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On the 144th day of the aggression against Gaza, fighting intensifies between the resistance factions and the occupation forces in the Zaytoun neighborhood, at a time when Israeli bombing continues in various parts of the Gaza Strip, and the Ministry of Health said that 76 martyrs fell in one day, amid warnings from international organizations and human rights organizations of the risk of famine. .
At the level of the political movement regarding the prisoner exchange deal and reaching a truce in Gaza, conflict over the results of the talks is still prevalent after US President Joe Biden said that a ceasefire is within reach, saying that Israel agreed to stop its attack during the holy month of Ramadan if An agreement has been reached to release some detainees in Gaza, but both Hamas and Israel have ruled out an imminent breakthrough.
The Lebanese front witnessed a remarkable escalation, as Hezbollah bombed the Israeli strategic Meron base for the second time, and also bombed the headquarters of the 146th Division in Jatoun with dozens of Katyusha rockets, and Israel bombed targets deep in Lebanon.
On the Red Sea axis, a spokesman for “Ansar Allah” in Yemen confirmed that the operations they are carrying out in the Red Sea against navigation heading to Israel will not stop until the Israeli aggression on Gaza ends and the siege on the Strip is lifted.
The Houthi group denied reports that marine communications cables were out of service due to its attacks.
Field developments
On the ground, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, confirmed that it was waging fierce battles with Israeli forces from zero distance in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, and targeted a gathering of occupation forces with mortar shells. It also announced the destruction of a Merkava tank that penetrated the area with an Al-Yassin 105 shell.
The Al-Qassam Brigades added that its fighters targeted an Israeli D-9 bulldozer with a Yassin 105 shell east of the Zaytoun neighborhood, causing it to catch fire.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement - said that it killed and wounded an Israeli force in an ambush using an Israeli missile that did not explode.
On the other hand, the Israeli army confirmed that seven soldiers were injured within 24 hours, and says that it continues fighting and face-to-face clashes in the Zaytoun neighborhood, and that dozens of what it described as Palestinian militants have been eliminated.
Israeli media confirmed the killing of a company commander with the rank of major in the Givati Brigade during the battles in Gaza.
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Continued Israeli massacres
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the occupation army committed, during the last 24 hours, 11 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, claiming 96 martyrs and 172 wounded, thus bringing the total number of victims of the aggression since October 7 to 29,878. One death and 70,215 wounded.
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Hunger crisis
Regarding the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, the Ministry of Health in the Strip announced the death of two infants as a result of dehydration and malnutrition at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
The ministry added that serious cases of infants arrived at the hospital as a result of dehydration and malnutrition, noting that the sector is witnessing an escalating famine that may claim the lives of thousands of citizens.
Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said that a real famine has begun to spread and show its symptoms in areas of the northern Gaza Strip, with deaths due to hunger recorded.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that one million children in Gaza suffer from severe food insecurity, and face what could soon become a health catastrophe. Oxfam warned of the increasing risk of genocide in northern Gaza, amid growing fears of famine in the region. (For more details)
A spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations said that aid entering Gaza has declined sharply, and that the organization has not been able to deliver any aid to the north for more than a month.
The UN Security Council is expected to hold an open session today, at the request of Switzerland and Guyana, regarding food insecurity in the Gaza Strip.
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Prisoner exchange negotiations
Regarding the efforts aimed at reaching an agreement on reaching a truce and exchanging prisoners, the spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Majid Al-Ansari, said that there were many developments that took place within the framework of mediation efforts related to Israel’s war on Gaza.
He confirmed the continuation of meetings in this context, noting that they have not yet yielded any results, and expressed his hope that mediation efforts will lead to a cessation of hostilities during the month of Ramadan.
This comes as the discrepancy in news coming from America and Israel continues today, Tuesday, regarding the progress of the talks between Hamas and Israel and the imminence of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners and detainees.
The American ABC News network quoted a senior Israeli political source as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was surprised by US President Joe Biden's statements in which he expressed his hope for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas by next Monday.
For its part, the American newspaper "Washington Post" quoted an Israeli official as saying that there is no agreement at the present time regarding a truce or prisoner exchange deal, ruling out the imminence of reaching an agreement.
