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Thursday 18/01/2024 22:00 WIB
Photo: Conditions of buildings destroyed following Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Saturday (1/13/2023). (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Conflicts in the Middle East (Middle East) region are increasingly intensifying. The recent series of violence began with Israel against Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, continuing with Yemen’s Hezbollah against the United States and Britain in the waters of the Red Sea.
Now Iran has added to its enemies by attacking several areas considered terrorist bases in Iraq, Syria and Pakistan.
Here are the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas that has spread to many other countries CNBC Indonesia from various sources Thursday (1/18/2024).
Israeli attack on Gaza
Entering its 104th day, at least 16 Palestinians, including children, were killed in Israeli shelling of a house east of Rafah last night. This was broadcast according to local sources and video footage verified by Al Jazeera.
The Israeli army also said it had killed 60 Palestinian fighters in the past 24 hours, with most of the fighters killed in southern Khan Younis, while others were killed in northern Gaza, including at locations used by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
According to an Israeli army statement, heavy clashes occurred last night in Khan Younis between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops, who continued to advance into the city with strong air support.
Israeli attacks across Gaza have also killed Palestinian civilians, including 16 people, including at least three children, in the overnight bombing of a house in Rafah.
Israel said earlier this year that it had defeated Hamas in northern Gaza and would scale back operations there, focusing on dense urban areas in the center and south of the territory.
More Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza on Monday, but their attacks have not stopped and many Palestinians are being killed every day.
US urges Israel to restart telecommunications in Gaza
United States (US) officials have called on Israeli leaders to restore communications in besieged Gaza after a week-long power outage.
US news outlet Politico reported that the US government was concerned that a communications breakdown could worsen the situation in Gaza.
“American officials have been in contact with the Israeli government regarding these power outages and are urging them to restart telecommunications,” the report said, citing an unnamed White House official.
“The lack of telecommunications deprives the public of access to life-saving information and also weakens the ability of first responders and other humanitarian actors to operate and do so safely,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
Iran bombs Iraq and Syria
This week, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) launched missile attacks against several “terrorist” targets in Syria and the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The official news agency of the Iranian government, IRNA as mentioned AFPon Tuesday (1/16/2023), said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps destroyed “an espionage base” and “a collection of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Revolutionary Guards then attacked with ballistic missiles in Syria “a meeting place of commanders and key elements linked to recent terrorist operations, in particular of the ISIS group”.
He added that the attacks in Syria were “a response to recent crimes committed by terrorist groups who unjustly killed a group of our colleagues in Kerman and Rask.”
This incident occurred after a series of attacks on Iran. One occurred on January 3, when suicide bombers attacked a crowd gathered near the tomb of revered IRGC general Qasem Soleimani in the southern city of Kerman.
The attack, for which the Islamic State group later claimed responsibility, killed about 90 people and injured dozens.
Iran’s intelligence ministry said one of the suicide bombers was a Tajik national, while the identities of the others were not determined.
Iran-Pakistan attack each other
On Tuesday evening (17/1/2024), Iran sent missiles to Pakistan, its Asian neighbor. As a result, the attack killed two children and injured three others.
As a result, Pakistan withdrew its ambassador from Tehran condemning the attack and prohibited the Iranian envoy in Islamabad – who was traveling – from returning to Pakistan the day after the incident.
Islamabad accused Iran of violating Pakistani airspace and Iranian state media said the missiles targeted two bases of the Jaish al-Adl armed group.
Pakistan then launched an airstrike against Iran on Thursday (12/18/2024), killing 9 people, according to Iranian data. This came as Tehran media reported that several explosions rocked the country’s borders in the early hours of Thursday local time.
The Pakistan Army is said to have launched a night attack on anti-Pakistan militant groups in the Shiite country.
For your information, this is not the first time the two countries have clashed. Iran and Pakistan often experience tensions along their volatile 900 km (559 mile) border.
New chapter of the Houthis against the West in the Red Sea
US and British troops launched another fourth round of attacks against the Houthi militia following the conflict in the Red Sea on Wednesday evening (1/17/2024), local time. The US and UK have reportedly again carried out attacks on cities in Yemen, the country where the Houthis are based.
Al-Masirah and Houthi news agency Saba.net said the US and British strikes hit several targets, including the port city of Hodeida and the city of Taez. Including US media CBS AND CNN Internationalciting US officials, it reported that a number of other strikes had been carried out against a number of Houthi targets in Yemen, although it did not specify the exact number.
In another statement, the US military said it had shot down 14 Houthi missiles ready to be fired at ships in the Red Sea. The United States said the missiles were on the launch path.
“American forces carried out strikes against 14 Iranian-backed Houthi missiles, loaded to fire at Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen,” US Central Command said. AFPThursday (18/1/2024).
“These missiles on the launch trajectory pose a serious threat to merchant shipping,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Houthis said they would retaliate against the United States. Houthi militias will also continue to fire on passing ships.
“We will continue to target Israeli ships heading to occupied Palestinian ports, no matter how much American-British aggression tries to prevent us from doing so,” a Houthi military official told TV. Al-Masirahmentioned on the same page.
This comes after the United States announced that the Houthis had been reinstated as a “terrorist” entity due to their attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthis themselves attack ships on the global trade route, to support the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is fighting the Hamas group.
Hezbollah rejects US conditions
The Iran-backed Hezbollah group has rejected Washington’s initial ideas of easing fierce fighting with neighboring Israel, such as moving its fighters away from the border, but remains open to US diplomacy.
US envoy Amos Hochstein has led diplomatic efforts to restore security on the Israel-Lebanon border as the wider region lurches towards a greater escalation of the conflict sparked by the Gaza war.
Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen against shipping in the Red Sea have added urgency to the initiative. “Hezbollah is ready to listen,” said a senior Lebanese official familiar with the group’s thinking, stressing that the group sees the ideas it conveys … from veteran negotiator Hochstein visiting Beirut last week as unrealistic.
Hezbollah’s position is that it will fire rockets at Israel until there is a full ceasefire in Gaza. Hezbollah’s rejection of Hochstein’s proposal has not been previously reported.
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Video: It’s getting hotter and hotter! Hezbollah threatens to join the war in the Red Sea
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