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Israel Gaza onslaught

We'll begin with the Gaza Strip, where there is no sign of a forthcoming ceasefire. The Israeli regime continues with its bloody bombardment campaign despite an agreement to a humanitarian truce. At least 23 Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded in the latest strikes in central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. At Shifa Hospital, Israeli forces arrested several medical personnel including the director. Hamas has decried the arrests and called for an immediate release. The Indonesia Hospital in northern Gaza has also been fully evacuated after the Israeli military issued a four-hour evacuation notice. Meantime, Al-Quds Brigades, which is the military wing of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, says it has destroyed 11 Israeli tanks in various areas of the Gaza Strip. The latest assaults come as a four-day humanitarian truce, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, hangs in the balance. To many Palestinians, the ceasefire is pointless. They say it will not cut the regime’s line of massacres.

Lebanon resistance response

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has hit several Israeli targets in the northern parts of the occupied territories. Israeli media say one of the strikes was the most significant from Lebanon since October 7. Hezbollah said it struck Ein Zeitim base near Safed with 48 Katyusha rockets. Also in separate statements, Hezbollah said it struck and damaged targets with "appropriate weapons". The group has said its attacks are in response to the crimes of Israel against Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli warplanes have also bombed at least three towns in southern Lebanon. The area along Lebanon’s southern border has frequently witnessed exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel since October 8, a day after Palestinian resistance forces launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. 

Israel failure in Gaza

Iran’s president says, without the western help, there could not be an entity called Israel after the operation Al-Aqsa flood. Ebrahim Raeisi said even Israel’s western backers confirmed the collapse of the regime after the operation launched by the Palestinian resistance movement. He made the remarks during a gathering of Basij volunteer forces in Tehran. Raeisi said Palestine is definitely the winner in the war on Gaza. He said the Israeli regime has failed to achieve its intended goals in Gaza. Iran’s president stressed that the only thing regime has gained is global hatred toward it. Raeisi also said that Israel’s killing of innocent children is not a sign of victory, but merely shows the regime’s desperation.