Despite calls, the occupation continues to target unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip (Anatolia)

On the 153rd day of the war on Gaza, Israeli bombing left dozens of martyrs in the center of the Strip after a day that witnessed 9 new massacres, while hunger threatens hundreds of thousands of besieged people.

This coincides with the resistance engaging in battles with the occupation forces in several areas, including Juhr al-Dik and Khan Yunis, while Israeli Army Radio reported the killing of dozens of senior officers since the seventh of last October.

Politically, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli army will continue its operations against all sites of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, which he described as the movement’s “last stronghold.”

27 martyrs in detention centers

An investigation conducted by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that 27 Palestinian detainees from Gaza died in military facilities where they were held since the outbreak of the war on the Strip last October.

The newspaper explained that the detainees died while being held at the “Sde Teman” military base located northeast of Beersheba, and at the Anatot base near Jerusalem, or during interrogation in other investigation facilities inside Israel.

The left-leaning newspaper said that the Israeli army did not provide any data on the circumstances of their deaths, but indicated that some of them were injured during the fighting, while others suffered from a complex medical condition before their arrest.

Escalation in the Red Sea

The leader of the Ansar Allah group (Houthis), Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said - on Thursday - that what he called “support operations” carried out by his group amounted to 8 operations this week, during which 7 ships were targeted with 19 missiles and drones, following the announcement to the group’s media that American raids Britain targeted the area north of Hodeidah.

Abdul Malik Al-Houthi added that "there is no hope for the Israelis for a decisive victory, as they are being arrogant and carrying out massacres and genocides," and that the world is unanimous in the criminality and brutality of what Gaza is witnessing, and demands that it stop, "except for America and Britain."

The Houthi leader confirmed that the total number of operations carried out in the Red and Arab Bahrain amounted to 64, and that targeting the American and Israeli ships was one of their most prominent operations, noting that they used new weapons in the recent operations, which “surprised the Americans and the British,” according to him.

New massacres

On Thursday, Israeli raids continued on various areas in the Gaza Strip, as the Gaza Ministry of Health said that the occupation army had committed 9 massacres during the last 24 hours, claiming the lives of more than 86 martyrs and 113 wounded.

The number of martyrs in the central Gaza Strip rose to 42 after 7 martyrs were recovered from a house south of Deir al-Balah in the center of the Strip, amid expectations that the number of victims will rise as efforts to recover the victims continue.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Strip on October 7 had risen to 30,800, and the number of injured to 72,298.

Negotiations without agreement

Sources told Al Jazeera that the Cairo negotiations ended without reaching an agreement, and that the mediators between Hamas and Israel tried to bridge the gap between the two parties, but their efforts did not succeed.

The sources said that Israel rejected Hamas's request for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip, and the return of the displaced without conditions.

A senior Hamas official told Reuters that Israel insists on refusing to "stop the aggression and withdrawal and guarantee the freedom of aid entry and the return of the displaced."

An official source told the Egyptian Cairo News Channel that talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Gaza before the month of Ramadan are continuing between all parties.

The official said that a Hamas delegation has left Cairo for now to conduct consultations, but the talks will resume next week.

The occupation army: We lost dozens of leaders

The Israeli occupation army announced - on Thursday - the killing of 4 brigade commanders, 39 platoon commanders, 13 company commanders, and 6 officers holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, in addition to a war staff officer, since last October 7.

This announcement was preceded by a statement by Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, in which he said, "Despite the achievements achieved by the Israeli army in the war, it paid heavy prices and lost leaders and soldiers."

Israeli Army Radio reported that a sergeant from the "Jabal Brigade" was killed during battles in the southern Gaza Strip. The occupation army also confirmed that 13 soldiers were injured, including 6 in serious condition, while Israeli media said that the dead sergeant and the injured fell in an ambush in Hamad City, west of Khan Yunis. .

The Israeli Soroka Hospital also announced that it had received 9 wounded soldiers, two of whom were seriously injured. The hospital said that it was now treating 42 soldiers in various departments, 9 of whom were in serious condition, confirming that it had received 2,819 wounded soldiers of varying degrees of severity since the beginning of the war.

Clashes and raids in the West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces stormed - at dawn on Thursday - Tubas in the northern West Bank, and armed confrontations broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation forces, during which the resistance fighters targeted the occupation vehicles and soldiers with homemade explosive devices.

The occupation forces also stormed the cities of Nablus and Ramallah and launched raids and arrest operations, arresting in Ramallah the captive editor, journalist Bushra Al-Taweel, and the human rights activist Samoud Mutair, who is the sister of the martyr Ahed Mutair.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in Ramallah, Muhammad Khairy, said that the occupation forces stormed Tubas from several directions, accompanied by a military bulldozer, and conducted patrols in the city, raiding several homes, and arresting a number of Palestinian citizens.

The reporter pointed out that the occupation forces also stormed the city of Nablus and carried out night raids on citizens’ homes and arrested a freed prisoner from inside the city. The occupation targeted, in its storming and raids, especially the eastern region of the city of Nablus and the Askar camp.

Investigations by the occupation army

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy announced - on Thursday - the start of internal investigations starting from 2018 until the tenth of last October.

Halevy stated that “the purpose of the investigation is to learn,” explaining this by saying, “We went through difficult events, and we failed to protect civilians,” referring to the Al-Aqsa flood battle.

The Israeli army chief of staff added that “if we do not courageously analyze what we did, we will find it difficult to confront” Israeli citizens.

Netanyahu: We will pursue Hamas until Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli army will continue its operations against all Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, stressing that this step will not be reversed.

During the officers' graduation ceremony at the Ramon military base, Netanyahu said that the Israeli army would continue its operations against all sites in the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, which he described as the movement's last stronghold.

Netanyahu added that the efforts of the Israeli forces "will continue to strike the enemies until victory is achieved," and continued, "We are fighting this war in order to ensure our survival."

The Shin Bet is investigating the October 7 fiasco

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that the head of the Israeli Internal Security Service (Shin Bet), Ronen Bar, directed for the first time since the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood and the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip to open an internal investigation into the events of last October 7.

The Shin Bet investigation comes after an investigation by the Israeli army and an investigation by the State Comptroller regarding the Al-Aqsa flood battle.

The newspaper quoted an unnamed official in the agency that the investigation may continue for several weeks because it is taking place during the war on the Gaza Strip.

According to the newspaper, the Shin Bet will investigate what happened on the night of October 6 and 7, 2023.

Source: Al Jazeera