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: Is Israel's army advancing into Rafah in the Gaza Strip?
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Israel is said to have killed advisers to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Damascus
Update from February 2nd, 5:00 p.m
.: Israel is said to have attacked Damascus again with several rockets.
Saeid Alidadi, an adviser to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, was killed in the airstrike against the Syrian capital,
Reuters
reports, citing semi-official Iranian media.
The Syrian news agency SANA previously reported that several Israeli missiles were intercepted in the direction of southern Damascus.
Israel's military did not want to comment on the allegations.
Israel attacks targets in southern Lebanon
Update from February 2nd, 4:05 p.m.:
The Israeli Air Force has attacked further targets in southern Lebanon.
A spokesman for the Israeli army reported this on Friday.
In addition to the air force, artillery units are also said to have been involved in the operations.
According to the
Haaretz
news portal , two rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israeli settlements on Friday morning.
Smoke rises after an Israeli rocket attack in a southern Lebanese village.
(Archive image) © Marwan Naamani/dpa
Bundeswehr ready for action against Houthi rebels in the Red Sea
Update from February 2nd, 2:50 p.m
.: According to Bundeswehr Navy Inspector Jan Christian Kaak, the naval operation against the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea could take place as early as the end of February.
“The German Navy is ready,” said Kaack in the online Bundeswehr format “Inquired”.
A ship could “already be in the sea area” at this point.
Germany will take part in the EU mission “Aspides” with the frigate Hessen.
The ship is specially equipped and trained for such missions, said Kaak.
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The EU mission in the Red Sea should be carried out to protect merchant ships, reports the AFP.
Since the beginning of the war in Israel, rebels from the Houthi militia have repeatedly attacked civilian and military ships, endangering the route that is important for world trade.
Israel News: Three dead after Israeli airstrike in Syria
Update from February 2nd, 11:35 a.m
.: According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in London, three people are said to have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Syria.
The dead were members of pro-Iranian militias, reports the
dpa
.
Syria's state news agency (SANA) confirmed the attack.
Citing information from military circles, Syria fired a series of rockets against Israel in response.
Israel's attacks are said to have been carried out with warplanes and targeted farms belonging to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
This is the eighth time Israel has attacked the country.
Israel wants to prevent the military influence of Iran and Iran-affiliated militias.
Israel publishes Hamas casualty figures in the Gaza war
Update from February 2nd, 10:10 a.m
.: Since the beginning of the war between Israel and the terrorist Hamas, “10,000 terrorists” are said to have been killed, reports the
AFP
.
According to the Israeli Defense Ministry, another 10,000 Hamas members were injured.
“This war requires national resilience and resolve, and we must persevere until we complete our missions,” Israeli Defense Minister Joav Gallant said last Thursday.
The figures were released amid ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire between the warring parties.
During the negotiations, further Israeli military operations in the south and center of the Gaza Strip were reported by eyewitnesses.
The negotiations are intended to secure the release of further hostages from Hamas violence.
After initial reports that Hamas had responded positively to the proposals, the terrorist organization is now reporting that there is still no consensus.
Israel News: Houthi rebels attack merchant ship in Red Sea
Update from February 2nd, 6:55 a.m.:
According to their own statements, the Houthi rebels attacked a British merchant ship in the Red Sea.
The attacks will only be stopped when the aggression in Gaza ends and the siege there ends, a Houthi spokesman said.
A British naval organization had previously reported that there had been an explosion near the starboard side of a ship.
The ship and crew are safe and well.
Is Israel's army advancing into Gaza as far as Rafah?
First report from February 2nd:
The highly explosive situation in the Middle East threatens to worsen further.
According to the
Times of Israel
newspaper in Gaza, Israel is planning an army operation that is considered extremely sensitive in the southernmost part of the sealed-off coastal area.
The military will also reach and destroy the Hamas brigade in Rafah, the newspaper quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant as saying.
There are now said to be more than 1.3 million people in Rafah and the surrounding area.
That's more than half of the Gaza Strip's total population of around 2.2 million.
Palestinian civilians are seeking protection from the fighting there in extremely small spaces.
Almost four months after Hamas' terrorist attack on southern Israel, Israel's army has moved deep into the Gaza Strip to crush Hamas.
The southern end of the sealed-off coastal area, which borders Egypt with the divided city of Rafah and the border crossing of the same name, is so far out of reach of ground troops.
The US newspaper
Wall Street Journal
reported three weeks ago, citing unnamed Israeli and Egyptian sources, that Israeli officials had informed Egypt of a planned military operation along the Gaza side of the border.
US sanctions violent Jewish settlers in West Bank
The US government, meanwhile, has imposed sanctions on four Jewish settlers accused of taking part in violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
The US Treasury Department released the names of the four Israelis, who are also accused of intimidation and destruction of property.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed caution about the sanctions.
“Israel takes appropriate action against anyone who breaks the law anywhere,” Israeli media quoted him as saying.
Therefore, “exceptional measures are not necessary”.
The “absolute majority” of West Bank settlers are law-abiding citizens, many of whom served in the armed forces to defend Israel, Netanyahu said, according to his office.
(talk to agencies)