To better understand the latest events in the conflict between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel, 20 minutes takes stock every evening. Between the strong declarations, the diplomatic advances or the dramatic results of the fighting, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
Ground fighting rages between the army and Hamas in Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip. In parallel with its campaign of devastating airstrikes, the army has been leading a ground offensive against Hamas since October 27, initially concentrated in northern Gaza and then extended to the entire territory.
In the south of the small territory, hundreds of thousands of civilians are now cornered in a cramped area near the closed border with Egypt, some of them
is forced to move several times as the fighting spreads.
“I say to the Hamas terrorists: this is the end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday to the Hamas fighters, calling on them to lay down their arms, affirming that many of them had surrendered these days. last days.
The number of the day
72 million. This is the amount of aid promised by Denmark to the Palestinian Territories which was never distributed. The country announced this Monday to resume its development aid to the Palestinians, suspended immediately after the attack launched by the armed wing of Hamas on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip. “Payments will now begin,” said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, indicating that extraordinary humanitarian aid worth 125 million had been deployed.
Sentence of the day
Neither the fascist enemy and its arrogant leadership, nor its supporters, will be able to recover their prisoners alive without an exchange and negotiation, and without responding to the demands of the resistance.
This is a statement by the spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing, Abou Obeida, in a video on Sunday. Hamas has assured that no hostage, out of the 137 who remain in Gaza, can be released without negotiation. A seven-day truce, from November 24 to December 1, allowed the release of 105 hostages, 80 of whom were exchanged for 240 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Today’s trend
The situation of Gazans continues to worsen. Deadly Israeli air raids hit the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, pushing the civilian population into exodus in desperate humanitarian and health conditions.
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, 18,205 people died in the Palestinian territory, the vast majority women and those under 18, killed by Israeli bombings. In Israel, the attack on October 7 left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, according to the authorities.
The Hamas Ministry of Health reported on Monday “dozens” of deaths under the bombings, notably in Khan Younes and Rafah, in Gaza City and the neighboring refugee camp of Jabalia, in the North, as well as in the Nuseirat and Maghazi camps (center). According to the UN, more than half of the homes have been destroyed or damaged by the war in the Gaza Strip, where 1.9 million people have been displaced, or 85% of the population.