An Al Jazeera journalist killed in a strike in Gaza, Hamas broadcasts a video of two Israeli hostages … The news of the conflict to the Middle East this Monday, March 24-Liberation
The Arabic Language Information Channel Al Jazeera announced the death of a journalist working for one of his channels in a strike targeting his car, while he was north of Gaza on Monday, March 24. Hossam Shabat worked for Al Jazeera Mubasher, the Arabic -speaking service of live broadcasting. The Civil Defense of Gaza confirmed his death, as well as that of an employee of television from Islamic Jihad Palestine Today, Mohamed Mansour, in another strike on the south of the Palestinian territory.
The armed branch of the Palestinian group shared on Monday a video of two Israeli hostages removed on October 7, 2023. The video of just over three minutes, the date of registration of which cannot be checked, shows the two seated hostages, speaking in Hebrew to one of the hostages that has already been released, asking it to tell what it experienced in captivity to accelerate their release.
The strikes that have touched UN buildings in Gaza last week, killing a Bulgarian employee, was caused by « An Israeli chariot »said the spokesman for the UN Secretary General on Monday. « According to information available currently, the strikes that affected a set of UN buildings in Deir El-Balah on March 19 were caused by an Israeli chariot »said Stéphane Dujarric, adding that the UN had decided to temporarily reduce the number of its international employees in the Palestinian territory.
An Israeli air strike hit the Nasser Hospital of Khan Younès on Sunday evening, In the south of the Palestinian territory. According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, the strike left two dead: Ismaïl Barhoum, a member of his political bureau, as well as a young man of 16 who had been operated on Friday, and several wounded « Including medical staff affected to various degrees ». Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed in a statement that the typing target was Ismaïl Barhoum. The Israeli army said it had led a « Precision strike on a key terrorist from Hamas who operated within the complex » hospital. The Palestinian Islamist movement « »exploits civil infrastructure by endangering the population of Gaza ”she said.
An assailant opened fire on Monday morning at a crossroads in northern Israel, killing one person and injuring another, according to help, the author of the attack having been to him « Neutralized »according to the police. « A terrorist opened fire on civilians and was immediately neutralized by police officers present on the scene »said the police spokesman, indicating that the attack had taken place at the Tishbi crossroads, near Yoqneam, about fifteen kilometers south-east of Haifa. Magen David Adom, Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, reported a septuagenarian killed in the attack, and another wounded, in a « Grave state »aged twenty years.
The Palestinian prisoner club, an NGO for defense of detainees, announced on Monday the death of an imprisoned minor in an Israeli prison, which he said became the 63rd Palestinian detainee to die in detention in Israel since October 7, 2023. The club announced in a statement that it was informed of the « Death of Walid Khaled Abdoullah Ahmad (17), a minor detainee from Silwad, east of Ramallah, in Megiddo prison »in northern Israel, adding that the circumstances of his death were for the time being unknown. Contacted by AFP on its case, the Israeli prison administration has not responded
The NGO Doctors Without Borders deplored the situation this Monday morning « Extremely precarious » displaced Palestinians « Force » By the Israeli military operation underway in northern occupied West Bank. The army launched on January 21, two days after the entry into force of a truce agreement in Gaza, an operation targeting the Palestinian armed groups in the north of this territory occupied by Israel since 1967. According to the United Nations, this offensive has moved some 40,000 inhabitants. These Palestinians are « Deprived of adequate shelters, basic services and access to health care »continues the NGO. « The situation in mental health is alarming », MSF said again. « Such a magnitude of forced displacements and destruction of the camps has not been observed for decades » In the West Bank, declares the director of operations of MSF.
The European Union diplomatic manager Kaja Kallasarrived in Israel on Sunday evening, where she will claim a « Immediate return » at the ceasefire agreement to stop the « Destruction of Gaza ». “The military offensive of Israel has caused appalling losses in human lives. As long as this war continues, the two parties are losing ”, She stressed, before hammering: « Suffering must stop ». According to the head of European diplomacy, « Israel has the right to defend oneself, but must respect the life of civilians and humanitarian law. Threats to annex certain parts of Gaza are unacceptable ”. Kaja Kallas is due to meet Israeli President Israeli Herzog, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar on Monday, as well as the opposition chief Yair Lapid on Monday. She will also go to the Palestinian territories to speak with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa.
Yemen Houthi rebels said that a person had been killed and thirteen others injured in a strike on the capital Sanaa that they attribute to the United States, according to a statement published late Sunday by their Ministry of Health. Earlier, the Houthi media had reported American strikes targeting a residential building in Sanaa as well as the bastion of the rebel group, in Saada, in northern Yemen. Washington did not confirm that it has led this strike but a pentagon official said that the country that « Lead strikes, day and night, against several sites of Houthis supported by Iran in Yemen ». On March 15, the United States announced a new military offensive, promising to resort to overwhelming force as long as the rebels continue to target ships circulating on the key maritime roads of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Update at 5:06 p.m. With the video broadcast by Hamas.