Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cemented his image as a hawk on security issues due to his service in an elite special forces unit that carried out some of Israel's boldest hostage rescue operations.

However, the legacy of Israel's longest-serving prime minister will be shaped again now after one of the worst security failures that Israel has ever witnessed. It will also be shaped by the fate of more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas militants during an attack that Israel says killed 1,400 people in more than 100 years. The country's days have been bloody since its establishment 75 years ago.

The death toll, accounts of panic, and images of violence coming from communities in southern Israel sent the country into a state of shock.

In his sixth term as prime minister, Netanyahu (74 years old) heads a right-wing coalition of the most extreme governments in Israel, and is under increasing pressure after the initial shock turned into an outburst of anger over the failures that allowed the attack to occur.

Netanyahu refuses to take responsibility and says that everyone will have to answer difficult questions when the war with Hamas ends, and in one of his rare press conferences he ignored a question about whether he would resign.

But the public mood changed, and opinion polls showed that a large majority held him responsible, a trend confirmed by pictures of his government ministers being harassed in public as they got out of their official cars.

An opinion poll conducted by the Maariv newspaper on October 18 and 19 showed that former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the head of a centrist opposition party who joined a recently formed unity government, has the support of 48 percent of participants to be prime minister, compared to only 28 percent in favor of Netanyahu.

The newspaper "Israel Hayom" wrote in an article this week: "Netanyahu will leave. Like the senior officials of the army, intelligence, and the General Security Service. Because they failed."

The popularity of Netanyahu, who faces trial on corruption charges he denies, has been damaged by the fierce battle over plans to limit the powers of the Supreme Court, plans that have brought hundreds of thousands of Israelis onto the streets for months.

The political repercussions will be temporarily postponed in light of the continuation of Israeli air strikes, which the Gaza Ministry of Health says have killed more than eight thousand Palestinians, and in light of the Israeli tanks’ incursion deep into the besieged Strip.

But much will depend on the outcome of the operation, whose stated goal is to destroy Hamas forever, and on whether his party will continue to support it despite growing calls for change.

An ally of Netanyahu: The government must achieve the desired results

Danny Danon, the former Israeli delegate to the United Nations, said: “I am not worried about the opinion polls, but what worries me is achieving the results, and I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu and the government must achieve the desired results.” Danon is a member of Parliament from Netanyahu's Likud Party.

He added: "We witnessed too many rounds in the past, when pressure forced the government not to complete the mission and to leave Hamas in power."

He continued: "If the government does not implement what it promised, which is to eliminate Hamas, I am confident that this will not be acceptable, neither to the public nor to the political system."

But the military test, although difficult, is not the only challenge.

Netanyahu, who has exhausted all the goodwill of even allies like the United States during his battle over judicial amendments, is viewed with deep suspicion by most of the world because of his alliance with ultra-religious and nationalist parties.

In addition to pressure due to issues such as the relentless expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, international alarm is rising over the number of casualties during the bombing of Gaza.

The economy, already battered by uncertainty caused by judicial changes strongly opposed by most of the business community, has suffered an additional blow, with companies in sectors as diverse as construction and food services saying their revenues are witnessing a sharp decline.

Netanyahu, who usually appeared confident and reassured, seemed increasingly abnormal during the recent period, especially when he wrote a tweet late one night this week in which he held the leaders of the intelligence services responsible for the failure to warn him of the October 7 attack.

The tweet was deleted the next morning and Netanyahu issued an apology, but the damage had already been done and sparked criticism from the press and across the political spectrum.

A writer in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said about him: “He is not fit for the position of prime minister,” adding that Netanyahu should have resigned or been removed immediately after the October 7 attack.

During a tour of Sderot, the far-right minister says he ordered the police commissioner to prepare for the possibility of a repeat of ethnic violence in mixed cities, prompting accusations that he spread fear.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir came under fire from across the political spectrum on Wednesday for raising the possibility of renewed violence between Jews and Arabs in Israel's mixed cities as happened two years ago, with police sources accusing the far-right leader of spreading fear.

During a visit to the police station in Sderot, a city that was hit hard in recent days by the shocking attack by Hamas, Ben Gvir said he had instructed Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai to prepare for a “Watchkeeper 2 scenario,” in reference to the ethnic riots. Violence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities that accompanied the previous conflict with Hamas in 2021.

Ben Gvir said his ministry “turned Sderot into a qualified city,” meaning all Sderot residents are now able to obtain and carry firearms as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to strengthen civil security.

He added: “In parallel, I instructed the police commissioner to prepare for the ‘Guardian of the Walls 2’ scenario... and to prepare to infiltrate cities.”

A spokesman for Ben Gvir confirmed that he was referring to the possibility of Arab citizens of Israel rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab cities.

Ben Gvir made similar statements on Tuesday when he announced the distribution of assault rifles to civilian security teams in border towns, West Bank settlements and mixed Jewish-Arab cities.

Ben Gvir said: “This war proves that citizens are heroes, and this war proves how important it is to arm civilians and civilian security teams along with a strong police force.”

Hamas militants infiltrated and occupied the central police station in Sderot during their brutal attack on Israel on Saturday, eventually destroying the building in an attempt to kill the militants.

Social Equality Minister Amichai Shekli (Likud) quickly criticized Ben Gvir’s statements, writing: “So far, the Arab population has shown a lot of solidarity and responsibility, and this applies in particular to the Bedouin population in the Negev, who suffered human losses and missing persons and have shown responsibility and solidarity from Through many initiatives to host families and help afflicted citizens.”

The newspaper “Israel Hayom” quoted an unnamed source in the police criticizing Ben Gvir, whose ministry supervises the police, accusing him of raising the idea of Guardian of the Walls 2 “for his own purposes” and saying that the minister did so in January also before the budget discussions.

The source added: “The police are preparing and prepared, and the evidence for this is that no exceptional incidents have occurred so far.” Naturally, such a scenario is taken into account and we will respond strongly to any case of violence if it occurs.”

The source was also quoted as saying that Hamas is trying to incite Israeli Arabs to provoke violence, adding that Ben Gvir's words may inflame tensions.

Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab towns were the scene of violent riots during the May 2021 conflict with Hamas. Three people were killed and hundreds more injured during days of violent unrest in the mixed cities.

Ben Gvir, who was at the time a Knesset member but not a minister, urged armed Israeli civilians to go to these cities to fight Arab rioters, prompting Police Chief Shabtai, who now still holds his position under Ben Gvir, to blame Far-right politician in riots.

Putin thus canceled Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the crisis with the West.

The treaty, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, aims to prevent all nuclear testing, but it was not implemented due to the failure of a number of major nuclear countries to join it, most notably the United States and China.

The report described this idea as the “Beirut 1982 model,” and it was discussed in several high-ranking bodies in Israel, and Netanyahu “expressed great interest in it,” in order to prevent the war from continuing and Israel incurring losses, but estimates are that this is an imaginary idea.

