2023-12-23 17:12:00
A freighter with ties to Israel has been attacked by a drone. Iran threatens to block the Mediterranean. All information in the news blog.
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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. This news blog informs you about the current developments:
Iran denies involvement in Houthi attacks on merchant ships
19 o’clock: Iran has rejected US accusations of being involved in Yemen’s Houthi rebel attacks on merchant ships. The armed “resistance” groups against Israel have “their own means” and act on the basis of “their own decisions and abilities,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri told the Mehr news agency.
Bagheri was responding to statements by US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson on Friday that Iran had been “significantly involved in planning operations against merchant ships in the Red Sea.”
The fact that “certain powers such as the Americans and the Israelis are suffering from the attacks of the resistance movement” should “in no way call into question their strength in the region,” adds the Iranian deputy foreign minister.
Israel: Person responsible for supplying Hamas with weapons in Gaza killed
6:10 p.m.: The Israeli military says it has killed a high-ranking official in the terrorist organization Hamas who was said to be responsible for supplying the terrorist organization with weapons. Hassan al-Atrasch was killed on Friday in a targeted airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli Air Force said on X, formerly Twitter.
Al-Atrash organized the production and distribution of weapons in the Gaza Strip as well as the smuggling of military equipment from abroad, the statement said. He also supplied Palestinian militants in the Israeli-occupied West Bank with weapons. The information could not initially be independently verified. Palestinian media reported on Friday that three people were killed in an airstrike in Rafah.
Hamas claims to have lost contact with terrorists with five hostages
5:11 p.m.: The terrorist organization Hamas says it has lost contact with one of its groups that is holding five Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said in Gaza that communication was lost as a result of an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization believes that the five hostages died in the Israeli attacks. The spokesman provided no evidence of this. This information could not be independently verified. There was initially no statement from the Israeli side.
Israel continues offensive even after UN resolution
2:56 p.m.: Israel has continued its massive attacks in the Gaza Strip even after the UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid deliveries to the Palestinian territory. The terrorist organization Hamas reports heavy shelling in several cities. The Israeli army released footage showing soldiers operating in ruins. After the UN Security Council vote, Israel announced that it would stick to its actions against Hamas.
Report: More than 70 relatives killed in Gaza
1:54 p.m.: According to the United Nations, more than 70 relatives may have died in an air strike in the city of Gaza at the same time. Among them was an employee of the UN Development Program (UNDP), according to the organization. Israel’s army says it is trying to examine the report.
Long-time employee Issam Al Mughrabi (56) died with his wife (53) and his three sons and two daughters aged between 13 and 32, reports the UNDP. According to reports, around 70 other members of his circle of relatives were killed with him. Arab media reports mention 76 deaths. “This war must end,” says UNDP chief Achim Steiner. “No family should experience the pain and suffering that Issam’s family and countless others are going through.”
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