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Most of the information on the war between Hamas and Israel from this Saturday, January 20 at midday.
Review of the news surrounding the war in the Middle East this Saturday, January 20. To find the summary of Friday’s day, it’s here.
Strike attributed to Israel eliminates Iranian Revolutionary Guard leader in Damascus. Several people were killed this Saturday in the explosion of a building in the Syrian capital, believed to have been caused by an Israeli strike. Among the victims were “the head of intelligence for the Guards in Syria and his deputy, as well as two other members of this force,” according to the Iranian Mehr agency. The Jewish state did not comment. Israel has already carried out several bombings in Syria in the past, but has increased its actions since the start of the war once morest Hamas. At the beginning of January, the IDF also eliminated Hamas number 2 in a strike in Beirut, Lebanon.
Biden tells Netanyahu that he “still believes” in a future Palestinian state… During the first telephone conversation between the two heads of state – on cold terms – for almost a month, the American president told his Israeli counterpart that he “still believes in the prospect and possibility” of a Palestinian state, but “recognizes that it will take a lot of work to get there,” a White House spokesperson said Friday.
… But Israel maintains its opposition to “Palestinian sovereignty” in Gaza… Benjamin Netanyahu has once once more rejected Joe Biden’s request. “Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated his policy that once Hamas is destroyed, Israel must retain control of security in Gaza to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel, a demand that contradicts the demand for Palestinian sovereignty,” the head of government’s office said on Saturday.
…And the UN insists that “the right of the Palestinian people to build their own state must be recognized by all.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed on Saturday, during the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Uganda, that “the right of the Palestinian people to build their own State must be recognized by all” and that any “denial” was “unacceptable”. “The refusal to accept the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the denial of the right to a state for the Palestinian people, is unacceptable,” declared Antonio Guterres, before continuing: “This would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security; which exacerbates polarization and emboldens extremists around the world.
Fierce fighting in the Gaza Strip. From the early hours of the day this Saturday, intense artillery fire and airstrikes targeted the Palestinian enclave, particularly in the area of Khan Younes, a southern town, now the epicenter of military operations following a first phase in the north of the territory. Israeli troops, supported by air and naval forces, are destroying “terrorist infrastructure” throughout the coastal strip, and have struck rocket launchers in Khan Younes, according to the army. The Palestinian Islamist movement has reported fierce fighting in the north of the besieged and devastated Palestinian territory.
The Hamas Ministry of Health announces a new death toll of 24,927. The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian movement in power in Gaza, whose figures are undoubtedly underestimated, reported more than 160 deaths in the last 24 hours in the enclave. Hamas announced on Saturday a death toll of 24,927 people, the majority women, adolescents and children in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7.
The United States destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile. The Pentagon announced on Saturday that it had “destroyed” a Houthi anti-ship missile, in new strikes described as “self-defense” once morest these Yemeni rebels who are carrying out repeated attacks once morest merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The United States carried out these strikes around 4:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, once morest “a Houthi anti-ship missile which was aimed towards the Gulf of Aden and prepared to be launched,” the American military command in the Middle East said in a statement. Orient (Centcom).
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