The Israeli government is considering several ideas, claiming that they will “allow the fall of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and quickly,” according to what the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported today, Thursday.

One of these ideas claims "the possibility of members of Hamas's military arm (the Qassam Brigades) leaving the Gaza Strip, with the approval of Israel, including its leaders, in exchange for the lives and liberation of all the kidnapped."

The newspaper described this idea as the “Beirut 1982 model,” referring to the departure of the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by Yasser Arafat, from the Lebanese capital, following the Israeli army’s invasion of Lebanon, and the move to Tunisia.

The newspaper added that this idea was discussed in several high-ranking bodies in Israel, and that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “expressed great interest in it, and requested the provision of other materials about it and will obtain them later.”

According to the newspaper, Hamas’s departure from the Gaza Strip “will allow the establishment of another regime, will confirm that it has been defeated, will create regional deterrence, and does not seem to require a creeping occupation that would cost the lives of Israeli soldiers and precious time.”

The newspaper considered that the “problem” with this idea “is not the Hamas leadership, but rather the thousands of activists who must leave, the tunnels, the military production workshops, and the rocket shells that must disappear.”

The newspaper added, “If the Israeli army declared the southern Gaza Strip a humanitarian safe zone, why do Hamas leaders not hole up in their own fortifications there, not far from Rafah, and simply refuse to leave?”

It continued, "If the time comes for Hamas to consider surrender, will Hezbollah enter the war under any circumstances and turn everything around, in case it sets a dangerous precedent for defeat?"

According to reports, the head of the agency warned the cabinet that the situation might explode; The Minister of Defense indicates that most of the attackers are not from the settlements; The United States and France condemn the attacks

The Shin Bet security service warned the government of its fears of an outbreak of violence in the West Bank, citing increasing settler violence and clashes with Palestinians amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Hebrew media reported on Sunday.

Channel 12 reported that Shin Bet head Ronen Bar warned the war cabinet, the broader government and the defense establishment about the issue.

The United States and France also warned that the situation in the West Bank had reached a boiling point.

The report quoted Israeli sources as saying: “These events are likely to lead to a fire in the region” and harm the war effort against Hamas.

Channel 12 said that some Israeli decision-makers are urging the extreme right-wing ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir to “take responsibility and calm things down.”

The two ministers have defended settler violence as self-defense in the past and resisted taking action against it.

According to Channel 13, Bar and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy addressed the issue of settler violence in a war cabin on Saturday.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly responded that “the phenomenon is well-known. “We need to make sure the area doesn’t catch fire.”

Gallant said that most of the violence is committed by people who do not live in the settlements.

The Israeli organization Yesh Din said on Monday that more than 100 incidents of violence and attacks by settlers against Palestinians have occurred in at least 62 Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank since the Hamas attack on October 7, and the beginning of the Israeli military campaign against the movement in Gaza.

As a result of recurring violence in the West Bank, residents of Qarnet Onizan, a small Palestinian community located in the South Hebron Hills, have begun packing up and leaving, Yehuda Shaul, a human rights activist and co-director of Ofek - the Israel Center for Public Affairs, said in a tweet. Posted on Sunday.

He added that the Qarnet Onizan community consists of four families with a population of about 35 people, and is located across the road from Khirbet Zanuta – another village whose residents abandoned it due to settler violence, which has intensified since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.

Shaul described the situation as “forced deportation.”

On Saturday, a Palestinian man named Bilal Muhammad Saleh (40 years old) was killed after a settler allegedly shot him in the chest outside the village of Al-Sawiya, about 15 kilometers south of Yitzhar.

According to the Haaretz newspaper, Saleh was part of a group working to pick olives outside the village near the city of Nablus when its members were attacked by settlers.

The settler who reportedly fired the fatal shot is an off-duty Israeli soldier, who had left the nearby settlement of Rahalim with members of his family shortly before the shooting.

Also on Sunday, prominent settler activist Ariel Danino was placed in administrative detention for four months after Defense Minister Yoav Galant approved the order, which allows authorities to detain a suspect without charges for indefinitely renewable periods and which the Shin Bet reportedly approved. - He indicated “a reasonable basis for assuming that state security/public security requires” Dino’s detention.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday denounced the “completely unacceptable” escalation in settler violence since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, and said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “bears responsibility for reining in the settlers.”

“This is an ongoing challenge,” Sullivan told CNN. “We expect, over time, to see the Israeli government intensify its efforts on this issue, and we expect that extremist settlers who engage in this type of violence will be held accountable.”

France also condemned the “unacceptable” attacks by Israeli settlers, noting “the killing of many Palestinian civilians during the past few days in Qusra and Al-Sawiya, as well as the forced displacement of a number of communities,” according to a statement by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden criticized Israel for not curbing settler violence, while continuing to support its military operations in Gaza against Hamas.

“I remain concerned about extremist settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank,” Biden said, adding that the violence “adds fuel to the fire.”

“They attack Palestinians in places where they have the right to be. “This has to stop now.”

Biden urged Netanyahu during phone calls in recent days to ensure that Israeli authorities prevent increasing incidents of settler violence, fearing that rising tensions in the West Bank could significantly worsen the current war in Gaza, the Axios news site reported on Wednesday.

Yesh Din said that in various incidents, settlers stole Palestinian property such as solar panels and generators, and carried out acts of vandalism such as burning homes and vehicles and uprooting trees. The group claimed that no settlers were arrested, detained, or investigated following the attacks. The police did not respond to a request for comment.

The human rights organization said that settler violence often aims to displace Palestinian communities in an attempt to control their homes and lands. Entire shepherd communities have been forced to evacuate since the beginning of the year following an escalation in settler violence, according to Yesh Din.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Gilani called on Israel to stop the aggression against our Palestinian people and withdraw its forces from the occupied territories.

The Pakistani Foreign Minister reiterated his country's firm and supportive position for the Palestinian people, considering Israel's actions a blatant violation of international principles and laws.

A new Israeli military assessment of the October 7 Hamas attack indicates that about 3,000 militants infiltrated southern Israel to carry out the deadly attack in the Gaza envelope, The Times of Israel has learned.

Previously, the military estimated that about 2,500 militants took part in the unprecedented attack, which killed about 1,400 people in Israel, most of them civilians who were killed in their homes or at a music festival. The militants also held at least 245 hostages of all ages, under the cover of a torrent of thousands of rockets fired at Israeli towns and cities.

The 3,000 figure in the latest assessment only includes militants and does not include Gazan civilians who took advantage of massive gaps in the fence to enter Israeli territory later in the day.

The Israeli army said that during the first two days of fighting, its forces killed about 1,000 militants in Israeli territory and captured 200 others, and that there are many bodies of militants still scattered around the border area, and the army intends to collect them and count them when it is possible to do so without endangering the lives of the soldiers. 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights considered on Wednesday that the Israeli bombing of the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip “may amount to war crimes.”

