raises serious questions about the extent of Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law and international law.”

It added: “All deaths in custody and allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment must be investigated and accountability ensured.”

The Israel Prison Service said that all its prisoners were “detained in accordance with the provisions of the law” and that the prisoners’ deaths were under investigation.

As part of the truce agreement with Hamas, Israel released 240 Palestinian women and children from its prisons, more than half of whom were detained without charge, according to Israeli records.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that during the cessation of fighting, which lasted a week, Israel arrested more than 260 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Source: Alsharq Alawsat

On November 29, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of congratulations for the 11th year in a row to the United Nations on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In conjunction with that day, a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on the Palestinian issue, which China called for in its capacity as rotating president of the Council, was held this month. It was chaired by a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and was attended by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, foreign ministers and representatives. High-level officials from about 20 countries and all members of the Security Council, reflecting China’s continued support for the just cause of the Palestinian people, its great concerns and keenness to maintain peace and stability in the Middle East, and its firm will to defend international justice and fairness.

Chinese President Xi Jinping also noted in his congratulatory message that the anniversary of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People gains special importance this year given the current situation. The Palestinian issue is the core of the Middle East issue, and is linked to international justice and fairness. The source of this issue lies in the failure of the Palestinian people to achieve their legitimate national rights to establish their independent state for a long period. The painful experiences of the spiral of conflicts between Palestine and Israel clearly demonstrated that sustainable security cannot be achieved except by adhering to the concept of common security. The international community must act urgently, and the Security Council must bear its responsibility by doing everything in its power to stop the fire, protect civilians, and end the humanitarian catastrophe. On this basis, the resumption of peace talks between the two sides should be facilitated as soon as possible to realize the rights of the Palestinian people to establish a state, remain and return at an early day.

Lasting peace and stability in the Middle East cannot be achieved without a just solution to the Palestinian issue. Chinese President Xi Jinping has clarified on several occasions China's principled position on the current situations in Palestine and Israel, stressing the necessity of a ceasefire and an immediate end to the fighting, ensuring the safety and smooth flow of humanitarian relief corridors, avoiding the expansion of the conflict, implementing the two-state solution as a basic solution, and finding a comprehensive, just and lasting solution. for the Palestinian cause at an early day. Accordingly, China issued its position paper on the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which it put forward proposals for a ceasefire, ending the fighting in a comprehensive manner, protecting civilians with concrete steps, ensuring humanitarian relief, strengthening diplomatic mediation, and implementing the two-state solution.

Since the outbreak of this round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, China has been working hard to achieve peace and save lives. In its capacity as rotating President of the Council this month, China accomplished the push for the adoption of the first resolution in the Council since the outbreak of this round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and also the first resolution adopted on the Palestinian issue since the end of 2016. Yesterday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on the Palestinian issue, and the foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries met jointly, the foreign ministers of Brazil and other countries, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations separately, in order to promote in-depth exchanges, build consensus, and make necessary contributions to alleviating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, achieving a ceasefire, and protecting civilians and take more concrete measures and make due contributions to ultimately reach a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state solution.

China has been and continues to provide development and humanitarian aid to Palestine. In order to alleviate the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, China has provided urgent humanitarian aid worth two million US dollars through the Palestinian National Authority and United Nations agencies, in addition to urgent humanitarian supplies worth 15 million Chinese yuan, including food and medicine, to the Gaza Strip via Egypt. China will continue to provide material assistance according to the needs of the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The main way out for resolving the Palestinian issue lies in the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. 

China calls on the UN Security Council to advance the reactivation of the two-state solution, and to convene an international peace conference on a larger scale, with greater credibility, and more effectively as soon as possible under the auspices and organization of the United Nations, and to set a specific timetable and roadmap on the implementation of the two-state solution, in a way that advances the finding of a solution. Comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian cause. Any arrangement regarding the future of the Gaza Strip must respect the will of the Palestinian people and their independent choice, and may not be imposed on them. China will continue to stand for international fairness and justice, work with the international community and build international consensus on promoting peace, and continue its unremitting efforts to achieve peace between Palestine and Israel and peace and stability in the Middle East.

An American official said that Israel presented to us the issue of the “buffer zone,” while stressing that Washington opposes every plan to reduce the area of Palestinian lands.

Israel informed Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Jordan, of its intention to create a “buffer zone” in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war according to Reuters, citing Israeli sources.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that Israel intends to establish a “buffer zone” and take security control of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.

A senior Israeli security source said, "Israel wants to establish a buffer zone from northern to southern Gaza in order to prevent terrorists, Hamas, and others from infiltrating and attacking it."

He pointed out that "the buffer zone is being examined, and it is not clear how deep it is, whether it is a few meters or hundreds of meters."

An American official stated that Israel presented to us the issue of the “buffer zone,” while stressing that Washington opposes every plan to reduce the area of Palestinian lands.

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, "We do not support reducing the geographical area of the Gaza Strip. It must remain Palestinian territory and its area cannot be reduced."

In addition, Israel informed the mediators of its intention to return to an agreement with the Hamas movement, which stipulates a one-day truce in exchange for the release of women and children hostages from the Gaza Strip. As reported by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (“Kan 11”) on Friday evening.

The broadcasting organization quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying, “There is an Israeli interest in returning to a one-day truce in exchange for the release of women and children who are still detained in the Gaza Strip.”

Israeli projections indicate that the chance of achieving a truce tonight is slim, while officials said that "the fighting continues with full force, while returning to a truce agreement may take between two to four days."

