On the 64th day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that it had ambushed two Israeli forces and eliminated their members, amid fierce battles on several fronts, including Khan Yunis.
Meanwhile, Israel admitted that 5 soldiers were killed in the Gaza ground battles, bringing the death toll to 109 since the ground invasion of the Strip. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper also revealed that 5,000 soldiers were wounded since October 7th.
In parallel, the occupation continues to target civilians, leaving more martyrs, as the toll has risen since the start of the aggression last October to 17,700 martyrs, while the number of wounded has reached 48,780.
Politically, Washington used its veto against a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire, despite 13 of the 15 member states in the Council voting in favor of the resolution.
Fierce battles and dozens of martyrs
The intense Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued, leaving dozens of martyrs and wounded. It also targeted shelter centers with incendiary bombs, amid fierce confrontations with the Palestinian resistance in the areas of incursion into the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 71 martyrs and 160 injured arrived during the past 24 hours at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital due to the Israeli bombing of the central region of the Gaza Strip. 62 martyrs and 100 injured arrived at Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah dead in Syria
Three Lebanese Hezbollah members and a Syrian who was accompanying them were killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Syria, according to identical sources, at a time when the occupation army announced new raids on the party’s targets in Lebanon.
Reuters quoted two local sources described as close to Damascus, saying that 3 Hezbollah and Syrian members who were accompanying them were killed in an Israeli drone strike that targeted their car in southwestern Syria on Friday.
Calls for a comprehensive strike around the world
Activists on social media platforms launched calls for a comprehensive strike around the world, next Monday, in solidarity with the people of Gaza in the face of the Israeli war machine.
The activists said that they launched a campaign to push for a global strike, with the aim of pressuring governments and forcing them to take serious action to stop the Israeli massacres and genocide that have been continuing for more than two months.
A large number of activists and influencers interacted with the hashtag “#strike_for_Gaza” or (#strikeforgaza), which swept social media sites.
Demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza
For the eighth week in a row, demonstrations in solidarity with Gazans continued in European cities and East Asia, amid demands for an immediate ceasefire.
The British capital, London, witnessed massive demonstrations demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the day after the British government refused to support a resolution in this regard in the UN Security Council. The French capital, Paris, also witnessed demonstrations denouncing the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
In East Asia, thousands of Indonesians in the city of Jok Jakarta in central Java today organized a solidarity march in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
15 Israeli soldiers were injured in northern Israel
15 Israeli soldiers were injured in a Hezbollah bombing, while one person was killed and others were injured in raids launched by occupation aircraft on towns in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military spokesman said, “15 Israeli soldiers were injured as a result of a bombing from Lebanon that targeted their positions during the past two days.”
Another martyr in the West Bank
A Palestinian boy died as a result of being wounded by occupation bullets in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank.
The occupation forces stormed the town of Azzun, and as a result, confrontations broke out during which bullets and poison gas bombs were fired, which led to the injury of the boy Mahmoud Basem Abu Haniyeh (17 years old) with live bullets in the back.
With the martyrdom of the boy Abu Haniyeh, the number of martyrs today, Saturday, in the West Bank rises to 4, in addition to the two martyrs, Rami al-Jandab from the Fara’a camp, Nimr Abu Mustafa from the Balata camp, and the martyr Sari Youssef Amr from Dura in Hebron, who was martyred shortly after his arrest.
Al-Houthi threatens again
The Houthi group pledged to target every cargo ship heading to Israel, regardless of its nationality or the party that runs it, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which is being subjected to Israeli aggression that has so far led to the death of more than 17,000 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children.
After launching attacks against Israeli ships in the Red Sea, the Houthi group announced on Saturday that it was expanding the scope of its operations to include every ship heading to Israel, regardless of its nationality.
A statement issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful
God Almighty said ({Permission is granted to those who are killed because they have wronged you, and indeed, God is able to help them.} The Great God has spoken the truth.After the success of the Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of God Almighty, in imposing its decision to prevent… pic.twitter.com/ZIyXR5PH8m
– Brigadier General Yahya Saree (@army21ye) December 9, 2023
Shocking testimonies
Video scenes showed testimonies of a group of citizens – who were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces from the eastern areas of Gaza City during the ground incursion there – in which they narrated their exposure to interrogation and torture in tragic and extremely difficult circumstances.
A number of those released confirmed that the occupation forces arrested them from their homes east of Gaza City, stripped them of their clothes, then assaulted them severely with electrical cables and machine guns, in addition to spraying them with cold water.
Demonstration by families of prisoners in Tel Aviv
A massive demonstration was held in Tel Aviv by families of Israeli prisoners and those in solidarity with them to demand that the government conclude a deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to return their children detained in the Gaza Strip.
A spokeswoman for the families of the prisoners said in a speech during the demonstration, “We hear the unnecessary sounds of war and see a waste of time.”
Israel: The battle in Gaza will continue for months
Head of the Israeli National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, said that the battle in Gaza will continue for months and may extend longer.
He added, “We were 17 years late in addressing the Hamas problem because we avoided paying the price we are paying now. We will change the reality on the border with Lebanon and we will solve the problem militarily if it is not solved diplomatically.”