War Israel – Hamas, today’s news

Media: Rafah plan approved, next 72 hours decisive

The final plans for military action in Rafah and the refugee camps in the center of Gaza Strip were approved by the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi. According to the news site Ynetwhich does not cite any source, Israeli tanks are deployed on the Gaza border and ready to receive the green light to begin the controversial offensive, considered by Israel to be the last push needed to eradicate Hamas fighting forces.

More raids in the night. According to Wafa, since yesterday the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 34, of which 26 in Rafah

Three civilians were killed and others were injured overnight in an Israeli air strike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Palestinian agency Wafa. An Israeli drone targeted a house in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, killing two more civilians and wounding several others. The attack coincided with Israel’s bombing of the city’s al-Daraj and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods. Israeli fighter jets launched raids on areas west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip and on the eastern outskirts of the northern Strip city of Beit Hanoun. Since yesterday the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 34, of which 26 in Rafah, adds the Palestinian agency.

Biden asks Egypt and Qatar to make every effort to release the hostages: “The only obstacle to the ceasefire”

The US president, Joe Bidenhad a discussion with the leaders of Egypt And Qatar on the negotiations for the release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas and on the war of Gaza. The American president urged the two leaders Al Sisi and Al Thani to make all necessary efforts to secure the release of the hostages, “now the only obstacle to an immediate ceasefire and aid for civilians in Gaza”.

Cornell University also suspends protesting students

Also there Cornell Universityon the example of Columbia, began suspending students occupying the campus to participate in pro-Gaza protests. This was announced by the president of the University of the State of New York, Martha Pollack.
“Initially last Thursday the students had asked for permission to do an art installation and we had given the green light. But they had been dishonest by stating that there would be no tents and that the art work would be removed that day.”

USA, Columbia has begun suspending pro-Palestinian students who protest

Columbia University has begun suspending pro-Palestinian students who refused to vacate the campus by the deadline (8pm in Italy last night). The university has announced that these students will not be able to complete the semester, graduate, nor will they be able to frequent university buildings anymore. “We will not be intimidated – said the protesters’ spokesmen – by these attempts which aim to stifle student protests”.

Houti attack in the Red Sea on American ships

Yemen’s Houthis targeted two US destroyers and the CYCLADES ship in the Red Sea, as well as the MSC Orion in the Indian Ocean. The Iranian-aligned group’s military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said this in a televised address

Khamenei, the West takes to the streets against Israel and the United States

“In Western countries, in England, France and in the towns around United States, people take to the streets en masse and shout against Israel and the United States. Israel and the United States have lost their dignity and really have no way to deal with the situation.”
Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei writes this on X. The leader of Tehran, who published the post in Hebrew, also posted a collage of videos showing the protests in Western countries and the reaction of the police towards the demonstrators.

Hamas delegation leaves Cairo and will “return” with response to ceasefire in Gaza

The delegation of Hamas he left the Cairo and will return with the response to the proposed ceasefire in Gaza and will return with a written response. Westerners and several Arab countries are pressing Hamas’s yes to the latest truce proposal on the table. “We assured our brothers in Egypt And Qatar that we are serious about reaching an agreement, but we will not give in to any American pressure,” he said Sami Abu ZuhriHamas official.

Israel-Hamas conflict, the White House does not want an international criminal investigation

The United States is “not in favor” of a criminal investigation against Israeli officials over the Gaza conflict, at a time when it is concerned about possible arrest warrants against them, the US White House spokesman said. “We believe that (the International Criminal Court) is not competent in the matter – explained Karine Jean-Pierre – we have always been clear about the investigation”. Benjamin Netanyahu asked American President Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation, to help him prevent arrest warrants that could target the Israeli Prime Minister himself, the Defense Minister and the Chief of Staff. The International Criminal Court opened an investigation in 2021 into both Israel and Hamas, as well as other Palestinian armed groups, for possible war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. The Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, specified that the investigation also extends to the hostilities triggered on October 7 by an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israeli soil, following which Israel launched the vast military operation in the Gaza Strip .