This comes after Israel rejected Hamas's proposal to release the bodies of hostages as part of the eighth batch of prisoner exchange that was scheduled today, which led to the end of the truce and the resumption of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli reports, Hamas refuses to release the women hostages and requests moving to another agreement that includes the release of the male hostages. This was rejected by Israel, which wants to complete the release of all its women hostages.

Source: arab48

The Israeli occupation bombed large areas in the Gaza Strip, for the second day after the collapse of talks to extend the week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, while the mediators stressed that the Israeli bombing complicates attempts to stop combat operations again.

The Israeli occupation army has launched intense bombardment on various areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, since this morning, Saturday, for the second day in a row after the end of the humanitarian truce, after a bloody day that left about 200 dead in Israeli attacks.

The eastern areas of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, have been subjected to intense bombardment since the end of the truce. By Friday evening the Israeli raids had resulted in the death of 184 people, the wounding of at least 589 others, and targeted more than 20 homes.

The United Nations said the fighting would exacerbate a severe humanitarian emergency. "Hell on earth has returned to Gaza," said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.

Qatar, which plays a pivotal role in mediation efforts, confirmed that negotiations are still ongoing with the Israelis and Hamas to restore the truce, stressing that the renewed Israeli bombing of Gaza complicates mediation efforts.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Washington "continues to work with Israel, Egypt and Qatar to put the truce back on track." Meanwhile, the Qatari mediator called on the international community to take action because the resumption of bombing “exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.

Source: arab48

Atlanta Police Chief: “It was likely an act of political protest... There was a Palestinian flag at the scene.”

A person was seriously injured, on Friday, after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, in the southeastern United States, while a Palestinian flag was found at the scene of the incident, according to local authorities.

Atlanta Police Chief Darren Scherbaum said in a press conference on Friday afternoon that it was likely an “act of political protest,” adding, “There was a Palestinian flag at the scene.”

For his part, Atlanta Fire Chief Roderick Smith said that at midday “a security guard noticed that someone was trying to set himself on fire” outside the consulate building. While trying to stop him, the security guard suffered burns.

Smith added that "the two people suffered burns" and were taken to a hospital, noting that the condition of the person who tried to burn himself was "critical."

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced the death of 67 journalists and media workers as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since last October 7.

The union explained in a press release issued by the union’s Freedoms Committee today, Friday, that with the death of the three colleagues, the doctor of media at Gaza universities, Adham Hassouna, the photojournalist Abdullah Darwish, and the photographer Montaser Al-Sawaf, the number of dead from the journalistic situation in the Gaza Strip has reached 67 male and female colleagues since the beginning of the aggression.

The head of the Freedoms Committee, Muhammad al-Laham, explained that the difficulty of monitoring and documentation remains a major obstacle to documentation due to the continuity and intensity of the Israeli aggression, as some parties indicated, for example, that journalist Alaa al-Hasanat was alive, while the Freedoms Committee was not able to confirm that, and controversy had previously been raised about the death of her colleague. Maimana's Islam was between denial and confirmation. It continued for days until the news of her death was confirmed. Al-Lahham added that there are two journalists, Nidal Al-Wahidi and Haitham Abdel-Wahed, whose fate has not been confirmed yet, since contact with them has been cut off since the first day of the aggression against Gaza.

Qatar, Egypt and Washington announced on Friday evening that they are making joint efforts to restore the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

The Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, said, "Qatar is committed to continuing efforts with its partners to return to calm in Gaza."

He added, "The continued bombing of the Gaza Strip after the end of the truce complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip."

For his part, National Security Council spokesman at the White House, John Kirby, said that Washington continues to work with Israel, Egypt and Qatar on efforts to restore the humanitarian truce, adding, "We want to release more hostages and bring more aid into the Gaza Strip."

He considered that "Hamas bears responsibility for the end of the truce, and must provide a list of hostages that can be exchanged in order for aid to continue to flow."

Rashwan pointed out that the efforts include “extending it for other periods, to allow confronting the dangerous humanitarian conditions in Gaza, which have reached the point of catastrophe, whether by stopping the war on them, or by quickly and intensively entering humanitarian and relief aid to them.”

On Friday morning, a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel ended with Qatari-Egyptian mediation and lasted for 7 days, during which prisoners and hostages were exchanged and humanitarian aid was brought into the Strip.

Immediately after the end of the truce, Israel resumed its war on Gaza, targeting various areas in the north, center and south of the Strip since morning, resulting in dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded.

The head of the Egyptian State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, said, “Egypt greatly regrets breaking the temporary humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip,” noting that “Egypt is currently making maximum efforts with partners (Qatar and the United States) to return to the truce as soon as possible.”

The Israeli army announced on (Friday) that it had bombed “more than 200 terrorist targets” in Gaza today since the end of the truce.

The army said in a statement carried by Agence France-Presse: “Following Hamas’ violation of the cessation of operations and the truce, fighting resumed in the Gaza Strip. Since 7 a.m., the Israeli army has bombed more than 200 terrorist targets.

The Israeli army added: “During the past few hours, ground, air and naval forces bombed terrorist targets in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, including in Khan Yunis and Rafah.”

On Friday, the army published a map of what it called “evacuation zones” in the Gaza Strip that residents are supposed to evacuate, after an international demand to establish safe zones and an American request to avoid killing civilians.

On Friday, the truce that stopped fighting between Israel and Hamas ended for seven days.

