The Israeli army is getting closer to one of its objectives. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, Wednesday evening, December 6, that Israeli forces “surrounded the house of [Yahya] Sinwar”, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, located in the south of the territory, in Khan Younes. The leader of the Islamist movement in Gaza, considered the architect of the October 7 attack, “hides underground”, in Hamas tunnels, according to an army spokesperson. Follow our live stream.
Strike against journalists described as “war crime”. The NGOs Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are calling for an investigation into “war crime” regarding an Israeli army strike in southern Lebanon on October 13. She killed a journalist from the Reuters news agency and injured six other reporters.
Israel will authorize the delivery of a “minimum fuel surcharge” in the Gaza Strip. A decision “necessary to avoid a humanitarian collapse and the emergence of epidemics in the south of the Gaza Strip”, announced the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the night of Wednesday December 6 to Thursday December 7. Fuel is essential to operate health and communications infrastructure.
Fighting continues in Khan Yunis and throughout the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claimed to have “pierced the defensive lines” of Hamas, “eliminated a number of terrorists” and destroyed approximately “30 tunnel entrances”, Wednesday. She also announced that she had found “a very important arms depot (…) at the heart of the civilian population”seeing a “additional evidence” of Hamas’ use of Gaza residents as “human shields”.
UN chief warns of “total collapse of public order soon” in Gaza. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used Article 99 of the United Nations Charter on Wednesday to warn the Security Council that “the constant bombings of the Israeli armed forces” could make “even limited humanitarian aid is impossible”, and called for a ceasefire. A request which constitutes “support for the terrorist organization Hamas”replied the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs.