2023-12-12 18:19:00
The war between Hamas and IsraeldossierThe main facts of the day on Tuesday, December 12 in the conflict in the Middle East.
Fighting continues on the 67th day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the massacre of the terrorist group on October 7 on Israeli soil. According to Israeli authorities, 1,200 people – mostly civilians – were killed during this attack during which around 240 were kidnapped. Israeli bombings carried out in retaliation on the Gaza Strip have left more than 18,400 dead, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health. Find the facts from this Tuesday, December 12.
Joe Biden scolds Benyamin Netanyahu. During a fundraising event for his 2024 re-election campaign, Joe Biden said Tuesday that Benjamin Netanyahu must change his hard line and that Israel “cannot say no” to the creation of a Palestinian state . According to the American president, the Israeli government “does not want a two-state solution” with the Palestinians. “This is the most conservative government in the history of Israel,” said the American president, calling on Netanyahu to “strengthen and change” the Israeli executive. “They are starting to lose that support,” he added, referring to the international community’s concern over the Israeli army’s bombings.
Israel intensifies its operations against Hamas. The Israeli army once again increased the pressure this Tuesday, December 12 on Hamas, which it said was at “its breaking point.” “The Israeli army is retaking its last strongholds,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant assured Monday evening on television. A speech supported by army chief of staff Herzi Halevi, who specified that the army was “intensifying” its operations in the south, while consolidating its presence in the north of the Gaza Strip. For its part, the Palestinian Islamist movement reported violent clashes during the night from Monday to Tuesday in the enclave, while the Palestinian Wafa agency reported 12 dead and “dozens” injured in an air raid in Rafah .
The IDF claims to have repatriated the bodies of two hostages. The Israeli army announced via a press release published on Tuesday that it had recovered the bodies of two hostages during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. “The bodies of hostages Eden Zakaria and (soldier) Ziv Dado were discovered and brought back to Israel,” details the press release, without immediately specifying when this operation took place. Eden Zakaria was 27 years old and was captured during the Tribe of Nova music festival, the IDF said. The second hostage, Ziv Dado, had already been mentioned by the Israeli army in Octoberwho presented him at the time as a 36-year-old sergeant major, killed during the attack on October 7.
A hospital in northern Gaza attacked according to Hamas. The Hamas Ministry of Health accused the Israeli army of having launched an assault on a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, “besieged and bombed” for several days. Israeli forces “launched the assault on the Kamal Adwan hospital after besieging and bombarding it for several days,” said ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidreh. “They are in the process of regrouping the men , including medical staff, in the hospital courtyard and we fear that the medical staff will be arrested or killed. According to OCHA, the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, the maternity ward of the establishment was hit, two mothers were killed and several people injured.
An “apocalyptic” situation. Monday evening, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell warned of the level of destruction in the Gaza Strip, which would be “more or less, even greater” than that of Germany during the Second World War. In the Palestinian enclave, more than half of the homes have been destroyed or damaged by the war, estimates the UN.
A new checkpoint for aid trucks in Rafah. On Monday evening, the Israeli army announced the establishment of an additional checkpoint for the inspection of trucks before their entry into Gaza through the crucial Rafah crossing. A measure which, according to the same source “will make it possible to double the quantity of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip”.
This aims to improve the volume of security checks on aid entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing and will allow us to double the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. 3/4
— Tsahal (@Tsahal_IDF) December 11, 2023
A decision which comes just hours before the special meeting this Tuesday of the UN General Assembly on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Taking over after the American veto which paralyzed the Security Council on Friday, the Assembly must decide on a resolution – non-binding – demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Palestinian enclave.
A new attack in the Red Sea. This Tuesday, the Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile attack which hit a Norwegian-flagged oil tanker off the coast of Yemen the day before, without causing any casualties. On Saturday, the Houthis threatened to attack any ship in the Red Sea heading towards Israel if the population of the Gaza Strip did not receive emergency aid.
The White House is concerned about the use of white phosphorus. Washington says it is “concerned” after the publication on Monday of an article from Washington Post which claims that Israel used American-made white phosphorus munitions in strikes on southern Lebanon in October. “We are going to ask questions to try to find out a little more,” announced White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
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