Hostilities resumed immediately. Israeli forces bombed several areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing more than a hundred people, according to the Hamas government, while Palestinian factions fired rockets towards Israel.

The map, written in Arabic, divides the Gaza Strip into hundreds of numbered sectors, and is available on the Israeli army’s website.

The army said that the goal of the map is to enable residents to “evacuate specific places for their safety if necessary.”

Warnings were sent via short text messages to residents in several areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, stating that the army would begin “an overwhelming military attack on your residential area with the aim of eliminating the terrorist organization (Hamas).

The warning included the areas of Jabalia, Shuja'iya, Zaytoun, the Old City of Gaza, Khirbet Khuza'a, Abasan, Bani Suhaila, Ma'an, and others.

The army said: “The ceasefire deadline has expired... The army will strike the area with extreme force... Your continued presence in your places of residence is very dangerous!” After about 10 minutes, explosions began in these places.

The Hamas government's Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip says that more than 15,000 people were killed in the seven weeks of war before the truce began on November 24.

On Friday evening, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning the collapse of the truce and the renewed violent Israeli bombing of the impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip, warning of the consequences of the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land, amid Israeli talk about an operation in the south of the Strip adjacent to the border with Egypt.

It added in a statement that Egypt "expressed its strong condemnation of the collapse of the truce and the renewed violent bombing and Israeli military operations against the Gaza Strip, which resulted in renewed casualties among Palestinian civilians."

It considered the matter to be "a serious setback and an underestimation by the Israeli side of all the efforts made that have sought over the past days to extend the truce, spare the blood of innocent Palestinians, and ensure the implementation of more urgent humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip."

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry affirmed Cairo's firm position rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians outside the borders of their land, as it is a red line that will not be allowed to be crossed.

Egypt renewed its call to influential international parties and concerned UN bodies, led by the Security Council, to assume their responsibilities towards ensuring the protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and to stop attempts and plans to push them to flee their country.

It stressed the importance of actually implementing the resolutions issued by the Security Council and the General Assembly in this regard.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that the Israeli occupation forces prevented the entry of aid through the Rafah land crossing.

The association said in a statement, this evening, Friday, that “the occupation authorities informed the association, organizations, and all entities operating at the Rafah land crossing, preventing the entry of aid trucks from the Egyptian side into the Gaza Strip, starting today until further notice, and that the crossing must be emptied of the trucks on the side.” Palestinians as soon as possible.

The association stressed that "this decision increases the suffering of citizens, and increases the magnitude of the challenges facing humanitarian and relief organizations in alleviating the suffering of citizens and displaced people as a result of the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip."

The Israeli occupation resumed its aggression against the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, minutes after the end of the temporary humanitarian truce that lasted for only one week.

During the truce period, trucks of aid were brought into the besieged sector since the start of the aggression on the seventh of last October, but the amount of relief and medical aid and fuel trucks that entered was not sufficient to meet the increasing needs of citizens in light of the humanitarian catastrophe that the sector is witnessing.

Today, Friday, armed settlers and Israeli occupation forces attacked sheep herders in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and forcefully forced them to leave their lands.

Local sources reported that a group of armed settlers attacked farmers and sheep herders from the Aliyan Awad family in the “Al-Maraheen Al-Bidh” area, and entered their herds onto citizens’ lands.

The occupation forces also forcefully evacuated the people from those pastures, forced them to leave them, and allowed the colonists to bring their herds into the pastures.

In Salfit, this evening, settlers stormed the “Al-Ras” area in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, assaulted property and stole a sum of money.

Local sources reported that the settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, fired bullets at the unarmed citizens who confronted them, stole a sum of money from a citizen, destroyed the monument to the martyr Mithqal Rayan, and destroyed several vehicles, while confrontations broke out with the citizens during which the occupation army fired live bullets and threw Poison gas bombs.

In Nablus, settlers cut down 50 olive trees in the town of Qasra, south of the city.

Settlement resistance activist Fouad Hassan said that settlers from the “Esh Kodesh” settlement outpost cut down 50 olive trees east of the town, owned by citizen Jawdat Aref.

The Israeli occupation is planning a long war on the Gaza Strip that will extend for a year or more, with the most intense phase of the ground operation continuing until early 2024, including the assassination of three prominent leaders of the Hamas movement, according to what the Financial Times reported, citing Israeli sources familiar with war plans.

The British newspaper reported on Friday that the multi-stage strategy developed by the occupation includes an imminent incursion into the depths of the south of the besieged Strip by forces stationed inside northern Gaza.

According to the newspaper, the objectives include the assassination of three senior Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, and Marwan Issa, while achieving a “decisive” military victory against the 24 Qassam Brigades, and destroying the underground tunnel network, leading to the destruction of the movement’s ability to rule in the country. Gaza.

The newspaper quoted a person familiar with the war plans as saying: “This will be a very long war. We are not currently close to halfway to achieving our goals.”

According to estimates by those familiar with the plans who spoke to the newspaper, the high-intensity ground operation will likely require a few more months, and after that, there will be a “transition and stabilization” phase with less military intensity that could continue until late 2024, with no clarity about the positioning of the ground forces. Israel during this stage.

They said that the current war, unlike previous military operations and wars, will not have a fixed end point. They added: "The referee will not blow the final whistle and that's it," apparently referring to the post-war period.

A senior Israeli military officer, speaking to the newspaper, claimed that at least 10 of the 24 battalions affiliated with the Qassam Brigades were “severely damaged,” with more than 50 mid-level commanders and an estimated 5,000 fighters killed.

