Watch live developments in Gaza and Israel: Ground attack on Rafah – they shoot everything that moves

In the heart of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli ground forces are bombing the area from all sides.

Despite the ICC ruling and Netanyahu’s justifications for the massacre in an internally displaced persons camp, Israel has continued to attack civilians, killing dozens, while reports from Rafah indicate that anything that moves is targeted.

After The Guardian exposed Mossad threats and blackmail by ICC officials, the United States reversed course and said it did not need to impose sanctions on judges who had issued or would issue rulings against Israel.

Algeria will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council for a ceasefire in Gaza. We remind you that the United Nations Security Council has once again adopted a similar resolution.

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09:40 Evacuation of Rafah Campaign Hospital

Al-Quds Hospital, affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, was forced to evacuate from the Al-Mawasi area in Rafah, due to the bombing.

The campaign hospital, one of the few remaining health facilities in Rafah, was moved to the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

As we reported, air strikes have repeatedly bombed tent camps in the Al-Mawasi area of ​​Rafah in recent days, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as well as many women and children.

09:27 More arrests in Hebron

Israeli forces arrested another 15 people during raids on towns in Hebron Governorate, according to Wafa News Agency, following our previous report on the arrest of three people in the area.

WAFA reported that 14 of the new arrests took place in the village of Sa’ir, northeast of the city of Hebron, while one was carried out in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron.

Earlier, the occupation forces arrested journalist Bilal Al-Taweel in the city of Hebron.

Since October 7, Israel has arrested at least 8,910 people during almost daily raids in the West Bank.

09:18 Biden’s red lines… have turned pink

The Biden administration said that recent Israeli operations and attacks in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip do not constitute a major ground operation that crosses US red lines, and that it is also closely monitoring the investigation into Sunday’s deadly raid on a tent camp, which it called “tragic.”

Speaking after Israeli tanks were spotted near Al Awda Mosque, a prominent landmark in central Rafah, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that the United States does not “turn a blind eye” to the plight of Palestinian civilians.

“The Israelis said it was a tragic mistake,” Kirby said, referring to the massacre of displaced people in Rafah.

“We have also said that we do not want to see a major ground operation in Rafah that would make it very difficult for the Israelis to go after Hamas without causing serious damage and possibly a large number of deaths. We have not seen that yet,” he said, noting that the Israeli operations on Tuesday It was mainly in a corridor on the outskirts of Rafah.

The recent deaths in Rafah have put to test President Joe Biden’s pledge to withhold weapons from Israel if the US ally makes a major incursion into Rafah that would endanger the displaced there.

09:03 Violent battles in Rafah

War monitors said Israel may use “unmanned ground vehicles” to lead its invasion west of the city of Rafah, where “heavy gunfire” was heard as Israeli forces pushed into the city centre, forcing civilians to flee.

Palestinian militants resisting the ground invasion launched attacks in southern and central Rafah on Tuesday, including detonating a bomb-laden building in the Shawat refugee camp while Israeli soldiers were inside, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP).

According to the latest battlefield report issued by US-based defense think tanks, Israel deployed an additional brigade in the ground invasion of Rafah on Tuesday, bringing the total number of participants in the operation to five.

ISW/CTP also reported that three Israeli brigades were operating Tuesday in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza and two brigades in central Gaza.

The Israeli brigade is said to include between 2,000 and 5,000 soldiers, depending on its operational capacity and mission.

08:55 Another resignation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Another US official has resigned, citing disagreements over a recent State Department report that claimed Israel is not blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza, The Washington Post reported.

The newspaper, citing two sources familiar with the matter, said that the official was Stacy Gilbert, who worked in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

The report that Gilbert allegedly protested was issued earlier this month and said that the United States “does not currently believe that the Israeli government is obstructing or restricting the transit or delivery of US humanitarian assistance.”

The results contradict estimates by the United Nations and relief organizations.

08:49 CNN: American weapons were used in the Rafah massacre

American munitions were used in Israel’s deadly attack Sunday night on a refugee camp in Rafah, CNN reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, CNN’s analysis of video from the scene of the attack and analysis conducted by explosives experts concluded that American weapons were used in the attack.

The attack killed at least 45 people and injured more than 200 others. Among them are many women and children.

08:40 Confrontations during a gathering of demonstrators in front of the Israeli embassy in Mexico

Agence France-Presse reported that police and demonstrators clashed outside the Israeli embassy in the Mexican capital after some crowds threw rocks and tried to tear down barricades that impeded their march to the building.

Agence France-Presse reported that police fired tear gas and stones were thrown at them by demonstrators as they tried to disperse the crowd.

She added that about 200 people participated in the protest in front of the diplomatic complex in the Lomas de Chapultepec area in Mexico City, to protest the Israeli attack that led to the death of 45 displaced Palestinians in Rafah.

We note that Mexico submitted a request to the International Criminal Court to participate in supporting South Africa in its claim of genocide against Israel.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Source: Agence France-Presse

08:30 Endless bloodshed in Gaza

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