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The Israeli army shelled the south of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday January 16, the day after Israel announced the imminent end of the phase “intensive” fighting against Hamas, one hundred and two days after the start of the war which is exacerbating regional tensions.
In the morning, explosions and artillery fire rang out in the south of the Gaza Strip, noted a journalist from Agence France-Presse (AFP). During the night, the Israeli army bombarded the Khan Younes sector, the epicenter of its operations for several weeks. Its troops also targeted around a hundred rocket launch facilities in Beit Lahya in the north, killing “dozens of terrorists”she announced Tuesday.
Rockets were fired Tuesday morning from Gaza towards southern Israel without causing any injuries, according to Israeli authorities. They were mostly intercepted by the anti-missile system above Ofakim, according to images from AFP-TV.
24,285 dead since the start of Israeli operations, according to Hamas
The health ministry in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip said Tuesday that 24,285 people have been killed in the enclave since the start of the war between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement, the majority of them women, adolescents and children.
According to this report, 61,154 people have also been injured since October 7 and many others remain buried under the rubble. On Israeli soil, 1,140 people were killed, according to a count by Agence France-Presse (AFP) based on official Israeli data.
The Israeli army reported the death of two soldiers, bringing to 190 the number of soldiers killed since its entry into the Gaza Strip on October 27.
Agreement for the entry of aid to civilians and medicine to hostages, according to Qatar
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to bring in humanitarian aid for the population of the besieged Palestinian territory and medicine for Israeli hostages, the Qatari foreign ministry announced.
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The agreement, negotiated by Qatar and France, covers “the entry of a shipment of humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip, particularly in the most affected areas, in exchange for the delivery of medicine to the hostages”according to ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari.
“Medicines and aid will be sent tomorrow [mercredi] to the city of Al-Arich » in Egypt, “on board two Qatari armed forces planes, with a view to their transfer to the Gaza Strip”added Mr. Ansari, quoted by the official Qatari news agency (QNA).
EU adds Gaza Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar to ‘terrorist’ list
On Tuesday, the European Union added to its list of “terrorists” Yahya Sinouar, the 61-year-old leader of Hamas in Gaza, considered the architect of the October 7 attack on Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz welcomed a “just and moral decision”.
Qualified for “death on borrowed time” by the Israeli army, Yahya Sinouar shrouds his movements in the greatest secrecy and has not appeared in public since October.
Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States and the European Union, reported Monday the death of two Israeli hostages, broadcasting a video where we see a young woman, also hostage and visibly under pressure , announce these deaths. Hamas’ military wing blamed bombing for their deaths “Zionists”the Israeli army rejected these ” lies “.
Intense Israeli bombardments in southern Lebanon
On the Israeli-Lebanese border, where exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces are daily, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday afternoon new air and artillery strikes against “dozens of positions, military structures and weapons infrastructures” of the Lebanese movement in Wadi Slouqi in southern Lebanon.
In Lebanon, a security source mentioned “fourteen raids against Wadi Slouqi” carried out by Israel, adding that these were bombings “the most intense” in the same area since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Iraq sees ‘aggression’ in Iranian missile launches
The war is exacerbating regional tensions between Israel and its allies, primarily the United States, and the “axis of resistance” established by Iran, which brings together the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthi rebels.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced Tuesday that they had fired ballistic missiles in Syria, and especially near Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, they destroyed a center there.” spying “ attributed to Israel, the existence of which a senior Iraqi official denied by denouncing “false allegations”. The Iraqi government, an ally of Iran but also a partner of the United States, condemned a ” assault “ of its sovereignty and recalled “for consultation” its ambassador in Tehran.
Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Greek ship off Yemen
Off the coast of Yemen, a Greek bulk carrier was hit by a missile, maritime risk company Ambrey announced on Tuesday. An American cargo ship was hit on Monday in the Gulf of Aden by a Houthi missile. At the end of last week, Washington and London bombed Houthi positions in Yemen to try to stop their attacks in the Red Sea, which they say they are carrying out in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the operation “targeted” using “several missiles” carried out on Tuesday against a Greek bulk carrier, declaring that they will continue their attacks “to defend Yemen and in solidarity with the Palestinian people”.
Vessel Zografia was heading towards Israel when it was targeted off the coast of Yemen, after “his crew refused calls (…) and repeated warning messages from naval forces” Houthis, according to a press release from the latter.