Another source familiar with the war plans said that the Israeli army still considers operations in northern Gaza incomplete, adding: “Gaza City is not finished yet, and it has not been completely occupied. It is possible that 40% has been accomplished, but for the north as a whole, "It will likely take another two weeks to a month."

While occupation leaders threaten a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip similar to the north, Israeli officials claimed that most of Hamas' leadership, the bulk of its fighters and missile arsenal, and the majority of the remaining Israeli prisoners, are now in the south.

According to informed sources who spoke to the newspaper, the southern attack will focus on Khan Yunis. The second most important urban center in Gaza and the birthplace of Sinwar and Al-Deif, as well as Rafah in the far south of the Strip on the border with Egypt.

Source: Alaraby Aljadeed

The Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine, Francesca Albanese, said on Friday that the second phase of the war on Gaza threatens to push the population to the border and deport them to Sinai.

In her tweet on the platform, Albanese expressed her concern about the occupation army dropping leaflets calling on residents of the Gaza Strip to leave their places of residence, saying that this “may lead to the “largest forced displacement” in the long history of displacement to which Palestinians have been subjected.

International organizations expressed their deep concern about Israel's attempt to displace Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, at a time when the Israeli occupation army is still targeting civilian residents and their homes.

Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) affirms the necessity of Israel’s obligation, as an occupying state, not to forcibly transfer the population of Gaza within the occupied territory or any other country. In the event of extreme necessity, and for the purpose of protecting the population, the temporary transfer shall be within the borders of the occupying state, which means that the forced transfer to another country is not permissible in any case.

Several human rights organizations have confirmed that the forced displacement of the population of Gaza by the occupying forces is a war crime in accordance with Article 8, Paragraph 2, Clause 7 of the Rome Statute (unlawful deportation, transfer, or unlawful confinement), and it is also considered a crime against humanity in accordance with Article 7, Paragraph 1, Clause ( d) And the special issue regarding (deportation of population or forced transfer of population).

Today, Friday, settlers attacked citizens in the Al-Kaabneh community in the Wadi Qelt area, west of Jericho, and demanded that they evacuate their homes at gunpoint.

The Citizen Nader Musa Kaabneh reported that about 100 settlers stormed a Bedouin gathering in the Wadi Qelt area, which included 30 members of his family, attacked the citizens with stones, destroyed a vehicle belonging to his brother Ahmed, and seized another belonging to his brother Osama.

He added that the settlers closed all the dirt roads leading to his family’s gathering, and demanded that they leave the gathering at gunpoint, in an attempt to forcibly displace them.

The newspaper "Israel Hayom" revealed, on Friday, that Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dremer is preparing a plan requested from him by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which aims to reduce the number of Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip to the least possible amount in the wake of the war launched by the occupation army on the Strip.

"Israel Hayom" confirmed that the plan that Likud Minister Dremer is working on has not been seen by most members of the Mini-Ministerial Council for Security Affairs, and has not been discussed in official institutions and forums, due to its "sensitivity," according to the newspaper, which expected that the administration of US President Joe Biden would reject it, in addition to The prevailing opinion is that the plan is “unrealistic and expresses a fantasy.”

On the other hand, the newspaper suggested that the plan would enjoy the support of the ministers of the “Likud Party” led by Netanyahu, the “Jewish Power” movement led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and the “Religious Zionism” movement led by Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich.

The newspaper added that despite the position of the international community and the military establishment in Tel Aviv on the plan, Netanyahu sees its implementation as a strategic goal for his government.

It added that Netanyahu seeks to implement the plan without having to engage in a confrontation with the United States, the international community, and Egypt, which categorically opposes it, pointing out that those close to Netanyahu justify the plan by saying that it does not express an intention to expel the Palestinians, but rather an attempt to reduce the population density in the Gaza Strip.

The newspaper said that Israel could bypass the Egyptian opposition to implement the plan by enabling Gazans to leave the Gaza Strip by sea and head to Europe and Africa.

For his part, the head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, Avigdor Lieberman, called for enlisting the United States in pressuring Egypt to assume control of the Gaza Strip in the wake of the war, as well as forcing Jordan to control Area A, which includes the largest Palestinian population density in the West Bank.

In a post he wrote on the “X” platform today, Friday, Lieberman, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs, Security, and Finance, considered that Egypt’s control over the Gaza Strip and Jordan’s control over populated areas in the West Bank is an alternative to the “two-state solution,” which he considered “unrealistic.”

This morning, the occupation army resumed the war on Gaza with the expiration of the truce deadline, while negotiations continue in the hope of reaching an agreement that once again leads to a cessation of fighting, an exchange of prisoners, and the introduction of humanitarian aid into the Strip.

The Palestinian News Agency reported that the death toll from the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip had risen to 109 on Friday, in addition to dozens of wounded, and said that the majority of those killed were children and women. The agency reported that the Israeli bombing continued by land, sea and air on various areas of the Gaza Strip after the end of the seventh day of the temporary truce.

The Palestinian News Agency indicated that a number of citizens were killed and others were injured in a bombing that targeted a house east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, while it quoted its correspondent that 30 dead people arrived at the Baptist Hospital as a result of bombing on Gaza City, especially Shuja’iya and Zaytoun.

Israel resumed its strikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday, after the end of a humanitarian truce that witnessed an exchange of prisoners over a period of 7 days.

Palestinian television confirmed earlier that Israel bombed the Nuseirat camp market in the central Gaza Strip, but did not provide other details.

