As of: March 27, 2024, 7:40 a.m
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Accusations of genocide against Israel.
Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock is calling for more help for the Gaza Strip.
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Genocide in the Gaza Strip?: UN special rapporteur sees “reasonable indications”
Hostages of the terrorist organization:
Over a hundred people are still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Planned ground offensive on Rafah:
Israel's allies criticize the Netanyahu government's planned actions.
The information processed here about the war in Israel and Israel's fight
against Hamas in the Gaza Strip comes from local and international media as well as news agencies.
Much of the information cannot be independently verified.
Update from March 27, 7:40 a.m.:
The Israeli army has confirmed the death of a high-ranking leader of the armed wing of the radical Islamic Hamas.
Marwan Issa, the “number two” of the Essedin al-Kassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli Air Force attack in the Gaza Strip two weeks ago, army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters.
The attack was carried out on the basis of information from the Israeli domestic secret service Shin Bet.
Issa was “one of the organizers of the massacre on October 7th,” Hagari continued.
He is the highest-ranking Hamas official killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli military has continued the bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
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Baerbock calls for more humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip
Update from March 26th, 5:45 p.m.:
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has spoken out in favor of a “massive” expansion of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.
The people in the Gaza Strip need all help “on the path to political renewal,” Baerbock said at a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday.
The deliveries will be made via the Israeli border crossing Kerem Shalom,
AFP
reported .
During a visit to the border crossing, Baerbock learned that “processing capacities could be significantly increased.”
However, there is currently a lack of trucks and drivers “to distribute the relief workers” in the Gaza Strip.
Together with Jordan, Germany now wants to expand capacities in a pilot project.
A German delegation is also scheduled to travel to Israel to “discuss questions of international humanitarian law.”
Together with her counterpart Katz, Baerbock also discussed prospects for a path “towards peace” and “guarantees” for Israel.
It should be ensured “that an October 7th can never happen again, so that Israel can finally live in security, so that Israelis and Palestinians can live in mutual security in a self-determined manner and how we can accompany them on this path.”
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UN special rapporteur sees “reasonable grounds” for acts of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip
Update from March 26, 10:10 a.m.:
The UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, says she sees “reasonable reasons” for assuming that Israel has carried out several acts of “genocide” in the war against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip has.
There is clear evidence that Israel has violated three of the five acts listed in the UN Genocide Convention, a report said on Monday (March 25).
“The overwhelming nature and scale of the Israeli attack on Gaza and the destructive living conditions it has caused reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group,” Albanese said in the report.
She also warned of “ethnic cleansing.”
Albanse is an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council but does not speak on behalf of the United Nations.
Israel strongly rejected the report, calling it a “continuation of a campaign aimed at undermining the very establishment of the Jewish state.”
Israel's war is directed against Hamas, not against Palestinian civilians.
Albanese’s allegations are “outrageous.”
Israel has repeatedly criticized Albanese and her mandate.
US rejects Rafah offensive
Update from March 26, 6:30 a.m.:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated to Israeli Defense Minister Joav Gallant the United States' concerns about a major Israeli ground offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Blinken emphasized that the US rejected a major ground offensive in Rafah, said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Monday (local time).
Such a move would “further jeopardize” the well-being of the more than 1.4 million Palestinian civilians seeking shelter there.
According to Miller, Blinken said there were alternatives to a major ground offensive.
These would both better ensure Israel's security and better protect the Palestinian civilian population.
Baerbock welcomes calls for a ceasefire
Update from March 25th, 9:34 p.m.:
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has welcomed the UN Security Council's call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The Green politician said on Monday on the sidelines of a visit to Jerusalem that she was “relieved that the resolution was passed because every day counts.”
This applies both to the starving people in Gaza and to the hostages still held captive by the Islamist Hamas.
Update from March 25, 4:54 p.m.:
As a result of the UN Security Council's call for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled the planned trip of an Israeli delegation to the USA.
The office of the head of government announced this on Monday.
The USA, which has veto rights in the Security Council, abstained from the vote and thus paved the way for calls for a ceasefire.
Update from March 25th, 3:45 p.m.:
Almost six months after the start of the war, the UN Security Council called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip for the first time.
