The town of Khan Younes remains, Thursday, January 25, the epicenter of clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian Hamas in the south of Gaza the day after deadly and strongly condemned shootings against a UN shelter sheltering people displaced by the war.
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■ Qatar, USAEgypt and the United States are currently trying to mediate to reach a new trucelonger at Gaza, including the release of hostages and prisoners. But in a recording obtained by Israeli Channel 12, the prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu judged “ problematic » the mediator role of Qatar, the country where the political leadership of Hamas is established.
■ The director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, criticized on Wednesday “ a blatant violation of the fundamental rules of war “, After of the tank fire against an Unrwa building in Khan Younes who have done at least nine dead and 75 injured », According to the head of the agency in Gaza.
■ According to a report announced Tuesday January 23 by the Hamas Ministry of Health, 25,700 people were killed in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7. The majority of the dead are women, adolescents and children. There are more than 63,000 injured.
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6:00 a.m.: Protesters block a Tel Aviv road to demand a truce from Netanyahu’s government
Israeli demonstrators blocked a key artery in the Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening to urge the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a pause in the fighting, or even a cease-fire. “ That’s enough ! […] We do not want the hostages to return to us in the form of corpses, we are tired of the bombings in Gaza, we are tired of seeing dead children, we want to send a clear message: the people in Israel demand an agreement, demand peace. peace “, declared Sapir Sluzker Amran, a demonstrator, as reported by Agence France-presse (AFP). The police eventually dispersed the demonstrators.
05:45: Numerous victims in nighttime strikes in Rafah and Khan Younes, in southern Gaza
During the night, witnesses reported airstrikes towards Rafah and fighting in Khan Younes, with the Hamas Ministry of Health counting in the morning numerous dead and wounded across this territory ravaged by months of war.
On Wednesday, tank fire against a building of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Khan Younes had already caused numerous victims. Philippe Lazzarini, head of Unrwa, said the reception center was “ clearly » identified and that his contact details had been “ shared with the Israeli authorities”. He castigated “a flagrant violation of the fundamental rules of war “.
The Israeli army told AFP that a “ exam » operations were in progress but that she had “ excluded […] an air or artillery strike ”, also evoking “ the possibility » from a Hamas shot.
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