The Palestinian Agency said earlier that Israeli artillery fired shells at citizens' homes west of Gaza City, while the Ministry of Interior in Gaza reported Israeli raids in the south of the Gaza Strip, and said that 9 people were killed and others were injured as a result of an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip. According to the Gaza Interior Ministry, Israeli aircraft targeted the east of the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, while the Quds News Network reported that 4 people were killed in a bombing of a house in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Prime Minister's spokesman affirmed the government's commitment to achieving the war's goals, which, in his words, are "the release of our kidnappers, the elimination of Hamas, and the guarantee that Gaza will never pose a threat to the population of Israel." On the other hand, the government media office in Gaza held the international community, especially the United States, responsible for “Israel’s crimes and the continuation of the brutal war against civilians, children and women in the Gaza Strip, after giving it the green light to continue the war.”

The Saudi Al-Hadath TV channel reported from sources that the explosion that occurred yesterday in Sanaa, Yemen, was caused by an Israeli attack.

According to the sources, “missile and drone warehouses” were attacked.

Source: Sama News

The Israeli army announced that the number of casualties among its forces had risen to 9 since the end of the truce in Gaza.

Five Israeli soldiers were injured as a result of a mortar shell falling near the town of Nirim in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli Army Radio.

It indicated that 3 soldiers were moderately injured, and the others were slightly injured.

These are the first casualties to be announced among the Israeli army since its renewed war on Gaza this morning.

An Israeli political official said today that estimates in Israel are that “there will be several days of fighting until Hamas expresses its approval to liberate kidnapped persons. Negotiations (about a prisoner exchange) will take place under fire,” according to what was reported by Israeli media.

He added, "Hamas is invited to propose a list of 10 women's names, and then a one-day truce can be considered, in accordance with the agreement that was signed."

While the leader of the Hamas movement in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, told Al Jazeera, “We presented several proposals for a prisoner exchange with Israel, but the occupation maliciously handed the mediators a list of names, all of them soldiers.” According to him, in Israel they rejected a deal under which elderly Palestinian prisoners would be released in exchange for elderly Israeli kidnapped.

Al-Hayya added: "We informed the mediators that we are open to exchanging detainees until a ceasefire is reached."

A large majority of 66% of those opposed to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, support the continuation of a ceasefire. Likewise, among Netanyahu’s supporters, 40% supported the continuation of the ceasefire and 30% of his supporters opposed it.

54% of Israelis supported the continuation of the ceasefire plan in the Gaza Strip and Hamas’ release of Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners on a daily basis, according to a poll published by the newspaper “Maariv” today, Friday, which ended in the continuation of work under the ceasefire plan and Israel resumed Its war on Gaza.

The details of the poll showed that a large majority of 66% of those who oppose the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, support the continuation of a ceasefire. Likewise, among Netanyahu’s supporters, 40% supported the continuation of the ceasefire and 30% of his supporters opposed it.

If elections were held for the Knesset now, the current opposition parties, including the “National Camp” bloc headed by Benny Gantz, would obtain 77 seats, compared to 43 seats for the current coalition parties.

The National Camp fell by three seats from last week's poll, from 43 to 40 seats, while the Likud Party headed by Netanyahu advanced by two seats, from 18 to 20 seats.

The "Yesh Atid" party won 14 seats, the "Yisrael Beytenu" party - 10 seats, the Shas party - 9 seats, the "United Torah Judaism" bloc - 7 seats, the "Otzma Yehudit" party - 7 seats, the Arab Front for Change - 5 seats. Meretz Party - 4 seats, Unified List - 4 seats. The Religious Zionism Party did not exceed the electoral threshold for the second week in a row.

Gantz is still considered the most likely candidate to assume the position of prime minister, and he received 49% support, compared to 30% for Netanyahu.

“Israel must realize that Gaza will turn into the largest humanitarian problem in the world. If there is no one to bear responsibility, it will remain on us, and our children and grandchildren will continue to pay the price for the mistake. Netanyahu rejects Biden’s proposal and a disaster will befall us.”

Israeli officials believe that the resumption of the war on Gaza, at dawn on Friday, will push the Hamas movement to agree to a major prisoner exchange deal, without Israel paying a large price for it, while a former senior Israeli officer warned that with the end of the war on Gaza, Israel will pay a price. Very expensive, due to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

Tal Lev Ram, a military analyst in the Maariv newspaper, pointed out that the prevailing position in Israel is that “the Israeli army must return to exerting military pressure on Hamas, through which it will be possible to reach a better agreement on the liberation of the kidnapped people in Gaza.”

On the other hand, Lev Ram stressed that the one responsible for Israel's security failure, which caused the surprise of the Al-Aqsa flood attack launched by Hamas, on October 7, was primarily the Israeli army, and that the failure stemmed from "stagnation of thinking."

He added that this does not absolve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of responsibility. "Over the past year, as Prime Minister, Netanyahu has received all the required warnings that the internal crisis in Israel due to the weakening of the judiciary poses a threat to the state's security and that the possibilities of war have increased significantly."

Lev Ram continued, “This was not a warning or a general assessment, but rather these were warnings supported by intelligence information, field operations and intelligence documents that were submitted to him, and indicated that Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas view the internal situation in Israel as an indicator of its weakness and an opportunity for war against Israel.”

