Israel continues its offensive by air, sea and land against the devastated Gaza Strip

The Israeli Army continues its offensive by air, land and sea on the Gaza Strip this Wednesday, despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire to alleviate the unprecedented humanitarian crisis plaguing the Palestinian enclave.

“Ground, air and naval troops of the Israel Defense Forces continue to attack terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip,” reported today the Israeli Army, which has taken almost total control of the north of the enclave.

In the Shejaiya area, one of the neighborhoods of Gaza City, “troops identified terrorists who shot at the soldiers, who ordered an Air Force plane to attack and kill them,” according to a military spokesman.

“The attack caused secondary explosions, indicating that the area was full of explosives intended to attack the troops,” he added.

On the other hand, in the area of ​​Daraj Tufah, another district of Gaza City, Israeli soldiers “identified a terrorist who was preparing to fire a short-range anti-tank missile at them. Then, the troops ordered the tanks to attack the terrorist and kill him before he could fire the missile,” the soldier said.

Also during the night, Israeli Navy forces identified “suspects who posed a threat to ground forces in a compound and attacked them.”

Hand-to-hand combat in the Gaza Strip has killed three soldiers between the ages of 20 and 23, bringing the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the war broke out to 498.

More than 21,000 dead in the Gaza Strip

On the Palestinian side, the number of victims from the Israeli offensive now stands at 21,110 dead, most of them children and women, as reported this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave.

“In the last 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation forces committed 16 massacres against entire families, leaving 195 dead and 325 injured,” Ashraf al Qudra, spokesman for the Hamas-controlled ministry, said in a statement.

The Gazan authorities have reported that Israeli soldiers continue to besiege and have “increased their attacks” against the Naser Medical Complex, the most important in that area, fearing that the same scheme at the Al Shifa hospital, the most important in the entire Strip, will be repeated. and that it was dismantled after the Israeli Army found Hamas infrastructure underground.

According to the Red Crescent emergency service, “the bombing of a residential building in front of the Al Amal hospital in Khan Yunis left dozens dead and injured.”

At least 6 dead in Israeli raids in West Bank

Also in the West Bank, at least six Palestinians have died – including a minor – and another four have been seriously injured by Israeli fire during clashes that broke out this morning following military raids in the north of the occupied territory.

Amid the worst wave of violence in the area since the Second Intifada, official Palestinian sources have reported that during the night, “Israeli occupation forces stormed the cities of Allar, Atil, Qafin and Sidon in the Sharawiyah area , north of Tulkarem”, where they searched several homes and agricultural lands.

Consulted by EFE, the Israeli Army confirmed that its troops carried out an “anti-terrorist activity in the Nur Shams refugee camp”, near Tulkarem, in which “terrorists who threw explosive devices at the forces were hit by (the projectiles of) a military aerial device.

Israeli soldiers also arrested at least one Palestinian who had been released from prison in Artah, south of Tulkarem.

On the other hand, Israeli troops carried out raids in other parts of the West Bank, such as in the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas, as well as in the cities of Beit Umar and Surif, near Hebron, in the southern West Bank, where They searched homes, questioned the inhabitants and made several arrests.

Abbas affirms that “the day after” will be a “test” for the US

The president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, stated that he was “prepared” for the “day after” the war in the Gaza Strip, which “will be a test for (the credibility) of the United States” regarding their desire to end the conflict based on United Nations resolutions.

In an interview with the Egyptian television ON TV, broadcast today, Abbas also highlighted the divergences between the ANP, which he presides, and other Palestinian factions, in a veiled allusion to groups such as the Islamist Hamas, when choosing between the resistance ” military” or “peaceful popular” against the Israeli occupation.

“The day after” the war between Israel and Hamas “we will be present in Gaza, at any time if they hold an international conference or meeting, we will be ready to study the situation on the basis of international legitimacy and the application of that international legitimacy,” Abbas said.

This – he emphasized – “means the (establishment of the) State of Palestine that includes Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” a city occupied by Israel in 1967.

On the other hand, the president of the ANP regretted the US veto of the resolutions in the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, where “more than a catastrophe” and “a great crime” occur. .

Erdogan compares Netanyahu to Hitler

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, affirmed this Wednesday that there is no difference between the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Adolf Hitler, and assured that the “cruelty” of Israel’s attacks in Gaza make him even “miss” to the Nazi dictator.

“They speak ill of Hitler. But, between you and Hitler, what difference is there? This makes us miss Hitler. “Is what Netanyahu does less than what Hitler did?” asked the Turkish president during a public intervention.

The Islamist leader assured that Israel’s response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7 “have annihilated all the values ​​of humanity.”

“We’ve seen Israel’s Nazi camps in stadiums, haven’t we?” said the president, alluding to videos, spread this week on social media, showing Israeli soldiers rounding up hundreds of Palestinians in their underwear at a sports stadium in Gaza.

“I point out a difference: “Hitler was not so rich; These (in reference to the Israeli leaders) are richer than Hitler. The West supports them, the United States gives them all kinds of support. And so they have killed about 20,000 Gazans,” Erdogan said.

Turkey is a historical ally of Israel, and although relations have deteriorated since Erdogan came to power in 2002, with two periods of rupture in the last decade, the two countries reestablished full diplomatic relations last year, with presidential visits and plans for close cooperation.

Netanyahu: Erdogan is the least suitable to give lessons

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated this Wednesday that the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “is the last person who can preach morality” to Israelis.

“Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds, who has the world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his government, is the last person who can preach morality to us,” the Israeli prime minister responded in a statement.

Netanyahu defended that the Israeli Army has the most moral values ​​in the world in its fight against “the most abhorrent and cruel terrorist organization in the world, Hamas-ISIS, which committed crimes against humanity and which Erdogan praises and receives.” to his senior officers.” With EFE

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