While Israel says Hamas has lost control of the north of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Netanyahu is sending a drastic warning to Lebanon. The overview.
Israel has issued a stark warning to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in response to ongoing attacks from neighboring Lebanon. “Don’t make the mistake of entering the war. That would be Hezbollah,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening to the group, which is mainly financed by Iran. “Your entry into the war will seal the fate of Lebanon.”
Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant said that on his country’s northern border, “provocations have turned into aggression.” Most of the Israeli Air Force is no longer involved in the Gaza Strip and the noses of the aircraft are now directed north. “The citizens of Lebanon must know that if Nasrallah makes a mistake, the fate of Beirut could be like the fate of Gaza.”
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned of a military escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border in his first speech since the outbreak of war on Friday last week. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, the situation there has continued to deteriorate.
Hezbollah is considered to be far more powerful and armed than the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Its influence extends deep into the crisis-paralyzed Lebanese state, where the group is also represented in parliament.
Israel: Hamas no longer has control over the north
According to Israel, Hamas has lost control of the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said Saturday evening that Hamas fighters “no longer have a safe place to hide.” The military had also previously announced that the Islamist organization no longer controlled the north of the coastal strip. Netanyahu again said Israel wanted to retain control of security in the Gaza Strip after a victory over Hamas. He also reiterated that there would be no ceasefire until the hostages kidnapped by the extremists were released.
Israeli tanks continue operations in Gaza City
According to eyewitness reports, Israeli tanks are deployed on central streets in the city of Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported on Saturday that tanks were about 20 meters from Al-Kuds Hospital and there was heavy shelling in the area. Thousands of refugees who sought protection in the clinic are extremely afraid. Of the aid organization’s 18 ambulances in the northern Gaza Strip, only seven are still operational, it said.
Germany increases humanitarian aid for Palestinians
Germany is increasing its humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territories by a further 38 million euros in view of the suffering of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced this on Saturday after a conversation with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtaje in Ramallah in the West Bank. Of the additional aid for the Palestinians, 25 million will go to the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, 10 million to the World Food Program and almost 3 million to the UN Emergency Relief Office (OCHA).
300,000 people at a major pro-Palestinian demonstration in London
Meanwhile, according to police estimates, around 300,000 people took part in a large pro-Palestinian demonstration in London. In chants and on posters on Saturday they called for “freedom for Palestine” and an end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Around 150 demonstrators were arrested. According to police, they threw fireworks and wore masks. In Germany, too, numerous people gathered at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Saturday. In Berlin-Kreuzberg alone, the police counted around 2,600 people before the protest began.
Israelis demonstrate for the release of hostages
Thousands of people also demonstrated on Saturday evening in the Israeli coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities – but for the release of 239 hostages who are being held in the Gaza Strip. After a meeting with Baerbock, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen spoke out in favor of an internationally coordinated effort to release the hostages.
280 Germans left the Gaza Strip within days
Unlike those kidnapped, hundreds of foreigners have been able to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt over the past two weeks. According to the Foreign Office, more than 280 Germans and their relatives have achieved this in the past few days. Intensive work is continuing to ensure that all other Germans who want to leave the coastal area can also leave the coastal area, the authority announced on Saturday evening via the Twitter successor X.
What will be important on Sunday
Demonstrations in connection with the Gaza war are planned again in several German cities. There is to be a major demonstration against anti-Semitism in France in Paris. The initiative for the “March against Anti-Semitism” comes from Parliament President Yaël Braun-Pivet and Senate President Gérard Larcher. In addition to Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, all parties except the Left have announced their participation.
Source: Stern
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