A UNHCR post on the “X” platform said, “Given the large number of civilian casualties and the scale of destruction following the Israeli air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes.”

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces committed one of the largest Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip, after targeting an entire residential neighborhood in Jabalia Camp, which is one of the largest Palestinian camps in the Gaza Strip and the most densely populated, not only in Gaza but in the world.

Today, Wednesday, the bombing of Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, was renewed, targeting residential buildings, leading to the fall of many martyrs.

Shortly after the Israeli massacre, yesterday, Tuesday, the government media office in Gaza announced that the residential square targeted by the occupation in Jabalia was one of the most crowded in the Strip.

The Israeli bombing of the camp targeted about 10 densely populated homes, leaving behind an estimated 400 Palestinians killed or wounded, according to what the Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip announced. The spokesman for the Ministry of Interior in Gaza said that the occupation aircraft used approximately 6 bombs, each weighing a ton of explosives, during their attack.

Source: AFP, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed

The Hebrew newspaper "Haaretz" revealed, this evening, Wednesday, that there are differences between the United States and Israel regarding the Palestinian Authority assuming power in the Gaza Strip, if the occupation army is able to eliminate the Hamas movement.

The newspaper said that while the administration of US President Joe Biden is trying to present the Palestinian Authority as the ultimate governing body for the Gaza Strip, members of the extreme right in the ruling coalition are working to spread an image of its weakness and inability to assume power.

According to the Israeli newspaper, this division comes due to increasing American concern about the current situation in the West Bank, which threatens the status and standing of the Palestinian Authority, in addition to American fear of the impact of escalating settler violence on the stability of the Middle East in general, and the region in particular.

Since the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, launched by the Hamas movement on the “Gaza envelope” settlements, the occupation army decided to launch a military operation aimed at “destroying the military and governmental capabilities of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in a way that will deprive them for many years of the ability and desire to threaten the citizens of Israel.”

Later, Israeli officials indicated that the ground war aims to eliminate the Hamas movement, which is what Washington has requested clarification of since its intervention, and to draw up a plan for the stage after entering the Gaza Strip and achieving the goals.

A former Israeli diplomat told the same newspaper last week that the United States fears paying the price for the mistakes that Israel could commit in the war on Gaza, indicating that the level of confidence of the American administration in the type of decisions that the Israeli leadership can take is low.

According to the military analyst, the United States views the war on Gaza from a broad angle, pointing out that Washington’s agenda of priorities is much greater than Tel Aviv’s narrow interests.

Today, Thursday, November 2, 2023, Hebrew media announced that an Israeli was killed in a shooting attack that took place near the Shavei Shomron settlement in the northern West Bank.

Hebrew media reported that a vehicle was shot at, causing it to overturn on Route 557 near the village of Beit Lid settlement near Shavei Shomron.

Israeli and American voices criticizing the ground operation launched by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip are rising, amid confirmations that it is not possible to achieve the operation's declared goals of eliminating Hamas and releasing prisoners.

In this context, former Israeli Minister of National Security, Omer Barlev, said, “The assumptions governing the ground operation, as established by decision-makers in Tel Aviv, are wrong,” specifically the belief that the occupation army can continue this operation for several months.

In an analysis published by the Haaretz newspaper on Thursday, Bar-Lev pointed out that the Israeli leadership is mistaken if it believes that it will be able to guarantee the release of captured soldiers and settlers captured by the Qassam Brigades, at the end of the ground operation.

Bar-Lev, who during his military service commanded the “Sayeret Matkal” unit, the most famous special unit of the occupation army, added that it will be very difficult for Israel to achieve the two main declared goals of the war on Gaza, which are: eliminating Hamas, and liberating the prisoners who were captured in the “Operation” Al-Aqsa flood.

According to Bar-Lev, the liberation of Hamas prisoners will only be achieved as a result of intensive negotiations conducted following the end of the war on Gaza, and not before that.

He said that Israel's attempt to use the ground operation and the destruction and sabotage it entails to influence the morale of Hamas leaders will not succeed, noting that this is confirmed by the previous wars launched by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

He warned that the unprecedented military and diplomatic support provided by the United States to Israel is not guaranteed, and it is not certain that it will continue without conditions.

The war "will not be the last"

For his part, former US ambassador to Tel Aviv, Dan Christer, said that Israel is violating the advice it provided to the United States when it occupied Iraq in 2003.

In an article published by the newspaper "Haaretz", today, Thursday, Kurtzer, who was working as ambassador during the war on Iraq, mentioned that Israel advised the United States not to remain in Iraq for a long period after the end of its military operations, indicating that this is what Israel should do in Gaza Strip currently.

Christier particularly condemned the calls issued by Israeli ministers, representatives and politicians for the necessity of exploiting the war to occupy the Gaza Strip and relaunch the settlement project there.

He stressed that Israel is required, in the wake of the war, to abandon the blockade measures it has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since 2006, when Hamas won the legislative elections, warning that Israel will not enjoy calm after the war on Gaza unless it works to resolve the conflict with the Palestinian people. Stressing that if the leadership and public opinion in Israel do not reach this conviction, the current war “will not be the last.”

"International legitimacy is collapsing"

As for the writer in the newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth", Ben Doron Yemini, he saw that all indications indicate that Israel's ability to continue the war on Gaza and achieve its goals has declined due to the collapse of the international legitimacy that this war has now enjoyed as a result of what the international media reports about the number of deaths. There are many wounded among Palestinian civilians.

In an analysis published by the newspaper on Thursday, he indicated that Israel had failed in the wars it had previously launched against Gaza due to the international community’s reaction to what Palestinian civilians were exposed to. He considered that the war had succeeded so far in “increasing the level of hostility towards the Jews in all parts of the world.”

In this context, military commentator for the Haaretz newspaper, Amos Harel, said that the images coming from Gaza have greatly reduced the level of global sympathy for Israel, which will affect the amount of international legitimacy that Tel Aviv enjoys for continuing its ground operation.

In an analysis published by the newspaper on Thursday, Harel pointed out that the United States has begun sending messages to Israel stating that the lives of civilians must be taken into account, as expressed by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin by revealing the content of the communications he had with Israeli Security Minister Yoav Galant.

Harel expected that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who will arrive in Tel Aviv today, would convey President Joe Biden's position regarding the conduct of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

Video clips documented the Israeli occupation bombing of a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with phosphorus bombs and artillery shells, in the Beach Camp in Gaza City, Thursday, November 2, 2023.

The video showed bombs emitting thick smoke being thrown into the yard of the agency’s school, where a number of displaced people are sheltering due to the intense Israeli raids.

In turn, the local "Al-Aqsa" channel said, "The occupation aircraft targeted an agency school in the Shati camp with white phosphorus, which is internationally banned."

