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On the 60th day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance inflicted heavy losses on the occupation army, while the intensive Israeli bombardment continued on various areas of the Strip, bringing the number of martyrs to more than 16,<>, in conjunction with the announcement of the Lebanese army that the first death in its ranks since the beginning of the Israeli aggression was killed.
The occupation army faces the fiercest day
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said its members targeted 18 Israeli soldiers in the eastern Khan Yunis axis, with 24 vehicles destroyed.
Israel acknowledged the death of 7 of its troops on Tuesday, bringing the death toll of the army since October 406 to <> members.
The commander of the IDF's Southern Command, Gen. Yaron Winkelman, said Israeli forces had fought their fiercest day of battle since the ground operation began in Gaza.
Dozens of martyrs in Gaza
The government media office in Gaza announced that the toll of the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to 16,248 martyrs, and more than 43,7 wounded, since October 7112. Among the martyrs were 4885,<> children and <>,<> women, the office said.
The Israeli raids focused on Tuesday on the southern Gaza Strip, and fire belts targeted several areas, including Bani Suheila, while tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians from Gaza City and residents of the outskirts of Khan Yunis continued on Tuesday to head towards the south of the Strip, after the Israeli army warned them of an attack on the areas where they are.
In the northern Gaza Strip, warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe continued in Kamal Adwan Hospital after it was besieged by the Israeli occupation forces and shelled its surroundings.
Arrests in the West Bank
Israeli forces arrested about 40 Palestinians on Tuesday, bringing the total number of detainees in the West Bank to 3580,7 since October <>, according to a joint statement issued by the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club.
The statement pointed out that the arrests were concentrated in the governorates of Bethlehem and Jenin.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent announced the registration of 3 injuries by the Israeli army during its raid into Jenin camp in the West Bank, and this came hours after a young man was killed by Israeli occupation forces in Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
First Lebanese Army Killed
The Lebanese army announced the death of a soldier and the injury of 3 others in Israeli shelling targeting an army military center in the border area of Al-Adaisseh.
This is the first death in the ranks of the Lebanese army as a result of sporadic Israeli shelling of the south of the country since October 8, according to Anadolu Agency.
For its part, the Lebanese Hezbollah announced that its fighters targeted positions of the Israeli occupation forces, causing casualties in their ranks.
On the other hand, the Lebanese news agency reported that Israel targeted on Tuesday evening, a poultry farm near the southern town of Arnon, killing a Syrian worker and wounding 2 members of his family.
Hamas's unique tunnels
In his press conference Tuesday, Israeli government spokesman Elon Levy considered Hamas's hideouts unique.
For its part, the Financial Times quoted an Israeli official as saying that Hamas' tunnels are larger than the London train network, and explained that what Hamas has created under the Gaza Strip is best described as "underground cities."
He considered the destruction of those tunnels to be like science fiction, and revealed that Israel received $320 million in US assistance for anti-tunnel technologies to no avail.
Netanyahu admits to paying a heavy price in the war, warns of division within his team
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that the war on the Gaza Strip requires paying a heavy price. During a news conference for the war council, Netanyahu said the only way to end it was to deal a crushing blow to Hamas, and called on the world to stand with Israel to achieve that goal, but warned against any division in his team.
Gantz: We continue the ground operation in Gaza and there is a high price for war
Israeli Minister in the emergency cabinet Benny Gantz repeated what Netanyahu said, acknowledging that there is a high price in this war, noting that Israel continues the ground war in Gaza and determines its future.
Biden: All hostages held by Hamas must be returned
US President Joe Biden has said all Israeli "hostages" held by Hamas must be returned to their families immediately.
He added that Hamas's refusal to release the remaining detainees was what led to the violation of the agreement and the termination of the truce.
The US president accused Hamas fighters of causing the greatest pain and suffering to women and girls, and we should condemn the sexual violence they commit.
Netanyahu faces the wrath of the families of the detainees
Israeli Army Radio reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the families of Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip that there was now no possibility of taking back all the detainees.
An Israeli report said anger prevailed among the families of Israeli detainees in Gaza when they met members of Netanyahu's war council on Tuesday evening.
Kan TV said some of the released detainees had left the scene, and a number of them raised fears that Israeli military raids could harm detainees still in Gaza.
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation said the meeting was stormy and saw an exchange of shouts and accusations, and quoted one of those released as saying that the IDF attacks nearly killed them.
British reconnaissance flights over Gaza
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said his country would conduct unarmed reconnaissance flights over the eastern Mediterranean, and said any information gathered by those planes about Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip would be forwarded to the relevant authorities.
Israel moves in the Red Sea
Israeli media said Tel Aviv had turned to countries including Britain and Japan to form a special operations force to operate in the Red Sea. She added that the Israeli request came after the Houthi attack against three commercial ships and a US destroyer.
The sources pointed out that the special force that Israel seeks to form will work within the framework of a multinational coalition in Bab al-Mandab.
Spies from inside Israel
Britain's Guardian newspaper quoted the Israeli military as saying that Hamas had planned the October 7 attack for years, drawing detailed maps with the help of spies inside Israel.
An Israeli intelligence source told the newspaper that the map could only be compiled with inside information that was likely from a "Hamas spy."
The Guardian added that the militants carried guides on how to take "hostages" and interpreted sentences from Arabic to Hebrew, noting that among the documents found with Hamas fighters was a comprehensive map of an Israeli military base.
Gulf condemnation
At the end of their summit in Doha, the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and demanded an immediate ceasefire and Israeli military operations.
In the final statement of the summit, the leaders stressed the need to provide access for all humanitarian and relief assistance and basic needs, resume the work of electricity and water lines, allow the entry of fuel, food and medicine to the people of Gaza, and call on international organizations to participate in this process.
The statement also called for an end to the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza, and praised "the success of the efforts of the State of Qatar, in partnership with the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United States, in reaching a humanitarian truce agreement to alleviate the tragic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, release prisoners and detainees from both sides, and allow the entry of a larger number of humanitarian convoys and relief aid."
Source : Al Jazeera + Agencies