Gaza – The Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip continues for the 171st day, while the UN Security Council adopted a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the Council failing to pass an amendment that includes the phrase “permanent ceasefire.”
For its part, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the toll of the Israeli aggression had risen to 32,333 martyrs and 74,694 injured since last October 7.
Security Council resolution to cease fire
For the first time, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, more than 5 months after the Israeli war, while the United States refrained from using its veto this time.
The resolution presented by non-permanent members of the Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, stressing the urgent need to increase aid and demanding the removal of all obstacles to its delivery.
The resolution was adopted with the approval of 14 of the 15 Council members, with the United States abstaining from voting.
The Palestinian faction movement welcomes
The Palestinian faction movement welcomed the Security Council’s decision, stressing the necessity of reaching a permanent ceasefire that would lead to the withdrawal of the occupation with all its forces and the return of the displaced.
Hamas also called on the Security Council to pressure the occupation to adhere to the ceasefire and the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians, expressing its readiness to engage in an immediate prisoner exchange.
Netanyahu is angry with America
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said that Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the visit of an Israeli delegation to Washington, following America’s abstention from voting on the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council.
The Bureau described what happened as “a clear retreat from the United States’ consistent position in the Security Council since the start of the war.”
For its part, the White House said that the Israeli government’s decision not to send a delegation to Washington to exchange views on an operation in Rafah was “disappointing,” while the Pentagon said that the meeting of the US Secretary of Defense with his Israeli counterpart in the Pentagon on Tuesday still took place, and that the visit of the Israeli Defense Minister Separate from the visit of the Israeli delegation to the White House.
Gideon Sa’ar resigns from the emergency government
Israeli Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced his resignation from the emergency government, saying that he would not be able to bear responsibility as long as he had no influence, stressing that he did not come to the government to warm the chairs.
Sa’ar warned that slowing down the military advance in Gaza means prolonging the war, and this is against Israel’s interest, he said.
107 martyrs in 11 massacres in Gaza
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation army committed 11 massacres during the last 24 hours, claiming 107 martyrs and 176 wounded. It also continued its siege of several hospitals and intensified its bombing of Beit Lahia and Jabalia.
In the middle of the Gaza Strip, the people of Deir al-Balah mourned 22 martyrs who fell in a massacre committed by the occupation forces in the center of the city, by bombing the Salman family home, which claimed dozens of lives, including martyrs, wounded and missing.
Palestinian faction movement bombs Ashdod
The Palestinian faction movement fired a batch of rockets at the city of Ashdod, north of the Gaza Strip.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said that it “bombed occupied Ashdod with a missile salvo in response to the targeting of civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
For its part, Israeli Army Radio said that two of the eight rockets fired from Gaza towards Ashdod were intercepted.
Other Israeli media also reported that the rockets were fired from the central Gaza Strip, specifically from the Deir al-Balah area.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian faction movement, also announced that it bombed Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip with a missile barrage.
The Israeli army said that sirens sounded in Ashkelon and Zikim.
Storming Al-Aqsa and arrests in the West Bank
Dozens of settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the occupation forces escalated their campaigns of arrests and raids in the West Bank.
The Islamic Endowments Department in occupied Jerusalem said that 228 settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the Jewish “Purim” holiday, under the protection of the occupation police, which continues to prevent thousands of Palestinians from reaching the mosque.
The number of Palestinian detainees in the occupied West Bank has risen to 7,770 since October 7, after the Israeli army arrested 15 Palestinians on Monday night, including a child and former prisoners.
Targeting Lebanese factions
The Israeli army said that it carried out a raid targeting fighters of the Lebanese faction movement in the Mays al-Jabal area in southern Lebanon, while the spokesman for the Lebanese factions said that it bombed the Al-Malikiyah and Zibdin sites with artillery shells, confirming that they were hit “directly.”
A leader in the Palestinian faction movement survives a raid on eastern Lebanon
A Lebanese security source said yesterday, Monday, that a leader in the faction movement survived yesterday an Israeli drone raid on the town of Al-Suwairi in the western Bekaa, eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria.
A Syrian citizen was killed in the raid, who was working in a store in this town, which is 5 kilometers from the border between Lebanon and Syria, according to the Lebanese News Agency.
The Lebanese security source explained that the raid was targeting a leader in the Palestinian faction movement who was passing by on the road where the strike occurred, but he survived it.
This is the first time that the Israeli army has targeted this area since the beginning of the confrontations with the Lebanese factions last October, noting that it recently carried out several raids on the city of Baalbek, which is also located in the Bekaa, including 5 raids last Saturday evening.
Gallant warns
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that stopping the war in Gaza may bring a war on the northern front closer, in his comment on the adoption of a resolution by the UN Security Council demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
Gallant added, “There is no moral right for anyone to stop the war without freeing the kidnapped people.”
Israel warns against recognizing a Palestinian state
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the announcement by Spain, Malta, Slovenia and Ireland of their intention to recognize a Palestinian state is a “reward for terrorism.”
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Hayat said, in a tweet on the “X” platform, that the commitment to recognizing a Palestinian state will only complicate reaching a solution and increase regional instability.
On Friday, Spain said that it had agreed with Ireland, Malta and Slovenia to take the first steps towards recognizing the state declared by the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel’s crisis is exacerbated by the Haredi conscription law
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid described the Haredi (religious Jews) recruitment law, which will be put to a vote on Tuesday, as “an insult to the army,” describing those participating in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as “complicit in this moral stain.”
Lapid added, according to what was reported by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, that the proposed conscription law “is a deception against the public,” and that it “will harm unity and harm security, and this is a red line.”
The Israeli opposition leader said on Sunday evening that the proposed conscription law is “a face of the most horrific government in the history of Israel.”
Guterres defends UNRWA
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) represents a lifeline for millions of refugees in the region.
During a tour of one of the centers in Al-Wahdat camp in Jordan, where UNRWA provides health and educational services, Guterres said that the agency represents a lifeline of hope and dignity for millions of refugees throughout the region.
He added, “We must strive to maintain the flow of the unique services provided by UNRWA, because that maintains hope.” In a dark world, UNRWA is the only ray of light for millions of people.”
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies
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2024-03-28 08:53:50