A state of panic prevailed among thousands of displaced Palestinians from the northern regions of the Gaza Strip, the moment the school was targeted with phosphorus bombs, while some of them were wearing masks.

Israeli occupation aircraft have launched continuous intensive raids on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting in thousands of martyrs and wounded, and the destruction of entire residential neighborhoods above the heads of their residents.

UNRWA spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna told the Jordanian website Roya that the agency's schools in the Gaza Strip host about 674,000 displaced people, in addition to half a million others in government schools, hospital corridors and churches.

Abu Hasna added that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic and constantly deteriorating, stressing that UNRWA is the main supplier of fuel in the Strip.

The spokesman pointed out that fuel, as well as other sanitary, medical and food supplies, in addition to water, were beginning to run out, stressing that UNRWA's running out of fuel would lead to a further collapse of the situation.

Source: Agencies

The Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Abdul Rahim Dagalo, announced in a video clip yesterday (Wednesday) the move to take control of all Sudanese states and all army sites in the country, according to what was reported by the Arab World News Agency.

The Rapid Support Forces published the video clip on the “X” platform from inside the 21st Division in the city of Zalingei, Central Darfur.

Dagalo earlier called on the Sudanese army commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to surrender to his forces, which he accused the army of bombing from the air in Zalingei, central Darfur.

Daglo attacked Al-Burhan, saying: “You have nothing left... There is no army to fight.” You are now defending the general command from inside the basement, and every day we are advancing and we will take it over from you.”

The day before yesterday, the Rapid Support Forces announced the seizure of the 21st Division, the army headquarters in the city of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur state. Dagalo said that the army forces attacked it with munitions from an Antonov plane.

Daglo called on Al-Burhan to “raise his hand” from the armed forces. He also called on those he described as elements of the former regime within the army to surrender to his forces.

Sharif Muhammad Othman, a leader in the Forces of Freedom and Change - Central Council, said yesterday that negotiations between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah to stop the war may become complicated due to the “Rapid Support” control over new areas in Darfur.

Othman said in statements to the agency: “The extension of the war and its scope, and the Rapid Support Forces’ seizure of larger areas in different states in Sudan, would complicate the negotiation.”

The day before yesterday, the Rapid Support Forces announced their control of the army headquarters in the city of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur state, a few days after they took control of the 16th Division headquarters in the city of Nyala in South Darfur state, which is the second largest Sudanese city and the army command center. In the western states.

Othman stated that “the Rapid Support’s seizure of states and military garrisons in the Darfur region does not create a state of stability in the region.” He pointed out that the region witnessed during the last period “tensions and serious violations in which (the Rapid Support) complicit and some of which were committed in the city of Kutum” in North Darfur state.

He added: “Therefore, (Rapid Support) is not qualified to be a factor of stability in the Darfur region, due to old and inherited social conflicts.”

He expressed his belief that “the control of any party in any region is not a factor of stability, but rather a factor of divisions.”

Last Thursday, negotiations between the army forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in Jeddah in May under Saudi-American auspices, resumed and succeeded in reaching a number of short-term truces.

Fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April after weeks of tension between the two parties, while the military and civilian parties were putting the final touches on an internationally supported political process.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted Defense Minister Yoav Galant as stressing the importance of transferring tax funds to the Palestinian Authority to ensure “stability and calm” in the West Bank to avoid distracting his forces from the battle in Gaza.

Gallant added on Wednesday evening that the current war “will not be easy and short,” stressing that Israel will be victorious at the end of it, according to what the Arab World News Agency reported.

He explained that fierce battles are taking place inside the Gaza Strip.

Egypt is preparing to receive seven thousand foreigners scheduled to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, according to what the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on Thursday.

The statement stated that Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad, Ismail Khairat, discussed during a meeting yesterday with foreign diplomats “preparations... aimed at facilitating the reception and evacuation of foreign citizens from Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” noting that their number is “about 7,000.” Foreign citizens with citizenship of more than 60 countries.

Egypt's reception of a number of wounded and foreigners arriving from the Gaza Strip, as well as the introduction of new aid shipments into the Strip, showed a “relative breakthrough” in the crisis at the “Rafah crossing” linking Egypt and the Palestinian territories.

While Egypt continued to bring shipments of relief and medical aid into the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden said that he expected his country’s citizens to leave the Gaza Strip starting yesterday, and in the coming days. Britain and France also reported that their citizens would leave the Gaza Strip in stages.

During more than 26 days of Israeli bombing of Gaza, Cairo held Tel Aviv responsible for the slow entry of aid or provision of medical support, and said, “The crossing is open from the Egyptian side, but Israel refuses or is intransigent regarding the entry of aid.”

By Suleiman Jouda

The late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi believed in the theory of one state as a solution to the issue in Palestine, and he did not want his words on the subject to be distorted, so he issued a small book explaining why one state must be established, and how it could include the Palestinians and Israelis under the umbrella of one state?

When he published his book, he put the name of the proposed state on its cover, and chose the name “Isratin” for it, a name that takes the first half of the word Israel and the second half of the word Palestine, and forms one word from the two halves, and he sees it as an appropriate name for the new state.

At that time, Gaddafi added another title to the book, and the title was made up of two words, and the two words were as follows: The White Book.

Gaddafi's speech was not devoid of logic in its details, because he believed that the area of Palestine was too narrow to include two neighboring states, and that even if we assumed that two states were established over the entire area, they would not stop fighting, and the war would continue between them, and the war between them would not stop. Except to start over. Such was his assessment, and such was his thought and opinion.

It is no secret that the distance between the farthest point in the north of the land of Palestine and the farthest point in its south is around 470 kilometers, and the distance between the farthest point in its east and the farthest point in its west remains about 135 kilometers.

There was another problem in the Colonel’s estimation, and the problem, as he saw it, was that the establishment of two states would face a crisis in the ability to receive Palestinian refugees, who would have to return from abroad to live in the new Palestinian state if it was established, and the same crisis would exist in the case of the Hebrew state, If you think about receiving new Jews from abroad.

This, in short, was the opinion of Colonel Gaddafi, and this is what he lived to believe in and promoted at one stage of his life, but opinions were of course divided over the idea, and no one found anyone who strongly supported it and adopted it on both sides, so it remained recorded in the book that bore the name of its author on its cover, and the book remained where It is on the shelves with only a few pages.

When the attack of last October 7, carried out by the Hamas movement, occurred on the Israeli settlements, the situation between the Hebrew state and the Gaza Strip flared up and continues to do so, and with its flare-up, talk was renewed about the political horizon closed to the Palestinians, which was one of the motives behind it. Others were behind the attack that shook Israel.

There was renewed talk about the absence of political solutions to the issue, and about the need for them to come quickly, because in their absence, the conflict will continue to exist between the two parties, and violence will continue to return whenever it stops, and blood will continue to flow everywhere.