For his part, the retired Israeli officer with the rank of major general and former head of the Operations Division, Yisrael Ziv, pointed out in an article published on the Channel 12 website today that “Israel has reached a strategic crossroads in the battle against Hamas. On the one hand, it must complete the attack and defeat Hamas. On the other hand, it must complete the attack and defeat Hamas. The second party must realize that Gaza, the day after the war, will turn into the largest humanitarian problem in the world. If there is no one to bear responsibility, it will remain on us, and our children and grandchildren will continue to pay the price for the mistake.”

He added, "For 15 years, Hamas has built a massive combat infrastructure within a civilian system, extending to all parts of Gaza." He justified the falsity of the war on Gaza and the terrible humanitarian catastrophe that befell Gaza, claiming that “since October 7, Hamas has brought upon itself its expected annihilation.”

Ziv considered that “the pace of the war is slow and is still without decisive achievements. As long as kidnapped people are being carried out in the Gaza Strip, we are in a deficit that cannot be covered by any achievement. In other words, the struggle to return the kidnapped people precedes the army’s achievements. If the world forces Israel to stop the war, Hamas will consider "Victorious. In general, victory in the war will not be counted, without a political solution for the next day."

He pointed out, "The global clock is ticking. The American balance is limited, and will allow one more central attack before Washington demands an end to the war."

He continued, "Instead of accepting the American proposal with open arms, Netanyahu chose to engage in a policy of survival, which would lead to political failure. He is building a political ambush for Gantz, and is ready to once again sacrifice Israel's future in favor of a political slogan that serves his survival. This indicates that he does not intend to Bearing responsibility for the greatest catastrophe in Israel's history."

He added that there is no party ready to bear responsibility for the Gaza Strip after the war. “Neither Egypt nor an 'international force' as the slogans predict. Proposing other solutions is nothing more than deception that has no connection to reality. If Israel rejects the proposal to introduce the Palestinian Authority and bear security responsibility for Gaza itself, it (Israel) will bear comprehensive responsibility for the destruction of the Strip.” "And also for two million refugees. This means a political catastrophe."

Ziv considered that “the American political solution will provide a way out for the goals of the war that are not clear now, and will provide the time required for the support of the United States to end the fighting and will recruit the Biden administration for a long-term solution. The Israeli Prime Minister’s choice to reject Biden’s proposal, after his unreserved support that saved Israel, is an act that harms National security strategy during war.

He held Hamas “exclusively responsible” for “the emergence of two million refugees in the Gaza Strip,” but he warned that “annexing the Gaza Strip would bring a catastrophe on Israel, starting with the weakening of the army, passing through the collapse of the economy, and ending with targeting the sense of security and widening the internal rift. This is from Without mentioning the sweeping international attack expected in the world against Israel.

Source: Arab48

In a report published by the Wall Street Journal, the newspaper notes that “as Israeli forces prepare for a renewed attack targeting senior Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and political leaders face the challenge of what to do about the thousands of fighters who represent the group’s power base.” .

To meet this challenge, according to the report, “some Israeli and American officials are discussing the idea of expelling thousands of low-level militants from the Palestinian enclave as a way to shorten the war. This idea is reminiscent of the US-brokered agreement that allowed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and thousands of fighters to flee Beirut during the siege.” Israeli forces invaded the Lebanese capital in 1982.

It points out that the idea of getting rid of Hamas militants comes as part of the Israeli and American talks regarding who will administer Gaza when the war ends and what can be done to ensure that the region is not used as a launching pad for another attack similar to the October 7 attack.

“One proposal for how to govern post-Hamas Gaza, drawn up by the Israeli Military Research Center and seen by the Wall Street Journal, would begin with the creation of so-called ‘Hamas-free safe zones’ to be governed by a new authority in Gaza backed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”

According to the newspaper, "The American-Israeli discussions about expelling Hamas militants and their families from the Gaza Strip aim to give them an exit strategy and facilitate the rebuilding of Gaza once the fighting ends."

Before the war began, Israel estimated that Hamas had about 30,000 militants in the Gaza Strip, and subsequently vowed to kill its senior leaders and any members who participated in the October 7 attacks.

The newspaper notes that this huge number of Hamas militants in Gaza prompted Israeli officials to apply the Beirut model to deal with them and their families.

It is noteworthy that in 1982, Israeli occupation forces besieged Beirut in an attempt to weaken the power of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon. “The two-month siege and intense Israeli bombing of Beirut led to disagreements between Israel and the United States, which brokered an agreement to end the fighting by allowing Yasser Arafat and About 11,000 Palestinian fighters to leave Lebanon and head to Tunisia.

But the newspaper confirms that it has not yet been discussed whether senior Hamas leaders, such as the movement's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, and military commander Muhammad Deif, will be allowed to leave because of their role in planning the October 7 attacks.

It adds: "Leaving Gaza will be fundamentally different for Palestinian militants today than leaving Lebanon in 1982, given that they were 'visitors' in Beirut, compared to the Gaza Strip, which is considered their home."

The newspaper quotes a senior Israeli official as saying that it is not clear whether Hamas militants would choose the option of exile, if offered to them, adding: “I do not think they are as rational as the Palestine Liberation Organization. It (Hamas) is a more religious jihadist organization linked to the ideas of Iran.” .

The official confirmed to the newspaper that there is currently no "practical discussion" to remove Hamas militants, but he said that if Israel leaves Hamas no other option, this option may become possible.

The newspaper attributes Randa Slim, director of the Conflict Resolution and Track Two Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute in Washington, as saying, “Some Hamas militants may be willing to consider the idea if their leaders are killed.” However, she pointed out that the idea in general faces many obstacles that may make it "Impractical."

