2024-01-09 14:38:03
Here are the latest events to remember about the war between Israel and Hamas:
◾ The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, is to meet with Israeli leaders today and press for a de-escalation of the war in Gaza, a day after strikes in Syria and Lebanon that killed two senior Hamas and Hezbollah.
◾ Sirens warning of rocket fire sounded yesterday in central and southern Israel, as well as near the border with Lebanon, where Israeli strikes and exchanges of fire with Hezbollah militants supported by Iran raise fears of an extension of the conflict towards the north.
◾ Hezbollah announced Monday the death of one of its “commanders”, Wissam Hassan Tawil, in an Israeli strike, which constitutes a first since October for this movement. This raid comes after the death of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, in a strike in Lebanon in early January.
◾ Yesterday, the Israeli army also indicated that it had killed a “central figure” of Hamas in Syria, Hassan Akasha. “He was a central figure responsible for rockets fired towards Israel by Hamas from Syrian territory in recent weeks,” the army said.
◾ International organizations are warning of the ongoing health disaster, with humanitarian aid arriving in trickles, despite a UN Security Council resolution. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States, yesterday joined Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem in condemning an “overt policy” of famine in Gaza led by Israel.
◾ Israel and South Africa face off today before the UN’s highest court, after Pretoria accused Israel of “genocidal acts” in Gaza, accusations described by the Israelis as “blood libel”.
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