Reuters, AFP and Europa Press
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, p. 24
Cairo, Israel – Israeli forces continued operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis yesterday, leaving at least 16 dead, amid international pressure to reach an agreement to end the fighting and avoid a broader regional conflict with Iran and its allies.
Hamas said the day before yesterday that mediators must force Israel to accept a ceasefire offer in line with US President Joe Biden’s proposals. Instead of continuing with more rounds of negotiations or new approaches that provide cover for the aggression of the occupation.
The Ezzedin Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, reported that In two separate incidents, two (Hamas) fighters assigned to guard enemy prisoners shot a Zionist (Israeli) inmate who died instantly and seriously wounded two female prisoners.in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army indicated shortly afterwards that At this time, there is no information available that would allow it to confirm or deny the armed group’s report.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported yesterday that 142 Palestinians were killed and 150 wounded by Israeli military actions in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll since the conflict began on October 7 to 39,897 and 92,152 wounded.
Israeli soldiers announced yesterday the death of an 18-year-old Palestinian, identified as Tariq Ziad Dawud, who shot and wounded an Israeli citizen and two Palestinians in the city of Qalqilya, in the reoccupied West Bank.
According to the Israeli media HaaretzTariq Ziad Dawud was released in a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel in November.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the United States will not restrict military aid to the Israeli army’s Netzah Yehuda unit, which is accused of human rights violations against Palestinians in the reoccupied West Bank, after determining that the violations were effectively remediedaccording to CNN.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant yesterday described folly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war goal of achieving a total victoryto which the president replied: When Gallant adopts the anti-Israeli narrative, he harms the chances of reaching an agreement on the hostages.