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Israel issues new southern Gaza evacuation warning
The Israeli army has ordered civilians to evacuate parts of Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, AFP reports.
The warning for the Al-Qarara, Bani Suheila and other towns in the two governorates, made on social media and in an official statement, came hours after Israel said 20 “projectiles” were fired into Israel from the Khan Younis region.
Elderly Palestinian woman recounts terrifying attack by Israeli army dog in Gaza
A 70-year-old Palestinian woman, Dawlat al-Tanani, still grapples with the trauma of being viciously attacked by an Israeli army dog in her small home In Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, located in the northern Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.
While lying in bed after her night prayers, she was suddenly attacked by an Israeli army dog, which stormed into her room and bit deeply into her arm.
Recounting her ordeal to Anadolu, the elderly woman said: “As I was drifting off to sleep, the dog wearing a camera on its back entered the room and attacked me. It sank its sharp teeth into my arm until it reached the bone, dragging me across the floor while soldiers stood outside.”
Palestinian hugs daughter after release from Israeli prison
Cairo rejects deployment of Egyptian forces in Gaza
Egypt rejects the deployment of Egyptian forces in the Gaza Strip, according to two high-level sources, Anadolu Agency reports.
“Egypt rejects the entry of any Egyptian forces into the Gaza Strip,” the state-affiliated Al-Qahera News channel said, citing one source.
“Arranging the situation in Gaza after Israel’s ongoing military operation is a Palestinian matter,” it added.
Netanyahu orders inquiry into al-Shifa Hospital chief’s release
The Israeli PM has ordered an immediate inquiry into the release of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, including the director of al-Shifa Hospital Muhammad Abu Salmiya, according to his office.
The release, which prompted condemnation from various Israeli political figures, came in the wake of discussions conducted by the Supreme Court on a petition submitted against their detention in the Sade Teman camp of the Negev, Netanyahu’s office said.
It was not clear who filed the petition.
The office said, “The identity of the released prisoners is determined independently by security officials based on their professional considerations.”
Each Palestinian prisoner lost about 30kg: al-Shifa chief
Abu Salmiya has shared more information at a news conference about his experience in an Israeli prison. Here are his main points:
Many prisoners were killed in the interrogation cells, and we left behind thousands of detainees held by Israeli forces.
Israeli doctors and nurses beat and torture Palestinian prisoners and treat the bodies of detainees as if they were inanimate objects.
Every prisoner held by Israeli forces lost about 30kg (66 pounds) of weight, with food being denied.
The occupation did not bring any charges against me despite holding a trial three times, which means that they arrested me for political reasons.
We were subjected to severe torture, and Israeli forces stormed the prisoners’ cells and assaulted them on an almost daily basis.
We did not meet lawyers, nor did any international institution visit us.
For two months, none of the prisoners ate more than one loaf of bread a day.
Ben-Gvir calls release of al-Shifa hospital director ‘security negligence’
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet internal security service over the release of al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya.
That’s according to Israel’s Army Radio quoting Ben-Gvir from the Israeli government’s WhatsApp group.
Ben-Gvir also made the remarks on X saying Abu Salmiya’s release was “security negligence”.
“The time has come for the Prime Minister to stop [Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant and the head of the Shin Bet from conducting an independent policy contrary to the position of the Cabinet and the Government,” he said.
Prisoners held by Israel are going through ‘tragic conditions’: al-Shifa Hospital director
Following his release from Israeli detention, the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, has confirmed that Palestinian prisoners are going through “tragic conditions” due to the lack of food, drink and torture.
He said hundreds of medical personnel have been detained by Israeli forces, and that a number of Palestinian detainees were killed while tortured.
He stressed that Palestinians in Gaza would rebuild the Strip, including his hospital.
Palestinian sources confirmed that Abu Salmiya was subjected to brutal torture during his detention in Israeli-run prisons.
Israeli forces arrest nine Palestinians in Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Nablus
At least three Palestinians have been arrested in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah, five in the city of Al-Bireh and another one in the city of Nablus, according to the Wafa news agency.
The Israeli forces made the arrests at dawn, the report said, adding that those arrested in Al-Bireh were from Gaza.
The person arrested in Nablus was named as Qasim Al-Aklik, a former prisoner who spent 20 years in an Israeli jail.
Israeli forces release director of al-Shifa Hospital
Israeli forces have released Muhammad Abu Salamiya, director of the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, an Al Jazeera reported.
Abu Salamiya was arrested on November 23 during the first Israeli military operation in the complex.
Hezbollah’s plans, Israel’s threats – is either side ready for war?
Hezbollah is preparing for different scenarios as the low-level conflict between it and Israel threatens to spin out into something larger.
Feeding the idea of Israel shifting military focus from Gaza to Lebanon have been statements from officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said last week that Israel is winding down operations in Rafah and will redirect to Lebanon.
Israel’s attacks to date have displaced nearly 100,000 people from their homes in south Lebanon and killed at least 435 people, some 349 of them named by Hezbollah as its members.
Hezbollah appears to be sticking to its guns, matching Israeli rhetoric with its own, and intensifying its cross-border attacks – which have so far killed 15 Israeli soldiers and 10 civilians, according to Israel.
Israeli military bulldozers destroy roads in Tulkarem, impose siege on Nur Shams camp
Two Israeli military bulldozers have destroyed roads during a raid on Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Israeli forces also imposed a siege on the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, with Israeli soldiers raiding homes and high-rise buildings as Israeli snipers were deployed on roofs, Wafa reported.
The Tulkarem Brigade, a group of Palestinian fighters from West Bank refugee camps, said they detonated an explosive device in an Israeli military bulldozer at the entrance to the Tulkarem camp, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.
The raid comes after an Israeli strike on a home in Nur Shams camp killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander and injured five others.
Netanyahu describes the Israeli ground invasion of Shujayea in Gaza City as a success, as civilians there say their homes were surrounded by Israeli tanks for days.
Israel’s military has said 18 of its soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, when a drone struck their position in the occupied Golan Heights, which borders Lebanon.
Gaza City's Shujaiya district heavily bombarded for fourth consecutive day
GAZA (AFP) - Gaza City's Shujaiya district was devastated by a fourth consecutive day of heavy fighting on Sunday. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the devastated area as Israeli forces reported they had eliminated several targets, located weapons and conducted raids on booby-trapped compounds.
Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, months after the Israeli army declared Hamas's command structure dismantled in the northern area.
