25 Dead in Israeli strikes, a delegation from Hamas goes to Egypt … News from the conflict to the Middle East this Tuesday, April 22-Liberation
The Palestinian Civil Defense announced on Tuesday morning that Israeli air strikes had made at least 25 victims in the Gaza Strip. Among them, 9 people were killed and six others are missing after an Israeli bombing against a house in the center of Khan Younès, in the south of the Palestinian territory, said Mohammed Al-Moughair, a civil defense official in Gaza.
Strikes also killed 5 people in the Al-Chati refugee camp, west of Gaza-City, and 5 others in the north of the city. A strike also killed 4 people in the west of the Jabalia camp, while 2 other people were killed in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Breaking a truce of almost two monthsthese strikes are part of Israel’s strategy since March 18, to resume its air offensive and then earthly against the Hamas.
Hussein Atoui, a military leader of a Lebanese Islamist group, Jamaa Islamiya, was killed on Tuesday morning in an Israeli strike south of Beirut, said a Lebanese security official. According to the Lebanese civil defense, « An Israeli drone has targeted a car » Near the coastal city of Damour, about twenty kilometers from the capital, and the rescuers extracted a body from the vehicle.
The security manager, who requested anonymity, said that Hussein Atoui, killed in the strike, was a responsible for the Al-Fajr forces (Aube forces), the armed branch of Jamaa Islamiya. This Lebanese group is closely linked to Hamas and an ally of Hezbollah Pro-Iranian.
A delegation of Hamas goes to Cairo this Tuesday to discuss with the mediators of « New ideas » on one Truce in the Gaza Strip After eighteen months of war, said an official of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
The delegation, which includes the chief negotiator of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, « Will hold meetings with Egyptian officials about new ideas aimed at reaching a ceasefire » In Palestinian territory, he said, a few days after Hamas’ rejection of an Israeli temporary truce proposal.
