An aerial photo of a temporary port on the Gaza coast built to deliver urgent aid to the people of the Strip (Reuters)
On the 162nd day of the war on Gaza, and the sixth day of the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli occupation forces continued to commit massacres and bombard civilian homes in several areas of the Strip, while international relief organizations sounded the alarm due to the worsening starvation crisis.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the occupation committed 7 new massacres during the past 24 hours, in which more than 60 were martyred and about 100 were injured. 7 Palestinians were also martyred and 10 others were injured in an Israeli bombing of the house of the Mutair family, and 36 others, most of them children and women, were martyred in a bombing that targeted a house belonging to For the Tabatibi family in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Regarding the conduct of the battles, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) - said that it killed 4 Israeli soldiers, and targeted tanks and a troop carrier in the cities of Gaza and Khan Yunis.
It published scenes showing its fighters targeting Israeli vehicles in the city of Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - announced the killing and wounding of a number of soldiers in the Central Governorate.
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The hunger crisis is worsening
An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that one Palestinian was martyred and others were injured as a result of a stampede to obtain aid dropped by aircraft in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, at a time when international relief organizations continue to sound the alarm due to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the besieged Strip.
This coincided with the worsening features of the humanitarian crisis in the northern Gaza Strip, in light of the severe shortage of basic materials as a result of Israel preventing the entry of food aid and the absence of the most basic supplies in the markets in the northern Gaza Strip, which caused escalation in warnings of a real famine lurking among the population.
Truce talks continue
On the political level, senior Israeli officials are expected to arrive in Qatar to resume ceasefire talks, and while the Israeli war council will be held to discuss the prisoner return deal, the White House expressed a cautious tone of optimism after Hamas presented a proposal to secure a ceasefire.
A source told Reuters - on Saturday - that the head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad), David Barnea, is expected to resume ceasefire talks in Gaza with the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and Egyptian officials in Doha tomorrow, Sunday.
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Massive demonstrations in Israel
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that angry demonstrators closed - today, Saturday - the main Ayalon Street in Tel Aviv, lit fires in front of the Ministry of Defense, and threatened to "burn the state if necessary," while the Israeli War Council is expected to meet tonight or tomorrow to discuss a deal. To release Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip.
Several demonstrations took place in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and occupied Jerusalem, demanding the conclusion of an exchange deal. Demonstrators also gathered in front of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, demanding the dismissal of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and holding early elections.
Northern front
On the Israeli-Lebanese border, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Israeli Ramim barracks with two Burkan missiles, hitting it directly, while Israeli air and artillery strikes were renewed on areas in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah also announced that its fighters targeted Al-Baghdadi's military site with missile weapons, achieved direct hits, and fired a missile toward an Israeli site in the Upper Galilee.
On the other hand, Israeli warplanes launched raids on Jabal Balat and the towns of Marwahin and Markaba, south of Lebanon.
Israeli artillery also bombed the vicinity of the town of Al-Adissa and the Al-Wazzani area.
Houthi attacks
On another front of the conflict, the Washington Post reported that President Joe Biden's administration seeks to "identify the sea routes used by Iran to transfer weapons to the Houthi group" in Yemen.
But this mission faces obstacles and challenges, according to officials who spoke to the American newspaper.
The American efforts come while the Houthi group continues to target Israeli, British, and American ships in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to Israeli aggression since the seventh of last October.
A Houthi demonstration in Sanaa in support of Palestine (French)
Demonstrations across the world
Meanwhile, demonstrations continued around the world, denouncing the war launched by the Israeli occupation on Gaza, and demanding that it be stopped immediately and that aid be brought into the besieged Strip.
A number of Tunisians demonstrated on Habib Bourguiba Street in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in support of the resistance in the Gaza Strip, and in condemnation of the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation.
Demonstrations also took place in France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, and participants raised slogans calling for lifting the siege, stopping the aggression, and demanding the enactment of a law criminalizing all forms of normalization with Israel.
Source: Al Jazeera