Abdel-Ilah Benkirane, Secretary-General of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco, took the initiative and said, a week after the attack and the war that followed, that there is no solution in his view except the solution of a single state that includes Muslims, Jews, and Christians over the entire area of Palestine. He added that its establishment is conditional on the cessation of injustice against every Palestinian, and that the war raging in the Gaza Strip could be a path after it stops to such a state, which is still just an idea that is repeated from time to time.

The idea comes this time from a Moroccan politician who was at the head of the government in Rabat for five years, and whose party was in power for ten years. It is a party known for its great sympathy with everything Palestinian, because it is a party that always describes itself as having an Islamic authority, and constantly says that those who classify it as The Brotherhood party is wrong, because it has nothing to do with the Brotherhood and they have no relationship with it at any level.

On the other hand, there remains the two-state solution, which the people of Palestine have always adhered to, and which remains the basis every time there is talk of a solution to the issue. When a joint Arab statement was issued by nine Arab countries on the 26th of last month, this solution was the solution approved in the eleventh and final item of the statement.

The Arabs' hand is still extended to the two-state solution, through the Arab Peace Initiative that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him, presented when he was Crown Prince to the Arab Summit held in Beirut in 2002.

If Ben Kiran describes the one-state solution as a practical and realistic solution, the question remains whether the “Isratin” solution is more realistic than the two-state solution? Another question: If the two-state solution has been on the table since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza on June 5, 1967, has the statute of limitations diminished its realism and the extent of its practicality as a solution on the ground?

Here we will find ourselves face to face with the famous Chinese proverb about a cat that is required to catch mice. The Chinese cut off the controversy surrounding its color, and said that color is not the issue, but rather the issue is its ability to catch every mouse it encounters on its path.

By analogy to what the Chinese proverb says, it is not important the name of the state that must be established, but what is important is its ability to provide a just solution to the people of the issue, because in the absence of a just solution, whether it is a one-state solution or two-state solution, violence will remain the title of this region of the world. the world.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, directed the launch of a popular campaign through the “Sahem” platform of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, in order to provide relief to the brotherly Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. .

Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, Advisor to the Royal Court and General Supervisor of the Center, explained in a press statement that this popular campaign comes within the framework of the Kingdom’s historic role known to stand with the brotherly Palestinian people in the various crises and tribulations they have gone through, as humanitarian support has not stopped. And Saudi development on behalf of the Palestinian people. He stated that the Kingdom is at the forefront of donor countries in the world in providing support to the Palestinian people, offering great thanks and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his Crown Prince for the permanent and unsurprising support to the brotherly Palestinian people, calling on God Almighty to reward them abundantly and reward them with the best reward, and to make this In the balance of their good deeds, for what they provide to the affected and afflicted in various countries of the world.

Since October 7, about 1,900 arrests have been recorded

The occupation forces arrested at least 65 citizens of the West Bank last night and at dawn today, Thursday, including two women. The arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron, while the rest of the arrests were distributed across the majority of the West Bank governorates, accompanied by systematic abuse operations against the detainees and their families. In addition to the constant threat, the policy of “collective punishment,” and the sabotage operations that targeted citizens’ homes.

Thus, the total number of arrest campaigns carried out by the occupation after the seventh of last October is about (1,900) arrest cases, and this number includes those who were arrested from homes, through military checkpoints, and those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and to hold members of their families hostage.

It is worth mentioning that these arrest campaigns constitute the most prominent and systematic policies used by the occupation forces, with the aim of undermining any escalating situation of confrontation. They are also among the most prominent tools of the policy of (collective punishment), which also constitutes a central tool for the occupation in targeting citizens.

An American official said, according to a press report, that “the American administration’s expectations suggest that Netanyahu will remain in his position for only a few months, or until the fighting ends.”

In light of the Israeli-American consensus on the goals of the war and the overthrow of Hamas, an American press report stated on Wednesday that the administration of US President Joe Biden believes that Benjamin Netanyahu has only a limited time left in his position as head of the Israeli government.

The American magazine Politico reported, quoting an unnamed American official, that “the American administration believes that Netanyahu has only a limited time left in his position.”

The official stated, "The US administration's expectations suggest that Netanyahu will remain in office for a few months, or only until the fighting ends, despite the unpredictability of Israeli policy."

While White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson denied this and said, “The description that appears in the article is incorrect. The topic was not discussed by President Biden in the past and is not being discussed now. We are focused on dealing with the current crisis.”

On the other hand, a White House official downplayed the importance of these talks about Netanyahu’s future, saying that they were mere speculation, and stressed that the administration’s focus is directly on supporting Israel’s security.

But he explained that Netanyahu's "shaky grip" in power is always "in the background" during the Biden administration's internal talks about the Middle East.

According to the magazine’s sources, American officials are communicating with a member of the Israeli “emergency government,” Benny Gantz, and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The former American official said that the opposition leader and former prime minister, Yair Lapid, are among other Israeli figures that the Americans are communicating with to discuss the future.

According to the magazine, Netanyahu's political fate was raised in recent White House meetings in which Biden participated, according to two senior officials in the US administration. This included discussions that have taken place since Biden's trip to Israel, where he met with Netanyahu.

The two US administration officials added, "Biden went so far as to share with Netanyahu that he must think about the lessons from the war that he will share with whoever will succeed him in office."

In a related context, an Israeli official told the American “Politico” that “Israel is ready to discuss a humanitarian truce for a few hours,” adding: “The ceasefire is still not on the table.”

The report quoted two US senators as saying that there are ongoing talks to establish a multinational force in Gaza after Israel eliminates the Hamas movement.

The war on Gaza costs Israel 30 billion shekels: every day of fighting costs a billion

The two senators added, "There is early and closed diplomatic movement regarding establishing a peacekeeping force in Gaza, although it is unlikely to include American forces."

One of them said, "There are ongoing talks regarding the possible formation of an international force," while he refused to go into details, saying only that they were "preliminary and very fragile."

“Control of Gaza” after the war; A dispute between Tel Aviv and Washington... and disagreements in the Netanyahu government

In a related context, the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" pointed out a disagreement between the Israeli government and the American administration regarding the proposal to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority, after the end of the war.

Last Monday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken clearly addressed this proposal and described it as “very logical,” while Netanyahu’s office refuses to deal with the issue, and other elements in the coalition that forms the Israeli government strongly oppose it.

Blinken said during a Senate session on Tuesday that the “most logical” step from the US administration’s point of view is to “hand over” control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority, after the end of the war “and the defeat of Hamas’ rule.”

He pointed out that this "requires steps to strengthen the Palestinian Authority and change its methods of work, and that the scenario for bringing authority to Gaza must be gradual: initially only in the civil sphere, and eventually security responsibility as well. He did not specify a time period for the process," according to Haaretz. .

