Israel-Hamas update on the war

Israel-Hamas update on the war:

Israel's bombing of southern Gaza, the Hamas delegation will go to Egypt for a ceasefire.

Israel bombed south

Israel-Hamas update on the war

ern and central Gaza on Friday, while Egypt will host a delegation of top Hamas leaders to negotiate an end to the 12-week war that has devastated the Palestinian territory. Has been done.

According to the French news agency AFP, the Israeli army said its forces had "expanded operations in the Khan Yunis area" and had "killed dozens of terrorists" across Gaza in the past 24 hours.

Clouds of smoke could be seen over the town of Rafah near the Egyptian border after an Israeli bombardment in the early hours of Friday.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said on Thursday that 41 people have been killed in the last two days as a result of Israeli shelling near the al-Amal area of Khan Yunis.

According to the aid organization, "displaced people seeking shelter" were among those killed in the Israeli attacks.

The United Nations humanitarian aid office has said that nearly 100,000 displaced people have arrived in the border city of Rafah following the intensification of fighting around Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis in recent days.

The ongoing war in Gaza has reduced much of the northern part of the Strip to rubble, while fighting has spread to the south, raising tensions across the Middle East.

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the October 7 attack. According to Israeli data, 1140 people were killed in this attack by Hamas, most of whom were civilians. The militant group also took about 250 hostages, half of whom are still in its custody.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 21,320 people, including mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli air and ground attacks.

According to the Israeli military:

The Israeli army has said that 168 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza.

According to sources close to Hamas, Egypt's plan has three phases. These include a renewed ceasefire, the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and an eventual end to the war.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had deployed an additional brigade to Khan Yunis, the hometown of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, while AFP correspondents reported continued air and artillery strikes. .

"The mission our forces are carrying out in Khan Yunis is unprecedented ... capturing control rooms and eliminating terrorists," Israeli Defense Minister Yoaf Galant said on Thursday.

 

Israel has repeatedly said that one of the main goals of the war is the return of the 129 hostages in Gaza.

Egypt's proposal

A Hamas official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the delegation in Cairo "will respond to the Palestinian factions, including several observations about the Egyptian proposal, which was recently announced by Hamas and Gaza and was presented to the authorities of the armed group Islamic Jihad.

"Hamas will also ask for guarantees of the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza."

According to the head of Egypt's official information service, Zia Rishwan, "the purpose of this project is to bring forward the views of all parties involved in the conflict and to stop the bloodshed of Palestinians."