Author: Steven Sahiounie

Apart from that, the US along with Qatar call on Israel to look at possible extension of the four-day pause if Hamas agrees to release more than 50 hostages NEW YORK, November 23. /TASS/. The United States demands that Israel enhance security of Gaza residents during the four-day ceasefire, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the US wants Israel to establish safe zones and increase supplies of fuel and medicine to Gaza. Apart from that, the US along with Qatar call on Israel to look at possible extension of the four-day pause if Hamas agrees to release…

According to sources, the agreement cannot be implemented for at least the next 24 hours because neither Qatar nor Hamas has signed the final version of the agreement TEL AVIV, November 23. /TASS/. The radical Palestinian movement Hamas has decided to make last-minute changes to the agreement with Israel, which is the reason for the delay in the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages, Israel’s state-run Kan radio said, citing a source. According to the source, David Barnea, head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, traveled to Qatar on Wednesday, where he was informed that Hamas wanted…

“I think everybody understands that in order to prevent a second October 7, in order to prevent another terror attack from Gaza, we have to make sure we take out all of Hamas capabilities,” Jonathan Conricus noted TEL AVIV, November 23. /TASS/. The Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) has destroyed up to 12 battalions of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas during the fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, reserve IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said. “We’ve been making good, steady, methodical progress so far in northern Gaza. I think we’ve been engaged with and taken out of action between 11 to 12…

According to the media, several people are reported missing BEIRUT, November 23. /TASS/. The Israeli army hit residential buildings in the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, the Al Jazeera TV channel reported. According to its information, five buildings came under fire. At least 15 people were killed. Several people are reported missing. On November 22, the Palestinian movement Hamas announced that with the mediation efforts of Egypt and Qatar it had reached an agreement with Israel for a four-day humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. According to Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk, the ceasefire will take…

According to Israeli authorities, Hamas is holding a total of 240 to 250 hostages TEL AVIV, November 23. /TASS/. The release of hostages held by the radical Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip is a complex process that will take place in several stages, Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “This is a complex process that will take time and continue in several stages. Our guiding principle was and remains to update the families of the hostages first, and then update the public. The coming days will include moments of pain, and moments of joy, and may…

“As of the evening of November 22, as many as 82 compatriots and their families crossed the Rafah checkpoint,” the Russian emergencies ministry said MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. Eighty-two more Russian nationals and their family members have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip, the Russian emergencies ministry said. “As of the evening of November 22, as many as 82 compatriots and their families crossed the Rafah checkpoint,” it said, adding that now they are heading for Cairo, where the ministry organized a crisis management center. Source: Tass

According to Tel Aviv, more than 200 people are held by militants TEL AVIV, November 23. /TASS/. The release of part of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip will begin not earlier than Friday, November 24, Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said. Hanegbi said in a statement that contacts on the release of hostages continue non-stop and under the initial agreement the release of hostages will begin on Friday. After an hours-long special meeting on the night of November 22, Israel’s government approved a plan envisaging the return of at least 50 hostages from the Gaza Strip in…

The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has met with a delegation of senior officials with the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, as at least 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks overnight and this morning around hospitals and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met with prominent figures from the Gaza-based group, including Khalil al-Hayya and Osama Hamdan, in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network reported. During their meeting, Nasrallah and the Hamas officials reviewed the latest field developments following the large-scale and surprise attack, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa…

Syria’s two main airports are still shut a month after simultaneous Israeli strikes put them out of service — the longest such closure since the Syrian conflict began, a war monitor said Wednesday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported two Israeli strikes near the capital Damascus on Wednesday, targeting Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, a Damascus ally.Flights to and from Damascus and Aleppo airports have been suspended since the October 22 strikes damaged the runways.Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Observatory, said both airports “are closed” despite the completion of repairs.Syrian authorities did not respond to an AFP request…

The Russian diplomat urged for the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, calling for immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages, to be promptly implemented. During a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said that the only way to change the unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza is through the implementation of an immediate ceasefire instead of temporary pauses in fighting. “There’s no doubt that no humanitarian pause can change this unacceptable situation,” Nebenzia said. “An immediate ceasefire in the conflict zone is necessary. Only this will make it possible to avoid new…