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Find the latest developments in the war waged by Israel in the Gaza Strip, following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.
Netanyahu denies famine in Gaza and reiterates Israel’s “right” to protect itself
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any “allegations” of famine in the Gaza Strip and reiterated “the right” of Israel “to protect itself”during meetings with the heads of British and German diplomacy in Jerusalem.
“During these meetings, the prime minister insisted that Israel reserved the right to protect itself,” the Israeli government said in a statement. Mr. Netanyahu also “refuted the allegations of international organizations on a famine in Gaza and affirmed that Israel is doing everything possible on the humanitarian issue.
The British Foreign Ministers, David Cameron, and the German Ministers, Annalena Baerbock, are the first foreign heads of diplomacy to have made a trip to Israel since the attack on Iran on the night of Saturday to Sunday.
Washington will strengthen its sanctions against Iran
THE United States to impose new sanctions targeting Iran after the attack launched against Israel last weekend, the White House announced Tuesday, indicating that it “expects” that its allies will soon do the same. “In the coming days, the United States will impose new sanctions targeting Iran, including its drone and missile programs,” its Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Ministry of Defense, detailed Jake Sullivan in a press release. , President Joe Biden’s national security adviser.
“These new sanctions, along with other measures, will continue the continued pressure on Iran in order to contain and deteriorate its military capabilities,” added Sullivan. He also indicated that the American armed forces will focus on increase their level of preparation to face possible new drone and missile strikes from Iran.
Security Council vote Thursday on Palestinian membership
The UN Security Council will decide on Thursday on the Palestinians’ request to become a Full member state of the United Nationsaccording to several diplomatic sources, an initiative which, barring any surprises, appears doomed to failure.
This date coincides with a meeting scheduled for several weeks of the Council on the situation in Gaza, to which several ministers from Arab countries are expected. The Arab group has already published a statement on Tuesday evening affirming its “unfailing support” for the Palestinian request.
Highlighting the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the Palestinians relaunched their 2011 request for membership in the UN in early April, which has little chance of success due to the opposition of the United States which has a right of veto.
Israel confirms killing of Hezbollah commander in Lebanon
A local Hezbollah commander was killed this Tuesday in southern Lebanon according to the Israeli army which carried out a series of strikes. An Israeli army plane “eliminated Ismail Youssef Baz, the commander of the Hezbollah coastal sector“, the Israeli army announced in a statement.
According to the IDF, he participated in “planning the firing of rockets and anti-tank missiles towards Israel (..)”. The National Information Agency (ANI, official) also reported “victims” in an Israeli strike that targeted two cars in the locality of Chehabiyé.
Two “armed” Hezbollah drones exploded in Israel
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that “two armed drones” from Lebanon had exploded in the northern Israeli territory, in the Beit Hillel area. The Upper Galilee Regional Council clarified that three people were injured.
The powerful Lebanese movement Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack. Hezbollah fighters carried out “an aerial attack with suicide drones on Beit Hillel, striking the ‘Iron Dome’ launch pads and their personnel“, the pro-Iranian group said in a statement, referring to the Israeli air defense system.
Iran warns of harsh response to any response
Iran will respond to any action against its interests, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, according to comments reported by the Iranian Student News Agency. “We categorically declare that the slightest action against Iranian interests will certainly be met with severe, generalized, painful response against any perpetrator,” the Iranian president declared to the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The remarks come after Israeli army chief of staff Herzi Halevi said on Monday thatIsrael responds to drone and missile attack launched by Tehran over the weekend. On Tuesday, Israel’s foreign minister called for sanctions against Iran’s missile program and the listing of the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
Oil and gas prices on the rise
Crude oil prices are rising after Israel threatened to retaliate against last weekend’s Iranian attack. The barrel of Brent of the North Sea – reference in Europe – approaches the 91 dollarswhile the barrel of American oil WTI reached 86 dollars.
Prices initially fell slightly on Monday despite the Iranian attack. The market seemed convinced that the conflict would not spread further but Israeli threats have changed the situation. The Middle East accounts for a third of global oil production, so an escalation of conflict threatens to jeopardize supplies.
At the same time, the European gas prices reached their Tuesday highest level since January. On the main Dutch futures market, the price of gas increased by more than 6%, to 33 euros per megawatt hour.
Israel pushes for more sanctions against Iran
Israel’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he urged countries to impose sanctions on Iran’s missile program and to proscribe the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization after Iran’s first direct attack on Israel.
“As part of the military response to the firing of missiles and drones, I lead a diplomatic attack against Iran” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a social media post. He said he had sent letters to 32 countries and spoken with numerous counterparts, urging them to “impose sanctions on the missile project of Iran and to declare the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization, as way to stop and weaken Iran.”
More than 550 aid trucks in 48 hours according to Israel
Some 550 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip “for two days” after “thorough security checks”, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday, a number deemed insufficient by the UN. The Israeli army “in conjunction” with the Israeli body responsible for Palestinian civil affairs (Cogat), “continues its efforts to allow the passage of hundreds of trucks of food and humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Gaza every day”, added the army in a statement, indicating that 126 trucks reached northern Gaza Monday evening.
56 food aid shipments were also parachuted into the Palestinian enclave, the army said. “There has been no significant change in the volume of humanitarian aid entering Gaza, nor better access to the north” of Gaza, underlined the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in a press release. .
The Israeli army continues its operations in the Gaza Strip, affirming that the unprecedented Iranian attack of the weekend will not deviate from its objectives against Hamas. “Even when we were attacked by Iran, we did not lose sight, not for a single moment, our essential mission in Gazawhich consists of saving our hostages from the hands of the Hamas, proxy of Iran“, said Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army, on Sunday evening.
He announced the sending in the coming days of two additional reserve brigades to fight in the besieged Palestinian territory. According to the army, the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during its attack on Israel on October 7 are being held in Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was determined to launch a ground offensive against this city which he presents as the last great bastion of Hamas.
Iran ‘investigating’ ‘Israel-linked’ ship seized in Gulf
The container ship seized this weekend in the Gulf by Iran, which accuses it of being “linked to Israel”, is located “in Iranian territorial waters” so that “the necessary investigations can be carried out”, declared Monday the spokesperson for Iranian diplomacy, Nasser Kanani.
He explained that Iran had seized the ship because “it had violated international maritime regulations” and “did not respond adequately to the questions of the Iranian authorities.” “It is certain that this ship belongs to the Zionist regime,” said Kanani, referring to Israel, the sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic.
The seizure of the ship came hours before Iran launched an attack with drones and missiles on Israel.
Four Israeli soldiers injured on the Lebanese border
Four Israeli soldiers were injured overnight from Sunday to Monday after an explosion on the border with Lebanon, in northern Israel. One of the soldiers was seriously injured, the other three were lightly to moderately injured, the Israeli army announced on Monday. The four soldiers were taken to hospital to receive medical treatment.
The Lebanese Hezbollah then claimed to have activated “explosive devices” as Israeli soldiers passed by who crossed the border from the Lebanese side. This is the first time that pro-Iranian Hezbollah, which has exchanged fire with Israel since the start of the Gaza war more than six months ago, has announced such an operation.
New death toll of 33,797 in Gaza
The Hamas Ministry of Health announced Monday a new toll of 33,797 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7. In 24 hours, 68 additional deaths were recorded, according to a press release from the ministry, which reports 76,465 injured in more than six months of war.
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