Rome, 27 April 2024 – Now everything revolves around Hamas response to the Israeli proposal on hostage-prisoner exchangewhich could be avoided the ground action in Rafah of the Israeli army, ready for days to launch a dangerous military operation for civilians and not recommended by allies and others, with the risk of further expanding the conflict throughout the region. Meanwhile I am aid for Gaza resumed, after a pause following the killing of seven aid workers by Israel. A British ship arriving from Cyprus will host hundreds of members of the US Army personnel sent to build the floating dock which will allow us to speed up the delivery of aid to the Palestinian enclave.
Great Britain will always be on the front line for aid, according to the BBC British troops could be engaged in Gaza to facilitate the delivery of supplies that will arrive at the floating dock when it is ready.
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Keith Samuel Siegel, kidnapped from his home in Kfar Azza, in the video released by Hamas
4.46pm
Katz confirms: “If there is an agreement we will suspend the operation in Rafah”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz interviewed by News 12 confirmed: “‘If an agreement is reached” between Israel and Hamas for the release of the hostages still in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ”will suspend the operation planned in Rafah”.
Rafah under siege. Tanks and armored vehicles lined up at the border. Katz: “If there is an agreement we will suspend the military operation”
4.19pm
Relatives of the hostages after Hamas video: “Government choose between the hostages and Rafah”
After the release of a video with two hostages by Hamas, the relatives of the victims are on a war footing: the Israeli government must choose between the hostages and war. In a statement to the media, the families stressed that military pressure, which the government believed would bring their loved ones home, had failed. “The state of Israel must choose: entering Rafah will lead to more hostages killed in captivity, or their death in war.”
The hostages in the Hamas video: Keith Samuel Siegel, also an American citizen, and Omri Miran
4.04pm
Houthis: drone shot down
Houthi rebels have claimed to have shot down an American Predator MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen, showing images of fragments from the drone. Yemeni militiamen claim to have destroyed it with a surface-to-air missile. There is no confirmation from the United States, but an anonymous official told CBS News that a drone crashed in the Yemen desert.
3.31pm
Haaretz: Hamas releases a video with two hostages
Haaretz reports that Hamas has released a video showing two hostages in Gaza. They are Keith Samuel Siegel, who is also an American citizen, kidnapped from his home in Kfar Azza, and Omri Miran, kidnapped in Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
3.03pm
Centcom: Houthis launched three missiles towards two ships
The Yemeni Houthi rebel militias have fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles from Yemen towards two ships in the Red Sea, according to Centcom, the United States central command. One ship was hit and suffered minor damage, no casualties were reported.
Houthis strike the ‘Andromeda Star’ oil tanker in the Red Sea
2.28pm
IDF representative: “To restore calm to the north, Israel must intensify attacks in Lebanon”
According to a senior IDF representative, interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and reported by the Israeli media, if Israel wants to restore calm on the northern border it must intensify its attacks in Lebanon. “There is a way out of the situation, and that is to increase the attacks. Israel cannot stop now, it is dangerous for the entire region.”
2.28pm
Israeli attack in northern Syria
According to media close to the Syrian opposition, reported by Haaretz, Israel struck in the Tel Hader area near the city of Daraa in northern Syria. The raid was a response to a rocket launch into the Golan Heights.
2.05pm
During the night, Israeli raid on Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp
Al Jazeera relaunches the news of the night raids by Israeli fighters on Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, which caused the death of at least 15 people.
1.35pm
Iran has released all the crew of the seized ship
Iran has released the 25 crew members of the Portuguese-flagged MSC container ship ‘Ariel’ seized on April 13 by the Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz on suspicion of having links with Israel.
1.19pm
Israeli Air Force: 25 targets hit in 24 hours
The Israeli air force spokesman reported that around “25 terrorist targets” in the Gaza Strip had been hit in the last 24 hours. “A rocket launch site used for previous attacks in the city of Ashdod” was hit, and another last night in Khan Yunis.
1.19pm
Israel Chief of Staff: “Hundreds of terrorists are surrendering in Gaza”
Herzi Halevi, Israel’s chief of staff, testified before the security cabinet that hundreds of terrorists are surrendering in Gaza. The Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir provocatively asked: “Couldn’t we have killed some of them?”, reports all the Israeli media. But Halevi replied: “We don’t shoot surrenderers, there’s no doubt about it.” Then Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter attacked Ben-Gvir: “I’m not sure whether you are a minister of Israel or another country.”
Herzi Halevi, Israeli Chief of Staff
1.18pm
A little girl died in Rafah due to the heat wave
The extreme heat that is enveloping Rafah under siege has killed a little girl. The high temperatures are worsening the already difficult sanitation crisis of the over 1.7 million displaced people who lack housing and basic necessities, the UN reports.
A temporary refugee camp in Rafah
