The atrocious escalation of violence between Israel e Gaza takes on increasingly brutal contours: the toll of deaths it rises to 1200 Israelis and at least a thousand Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, not to mention the wounded. Hamas continues to launch rockets on Israeli cities, killing and holding civilians hostage, while the Israeli army prepares an "unprecedented increase in attacks" towards the Gaza Strip, now in darkness given that the only power plant has run out of fuel and died out, and southern Lebanon following Hezbollah attack, an Islamist paramilitary organization supporting Hamas. “We are attacking the Strip because what is happening here is something that has never happened before. There is an enemy who fires rockets and attacks the civilian population,” said General Omer Tishler, chief of staff of the Air Force. After the massacre at the rave party in the Israeli desert near the Strip and the horror of the Kfar Aza massacre - the Bucha of Israel - with these premises the death toll is terribly destined to rise.
Netanyahu-Gantz agreement for emergency government in Israel
Israel has a national emergency government which will meet shortly in Tel Aviv. The agreement was reached between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of the opposition leaders, Benny Gantz. According to what has been learned, the new executive will include as ministers not only the opposition leader Benny Gantz but also the former chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot and the former justice minister Gideon Saar. In the small "command cabin" that will lead Israel into war there will be Netanyahu, Gantz, the current defense minister Yoav Gallant, Eisenkot and the minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer. At the moment, the other opposition leader, Yair Lapid, remains outside the agreement.
Negotiations underway between the USA, Egypt and Israel for a humanitarian corridor in Gaza
Meanwhile, the US is negotiating with Israel and Egypt for the creation of a safe passage for Gaza civilians. “We are focused on this issue, consultations are ongoing,” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House.