"Increasing the participation of Egypt, Jordan and other Arab countries in managing the sector"

Blinken said: “This is a big question, can we really get them there,” adding, “This needs to be studied, and even if the answer is no, perhaps there are other temporary arrangements that can be advanced, with the help of the participation of other countries in the region.”

According to the newspaper, there is another option that was discussed in Tel Aviv and Washington, which is “increasing the participation of Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab countries in managing the sector, but it is not clear whether these countries are interested in that.”

The Netanyahu government refuses to address this issue, claiming that this is not an appropriate time in conjunction with the continued “fight against Hamas.”

While Netanyahu's office had said about two weeks ago, in response to publications indicating the existence of discussions in Israel on this issue: “Prime Minister Netanyahu has set the goal: eliminating Hamas. All talk about decisions by Israel to hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority or to any other party is a lie.” "; “Despite these categorical denials, senior officials in Israel realize that it will not be possible to completely ignore this issue for a long time,” the report noted.

In the same regard, the report pointed out that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs had written a document dealing with Israel’s political “exit strategy” the day after the war.

He explained that the document "included an extensive study of the scenario of the Palestinian Authority's return to the Gaza Strip, with the support of an international coalition of Arab countries."

The report stated that discussions were held on this issue in the Israeli security establishment, but “so far no practical decisions have been taken in this regard, and likewise there is no effort on the part of Israel on the international scene to push such a step.”

According to Haaretz, the dispute between Tel Aviv and Washington “in this regard is linked to the growing tension between the two governments regarding the events that took place in the West Bank during the past three weeks,” where Palestinians were martyred and others were injured, some of whom were killed by settlers’ bullets.

She pointed out that Washington had expressed on several occasions its concern about the increasing attacks committed by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, and called on Israel to take action to eliminate this phenomenon. At the same time, the US administration wants to "see measures that would help stabilize and strengthen the Palestinian Authority, but the extreme right-wing elements in the government, especially Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, oppose this."

The question regarding the possible future role of the Palestinian Authority is expected to raise differences of opinion within the Israeli government itself, according to the newspaper, which pointed out that the two members of the “war cabinet,” Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, who are former chiefs of staff, had “supported for years in all their positions, Political and security dialogue with the Palestinian Authority. Gantz even met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas when he was Minister of Security.

Smotrich had notified Netanyahu that he had decided to suspend the transfer of clearance funds to the Palestinian Authority, in light of the war on the besieged Gaza Strip, which angered the occupation security services, which warned of an escalation of the security situation in the West Bank.

“Haaretz” said about this, that Smotrich “succeeded in angering the American administration” with this decision, and asked Netanyahu for clarification in this regard, so the Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, stated on Wednesday evening, regarding this, that “the State of Israel has an interest in stability in Judea and Samaria (the occupied West Bank) has always been, and especially at this time. Therefore, it is appropriate to transfer funds, so that it helps the mechanism of operations and forces of the Palestinian Authority.”

Israeli document from 2016: “Hamas plans to liberate all Palestinian lands until 2022”

This comes as fierce clashes take place between the resistance factions and the occupation army forces in several areas in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the killing of 16 soldiers and the injury of others since the start of the ground operations until now, while the Israeli death toll, according to the latest announced toll, has reached 1,218 dead since October 7. / October.

Earlier Wednesday, Netanyahu pledged to continue the war against Hamas “until victory,” despite the “painful losses” among the ranks of the occupation army. He said in a television speech hours after the army announced the killing of soldiers during the last 24 hours in battles in Gaza: “We achieved a lot of

This came during a speech delivered by Nebenzia, before the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine. Nebenzia stressed his country's call to "stop the bloodshed in the Middle East and prevent the crisis from sweeping the entire region. Otherwise, the conflict will never stop."

Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, said that "Israel does not have the right to defend itself in the current conflict, given that it is an occupying state."

This came during a speech delivered by Nebenzia, on Wednesday evening, before the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine.

Nebenzia stressed his country's call to "stop the bloodshed in the Middle East and prevent the crisis from sweeping the entire region. Otherwise, the conflict will never stop."

The Russian delegate called for allowing the mediators to work on finding a diplomatic solution, including the rapid release of detainees.

Nebenzia stressed that "Israel has no right to self-defense in the current conflict, because it is an occupying state."

He pointed out that the United Nations does not have the right to give Israel an absolute mandate to carry out a ground operation in Gaza.

The Russian delegate accused the United States of seeking to "push the Security Council towards legitimizing the Israeli ground operation in Gaza."

He stressed that the UN Security Council does not have the authority to give such absolute authority.

He explained that Russia condemns the killing of Israeli and foreign civilians, but it cannot turn a blind eye to the blatant violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Since October 7, the Israeli army has launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip, causing massive destruction, killing more than 8,805 people, wounding thousands, and causing a catastrophic humanitarian situation, according to warnings issued by international institutions.

Source: Arab48

The raids and arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Nablus, Hebron, Jericho, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, and Jenin, during which dozens of homes were stormed and searched, their contents were tampered with, and their residents were subjected to field investigations after being detained for hours.

At dawn and Thursday morning, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and incursions into the occupied West Bank, which included confrontations and clashes in some areas, and the arrests of dozens of Palestinians.

Institutions concerned with prisoners' affairs reported that the occupation forces arrested dozens of Palestinians from the West Bank, most of them liberated prisoners, after storming and searching family homes in various parts of the West Bank.

The raids and arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Nablus, Hebron, Jericho, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, and Jenin, during which dozens of homes were stormed and searched, their contents were tampered with, and their residents were subjected to field investigations after being detained for hours.

The occupation army re-arrested 7 liberated prisoners from the city of Nablus, namely: Shadi Hanoun, Hosni Al-Amoudi, Amjad Al-Sayeh, Muhammad Al-Qutb, Basem Al-Ataba, Hassan Al-Safadi, and Hatem Al-Afouri.

The occupation forces launched an arrest campaign in the city of Hebron, and among the detainees were: Raif Burgan, Nizam Burgan, Muhammad Talal Al-Rajabi, Tamer Talab Al-Ajlouni, Ayman Al-Rajabi, Mahmoud Nayef Al-Ajlouni, Omar Abu Hussein, Ammar Abu Hussein, and Wassim Zidan Al-Jamal.

The occupation forces arrested the two liberated prisoners: Ibrahim Abu Al-Asal and Mahmoud Batanja, and the young man Badr Al-Muqiti, after storming and searching their homes in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, Jericho district.

The occupation re-arrested the freed prisoner, Louay Freij, after storming his home in the city of Qalqilya.

The occupation forces stormed the town of Ni'lin, Ramallah District, and arrested 11 Palestinians, namely: the boy Miqdad Sorour after raiding his family's home, Badr Al-Khawaja, his wife, and his two sons, Ahmed and Helmi, in addition to: the mayor of Ni'lin, Yousef Al-Khawaja, and the brothers: Wasfi, Muhammad, and Malik Nawaf Al-Khawaja, the young man, Arqam Muhammad. Sorour, and the young man Muhammad Fadaei Nafi.

