7/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/7/202311:47 PM (Mecca time)
On the 62nd day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, fierce battles took place in several areas of fighting in the Gaza Strip, during which the Palestinian resistance intensified its attacks on the occupation forces, while these forces besieged and killed civilians, in conjunction with the continuation of Israeli raids and the increasing humanitarian suffering of the residents of the Gaza Strip, amid warnings from The risk of famine and epidemics among the displaced.
Qassam operations
The Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed that they were waging fierce battles on all fronts of the occupation forces’ incursion into the Gaza Strip, especially in Khan Yunis. They said that the brigades’ fighters destroyed 135 vehicles during the past 72 hours and bombed with missiles the headquarters of the field command room of the Israeli army in the south of Gaza City.
The Israeli army admitted the killing of the son of War Council member Gabi Eisenkot and three other officers. This brings the number of people killed to 92 since the beginning of the ground operation in Gaza in late October.
About 100 Israeli soldiers were seriously injured in their eyes during the battles in Gaza, and 15% of them were partially or completely blinded due to explosions, flying shrapnel, or gunfire.
A new number of martyrs
The occupation forces intensified their air strikes and artillery shelling in the north of the Gaza Strip in Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, and extended to the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, reaching Khan Yunis in the south, as well as the Rafah area, which caused the number of martyrs to rise to more than 17 thousand, including 350 during the 24 hours. In the past, the number of injured has reached 46 thousand since the start of the war on Gaza.
Displaced people were killed and hundreds were arrested
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory said that Israeli forces burned homes in Beit Lahia and killed civilians raising white flags.
Video clips published by Israeli and Palestinian websites showed that the occupation forces arrested displaced persons residing in a shelter center in Gaza and stripped them of their clothes in front of the cameras.
Human suffering
The Ministry of Health in Gaza warned of the risk of famine and epidemics among the displaced, and the United Nations said that Palestinians are being forced to head to southern Gaza, but they cannot find safe areas, while a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said that the numbers do not reflect the extent and magnitude of the tragedy that the people of Gaza are experiencing.
Oxfam International accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of collective punishment in GazaShe stressed that the so-called safe areas established by Israel inside Gaza are neither protected nor reliable, and cannot be accessed.
In turn, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that the conditions required to provide aid in the Gaza Strip do not exist, stressing that all shelters are overcrowded and aid is insufficient to meet the enormous needs.
Developments in the West Bank
The Israeli occupation forces carried out a massive campaign of incursions into the cities of the occupied West Bank, and launched an arrest campaign in Nablus, Tulkarm, and Bethlehem, amid clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters, while the Tulkarm Brigade announced that two Israeli soldiers had been wounded.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club indicated that the number of arrests has risen to more than 3,670 detainees since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Lebanese Front
Hezbollah said that it bombed 10 Israeli sites, including the Zarit barracks and the Al-Raheb military site. This led to the killing of two Israeli soldiers, while the occupation army said that it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and military sites in southern Lebanon.
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Hezbollah to turn Beirut and southern Lebanon into Gaza and Khan Yunis if it chose to wage a comprehensive war against Israel, as he put it.
Gaza and the Palestinian Authority
The British newspaper The Times revealed that a British military team in the West Bank is working to prepare the Palestinian Authority to take over the administration of the Gaza Strip.
For his part, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said that the Palestine Liberation Organization is the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and should be given the ability to rule the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Destruction of tunnels
Bloomberg quoted an Israeli army officer as saying that the mission to destroy about 500 kilometers of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip will take months.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal quoted an American official as saying that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken informed the Israeli War Council of Washington’s belief that the “conflict” must be ended within weeks, not months.