12/16/2023–|Last updated: 12/17/202312:01 AM (Mecca time)
On the 71st day of the Israeli war on Gaza, pressure on the occupation leaders increased after a preliminary investigation revealed the circumstances of the army’s “accidentally” killing of 3 Israeli detainees, while the Al-Qassam Brigades announced the implementation of a series of operations against the invading forces and their vehicles, most notably targeting a force in Beit Lahia, north of Beit Lahia. sector.
The Israeli raids left more martyrs and wounded throughout Gaza, from Jabalia in the north to Rafah in the south. After the occupation forces withdrew from Kamal Adwan Hospital, testimonies continued regarding atrocities committed by soldiers against the displaced people who were in and around the hospital, as well as the sick and wounded.
Investigation into the killing of prisoners
A preliminary investigation conducted by the Israeli army into the incident of its soldiers killing 3 Israeli prisoners in the Shujaiya area, east of Gaza City, on Friday, showed that the prisoners were waving white flags and that one of them shouted in Hebrew, “Save us,” but the soldiers opened fire on them, violating the rules of engagement.
For his part, Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a post on Telegram that “the enemy is gambling with the lives of its captured soldiers,” and that “yesterday, it deliberately executed 3 of them.” Al-Qassam broadcast a recording containing scenes of a number of Israeli prisoners killed in Gaza, with the phrase “Time is running out” at the end.
Towards a new deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a press conference for the leaders of the War Council that Israel is communicating with Egypt and Qatar regarding negotiations to release the “hostages.”
This came after the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that the government was considering presenting a new proposal to release the “hostages.” Israeli Radio also reported that the leaders were considering moving towards a new deal after the incident of the killing of the three detainees in Shujaiya.
Pressure is mounting from the families of the prisoners, who organized a new demonstration in front of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, demanding an end to the fighting and the start of negotiations. Israeli media said that members of the war council will discuss the possibility of concluding a new deal with Hamas.
Another female detainee is killed
The Israeli army announced that it had verified the killing of another Israeli female detainee in the Gaza Strip and that it had informed her family about it.
Army Radio said that Amber Hayman (27 years old), who was captured during a concert near the Re’im settlement in the Gaza Strip on October 7, was killed, without additional details.
Qassam operations
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of many Israeli tanks and vehicles throughout the Gaza Strip. It also targeted an Israeli force east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, with anti-personnel devices, and another force while searching a house west of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam broadcasted scenes of a qualitative operation carried out on Friday, where it said that its fighters eliminated 10 Israeli soldiers in Juhr al-Dik, east of the central region.
Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 12 said that 20 soldiers were killed in the battles of Shujaiya during the last week alone. As for the Israeli army, it announced that 35 soldiers were injured during the last 24 hours, and its spokesman said, “We are going through difficult and complex times, and there are things that we have not been exposed to before.”
Kamal Adwan Hospital
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that the occupation forces ran over the tents of the displaced with bulldozers in the yard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, before withdrawing from it.
Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said that Israeli bulldozers buried dozens of displaced, sick and wounded people alive, inside and around the hospital, while Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila called for an international investigation to be opened into the testimonies and information received regarding the burial of Palestinians alive in the hospital courtyard.
For its part, the Israeli army announced, on Saturday evening, the end of its military operations in Kamal Adwan Hospital by arresting 90 people, about two weeks after its siege of the hospital, which ended in a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the words of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.
Martyr Samer Abu Daqqa
Tel Aviv Tribune Media Network decided to urgently refer the case of the assassination of colleague Samer Abu Daqqa, Tel Aviv Tribune cameraman, to the International Criminal Court. It said that it had formed a group of legal experts to prepare the file, which will include repeated attacks on the network’s crews working in the Palestinian territories.
On Saturday morning, the body of Samer, who was martyred as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted him and Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh, was buried in the vicinity of Farhana School in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday.
Assassination of two Christian women
The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem said that an Israeli army sniper assassinated two Christian women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, which is the only Catholic church in the Strip, where the majority of Christian families have sought refuge since the beginning of the war.
According to a statement by the Patriarchate, “Nahida and her daughter Samar were shot dead while they were going to the nuns’ monastery,” and 7 other people were shot while trying to help others within the walls of the monastery.
West Bank
Two Palestinians were killed by the occupation army’s bullets near the cities of Tulkarm and Hebron in the north and south of the West Bank, bringing the death toll in the West Bank to 290 martyrs since October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of Aziz Abdul Rahim Aziz Khalil (20 years old) from abdominal wounds in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and before that it announced the martyrdom of Salim Nasser Salim Hajar (25 years old) near Tulkarm.
Lebanon Front
The Israeli army announced the killing of one of its soldiers and the wounding of two others in the Margaliot settlement near the border with Lebanon, and explained in a statement that “Yehezkel Azaria (53 years old)… fell during operational activity.” He is the seventh soldier killed on the Lebanese border since the seventh of last October. , according to information that the army allowed to be published.
The Israeli army’s announcement came after the Lebanese Hezbollah said that it launched an attack with an attack drone on a position of occupation soldiers outside the Ramim barracks (the occupied Lebanese village of Honin), which led to confirmed injuries among its members.
Houthi attacks
The Ansar Allah Houthi group in Yemen announced that it targeted Eilat on the Red Sea with drones, while an American destroyer shot down 14 drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas, according to what the US Central Command announced.
Meanwhile, the French shipping company CMC GM announced the suspension of its container shipping operations through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, similar to the Danish Maersk and German Hapag-Lloyd groups, in the wake of Houthi attacks on a number of ships.