The occupation forces arrested the two young men, Muhammad Hossam Safi, who was wounded and had been hit by occupation bullets, in addition to the freed prisoner, Iyad Mahmoud Safi, from the Jalazoun refugee camp.

The occupation army re-arrested the freed prisoner, Mahmoud Noah Harish, after raiding his house in the town of Beitunia, Ramallah district, at dawn today.

The occupation forces stormed the town of Beit Fajjar, Bethlehem District, and arrested the two young men: Muhammad Khaled Diriyah, and Ali Muhammad Diriyah, who is a person with special needs, after raiding and searching their family homes.

The occupation forces arrested 5 young men from the city of Bethlehem: Alaa Al-Shalash and Mustafa Masalma from the town of Doha, west of the city, Ahmed Al-Saifi and Abdullah Manasra from the Dheisha refugee camp, and Suhaib Khalil Atiya from the town of Husan.

The two brothers, Bilal and Muawiyah Al-Karam, were arrested at dawn today, after their homes in the village of Jalqamous, Jenin district, were raided.

In Ramallah, Palestinians opened heavy fire on occupation vehicles and soldiers during their storming of the Jalazoun refugee camp. Palestinians also opened fire on occupation vehicles during their storming of the city of Nablus in the Al-Tur area.

Today, Thursday, Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Al-Bireh.

Local sources reported that an Israeli special undercover force "Musta'araboun," infiltrated Nablus Street in the city of Al-Bireh, before several military vehicles followed.

Last night and at dawn on Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 14 citizens from Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

Local sources said that the occupation forces stormed the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, and arrested the citizen Sherine Al-Sous, the freed prisoner Mahmoud Noah Harish from the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, and Sami Al-Asmar from Ramallah Al-Tahta.

The occupation forces also arrested the editor, Iyad Mahmoud Safi, and his nephew, Muhammad Hussam Mahmoud Safi, from the Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah.

In the same context, the occupation forces arrested nine citizens from the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah. They are: the mayor, Yousef Al-Khawaja, Miqdad Sorour, Badr Abdel Halim Al-Khawaja, and his children, Ahmed and Helmi, Muhammad Fadaei Nafi’, Malik Nawaf Khawaja, Wasfi Nawaf Khawaja, and Muhammad Nawaf Khawaja. .

The death toll from the occupation's aggression against Gaza rose to 8,805 martyrs, while 16 soldiers were killed and others injured since the start of the Israeli army's ground operations.

The death toll from the occupation's aggression against the Gaza Strip has risen to 8,805 martyrs, and in the meantime, fierce clashes are taking place between the resistance factions and the occupation army forces in several areas in Gaza, which resulted in the death of 16 soldiers and the injury of others since the start of the ground operations until now.

Continuous coverage on the “Arab 48” channel on Telegram

The latest Israeli data on Wednesday evening indicated that 1,218 Israelis were killed, including 887 civilians and 331 soldiers, while 28 people were classified as missing since the start of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7 last year.

It was reported that the toll announced over the past weeks, which exceeded 1,400 dead, likely included Hamas fighters who were killed during the clashes in the “Gaza envelope.” According to Israeli reports.

The total number of victims of the war on Gaza, according to the latest data reported by the Ministry of Health, reached 8,805 martyrs, including 3,648 children and 2,290 women, in addition to more than 22,200 injured.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to continue the war against Hamas "until victory" despite "painful losses" among the army's ranks. Netanyahu said in a television speech hours after the army announced that soldiers had been killed during the last 24 hours in battles in Gaza, “We have achieved many important achievements, but we also have painful losses,” adding, “We are fighting a difficult war, and it will be long.”

On the political level, the United States and other Western countries reject the ceasefire under the pretext that it serves the interests of the Hamas movement, while Bolivia decided to sever its relations with Israel, and Colombia and Chile recalled their ambassadors from there in protest against the massacres committed by the occupation against civilians in Gaza.

The Wall Street Journal said that US intelligence agencies “stopped spying on Hamas and Palestinian factions in the years following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, and instead directed resources to go after the leaders of Al Qaeda, and later the Islamic State,” according to officials. Americans.

According to the newspaper, American officials said that Washington, which took into account that Hamas never directly threatened the United States and focused on other espionage priorities, ceded responsibility to Israel, confident that its bold security services would detect any threat, and that one of the senior officials in the fight against terrorism, He said it should have been a "good bet."

The newspaper says: “With more than 30 Americans killed and 10 others missing, growing fears of a regional war, and billions of dollars in American military equipment heading to the Middle East since the surprise attack launched by the resistance movement Hamas on Israel on October 7, some officials say that the United States... The United States miscalculated the threat facing the American citizen.”

The newspaper quotes Mark Polymeropoulos, a retired CIA operations officer, as saying: “With regard to the intelligence failures, most of which fall on Israel’s shoulders, I think we should share some of the blame as well for not missing this event, and it now appears that ceding the target to the Israelis was "It has consequences."

US intelligence agencies, especially the CIA, had a small number of analysts tracking events in the Gaza Strip before the attacks, but they relied on Israel to infiltrate Hamas with human sources and monitor the group with eavesdropping technology, current and former officials said.

Biden administration officials said Israeli and US intelligence did not warn of the lightning raid in which Hamas breached Israeli border defenses and killed more than 1,400 people while the attacks continued Israel's air and ground assault on Gaza, which the Hamas-run health ministry says killed 8,500. Palestinian.

On the 27th day of the war on the Gaza Strip, Israeli bombing continued on various parts of the Strip, after the occupation army committed a second massacre in the Jabalia camp, bringing the number of martyrs to 8,805.

Al-Qassam Brigades target Israeli vehicles in the northwest Gaza axis

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced on Thursday that it had targeted two Israeli vehicles in the northwest Gaza axis with two “Al-Yassin 105” missiles. It also announced that an Israeli tank surrounded by a number of soldiers had been targeted in the Juhr al-Dik area with a "Al-Yassin 105" missile.

Doctors Without Borders: More than 20,000 wounded are still in the Gaza Strip

Doctors Without Borders announced that more than 20,000 wounded are still in the Gaza Strip after the first batch of wounded and sick people were transported from the Palestinian Strip to Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Wednesday.

The humanitarian organization said, in a statement, that “more than 20,000 wounded are still in Gaza, with limited access to health care due to the siege and ongoing bombing” by the Israeli army.

The United Nations and many non-governmental organizations have previously warned of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the small Palestinian enclave, which has a population of 2.4 million people.

Doctors Without Borders said in its statement, "Essential medical supplies and humanitarian workers must be allowed to enter Gaza, where hospitals are overcrowded and the health system is at risk of complete collapse."

The main generator stopped at the Indonesian hospital

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the main generator in the Indonesian hospital had stopped, warning that the lives of hundreds of patients and wounded were in danger.