Moving forward with the proposal requires obtaining the support of countries willing to accept hosting Hamas militants, whose senior leaders are located in places such as Turkey, Qatar, Iran, Russia and Lebanon, according to the newspaper.

The newspaper also points out that “the issue of whether the militants will be able to leave with their families must also be dealt with, and this also requires that Hamas trust Israel’s ability to respect any commitments it makes in the deal, such as agreeing not to target the militants once they leave Gaza.”

Saleem says: “I think this is unrealistic today given the current state of conflict... but things may develop in the future.”

Today, Friday, settlers attacked a commercial store, destroyed and stole its contents, in the town of Al-Sawiya, south of Nablus.

Citizen Tamer Odeh Abdullah said that a number of settlers from the “Rahalim” settlement raided his shop located on the main street, smashed its doors and belongings, and stole some of them, before leaving the place.

The town of Al-Sawiya witnesses repeated attacks by the occupation army and settlers, targeting the people and their property, the most recent of which was the martyrdom of Bilal Muhammad Saleh (40 years old) by settler fire on the twenty-eighth of last October, while he was picking olives.

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today (Friday) that negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides are continuing to return to the truce, hours after the resumption of fighting between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Israeli army.

The ministry said in a statement today that Qatar "expresses its deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip following the end of the truce without reaching an agreement to extend it," adding, "negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides are continuing with the aim of returning to a state of truce."

It continued, "Qatar is committed, along with its mediation partners, to continuing the efforts that led to the humanitarian truce, and will not hesitate to do whatever is necessary to return to calm."

The Qatari Foreign Ministry warned that the continued bombing of the Gaza Strip in the first hours after the end of the truce complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip.

In this context, it called on the international community to act quickly to stop the fighting.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry renewed its country's condemnation of all forms of targeting civilians, the practice of collective punishment, and attempts to forcibly displace citizens of the besieged Gaza Strip, and its demand for an immediate ceasefire and to ensure the continuous and unhindered flow of relief convoys and humanitarian aid, in a way that meets the actual needs of the residents of the Strip.

The temporary humanitarian truce that was reached between Israel and Hamas, which lasted for a week, ended at seven o'clock this morning local time (05:00 GMT).

The Israeli army announced in a statement the resumption of fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of violating the ceasefire agreement and firing missiles towards Israeli territory.

Sirens were sounded in two Israeli towns near the border with Gaza this morning for the first time since Israel and Hamas reached a humanitarian truce on November 24, according to Israeli Radio. The Israeli army confirmed that it intercepted a missile fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel.

Within three hours of the end of the truce and Israel resuming its attacks on the Gaza Strip, 32 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, according to what the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced.

Hamas said that Israel rejected all its offers to extend the temporary humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, “because it had a prior decision to resume the aggression.”

This came in a statement published on the Telegram platform, after the Israeli army resumed its war on Gaza, and claimed that Hamas had “violated the truce” and fired shells towards Israeli territory.

The statement held Israel "responsible for resuming the war on the Gaza Strip, after its refusal throughout the night to accept all offers to release other detainees."

It added: "Negotiations took place throughout the night to extend the truce, during which the movement offered to exchange prisoners and the elderly, and also offered to hand over the bodies of those detained as a result of the Israeli bombing."

It continued: "Hamas also offered to hand over the bodies of the Bibas family and release their father, so that he could participate in their burial ceremonies... in addition to handing over two Israeli detainees."

The statement stressed that "the occupation refused to deal with all these offers because it had a prior decision to resume the criminal aggression."

Although the Israeli occupation resumed its war on the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, negotiations on a truce continue in the hope of reaching an agreement that will once again lead to a cessation of fighting, an exchange of prisoners, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip.

In this context, Palestinian sources confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that there had been serious negotiations sponsored by Qatar and Egypt before the renewed fighting in the morning, but Israel wanted everything for free, which delayed the renewal of the temporary truce for an additional day.

The Qatari and Egyptian mediators continue negotiations on the truce, despite the resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Agence France-Presse quoted an informed source, who it said asked to remain anonymous, that “negotiations on the truce in Gaza with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators are continuing,” after a night of intense talks that did not succeed in extending the humanitarian truce that was in effect.

In turn, an informed source confirmed to Reuters that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have been in contact with Hamas and Israel since the resumption of fighting.

This morning, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Hamas movement of violating the ceasefire agreement and releasing detainees, and said that Israel is committed to eliminating the movement and liberating all detainees in the Gaza Strip.

A statement issued by Netanyahu's office said that Hamas "did not fulfill its obligations to release all the women kidnapped today, and fired rockets at the citizens of Israel."

The statement added: “With the return to fighting, we stress: The government of Israel is committed to achieving the goals of the war, liberating our abductees, eliminating Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza will never again pose a threat to the population of Israel.”

On the other hand, Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq said, in a statement published on the movement’s official website, that Israel will not achieve by continuing its aggression after the truce what it failed to achieve during 50 days of war, stressing that “with the steadfastness of our people and the heroism of our resistance, we face the enemy’s crimes, and resume... "His Nazi aggression and targeting of civilians."

In turn, the government media office in Gaza held the international community responsible for the continuation of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

The office said in a statement: “The Israeli occupation army began to continue its brutal war against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, as it continued to bomb and target many homes and safe areas in more than one governorate in the Strip.”

