Relative calm in Gaza for first time in seven months
- June 21, 2024
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(Radio France Internationale).- “HE they hear less bombing, but the Israeli drones are still there,” says Mohamed. Originally from Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, the
(Radio France Internationale).- “HE they hear less bombing, but the Israeli drones are still there,” says Mohamed. Originally from Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, the young man took refuge in Deir el-Balah, in the center of the enclave. He was forcibly displaced as a result of the fighting.
“IN Deir el-BalahThe situation is like this more or less stable, God bless. But attacks on Nuseirat, located not far from here, are still occurring. As for Rafah, don’t ask me what the situation is there. Already no one has access over there. Even journalists from Gaza don’t go there anymore. The city is completely isolated by Israel. They took control,” Mohamed explains to our Jerusalem correspondent Sami Buchelife.
“The destruction extends as far as the eye can see.”
He israeli army launched a ground attack on Rafah a month and a half ago they were convinced that Hamas had gained a foothold there. Leaders of the Palestinian armed group they still don’t appear. However, according to the UN, the operation forced more than a million Palestinian civilians to flee. Today, Mohamed hopes the Israeli army will leave so he can return home.
“The army was located 200 or 300 meters from our house. The last thing I knew was that our house was still standing when we fled. But I know that a lot of Rafah was completely devastated as a result of Israeli attacks. The destruction extends as far as the eye can see,” he says.
After more than 40 days of fighting in Rafah, The Israeli army claims to have remote ” half of Hamas forces present in this sector of the southern Gaza Strip.” However, an army spokesman expressed doubts about the complete eradication of the Palestinian armed group, considering it an “ideology.” The Israeli government immediately reprimanded him.
Escalation on the Lebanese border
The situation in the city border with LebanonIn the north of the country, Israel is very concerned, writes AFP. Gunfire between the army and Hamas ally Hezbollah has intensified in recent weeks. On Thursday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the Hezbollah launch.dozens of Katyusha missilesagainst a military position in northern Israel after one of its fighters was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army confirmed that there were “remote” still commander movement and attacked “A missile launch base a ground-to-air force belonging to Hezbollah, a group armed and financed by Iran, Israel’s archenemy. In a fiery speech on Wednesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that “nowhere” in Israel would be free of missiles and drones. their movements in the event of an Israeli attack on Lebanon.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military announced that operational plans “offensive in Lebanonwas “confirmed,” and diplomatic chief Israel Katz declared that “in an all-out war, Hezbollah will be destroyed.”
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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