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A tent city in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip houses thousands of Palestinians who have fled Israeli bombing. © Mohammed Talatene/dpa
The new Israeli foreign minister is using sharp rhetoric when he takes office. Meanwhile, the death toll in the Gaza Strip continues to rise. The news at a glance.
Tel Aviv/Gaza - Israel's new foreign minister, Israel Katz, sees his country "in the middle of a third world war" against Iran. "This enemy is reminiscent of the darkest periods in human history, and we are determined to achieve our goal of overthrowing Hamas," Katz said at the inauguration of his predecessor Eli Cohen, as reported by the Israeli news site Ynet and the Times of Israel newspaper. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Education reported that more than 4000,22 students have been killed in the Gaza Strip so far. Meanwhile, the number of Gazans killed in Israeli attacks on the Islamist Hamas has risen to more than 000,<>, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
The war in Gaza has been going on for almost three months now, triggered by the horrific terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas and other extremist Palestinian organizations on October 7. They murdered more than 1200 people. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive. The goal is the complete destruction of Hamas. In view of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the sealed coastal area and the high number of civilian casualties, Israel has recently come under increasing international criticism.
Katz: Standing on the front line for the whole world
"This is World War III with today's possibilities, and we are on the front lines for the whole world," Katz continued. Iran's leaders had praised Hamas' large-scale attack, but firmly rejected direct involvement. Since the 1979 revolution, Israel has been the declared archenemy of the Islamic Republic. Since the <>s, Tehran has expanded its political and military ties in the region in order to create an "axis of resistance" against Israel with the support of Shiite militias. Iran also has good relations with Hamas. Seldom has the conflict between the hostile countries been as tense as it is now.
Israel accuses Tehran of secretly seeking to build nuclear weapons and sees its very existence threatened as a result. Iran insists that it uses its nuclear program only for civilian purposes.
More than 22,000 dead in the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas authority
The number of Gazans killed in Israeli attacks on the Islamist Hamas has risen to 22,185, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority. Another 57,035 people have been injured since the start of the war, the authority said on Tuesday. Most of them are civilians. The figures cannot be verified at present.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, based in Ramallah, at least 4119,221 students have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war began. In addition, 278 teachers and administrators were killed in the Gaza Strip, the ministry said, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. According to the report, 65 public schools and <> UN schools were damaged or destroyed in attacks.
According to the United Nations, UN agencies are providing emergency shelter for 1.4 million of the 1.9 million internally displaced persons in the Gaza Strip. There have been repeated reports of deaths and injuries in Israeli attacks on school buildings. The Israeli army accuses the Islamist Hamas of systematically misusing schools, mosques and hospitals in the Gaza Strip for military purposes. Hamas rejects this.
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Turkey has accused Israel's Mossad intelligence service of planning actions against foreigners registered in Turkey. In this context, 33 people were apprehended, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on X (formerly Twitter). It was not clear whether the suspects were arrested or detained. Initially, there was no reaction from Israel to the accusations.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had threatened Israel in early December in the event of persecution of members of the Islamist Hamas in his country. Turkey has repeatedly verbally attacked Israel for its actions in the Gaza war. The Turkish government, for its part, has ties to Hamas, and officials are also said to be in the country. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization in Europe and the United States, but not in Turkey.
Israel's Army Strikes Targets in Lebanon Again
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it again attacked targets of the Shiite militia Hezbollah in response to rocket fire from Lebanon. As the Israeli army announced on Tuesday, targets in the area of the southern Lebanese city of Jarun came under fire. Hezbollah said it had fired at Israeli forces near the northern Israeli village of Sarit. In the north of Israel, there was another air alert in the morning.
Initially, nothing was known about possible casualties on either side of the border. In Lebanon, according to Hezbollah, 140 of its fighters have died so far. The Lebanese Civil Defense counted at least <> more civilian fatalities. In Israel, nine soldiers and two civilians were killed by shelling from Lebanon.
U.S. withdraws aircraft carriers from the Mediterranean
After almost three months of special operation in the eastern Mediterranean, the USA withdraws the aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford". The ship and its associated convoy will return to their home port in Norfolk, Virginia, in the coming days to prepare for future deployments, the U.S. Navy said. However, the U.S. military will maintain extensive capacities in the Mediterranean and throughout the Middle East. These included, for example, the aircraft carrier "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower", which had been sent to the Persian Gulf as a deterrent.
Pro-Iranian militias attack U.S. targets in Iraq and Syria
Pro-Iranian militias again attacked US military targets in Iraq and Syria. The "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" claimed responsibility on Tuesday, among other things, for a drone attack on US troops near the airport in Erbil in northern Iraq. According to the General Directorate of Counterterrorism in Iraq, the drone was shot down. According to local media, it was the third attack on US forces in Erbil since Saturday. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, pro-Iranian militias have increasingly attacked US bases in Iraq and Syria. Dpa