2024-05-13 12:02:00
As Israel sent tanks into the area of the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the “Al-Qassam Brigades” (the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas) reported having carried out an operation “targeting a Israeli tank (east of the camp) and exploded a booby-trapped house in which he had taken refuge, which caused deaths and injuries among Israeli forces,” according to the Al-Qassam press release.
Also in the northern Gaza Strip, Al-Qassam reported on its Telegram account on Sunday that it had “bombarded Israeli forces in the southern Zaytoun neighborhood with mortar shells,” and that it had also shelled the town of Sderot with two rocket salvos. . In response to “massacres once morest civilians”.
Gaza health officials reported that Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia early Sunday, following intense aerial and ground bombardment overnight that left 19 people dead and dozens injured. , as Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli military, said during a press briefing: “Over the past few weeks, we have observed attempts by Hamas to rehabilitate its military capabilities in Jabalia. We are carrying out our operations there to thwart these attempts.” Jabalia is the largest of eight long-standing refugee camps in Gaza, housing more than one hundred thousand people.
Displaced Palestinians flee Jabalia camp on Sunday following Israeli moves towards the camp (Reuters)
Hagari added that Israeli forces, who were carrying out operations in the Zaytoun neighborhood, “killed around 30 Palestinian militants,” he added.
Gaza’s health ministry said Sunday that “at least 35,034 Palestinians have been killed and 78,755 others injured in the ongoing Israeli attack since October 7, which has destroyed most of the strip and caused a serious humanitarian crisis. Israel says 620 soldiers were killed during the war.
The Israeli military said Saturday evening that “forces carrying out operations in Jabalia are preventing the Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, from rebuilding its military capabilities there.”
Saed (45), a resident of Jabalia, told Reuters on Sunday: “Aerial and ground bombings have not stopped since yesterday, including schools with displaced people who lost their homes. He added, via a messaging app: “It’s like the war in Jabalia is coming back. This is what is happening. He continued: “The new incursion has forced many families to flee their homes. »
A Palestinian woman was displaced from the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday (Reuters)
The Israeli army once more sent tanks to make incursions into the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, as well as the Al-Sabra neighborhood, where residents reported that Heavy shelling had resulted in the destruction of a number of houses, some of which were multi-storey residential buildings. The Israeli army announced its control over most of these areas a few months ago.
Separately, Al-Qassam announced on Sunday that it had bombarded Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles inside the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing (adjacent to the border with Egypt) with mortar shells. The Israeli military said sirens sounded in the southern Kerem Shalom area and it managed to intercept two missiles fired from the area around Rafah. He added that no injuries or damage had been reported.
Later on Sunday, sirens sounded in the Israeli town of Ashkelon following rocket fire from Gaza, indicating that militants are still capable of launching rocket attacks, more than seven months following the start of the war . The Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa channel said via Telegram that “the rockets were launched from Jabalia” despite the ongoing military incursion.
Residents and Hamas media said Israeli tanks did not enter the eastern town of Deir al-Balah (central Gaza), but that some Israeli tanks and bulldozers penetrated the fence on the outskirts of the town , sparking armed clashes with Hamas, health officials reported. that two doctors This is a father and his son who were killed in an airstrike late last night, Saturday, in Deir al-Balah.
Displaced people flee the Palestinian town of Rafah on Sunday (Reuters)
Hamas’ military wing and the Islamic Jihad movement said their fighters attacked Israeli forces in several areas of the Gaza Strip with anti-tank missiles and mortar shells, including in Rafah, which was the last refuge for more of a million Palestinians.
In a related context, Hamas considered on Sunday the statements of US President Joe Biden, in which the ceasefire in Gaza was conditional on the release of Israeli hostages in the strip, as a “reversal” of the results of the last round negotiations.
The movement said in a statement: “We condemn this position of the American president and consider it a step backwards from the results of the last round of negotiations, which led to the movement’s approval of the proposal submitted by the mediators in Egypt and Qatar. with the knowledge and information of the American mediator. Biden announced Saturday that a ceasefire was possible “tomorrow” in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, if the Palestinian movement releases the hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas explained in its statement that it “demonstrated, at all stages of the negotiations aimed at ending the aggression, the flexibility necessary to move towards the conclusion of an agreement.”
The Palestinian Telecommunications Corporation announced that internet services in southern areas of the Gaza Strip had been disrupted due to the ongoing aggression, adding that workers were trying to resolve the problem.
Other families, estimated at several thousand, left Rafah on Sunday, as Israel intensified military pressure on the city. Tank shells fell on the town and the army issued new evacuation orders for parts of central Rafah.
Tamer Al-Borai said: He is one of the displaced residents in Rafah: “As I was leaving Rafah, I was passing through Khan Yunis. I no longer knew how to cry regarding my situation and the feeling of humiliation and loss, nor how to cry regarding how I felt. saw.” He added to Reuters: “I saw a ghost town, buildings on both sides of the road have been destroyed, entire residential neighborhoods have been wiped out, people are leaving in search of a safe place and They know there is no safe place, neither in tents nor anyone to support them.
A Palestinian was displaced in a destroyed car in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Sunday (Reuters)
Al-Borai, a Palestinian businessman, said the world had abandoned the Palestinians and left them to face their fate as the war entered its eighth month, the failure of world powers to end the fighting and the collapse of international mediation efforts aimed at reaching an agreement. a ceasefire due to differences between Hamas and Israel. He added: “There is no truce, no UN resolution and no hope. »
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