He added: "The international community, led by the United States of America, represented by the American President and his Secretary of State, bears responsibility for the crimes of the Israeli occupation and the continuation of the brutal war against civilians, children and women in the Gaza Strip, after giving it the green light to continue the war without any regard to the laws of war and international and humanitarian laws." ".

The office stressed the right of the Palestinian people to defend themselves by all means, and their right to achieve their freedom and independence, establish their Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and completely eliminate the occupation from their lands in accordance with international and UN laws.

The temporary truce began in Gaza for four in the morning last Friday, before its extension was announced twice. Under the truce, Hamas released a number of its detainees, while the occupation released dozens of women and children from its prisons.

Source: Agencies Al-Araby Al-Jadeed

The New York Times reported on Thursday, based on secret documents, that Israeli officials obtained more than a year ago a plan from the Hamas movement aimed at carrying out an unprecedented attack against Israel, but they considered this scenario unrealistic.

The American newspaper reported that Israeli military intelligence obtained a Hamas document containing about 40 pages that talks point by point about a large-scale attack similar to the one carried out by the Islamic movement on October 7, which, according to the authorities, left about 1,200 people dead in Israel.

This document, which was circulated in intelligence circles under the name “Jericho Wall,” did not specify a date for a possible attack, but it specified precise points for attacking cities and military bases.

The document speaks more precisely about a barrage of missiles and drones destroying security cameras and automated defense systems, followed by the crossing of fighters to the Israeli side with parachutes, cars, and on foot, elements that were at the heart of the October 7 attack.

However, “it was not possible to determine” whether the Hamas leadership had “fully” approved of this plan and how it could be translated into reality, as confirmed by an internal Israeli army document obtained by the New York Times.

In July, an analyst from the elite Intelligence Unit 8200 warned that military exercises conducted by Hamas resembled, in several points, the attack plan described in the “Jericho Wall” document. But a colonel in the military division responsible for Gaza ruled out this scenario, describing it as “completely imaginary.”

“I categorically refute the idea that this scenario is imaginary (...) It is a plan for a war” and not just an attack “on a village,” this analyst wrote in encrypted emails seen by the newspaper.

“We actually went through a similar experience 50 years ago on the southern front in a scenario that seemed imaginary,” she added. History could repeat itself if we are not careful,” she said, referring to the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

The New York Times reported that although the “Jericho Wall” document was circulated within the Israeli military hierarchy, it was not known whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government had seen it.

On the 56th day of the war on Gaza, the temporary truce ended this morning without any news of its extension. Israel resumed its military operation in the Gaza Strip, and its planes bombed various parts of the Gaza Strip, which led to a number of martyrs and wounded.

Dozens of citizens, most of them children and women, were killed and injured today, Friday, as a result of the continued bombing by the Israeli occupation, by land, sea and air, on various areas of the Gaza Strip, after the end of the seventh day of the temporary truce.

Our correspondent reported that the number of dead rose to 65, the majority of whom were children and women, following the renewed Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip this morning, in addition to dozens of wounded.

In this context, a number of citizens were killed and others were injured in the bombing of a house for the Al-Subaihi family on George Street, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that 30 dead bodies arrived at the Baptist Hospital as a result of the occupation’s bombing of Gaza City, especially Al-Shuja’iya and Al-Zaytoun, the majority of whom were children and women.

The government media office in Gaza said that occupation aircraft launched a series of raids on the southern Gaza Strip, while an Al Jazeera correspondent reported that an Israeli raid targeted the northwest of the Gaza Strip, while artillery targeted various areas in Gaza City.

For its part, Israeli Army Radio said that warplanes were bombing all parts of the Gaza Strip.

Hours before the end of the truce, which last night allowed the release of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners in Israeli prisons, negotiations continued to extend it, but without reaching an agreement.

The truce in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas ended without an announcement of its extension on Friday morning.

Hours before the end of the truce, which last night allowed the release of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners in Israeli prisons, negotiations continued to extend it, but without reaching an agreement.

On Friday morning, the Israeli army announced that it had intercepted a missile fired from the Gaza Strip shortly before the end of the truce with Hamas. The army said on Telegram that the air defense system “successfully intercepted a missile launch” from Gaza.

Following this, eyewitnesses reported heavy flights of military aircraft and drones in the northwestern areas of Gaza City. No party has yet claimed responsibility for the missile launch.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office stated that 6 Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released on Thursday night, following the release of two hostages earlier the same day.

In Ofakim, southern Israel, residents gathered to welcome Shani Goren (29 years old). Evik Cohen said, "I love her. She is like my sister... There is no one as kind as her. Even in captivity, she would give her food to others. This is what we learned from the testimonies of other hostages."

Subsequently, Israel released thirty Palestinians, all of them women and minors, in accordance with the truce agreement with Hamas, which is scheduled to end on Friday at 7:00 (05:00 GMT).

On Thursday, Hamas expressed its readiness to extend the truce in the Gaza Strip after a call in this direction made by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

07:19

Israeli Army Radio: Warplanes are bombing all parts of the Gaza Strip

07:18

An Israeli raid northwest of the Gaza Strip and artillery shelling targeting various areas in Gaza City

07:18

Government Media Office in Gaza: Occupation aircraft launch a series of raids on the south of the Strip

07:13

Israeli army spokesman: We renewed our fire on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

07:06

Israeli planes fly over Gaza and occupation army vehicles fire in the northwest of the Gaza Strip

07:06

Sirens sound in the Gaza Strip for the second time in the last hour

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(Arab48)