Israeli government spokeswoman Tal Heinrich said that Israel is ready to reach a prisoner exchange deal as soon as Hamas waives its conditions, which she described as unrealistic.
The US President said that Israel agreed not to carry out military activities in the Gaza Strip during the upcoming month of Ramadan.
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The Emir of Qatar (right) and the French President (Reuters)
Visit of the Emir of Qatar to France
In Paris, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held a session of discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron after his arrival at the Elysee Palace on a two-day visit to France.
The Emir of Qatar called for an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, and said that the world "is witnessing the genocide of the Palestinian people using starvation and forced displacement" in the Gaza Strip.
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Developments in the West Bank
In the West Bank, the number of Palestinian martyrs shot by the Israeli occupation army rose to 4, and the number of detainees in its largest city from last night until Tuesday morning rose to 15, including girls, children and former prisoners.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews received a martyr who was shot by the occupation forces at the Mazmoria checkpoint (between Bethlehem and occupied Jerusalem), and he is being transferred to Al-Hussein Hospital in Bethlehem in the south of the West Bank.
Palestinians carried out the funeral of the martyr Nizar Hassasna in the town of Al-Ubaidiya, east of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Hassasna was martyred after the occupation soldiers shot him in the Wadi Al-Hummus area near the Mazmoria checkpoint, east of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced that a Palestinian was injured by bullets from the occupation forces at the Beit Furik checkpoint, east of Nablus, this morning.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested 15 Palestinians, including a girl, children and former prisoners, last night and this morning, in various areas of the West Bank.
The Israeli occupation forces also arrested 30 Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, at dawn today, in the town of Barta'a, south of the city of Jenin.
Settlers destroyed parts of the monument of the martyr Suleiman Al-Hathalin in the village of “Umm Al-Khair”, in Masafer Yatta, south of the city of Hebron.
This is the third attack on the edifice.
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Lebanese Front
On the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Hezbollah announced that it had carried out seven attacks against Israeli sites, off the Lebanese border and in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
Dozens of Katyusha rockets were bombed at the headquarters of the 146th Division in Gatoun, Western Galilee.
It also bombed the Meron air control base in Jabal al-Jarmak twice with Katyusha rockets and anti-tank missiles, in response to the raid on the vicinity of the city of Baalbek and the attacks on the southern regions.
The party also attacked the Al-Marj site, a gathering of occupation soldiers in Al-Tayhat Hill, and the Ramtha and Ruwaisat Al-Alam sites in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
In exchange for the new attacks by Hezbollah, Israeli aircraft launched a series of intensive raids on several areas deep in southern Lebanon.
Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy threatened during an inspection of Israeli soldiers on the northern front that Hezbollah would pay a heavy price.
In the wake of this escalation, the head of the United Nations Forces mission operating in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), Aroldo Lazaro, urged, in a statement on the “X” platform, all parties concerned to stop hostilities to prevent further escalation, and leave room for a political and diplomatic solution that could restore stability to the region. .
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Houthi supporters during a previous demonstration in Sanaa (Anatolia)
Red Sea axis
In Yemen, the Ansar Allah Houthi group denied, on Tuesday, allegations reported in the Israeli media that they had targeted marine communications cables, stressing that it was avoiding harming any cables in the Red Sea.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Houthi government in Sanaa said in a statement, "We deny the validity of what is being promoted by the Zionist enemy media regarding what happened to a number of submarine cables in the Red Sea last Saturday."
The statement added that the decision to prevent the passage of Israeli ships does not apply to ships belonging to international companies licensed to carry out marine cable work in Yemeni waters.
The Israeli newspaper Globes claimed that the Houthis damaged 4 communications cables in the Red Sea between Jeddah and Djibouti, and that repairing them may take at least 8 weeks, according to estimates.
In a related context, the Houthi group said on Tuesday that its attacks against ships in the Red Sea with missiles and drones will not stop unless the Israeli aggression on Gaza ends and the siege on the Strip is lifted.
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Source: Al Jazeera + agencies