An Israeli soldier was killed in northern Gaza

The Israeli army reported that a soldier from the 7007th Battalion was killed during the ongoing battles in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Al-Qassam Brigades reported that it targeted an Israeli bulldozer in the northwestern Gaza axis with an “Al-Yassin 105” missile.

Thousands participated in vigils and demonstrations in several European cities, denouncing the Israeli occupation’s continued massacres against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of more than 10,000 martyrs and missing persons, and more than 20,000 wounded.

The Palestinian community in Belgium and Luxembourg organized a massive march towards the US embassy in Brussels, rejecting the ongoing Israeli aggression and denouncing the American position participating in the aggression, demanding the necessity of stopping the occupation’s massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip and holding the occupation leaders accountable for the crimes they committed.

The Palestinian community in Sweden also organized a candle-lighting vigil on the campus of Çalmash University in Göteborg, and a number of Swedish universities, during which posters and leaflets were distributed in Swedish and English, explaining what the Palestinian people are facing in terms of organized terrorism and war crimes of the occupying state.

The participants demanded the cancellation of all forms of cooperation with Israeli universities and research institutes that have contact with the Israeli military industry, and urged officials to take immediate action to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, bring in humanitarian aid and provide protection for the civilian population.

The Italian capital, Rome, also witnessed a march denouncing the Israeli massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza, where the participants considered these ongoing massacres to constitute a serious violation of international law and human values, demanding an immediate end to the Israeli aggression against our people.

A young man was shot and another was arrested, this Wednesday evening, during confrontations that broke out with the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Ya`bad, south of Jenin. The occupation forces also stormed the town of Jaba and villages in the governorate.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the town of Ya`bad, raided several neighborhoods, set up ambushes in the vicinity of shops and homes, and deployed infantry teams between the olive groves at the entrance to the town, in the Mriha neighborhood, and in the agricultural lands opposite the Dotan military checkpoint, which led to the outbreak of confrontations between young men and the occupation forces, who... Bullets, stun grenades, and toxic tear gas were fired, wounding a 24-year-old man with live bullets in the hand.

The occupation forces also arrested the young man Sharif Ali Harzallah (19 years old).

The sources added that the occupation forces fired bullets at a vehicle in the Al-Bayader area, without any injuries reported.

In a related context, the occupation forces stormed the village of Jalboun, northeast of Jenin, and seized an abandoned house in the center of the village belonging to the citizen Izzat Abu Al-Rub. They raided the neighborhoods of the village and launched a combing campaign.

The sources added that the occupation forces stormed the town of Jaba, which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations at the entrance to the town. They also stormed the villages of Umm Dar, Al-Khalijan, Zabada and Nazlet Zeid, southwest of Jenin, and the village of Al-Jalama, northeast of Jenin, and launched extensive combing campaigns.

Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the Lebanese Hezbollah targeted - today, Wednesday - with 3 guided missiles the Israeli site of Bayad Blida in the central sector of southern Lebanon, and that clouds of smoke were seen rising from the place.

Media outlets close to the party also reported that the headquarters of the “Zarait” battalion and a gathering of Israeli army vehicles and forces in “Khallet Warda” were targeted with artillery shells and missiles, with confirmed casualties.

On the other hand, the official Lebanese News Agency reported that the outskirts of the towns of Ramia and Aita al-Shaab (south of the country) were subjected to artillery shelling from the Israeli side.

Israeli artillery also bombed the surroundings of the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Aitaroun in the central sector of southern Lebanon.

The Israeli army announced the interception of a surface-to-air missile launched from Lebanese territory towards an Israeli warplane, indicating - in a statement - that the warplanes targeted the source of the missile launch and the group responsible for launching it.

Hezbollah announced yesterday that its operations off the border with Israel - during the past three weeks - resulted in the killing and wounding of 120 Israeli soldiers, the destruction of 9 tanks, and the downing of a drone.

The media published an infographic attributed to the party, which included the tally of the Israeli army’s “losses” on the Lebanese border since last October 8.

According to the infographic, “The party carried out 105 attacks, targeting intelligence and communications systems, jamming systems, and 33 radars.”

Hezbollah was able to "destroy two troop carriers, two Hummers, and 9 tanks, in addition to targeting 120 soldiers, causing them to be killed or wounded, in addition to targeting 105 military sites, destroying 69 communications systems, and destroying 140 surveillance cameras and 17 jamming systems," according to the source.

The Israeli-Lebanese border witnesses intermittent exchanges of fire between the Israeli army on the one hand and Hezbollah and Palestinian factions on the other hand, which led to deaths and injuries on both sides.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

The occupation government estimated the cost of the ongoing war on Gaza in the first three weeks at about 30 billion shekels so far, while “each day of fighting” costs a billion shekels.

The head of the Budget Department in the Israeli Ministry of Finance, Yogav Gardos, pointed out on Wednesday the effects of the war on Israel’s budget. Whether due to increased war expenses and aid programs, or due to decreased revenues, following a slowdown in economic activity as a result of the war.

According to Gardos, the fighting expenses alone have so far reached 20 billion shekels; This means that each day of fighting costs about one billion shekels, while total spending is likely to increase as the war continues.

Gardos stated that "there are many other expenses" in addition to security expenses, noting that the cost of evacuating more than 100,000 settlers amounts to 1.7 billion shekels.

In this regard, he said that the Ministry of Finance "transferred 5 billion shekels, among other things, to equip weapons, assist local authorities, and evacuate residents."

Gardos also estimated that the damage to the GDP of the economy in Israel amounts to about 10 billion shekels during a month of fighting; “This means that growth in Israel will slow significantly in 2023,” Haaretz reported.

He said, "The costs of fighting are enormous compared to previous rounds. We need to be responsible," noting that "the matter will continue for a long time, and we do not want to take a financial hit either. If we do it correctly, this will not happen."

Gardos called for commercial activities to continue as normally as possible, and said, "The public has a role in mitigating the economic impact, and most companies can continue production and consumption."

This comes as official data reported earlier Wednesday that 37% of commercial businesses in Israel operate at a very low level, with only 20% of their employees working, in light of the war that Israel is waging against Gaza. According to the data, 24% of businesses employ more than 81% of workers.

Estimates in Israel indicate that the advance of the occupation forces into the northern Gaza Strip was faster than expected, and expectations are that the fighting will escalate further inside Gaza City and it is not expected to be easy despite the rapid ground incursion in the past four days.

A Palestinian teenager was injured by Israeli occupation bullets on Wednesday evening, during clashes that broke out in the Aida camp, north of Bethlehem.

Local sources reported that the confrontations were concentrated on the western side near the separation and apartheid wall, during which the occupation forces fired bullets, stun grenades, and toxic tear gas, which resulted in a 14-year-old child being injured by live bullets in the side, after which he was taken to the hospital.