The conflict is spreading to the Middle East. Five people were killed on Saturday January 20 in a “Israeli strike” against a building in Damascus (Syria), where a “meeting of leaders close to Iran”, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). “Two senior Iranian advisers were killed” according to the Mehr news agency. Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on neighboring Syrian territory, mainly targeting forces supported by Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime and sworn enemies of the state. Israeli, as well as the Syrian army. Follow our live stream.
Europe is raising its voice. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, accused Israel on Friday of having “created” And “finance” the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza and behind the unprecedented attack of October 7 on Israeli soil. A statement which comes as the Israeli Prime Minister reaffirmed his opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state.
New Israeli strikes. During the night from Friday to Saturday, Israeli forces bombarded the north and south of Gaza, notably the Khan Younes sector (south), the new epicenter of ground fighting and air raids after a first phase of the war concentrated in the north of the territory. Early Saturday, the Hamas health ministry reported at least 90 deaths overnight.
Tensions between the United States and Israel. Israel’s main ally and key supporter in its war against Hamas, the United States has in recent weeks called on the Israeli army to reduce the number of civilian casualties in its operations and reiterated its support for the creation of a Palestinian state. , a subject at the center of disagreements with the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A growing conflict. The Houthis Yemeni claimed responsibility for new shootings against an American oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, provoking new American strikes against them on Friday.