China News Service, Beijing, March 16. Comprehensive news: According to the Times of Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office stated on the 15th that Netanyahu has approved a military action plan to launch an attack on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
CNN reported that Israel expressed its opinion on the ceasefire agreement proposed by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on the 15th, saying that Hamas's demands, including the release of a large number of Palestinian prisoners, are "ridiculous" and "ridiculous" , but Israel will send a negotiating team to Qatar in the coming days to continue negotiations.
Bassem Naim, head of Hamas' political and international relations bureau, said on the 15th that a ceasefire agreement with Israel must include the conditions for Israel to withdraw all troops from the Gaza Strip and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
He also said that Hamas cannot provide any security guarantees to the Israeli hostages held in Gaza because all the hostages, like the local residents of Gaza, face air strikes and starvation.
The Times of Israel reported that the Israel Defense Forces released an aerial video on the 15th, saying that after the attack on the relief material collection point in Gaza City on the 14th, they conducted a review of the combat system and ground forces and found no evidence of Israeli military attacks on people near the aid point. Acts of shelling, air raids and shootings.
and blamed Palestinian militants for the incident.
"As the rescue vehicles entered, Palestinian gunmen opened fire and local Gazans began looting the trucks."
CNN commented that the video released by the Israeli army did not have clear details that showed that the people in the video were carrying guns and firing at civilians, and that the content, time and location of the video could not be independently verified.
According to Al Jazeera, Australian Foreign Minister Huang Yingxian announced on the 15th that he would cancel the previous decision to suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and refuted Israel’s accusations that many staff of the agency participated in the 10 Accusations of Hamas's attack on Israel on September 7.
In addition to restoring $6 million in funding to UNRWA, Australia has committed an additional $2.6 million to UNICEF to provide emergency services in Gaza; and provided 140 airdrop parachutes to assist Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in providing emergency services to Gaza. Conduct humanitarian airdrops.
According to reports, before Australia, Canada, Sweden and the European Union also resumed support for UNRWA.
In January, UNRWA was accused of involving a dozen of its staff in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 last year, and some 15 countries froze aid funds to the agency, reducing its funding by approximately 450 million, dealing a major blow to the agency's work in the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. Central Command said on social media that on the evening of the 15th local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen launched three anti-ship ballistic missiles from areas under their control into the Red Sea.
The United States, its coalition forces, and merchant ships reported no casualties or material losses.
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