The veto power USA abstained from the vote of the most powerful body in the United Nations on Monday, thereby enabling the adoption of the resolution, which is binding under international law.
War in Israel: Israeli army besieges two more hospitals in the Gaza Strip
Update from March 24th, 4:40 p.m.:
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Israeli armed forces have besieged two more hospitals in the south of the Palestinian territory a few days after the start of an operation in the largest clinic in the Gaza Strip.
Military vehicles approached Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals in the city of Khan Yunis while heavy bombardment and gunfire were heard in the area, the Red Crescent said on Sunday.
A volunteer at a hospital was killed by Israeli gunfire on Sunday morning.
According to the Red Crescent, messages delivered by drones demanded that everyone leave the Al-Amal clinic naked, while Israeli troops blocked the hospital's gates with earthen barriers.
“All of our teams are currently in extreme danger and unable to move,” the Red Crescent added.
Update from March 24th, 11:45 a.m.:
The Israeli army continued its operation in the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.
The military said on Sunday that “around 480 terrorists with ties to the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad had been arrested there.”
In addition, “weapons and terrorist infrastructure” were found in the largest clinic in the Palestinian territory.
Since the operation began a week ago, the military says it has killed dozens of terrorists in the area of the hospital.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
War in Israel: New initiative for hostage exchange
First report:
Gaza/Tel Aviv – A new exchange of Hamas hostages and Palestinian prisoners may be imminent in the war in Israel.
According to media reports, this was the result of an initiative by the US mediation team in the negotiations between delegations from the Netanyahu government in Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.
After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Israel accommodated the Islamists with regard to the number of Palestinian prisoners who should be released in exchange for hostages.
A response from Hamas to the proposal is expected in the next few days.
As the Israeli television station Channel 12 and the news portal
Walla.co.il
reported on Saturday (March 23), the current negotiations in Qatar are about the exchange of at least 40 hostages from Hamas for Palestinian prisoners captured in Israel.
In total, there are said to be over a hundred people still in the hands of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Protests in Israel: People accuse Netanyahu of political calculations
The Netanyahu government is currently being criticized repeatedly, especially by the relatives of these people, and is accused of putting the lives of the hostages at risk for the sake of its own political survival.
The German Press Agency reported on a recent demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening.
In addition to blocking a main street in the Israeli metropolis, protesters also called for the resignation of the Netanyahu government and new elections.
Israel's role remains controversial among the country's political allies, some of whom are now refusing to support Israel given the humanitarian situation of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
The USA, one of Israel's most important allies, also criticized Netanyahu's plan to put further pressure on Hamas with a ground offensive on the city of Rafah.
Around 1.5 million people currently live in the city - already under catastrophic conditions and on a comparable area to cities like Recklinghausen or Aschaffenburg.
Dispute over Rafah offensive: USA wants to propose alternative military options for action
The Israeli government has been talking about the planned ground offensive in Rafah for several weeks, but despite Netanyahu's repeated approval, military preparations for it are progressing slowly.
Not only are military experts discussing the chances of actually achieving the planned goal in this offensive and destroying the last four Hamas battalions, but also the feasibility of Israel's plans to bring the civilian population who have fled here from large parts of the Gaza Strip to "safety". bring to.
In a planned visit by a delegation led by Israel's Defense Minister Joav Galant, the Netanyahu government's plans will be discussed on Sunday.
According to agency reports, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin intends to present alternative military options to the Israeli delegation.
There are fears that a major military offensive could result in a lot of bloodshed.
Criticism of Israel: Action endangers the lives of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip
Israel's role in providing humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip is also criticized from many sides.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the blockade of aid supplies at the border crossing between Israel and Egypt as a “moral disgrace” after a visit on Saturday.
In general, aid organizations accuse Israel of delaying the formal procedures when checking delivery vehicles.
Israel rejects the allegations and complains that the aid organizations are distributing the goods inefficiently.
The war was triggered by a brutal Hamas attack on Israel last October, in which over 1,100 people were murdered and 239 others were taken hostage.
During ceasefires in November and December, 110 hostages were exchanged for Palestinians captured by Israel.
At the beginning of February it became known that at least 31 of the Hamas hostages were no longer alive.
(saka with dpa)