The Minister of Defense of Israel publicly presented proposals for the postwar period for the first time in Loopwhere local officials reported this Friday dozens of deaths in the last 24 hours in the incessant Israeli bombings.
The plan of Yoav Gallantcommunicated to the media late on Thursday, recommends that neither Israel neither Hamas govern the narrow Palestinian territory, and rejects the establishment of Jewish settlements there. This is a preliminary plan, not yet adopted by the Israeli war cabinet.
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Its general lines were announced on the eve of the fourth trip of the US Secretary of State. Anthony Blinken to the region since the bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against Israel on October 7which left 1,140 dead and triggered the war.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
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The future of the Palestinian territory is at the center of the international community’s concerns, amid growing calls for a ceasefire.
According to Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, Israeli military operations have left 22,600 dead in almost three months, many of them women and children.
Furthermore, much of the territory has been reduced to rubble and the UN fears a humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of displaced people dealing with hunger and disease.
The shelling continued throughout the night in the areas of Jan Yunis and Rafahin the south of the Strip, as well as in parts of central Gaza, according to AFP correspondents.
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A man cries over the shrouded bodies of children killed during Israeli bombing as they lie in front of the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on January 5, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
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The Israeli army noted that its troops “They hit more than 100 targets” in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including military positions, rocket launching points and weapons depots.
The enclave’s Ministry of Health reported 162 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Neither Hamas nor Israel
According to Gallant’s plan, the war will continue until Israel has dismantled the “military and government capabilities” from Hamas, to whom he promised “annihilate”, and released the 132 hostages still in the hands of the Islamist group. It is estimated that at least 24 of the 250 prisoners taken by Hamas were killed.
Once Israel achieves its objectives – a horizon for which there is no established timetable – Palestinian “civil committees” will begin to assume control of the territory.
“Hamas will not govern Gaza, (e) Israel will not govern Gaza civilians” Gallant assured, when presenting his plan to the press.
“The inhabitants of Gaza are Palestinians. Consequently, Palestinian entities will be in charge (of management) provided that there is no hostile action or threat against the State of Israel”he added.
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Rafah overflowing
The living conditions of the 2.4 million Gazans are more than precarious, and United Nations It is estimated that there are 1.9 million displaced people.
AFPTV footage shows entire families seeking safety from the fighting, arriving in the border town of Rafah in overloaded cars and on foot.
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Smoke rises during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, photographed from a position along the border in southern Israel on January 4, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
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“We fled from the camp Jabalia to maan (in Khan Yunis) and now we are fleeing from Maan to Rafah”said a woman who did not want to give her name.
“(We don’t have) water, electricity or food”he added.
A spokesman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees told AFP that Rafah is overflowing.
“Generally 250,000 people live there. And now there are more than 1.3 million“, he pointed Adnan Abu Hasna.
“We observe a collapse of sanitary conditions” and one “significant spread” of diseases, he added.
Ahmad al Sufihead of the Rafah emergency committee, said 50,000 tents were urgently needed to house the refugees.
In it Al Amal hospital of Khan Younis, one of the few medical centers in Gaza still operating, the Palestine Red Crescent He stated that seven displaced people, including a five-day-old baby, died.
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An aerial view on December 26, 2023 shows destroyed buildings in Beit Lahia following Israeli bombings in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo).
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Immediate relief measures
Blinken landed on Friday at Istanbulthe first stop on his tour, in which he plans to discuss with Israeli leaders “Immediate steps to substantially increase humanitarian aid to Gaza“said the State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller.
In addition to Türkiye and GreeceBlinken will travel to Israel, the Palestinian enclave of West Bank and five Arab countries.
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Fear of a regional conflagration increased this week after the death of Hamas’ number two, Saleh al Aruriin a missile attack in Lebanon.
The leader died in the south of Beirut, a stronghold of the party Hezbollaha movement supported by Iran that since the beginning of the conflict has been involved in skirmishes with Israeli troops on Lebanon’s southern border.
The head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahassured on Friday that his fighters were going to “reply” in it “battlefield” attack.
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