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US-Israeli onslaught on Gaza

The Israeli regime continues its genocidal attacks on Gaza. Khan Yunis, the largest city in the south of the Strip, has been the focus of the regime’s latest strikes. Almost a third of the 190 people killed across the territory over the past day were in Khan Yunis. The regime’s forces besieged al-Amal Hospital in the city, preventing the wounded from reaching the facility. The regime also hit areas it had told Palestinians to evacuate to in the territory's south. Palestinian officials say the regime bombed five shelters where 30,000 displaced people took refuge. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees says telecommunications and internet services in Gaza have been down for the past seven days, the longest since October 7. It added that the blackout prevents people from accessing life-saving information and calling first responders, and impede humanitarian response.

Israel losses in Gaza

The Israeli military says a total of 200 of its soldiers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since its ground operations in the territory began in late October. The regime said three of its army officers were killed on Monday during operations in the southern Gaza Strip. More than a dozen troops were also injured. The military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said Israeli forces tried to rescue a targeted tank but failed to do so. The al-Qassam Brigades added that the regime’s air force then struck the tank with several rockets and completely obliterated it with everyone inside. Last week, Israeli media reported that at least 4,000 Israeli troops had become disabled since the beginning of its ground invasion in Gaza. Palestinian sources say the regime vastly undercounts its losses.

Condemning Israeli terrorism

Iran’s foreign minister says Israel must pay the price for its terrorist attacks on Iranian military advisors in Syria. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comment in a letter to the UN chief, Antonio Guterres. He added that Iran reserves the right to respond decisively and proportionately to such terrorist acts at the time and place of its choosing. The top Iranian diplomat said the attacks underscore the terrorist nature of the Israeli regime and are aimed at diverting attention away from the Israeli regime’s atrocities against Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. Amir-Abdollahian also called on the UN Security Council to strongly condemn Israeli terrorism. Five Iranian military advisors were killed in an Israeli missile attack in Damascus over the weekend. That was the third such attack this month on Iranian military advisors, who are in Syria at the request of the Arab country to help in the fight against terrorism.