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On the 124th day of the war on the Gaza Strip, clashes continue between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation forces, amid anticipation of the outcome of the truce proposal after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) delivered its response to the mediators and awaiting the Israeli position on it.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the Israeli occupation forces committed 16 massacres against families in the Strip, claiming 123 martyrs and 169 wounded during the past 24 hours.
Thus, the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip rises to 27,708, and the number of wounded to 67,147.
Hamas responds to the proposed framework for the truce agreement
Al Jazeera obtained details of Hamas' response to the proposed framework for the truce agreement in Gaza, which it presented to the mediators on Wednesday.
Sources explained to Al Jazeera that the movement agreed to a framework agreement to reach a complete and sustainable truce in 3 stages, each stage lasting 45 days, and including agreement on the exchange of prisoners and the bodies of the dead, ending the siege, and reconstruction.
Hamas demanded that the complete truce talks end before the start of the second phase, ensuring that Israeli forces leave outside the borders of the Gaza Strip, and that the reconstruction process begin.
Netanyahu: We did not commit to any promises regarding Hamas’ proposal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that complete victory in Gaza is within reach and stressed that his government has not committed to any promises regarding the ceasefire deal proposed by Hamas, stressing that negotiations are still continuing.
During a press conference held on Wednesday, Netanyahu renewed his promise to continue the war until Hamas is eliminated, indicating that achieving Israeli goals in this war is a matter of months and that there is no going back from victory.
He said that he told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that Israel is on the verge of achieving “total victory” over Hamas, claiming that achieving “victory” in Gaza will take months, not years.
The resistance inflicts losses on the occupation
The Gaza Strip witnessed violent clashes between the resistance and the Israeli occupation forces in the western neighborhoods of the cities of Gaza and Khan Yunis.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said that they were able, along with the Al-Quds Brigades, to target a special Israeli force of 10 soldiers barricaded inside a house west of the city of Khan Yunis.
It added that it targeted the special force with two anti-personnel shells, then the resistance fighters clashed with it, killing and wounding its members.
Israel intends to extend military service
The Israeli occupation army announced today, Wednesday, its intention to extend military service in the future with the aim of increasing the number of reserve soldiers, according to what Israeli media reported.
Commenting on the announcement, Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, said that publishing the draft conscription law is “a message that divides the people and harms the soldiers and national security.”
A segment of Jewish youth in Israel refuses to perform military service, especially in light of the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant considered earlier that the escalating calls in his country to refuse military service “threaten the unity of the ranks, are dangerous, and represent a prize for our enemies,” as he described it.
Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday called on Israel to take further steps to deliver aid to the war-torn sector.
Blinken continued, "I visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt, and I believe that there is a very positive future in which Israel integrates into the region, addresses its security concerns, and achieves the ambitions of the Palestinian people."
After meeting with Netanyahu and holding an expanded meeting with the participation of Israeli security and military officials, Blinken headed to the West Bank, where he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.
Guterres: The attack on Rafah will have serious repercussions
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is entering an “era of chaos,” pointing to unprecedented divisions in the UN Security Council. He also warned of serious regional repercussions of the potential Israeli attack on the city of Rafah, crowded with displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip.
Guterres said he was deeply concerned about reports that the Israeli army intends to focus on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in the next phase of its attack on the Strip.
He warned that any ground attack on Rafah - which is located on the border with Egypt and is crowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians - would have “incalculable regional repercussions,” and said that “such an action will dramatically exacerbate the situation, which is already a humanitarian nightmare, with regional repercussions.” Countless".
The Secretary-General of the United Nations renewed his demand for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" and the release of all "hostages."
UN rapporteur to Al Jazeera: The Gaza famine is unparalleled
The United Nations Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said that Israel has not implemented the International Court of Justice’s decision to prevent genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Albanese explained in an interview with Al Jazeera that Israel ignored the Court of Justice's order - late last month - to stop killing civilians, and at the same time stressed the need to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza.
She pointed out that civilians are being killed daily in Gaza, “and this is a source of concern to us,” adding that the famine suffered by the residents of the Gaza Strip is unparalleled in the entire world.
Security Council meeting
The UN Security Council met on Wednesday at the request of Algeria to consider the decision of the International Court of Justice, which called on Israel to take measures to prevent any possible act of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
The Algerian Foreign Ministry announced, in a statement earlier last week, that the meeting was being held “with the aim of giving binding force to the ruling of the International Court of Justice regarding the temporary measures imposed on the Israeli occupation.”
Saudi Arabia: No relations with Israel except under conditions
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel unless the Palestinian state is recognized, the Israeli aggression against Gaza is stopped, and the occupation withdraws from it.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said - in a statement - that the Kingdom informed its firm position to the US administration that “there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless the independent Palestinian state is recognized on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip is stopped, and all members of the occupation forces are withdrawn.” Israeli from the Gaza Strip.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies