Israel’s military claims to have killed 9 fighters in southern Gaza’s Rafah
Israel’s military claims it has tracked down and killed nine fighters stuck in underground tunnels in Israeli-controlled areas of eastern Rafah in southern Gaza.
In a statement, the army said the fighters were killed when Israel destroyed tunnels in the area “through air strikes and engineering means”. The latest casualties bring the total number of fighters killed after being trapped in tunnels in southern Gaza to 30, said the Israeli military, promising its “manhunt” would continue.
Yesterday, the AFP news agency quoted several sources, including an unnamed Hamas leader, as saying negotiations with mediators were under way to secure safe passage of the remaining Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels on the Israeli-controlled side of the yellow line in southern Gaza.
That's not a ceasefire... But nothing about the 'peace' plan is a ceasefire.
Gaza Civil Defence warns new storm could be deadly for displaced families
Gaza’s Civil Defence agency has issued an urgent appeal as a new winter storm is expected to hit the enclave in the coming days, warning war-displaced Palestinians remain exposed to life-threatening cold.
In a message addressed to truce mediators, aid agencies, and the international community, spokesman Mahmoud Basal said: “We are on the verge of another weather front that will strike Gaza within days, bringing us back to the same humiliating scenes.
“What are you doing? Will you wait for our children to die from the cold? Will you wait for people to carry the bodies of their little ones just to prove the catastrophe is real?”
He urged immediate action to prevent cold-related deaths, saying the coming storm could turn “the cold into a killer”.
Gaza’s displaced population lives in overcrowded tents that provide little protection from the cold
