Continuous Massacres in Northern and Central Gaza
Al-Qassam Brigade Ambushes Israeli Forces in Rafah
The Israeli extermination war on the besieged Gaza Strip entered its 288th day with the Zionist occupation forces continuing their genocide war in Gaza through dozens of air raids, artillery shelling, and bloody massacres against civilians.
25 Martyrs since Dawn Today
The occupation continues its aggression on Gaza, with Palestinian sources reporting that the ongoing Israeli shelling since Saturday morning on Gaza City and the northern and central areas of the Strip has led to the martyrdom of more than 25 citizens, most of them children.
4 Massacres in One Day
During the past 24 hours, the occupation forces committed 4 massacres, resulting in 37 martyrs and 54 wounded being admitted to hospitals, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The ministry stated that the number of casualties from the aggression has risen to 38,919 martyrs and 89,622 wounded since October 7th.
Rise in the Number of Martyred Journalists
The Gaza Government Media Office announced an increase in the number of martyred journalists to 161 reporters since the start of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza, following the death of journalist Mohammed Abu Jaser.
Resistance Operations
The Palestinian resistance continues to confront the Israeli forces in multiple areas of Gaza, with the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announcing on Saturday that they successfully lured a group of Israeli soldiers into a pre-prepared tunnel and detonated it, causing casualties in the Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern part of the Strip.
They also reported that their fighters, along with the Al-Quds Brigades, targeted an Israeli "Merkava 4" tank with a "Yassin 105" shell in the Shabora camp in Rafah.
Additionally, they launched a rocket attack from southern Lebanon on the command headquarters of the "Brigade 300 - Shomera" in the western sector of the Upper Galilee in northern occupied Palestine in response to Israeli massacres against civilians in Gaza.
"Saraya al-Quds" said: they targeted the "Nachal Oz" site with a number of heavy caliber mortar shells.
"Hamas": Israeli Shelling Continues as a Practical Response to the International Court of Justice's Opinion
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) affirmed that the continued intense Israeli shelling and the campaign of extermination against the Palestinian people and civilians in various parts of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of martyrs in the past 24 hours, most of whom were children and women. The recent of these crimes was the martyrdom of journalist Mohammed Abu Jasser, his wife, and children, as a practical response to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which recognized the illegitimacy of the occupation and the right of our people to self-determination.
In a statement on Saturday, the movement called on the United Nations to immediately act to stop the series of terrorism and Zionist crimes that are taking place with direct support from the American administration. They also called for the occupation to be bound by international decisions calling for an end to aggression, the siege, and the Nazi policy of starvation.
Sanders: Netanyahu is a war criminal
American Senator Bernie Sanders described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war criminal".
Sanders said in an interview with MSNBC, according to Al Jazeera's website: Gaza is experiencing a terrible humanitarian catastrophe, and he will not attend Netanyahu's scheduled speech before Congress this week.
The American senator added that he will not attend Netanyahu's speech because "he is a war criminal, and he should not have been invited in the first place. This is a real problem facing the Biden administration, but Trump would have had an even worse stance towards it."
He pointed out that what "Israel" is currently doing in its military campaign led by the extremist right-wing Netanyahu government is appalling, calling on Washington to do everything in its power to end the war and provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza, which is experiencing a terrible humanitarian catastrophe.
