Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on fighters from the terrorist organization Hamas to lay down their weapons. “I say to the Hamas terrorists: it’s over. Surrender – now!” the politician said in a video message. Meanwhile, mutual shelling took place again on the border between Israel and Lebanon on Monday.
In recent days, dozens of Hamas terrorists have surrendered to our forces,” Netanyahu said in the video message distributed Sunday evening.
The war will continue, “but this is the beginning of the end for Hamas,” he added.
Outrage over photos of Palestinian men in underpants
The Israeli army is giving the public the impression that Hamas is on the verge of collapse. In recent days she has published videos from northern Gaza Strip showing arrested Palestinian men in their underwear.
According to the army, the scenes involved the men assigned to Hamas surrendering to Israeli soldiers. However, their identities could not initially be independently verified, nor could the number of such alleged narrations be verified. Israel now wants to prevent further distribution of these images.
The Haaretz newspaper wrote on Sunday, citing unnamed security force representatives, that of the hundreds of Palestinians arrested so far, only about 10 to 15 percent belonged to Hamas or affiliated organizations. There can be no mass surrender at this time.
Hamas announces continuation of fighting
Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Obeida had earlier announced that the fight against Israeli forces would continue. Despite all efforts, the soldiers had failed to break Hamas’ “resistance,” Obeida said on television. At the same time, he announced that no hostage would leave the Gaza Strip alive if his organization’s demands were not met.
UN emergency aid agency on the Gaza war: “75 years of nothing learning”
The representative of the UN Emergency Relief Agency OCHA for the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings, has strongly criticized human rights violations by Israelis and Palestinians. “It’s like we haven’t learned anything in the last 75 years,” Hastings said Sunday night. She referred to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted 75 years ago and established the protection of fundamental human rights such as the right to life and liberty.
The killings, sexual violence and kidnappings by Hamas terrorists in Israel on Oct. 7 “traumatized an entire nation,” Hastings said. Non-state actors also have obligations under international law. All hostages within their control must be released unconditionally.
Hastings described Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip as “disproportionate.” Airstrikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, schools and UN facilities are unjustifiable, as is the Israeli ‘siege’ in Gaza and the deprivation of food, water, medicine and hygiene.
As an ‘occupying power’, Israel is obliged to facilitate the safe delivery of sufficient aid supplies. Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has reached “unprecedented levels.” “In 2023, I would not have to make such a notice,” Hastings said.
Fighting on the border between Israel and Lebanon
Meanwhile, mutual shelling has again broken out on the border between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli army announced on Monday morning that targets in Lebanon were attacked after several rockets were fired into Israel. According to the information, the Israeli missile defense system has intercepted six projectiles from Lebanon.
The Lebanese television channel Al-Manar, run by the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, reported that villages in the border area had been hit by Israeli shelling. The Al-Majadin television station reported artillery fire by the Israeli army near the Lebanese coastal town of Nakura. Hezbollah initially made no comment on the attacks.
Since the start of the Gaza war following the Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7, there have been repeated clashes between the Israeli army and militant groups such as Hezbollah in the Israel-Lebanese border area. It is the worst escalation since the second Lebanon war in 2006.
Source: Krone
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