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On the 71st day of the Israeli war on Gaza, pressure on the occupation leaders increased after a preliminary investigation revealed the circumstances of the army's killing of 3 Israeli detainees "by mistake", while the Qassam Brigades announced the implementation of a series of operations against the incursive forces and their vehicles, most notably targeting a force in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli raids left more dead and wounded across Gaza, from Jabalia in the north to Rafah in the south. After the withdrawal of the occupation forces from Kamal Adwan Hospital, testimonies continued about the atrocities committed by the soldiers against the displaced people who were in the hospital and its surroundings, as well as the sick and wounded.

Investigation into the killing of prisoners

A preliminary investigation by the Israeli army into the killing of three Israeli prisoners by its soldiers in the Shujaiya area, east of Gaza City, on Friday showed that the prisoners were waving a white flag and that one of them shouted in Hebrew "Save us," but the soldiers shot them in violation of the rules of engagement.

Abu Obeida, spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, said in a Telegram post that "the enemy is gambling with the lives of its captured soldiers," and that "yesterday he deliberately executed 3 of them." Al-Qassam broadcast a video containing scenes of a number of Israeli prisoners killed in Gaza, with the words "Time running out" at the end.

Towards a New Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a press conference for the leaders of the War Council that Israel is communicating with Egypt and Qatar regarding negotiations for the release of the "hostages."

This came after the Israel Broadcasting Corporation said the government was considering a new proposal for the release of the "hostages", and Israel Radio reported that leaders were considering moving towards a new deal after the killing of the three detainees in Shejaiya.

Pressure is mounting from the prisoners' families, who staged a new demonstration in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv demanding an end to the fighting and the start of negotiations. Israeli media said members of the war council would discuss the possibility of a new deal with Hamas.

Another Detainee Killed

The Israeli military announced that it had verified the killing of another Israeli detainee in the Gaza Strip and had informed her family.

Army Radio said Inbar Hayman, 27, who was captured during the concert near the Gaza settlement of Ra'im on Oct. <>, had been killed, without further details.

Qassam Operations

The Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of several Israeli tanks and vehicles throughout the Gaza Strip, and an Israeli force east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip was targeted with anti-personnel devices, and another force was searching a house west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam broadcast footage of a qualitative operation carried out on Friday, where it said its fighters had killed 10 Israeli soldiers in Juhr al-Dik, east of the central region.

Meanwhile, Israel's Channel 12 reported that 20 soldiers had been killed in the battles of Shujaiya in the past week alone. The Israeli army announced that 35 soldiers had been wounded in the last twenty-four hours, and its spokesman said, "We are going through difficult and complicated times and there are things that we have not experienced before."

Kamal Adwan Hospital

Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the occupation forces ran over the tents of the displaced with bulldozers in the yard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, before withdrawing from it.

Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said that Israeli bulldozers buried dozens of displaced people, sick and wounded while they were alive, inside and around the hospital, while Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kayla called for an international investigation into the testimonies and information received regarding the burial of Palestinians alive in the hospital yard.

For its part, the Israeli army announced, on Saturday evening, the end of its military operations at Kamal Adwan Hospital by arresting 90 people, after about two weeks of siege of the hospital, which ended in a humanitarian disaster, according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.

Martyr Samer Abu Daqqa

Al Jazeera Media Network decided to urgently refer the assassination of Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa to the International Criminal Court, and said that it had formed a group of legal experts to prepare the file, which will include repeated attacks on the network's crews operating in the Palestinian territories.

On Saturday morning, the body of Samer, who was killed in an Israeli raid targeting him and Al Jazeera correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh, was buried in the vicinity of the Farhana school in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

Assassination of two Christian women

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that an Israeli army sniper assassinated two Christian women inside the "Holy Family Parish" in Gaza, the only Catholic church in the enclave where the majority of Christian families have sought refuge since the beginning of the war.

According to a statement by the patriarchate, "Nahida and her daughter Samar were shot dead while going to the nunnery," and 7 other people were shot while trying to help others inside the walls of the monastery.

West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire near the cities of Tulkarm and Hebron in the north and south of the West Bank, bringing the West Bank's toll to 290 since October <>, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health announced the death of Aziz Abdul Rahim Aziz Khalil (20 years old) from abdominal wounds in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and before that it announced the death of Salim Nasser Salim Hajar (25 years old) near Tulkarm.

Lebanon Front

The Israeli army announced the death of one of its soldiers and the wounding of two others in the settlement of Margaliot near the border with Lebanon, and explained in a statement that "Yehezkel Azaria (53 years old) ... He fell during an operational activity," he said, the seventh soldier killed on the Lebanese border since Oct. <>, according to information the army allowed to be published.

The Israeli army's announcement came after the Lebanese Hezbollah said it had launched a drone attack that attacked a position of the occupation soldiers outside the Ramim barracks (the occupied Lebanese village of Hunin), resulting in confirmed injuries among its members.

Houthi Attacks

Yemen's Ansar Allah group announced the targeting of Eilat on the Red Sea with drones, while a US destroyer shot down 14 drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas, according to the US Central Command.

Meanwhile, French shipping company CMC GM announced the suspension of its container shipping operations through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, similar to the Danish Maersk Group and Germany's Hapag-Lloyd, following Houthi attacks on a number of ships.

Source : Al Jazeera + Agencies