A compromise to save Rafah. The Biden administration has offered to provide Israel with “sensitive information” on the whereabouts of Hamas leaders if it agrees to suspend the massive operation, much feared for the fate of Palestinian civilians, in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. The Washington Post cites four anonymous sources, according to whom the United States «is offering Israel valuable assistance if it stops, including sensitive information to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels » Islamist. The reference is in particular to Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s civil defense agency announced that two doctors were killed by an Israeli air raid on the city of Deir al-Balah: «The bodies of Dr. Mohammed Nimr Qazat and his son, Dr. Youssef, They were discovered in the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, and were transferred to the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital.” Other victims of a conflict that has lasted for months.
