On the 225th day of the aggression against Gaza, the Israeli army committed a massacre in the Jabalia camp, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded after destroying a residential neighborhood on top of its residents.
In other field developments, the resistance bombed the city of Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip with missiles, and confirmed that it inflicted new heavy losses on the ranks of the occupation forces during the fierce battles in the Jabalia camp and east of Rafah.
Dozens of martyrs
Dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, especially in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, where nearly 40 Palestinians were martyred, while the attack on eastern Rafah led to the displacement of about 650,000 people.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent in Jabalia camp reported that the occupation forces committed a massacre in a residential neighborhood in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital, in which dozens of citizens were killed and wounded.
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The resistance inflicts heavy losses on the occupation
The Palestinian resistance fired rockets towards Ashkelon and sites in the Gaza Strip while it continued to confront the occupation forces penetrating Jabalia in the north of the Strip and in the eastern neighborhoods of the city of Rafah in the south, where it announced that its fighters had killed 20 Israeli soldiers during two operations.
In the largest operation announced today, the Al-Qassam Brigades said that its fighters were able to eliminate 15 Israeli soldiers in the Al-Tanour neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah.
In another operation, announced on Saturday evening, Al-Qassam said that its fighters lured an Israeli foot force and detonated an anti-personnel device with it, confirming the killing of 5 soldiers and wounding others, in the vicinity of Al-Tabaeen Mosque, east of Rafah.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades said that its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with the occupation soldiers and vehicles penetrating east of Rafah.
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Gantz threatens
On the Israeli side, the differences between the components of the Israeli war council escalated. Minister Benny Gantz threatened – on Saturday evening – to withdraw from the Israeli war government, and set a deadline for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve a plan for the post-war on Gaza, while an Israeli channel reported that Gantz He conducted secret meetings in several Arab capitals.
In turn, Netanyahu quickly responded to Gantz’s statements by saying: “At a time when our soldiers are fighting in Rafah, Gantz chooses to issue an ultimatum to the prime minister, instead of Hamas.”
In a press conference in Tel Aviv, Gantz set his final condition for remaining in the government coalition in light of Netanyahu’s refusal to develop a post-war plan to govern the Gaza Strip, and demanded that the war government come up with a 6-point plan by next June 8.
Israeli Channel 12 reported that Gantz held secret meetings in several Arab capitals before holding his press conference.
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Abu Ubaida attacks the occupation again
Abu Ubaida, the military spokesman for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – said, “The enemy leadership is throwing its soldiers into the alleys of Gaza to return in coffins, in order to search for the remains of some of the prisoners whom it itself had previously deliberately targeted and killed.”
This came in a post on the Telegram platform by Abu Ubaida, the day after the Israeli army claimed to have recovered the bodies of 3 Israelis who had been detained in the Gaza Strip since the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood.
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Demonstrations by families of prisoners
On the other hand, the families of prisoners held by the resistance in the Gaza Strip demonstrated to demand the release of their relatives and an immediate end to the war, and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down, while the former director of the Mossad said that Netanyahu was deliberately not reaching an exchange deal.
The families said – in a statement – that “Netanyahu must be prevented from making the decision alone,” noting that “Netanyahu’s government has abandoned our children and the only way to save them is to stop the war immediately.”
In a press conference she organized near the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, she called for “Netanyahu’s immediate removal from power, because he is leaving our children to face death,” and called on Defense Minister Yoav Galant “and the rest of the leaders” to remove “Netanyahu from power.”
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Egypt denies
On the Arab level, Egypt denied, on Saturday, retracting its intervention in South Africa’s lawsuit, which accuses Israel before the International Court of Justice of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The Cairo News Channel quoted an unnamed high-ranking source as saying that there is no truth to what was published by Israeli media regarding Egypt’s retreat from joining South Africa in its lawsuit filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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New attacks by Hezbollah
On Saturday, the Lebanese Hezbollah announced the implementation of five operations against Israeli military sites in the Galilee, the Shebaa Farms, and the occupied hills of Kafr Shuba, confirming that it had targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Pranit border barracks with missiles.
The Israeli army also said that it monitored the firing of two missiles at the barracks, without causing any injuries, and that its fighters bombed the party’s aircraft launch pad and military buildings in the Kunine and Khiam areas in southern Lebanon.
This comes as the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that the abandoned settlements in the north have become “extermination zones” due to Hezbollah attacks.
On the other hand, the Israeli army announced the explosion of a drone launched from southern Lebanon, in the town of Margaliot in the Upper Galilee, northern Israel.
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Demonstrations around the world in support of Gaza
On Saturday, demonstrations took place in several Western and Arab countries as part of activities commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, and in support of the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to continuous Israeli aggression for the eighth month.
A national march in solidarity with Palestine was launched from the center of the British capital, London, towards the British government headquarters, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to pressure the British government to stop licensing arms sales to Israel.
In France, a march took place in the capital, Paris, to denounce the aggression against Gaza and demand an immediate ceasefire.
In Germany, a demonstration was launched in the capital, Berlin, called by German organizations and associations, including Jewish organizations, in solidarity with Palestine and to protest what they described as “genocide” committed by Israel in Gaza.
Similar demonstrations also took place in Türkiye, Austria, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Tunisia and Morocco.
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An oil tanker was hit in the Red Sea
The US Central Command (Centcom) announced on Saturday that the Houthis fired a ballistic missile into the Red Sea that hit an oil tanker flying the Panama flag and owned and operated by a Greek company.
Centcom explained – in a statement – that, “At approximately one o’clock in the morning (Sanaa time) on Saturday, the Houthis launched an anti-ship ballistic missile in the Red Sea, hitting an oil tanker named MT Wind, flying the Panama flag, and owned and operated by Greece.”
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