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The war between Israel and Hamas has left 37,598 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to a new report released on Sunday June 23 by the Palestinian Islamist movement’s health ministry. On the Israeli side, around 1,170 people died – most of them also civilians – during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, according to a count from Agence France-Presse (AFP) established from from official Israeli sources. According to the Israeli army, 665 Israeli soldiers have also been killed since then.
‘Intense’ fighting against Hamas in Rafah ‘about to end,’ says Netanyahu
“The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end. It is about to end; This does not mean that the war is about to end, but the war in its intense phase is about to end in Rafah”declared Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday during an interview with the Israeli channel Channel 14.
“After the intense phase ends, we will be able to redeploy some forces to the north, and we will do so, primarily for defensive purposes, but also to bring back locals [déplacés] at their home “, added the Israeli Prime Minister, who gave his first interview to an Israeli television channel since the start of the war against Hamas on October 7. He repeated that he would not accept any truce agreement ” partial “. “The objective is to recover the hostages and uproot the Hamas regime in Gaza”he said.
According to witnesses, shells again targeted the east, west and center of the town of Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday, where the Israeli army has been carrying out a ground offensive since May 7. . Airstrikes also hit Gaza City (North) and tanks bombarded the Nousseirat camp (Center). Combat aircraft carried out raids on Saturday against “dozens of terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, including military structures and infrastructure”for its part announced the Israeli army, noting “targeted operations” in Rafah.
Palestinian tied to military vehicle by Israeli soldiers
Israeli soldiers tied a wounded Palestinian to the hood of a military vehicle during an Israeli army operation in Jenin (occupied West Bank), the army said on Sunday, admitting that the soldiers had broken the rules of the Army. Images of this scene which occurred on Saturday have gone viral and show a man, visibly injured, tied across the hood of a jeep passing on a relatively narrow street.
“During counter-terrorism operations to apprehend wanted suspects in the Wadi Burqin region, terrorists opened fire on the troops”, the army said. During this exchange of fire between soldiers and armed people, the Israeli army explains that“one of the suspects was injured and apprehended”. He was ” attached “ to the vehicle as part of his arrest, says the army, specifying that this arrest was made “in violation of orders and standard operating procedures”. “The behavior of the troops in the video (…) does not conform to values » of the Israeli army, adds it in the same press release, specifying that an investigation will be carried out. According to the army, the man strapped to the vehicle was later transferred to the Palestinian Red Crescent to receive necessary medical treatment.
Monster demonstration against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv
On Saturday evening, in Tel Aviv, more than 150,000 people, according to organizers, chanted slogans against the Netanyahu government, demanding early elections and the return of the hostages. It was the largest gathering since the start of the war. “The only way to achieve change here is to oust this government, to oust the extremistssaid Maya F., a 36-year-old protester. It is time to end the war, bring back the hostages and save lives, both on the Israeli and Palestinian sides. » Negotiations for a ceasefire have stalled and Mr. Netanyahu says he will continue the war until the destruction of Hamas, which he considers, along with the United States and the European Union, to be terrorists. .
Tensions on the Israeli-Lebanese border
Israel’s northern front has been the scene of escalating shootings between the Israeli army and Lebanese Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, and bellicose rhetoric between the two sides has raised fears of a full-scale war. On Sunday, the Iranian-backed Shiite movement announced that it had targeted two Israeli military sites with explosive drones, seriously injuring a soldier, in response to the death of a leader of an allied Islamist group in an Israeli strike carried out in the is from Lebanon.
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The movement also published a new video showing what it presents as sites in Israel with their coordinates, without identifying them, five days after revealing images of Haifa taken, according to it, by a drone that flew over this major port of northern Israel.
