The Israeli army killed Jamila al-Shanti, the widow of Hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and the first woman elected to the organization's Political Bureau in 2021 in an attack on Gaza. Local sources reported this. Al-Rantisi was killed in 2004 in an Israeli attack during the Second Intifada.
A phone call between Joe Biden and Al Sisi, on the sidelines of the US president's visit to Israel, meanwhile unlocks humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip .
Egypt has decided to open the Rafah crossing to allow the passage of hundreds of humanitarian trucks which are still parked in front of the gates of the enclave incessantly bombed by Israel.
“Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and US President Joe Biden have agreed on the provision of humanitarian aid to the Strip through the Rafah crossing in a sustainable manner,” presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said in a press release, without specifying a date .
Tel Aviv meanwhile is fighting on multiple fronts, with several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon hit in recent hours.
Airstrikes targeted two villages in the south of the country in the early hours of today: missiles were launched against Kafr Shuba and near Odaisseh.
Israel fears an attack by Hezbollah, Joe Biden yesterday denied that in the event of an attack by the Lebanese movement the Americans will fight alongside Israeli troops: « This is not true, but our military is talking to the Israeli military about what the alternatives are in the event of an attack by Hezbollah ."
Meanwhile, the exchange of accusations continues regarding the massacre at the hospital in Gaza which caused almost 500 deaths. The Israeli army released a video shot from a drone above the Al-Ahli hospital in the aftermath of the explosion: « The damage from the failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch is located in the nearby parking lot and is not similar to a crater caused by an attack . Furthermore, the buildings around the hospital were not damaged: this is further proof that the IDF did not hit this area."
After Joe Biden's visit , British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel today and will also travel to other countries in the region in an attempt to ease the conflict between Israel and Gaza: « The attack on the Al Ahli hospital should be a "It's a watershed moment for leaders across the region and around the world to come together to avoid a further dangerous escalation of the conflict," Sunak said in a statement. “I will ensure that the UK is at the forefront of this effort.”
(Unioneonline/L)