A new massacre in Gaza. A new air strike by Israel caused the death of dozens of people last night in a five-story residential building in the northern city of Beit Lahia. The provisional toll is at least 93 dead and many injured. About 40 people are still believed to be missing under the rubble. The director of the Hamas-run government press office called it a “horrific massacre against civilians, children and women.” United Nations e Ue react to the banning of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees by the Knesset: “Devastating consequences.”
Israel, truce with Hezbollah?
Meanwhile, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen, a member of the security cabinet, said that discussions are underway within the cabinet on the terms of a Truce with Hezbollah in South Lebanon. “There are discussions, I think it will take more time,” he told Israeli public radio. Israeli television Channel 12 reported last night the discussions between the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a limited number of Israeli officials regarding a 60-day truce. Israel demands in particular the withdrawal of Hezbollah north of the Litani River, the deployment of the Lebanese army along the Israeli border, a international intervention mechanism and implementation of the truce, as well as ensuring that Israel maintains its action of freedom in case of threats, according to the channel.
“Thanks to all the (army) operations of the last months and especially the last weeks, there is talk of a diplomatic agreement, and Israel can come to these discussions from a position of strength after the entire Hezbollah leadership has been eliminated and more than 2.000 Hezbollah terrorist infrastructures have been significantly affected,” he said. Cohen, former Minister of Intelligence.
According to Israeli media, US President Joe Biden's Middle East adviser, Brett McGurk, and Amos Hochstein, his special envoy, are expected to leave the United States today to meet with the Israeli prime minister and other Israeli officials to discuss conditions for a possible ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.
Ukraine, what's happening?
THEUkraine , Russia they started negotiations as a preliminary measure to put an end to attacks on each other's energy infrastructures: the Financial Times. But Kremlin puts on hold: "Reports of negotiations with Kiev are false". Russian forces launched a missile strike on Ukraine last night. unidentified missile and 62 drones of various types, including Shahed kamikaze aircraft: he made it known on Telegram the Kiev Air Force. In addition, the General Prosecutor's Office in Georgia announced that it has opened an investigation into possible fraud in last Saturday's elections, won – according to official data – by the governing party “Georgian Dream” but contested by the opposition.
Meanwhile, today the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky wrote, at the end of the Nordic Council he attended in Reykjavik, Iceland, that “the Denmark,Iceland, the Norway, the Finland , Sweden are ready to increase their support for our defense". And again: "We discussed how to provide Ukraine additional air defense systems, including the Patriots – Zelensky continued -. We agreed to increase defense production both in Ukraine and at our partners. All Nordic partners supported the Ukraine Victory Plan, clear points that strengthen our ability to bring about a just peace."
