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[Live] Israel continues to bomb the Gaza Strip and continues its raids in the occupied West Bank
Israel is still concentrating its operations this Saturday, January 20, in the south of the Gaza Strip, a territory in the grip of a serious humanitarian crisis, against a backdrop of disagreements with its American ally over the creation of a possible Palestinian state.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli raids are increasing and tension is increasing.
Displaced Palestinian children on a hill in front of their makeshift camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt, January 19, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas.
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What you must remember :
■ Israel continues its offensive in
Khan Younes
, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israelis are also continuing operations in the
occupied West Bank
.
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The American president and the Israeli Prime Minister spoke by telephone on Friday, the day after Benyamin Netanyahu's comments regarding his
opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state after the war
.
A two-state solution could still move forward with Mr Netanyahu in power, according to the US president.
■
The
European Union is sending contradictory signals
regarding the situation in the Middle East.
On the one hand, it sanctions Hamas, but on the other hand launches accusations against Israel.
A muddled diplomacy which nevertheless illustrates the desire of Europeans to play an active role, notably with a meeting on Monday in Brussels of European foreign ministers with their counterparts.
Six representatives from the region accepted their invitation.
■ The United States carried out
new strikes against the Houthis
in Yemen on Friday, saying it was acting in “self-defense” in the face of repeated attacks by Yemeni rebels targeting merchant ships in a crucial maritime area for world trade.
■ The Israeli army assured Friday that it had carried out “ air raids and carried out artillery and tank fire against
Hezbollah
observation posts
and terrorist infrastructures
”
in the Houla and Kfar Kila sector
, in
Lebanon
.
■ According to a report announced Friday January 19 by the Hamas Ministry of Health,
24,762 people have been killed in Gaza
since the start of the war on October 7.
The majority of the dead are women, adolescents and children.
There are more than 62,000 injured.
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5:00 a.m.: Clashes in the West Bank
Serious clashes broke out during an Israeli military raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Houses were searched and an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed civilian infrastructure, local media reported to Al Jazeera.
5:00 a.m.: The Khan Younès sector under bombardment
During the night from Friday to Saturday, according to witnesses, Israeli forces bombarded southern Gaza and in particular the Khan Younes sector (south), where according to the army the local command of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is hiding.
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