Decided to force Hamas to accept to release new hostages, Israel launched on Tuesday 18 March of strikes of unprecedented magnitude and violence since the entry into force, on January 19, of the truce torn by the mediation of Qatar with the help of the United States and Egypt more than 15 months after the start of the war triggered by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7, 2023. made more than 400 dead, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday evening that these strikes were “only the start”.
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⇒ Hamas “has not closed the negotiation door”
⇒ new Israeli strikes give at least 13 dead
⇒ Benyamin Netanyahu warned that Tuesday strikes were “only the start”
9:20 am
The Israeli army again calls on civilians to evacuate “fighting zones”
The Israeli army launched a new call to the population of Gaza on Wednesday to evacuate “dangerous fighting areas” in the north and south of the Palestinian territory, the day after intense bombardments which left more than 400 dead according to Hamas.
This evacuation order applies to the regions of Beit Hanoun (North), Khirbet Khuza’a, Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan Al-Jadida (South) where the army “started its operations against terrorist groups”, said on X army Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, calling the inhabitants to “move to the west in the west of the city of Gaza and The city of Khan Younès “.
08:50
Israel: the government approves the return of Itamar Ben Gvir as Minister of National Security
The Israeli government approved on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday to the return of Itamar Ben Gvir (far right) to the post of Minister of National Security, the services of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “The government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to renew the Itamar Ben Gvir deputy to the post of Minister of National Security,” said the text. Itamar Ben Gvir had resigned from his post on January 19, denouncing the truce agreement with Hamas which he had described as “scandalous”.
08:20
Hamas “has not closed the negotiation door”
Hamas “did not close the negotiation door” told AFP on Wednesday a leader of the movement, Taher Al-Nounou, after the massive and deadly bombing led by Israel on Tuesday on the Gaza Strip and the threats of climbing of the Israeli government.
“Hamas has not closed the negotiation door, but we insist that there is no need for new agreements,” said Taher Al-Nounou, joined by phone from Cairo. “We have no prerequisites but we demand [qu’Israël] be forced to stop immediately [les hostilités] And starting the second phase of negotiations “provided for by the truce agreement entered into force on January 19, he added.
07:30
Civil Defense announces 13 dead after new strikes
The civil defense of the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday morning the death of 13 people in new Israeli strikes on the territory since midnight. Israel “led several air strikes […] who led to the death of 13 people and made dozens of injured, including women and children, in Khan Younès [sud, NDLR] And Gaza-Ville, “Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for this first aid service, told AFP.
Yesterday, the bombings already killed more than 400 people, according to the Ministry of Health of Hamas for Gaza, which made Tuesday one of the deadliest days of the war.
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07:00
Hamas calls to “put pressure” on Washington to end the strikes of Israel on Gaza
Hamas called on Tuesday evening to “put pressure” on the United States, Israel’s first support, so that it stops its strikes on the Gaza Strip intended, according to the Israeli authorities, to push Hamas to accept new hostage releases. “We call on friendly countries that support the just Palestinian cause to put pressure on the American government to put an end to this assault and this genocidal war against defenseless civilians,” the Palestinian Islamist movement wrote in a statement, which more than 20 hours after the first deadly Israeli strikes abstained from any military response.