The Israeli army announced the death on Saturday of eight soldiers in the Gaza Strip, one of the heaviest tolls for the army in eight months of war against Palestinian Hamas. On the diplomatic front, hopes for a ceasefire seem to be fading due to the contradictory demands of Israel and Hamas, which leave little chance of seeing the plan announced at the end of May by American President Joe come to fruition. Biden.
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⇒ Israel announces daily break in southern Gaza for humanitarian reasons
⇒ Israeli army announces the death of eight soldiers in the Gaza Strip
⇒ US ship hit by Houthi fire in Gulf of Aden
Israel announces daily break in southern Gaza for humanitarian reasons
The Israeli army announced this Sunday, June 16, that it would observe a daily “tactical pause” in the south of the Gaza Strip to “increase the volume of humanitarian aid entering” the Palestinian territory. “A local tactical pause in military activity for humanitarian reasons will be observed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and until further notice,” from the Israeli entry point of Kerem Shalom to Salah Road al-Dine then towards the north, the army said in a statement.
The decision was taken as part of efforts to “increase the volume of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip” following discussions with the UN and other organizations, she said. It comes at a time when on the diplomatic front, hopes for a ceasefire seem to be fading due to the contradictory demands of Israel and Hamas which leave little chance of seeing the plan announced at the end of May by the US President Joe Biden.
Israeli defense minister soon to visit Pentagon
The Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallantwill soon travel to Washington to speak with his American counterpart about the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the Pentagon announced on Saturday.
The date of his visit has not yet been set, but the objective of this meeting is to “discuss in more depth the security developments underway in the Middle East”, he added on X, formerly Twitter. President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing for a ceasefire, which it says is supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ship hit by Houthi fire in Gulf of Aden
After being hit by missiles fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels, a sinking cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden was abandoned by its crew, who were unable to put out the fire caused by the attack, the US military announced on Saturday. The crew of the Verbena was picked up by another merchant ship, added the American central command (Centcom) on the social network ‘did not respond to the distress call.’
The Ukrainian-owned and Polish-operated Verbena had already suffered another missile attack less than 24 hours earlier. Since November, the Iran-backed Houthis have targeted vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in a sign of solidarity, they say, with the Palestinians in Gaza. These attacks, which seriously disrupt maritime trade, have increased in recent days.
Israeli army announces the death of eight soldiers in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army announced the death on Saturday of eight soldiers, killed in the explosion of their vehicle near Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, one of the heaviest tolls for the army in eight months war against Palestinian Hamas. “The explosion was substantial,” the army wrote, stating that it could have been caused by the detonation of these explosive materials and that an investigation is underway. According to Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli army, the explosion came “visibly from an explosive device installed in the area or from an anti-tank missile fire.”
New exchange of fire between the IDF and Lebanese Hezbollah
Lebanese Hezbollah and the Israeli army exchanged new fire on Saturday on the border between the two countries. Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza more than eight months ago, Hezbollah has regularly exchanged fire with the Israeli army, in support of the Palestinian Islamist movement, its ally.
Hezbollah attacks have intensified since the death Tuesday of one of its most important commanders, Taleb Sami Abdallah, killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Jouaiyya, in southern Lebanon, bordering northern Israel. The army confirmed having eliminated Abdallah who, according to it, had “planned and executed attacks” against Israel. On Saturday, Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the Meron base in northern Israel with “guided missiles” and launched “attack drones” towards another Israeli base “as part of the response to the assassination perpetrated by the enemy in Jouaiyya”.
West Bank: teenager killed in Israeli raid
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the death of a teenager on Saturday who was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, with an Israeli army source confirming that troops opened fire during an operation. “counter-terrorism”. Abdul Rahman Sultan Khatatba, 16, was killed by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank town of Beit Furik, near the city of Nablus, the ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook. “Israeli forces stormed the town, firing live ammunition at residents,” reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa.