Israeli helicopters bombed areas north of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera, citing its own journalists on the ground. The attack took place inside the so-called yellow line that demarcates the area under Israeli army control. Furthermore, Arab newspapers reported that the Israeli army continued to attack locations called the yellow lines, in areas still under its control.
According to Al Jazeera, the IDF carried out several airstrikes: one east of Khan Yunis in the south, and another in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City. The situation, writes the Qatari television station, is becoming increasingly serious for families living near the yellow line. “We are just a few meters from the yellow line and the situation is getting worse, while the Israeli army continues to destroy residential buildings and spread panic with attacks in the area – wrote the reporter – In addition, winter conditions add further suffering to hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who are still living in fear and a deepening humanitarian crisis”.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross and Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades have continued operations to recover the body of a detainee in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. This is what Al Jazeera always reports. The operation, the newspaper underlined, took place in the context of ongoing fighting and severe destruction in the region, which has complicated recovery operations for months. The families, the Arab newspaper said, citing Israel’s Kan public television, were told that Hamas had not carried out search operations in the last two days because of the bad weather in Gaza.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on X that Israel would not accept the creation of a Palestinian state and that the Israel Defense Forces would maintain their presence in strategic areas in Gaza but also elsewhere. “Israel’s policy is clear: there will be no Palestinian state. The Israel Defense Forces will remain on Mount Hermon and in the security zone. Gaza will be demilitarized down to the last tunnel and Hamas will be disarmed in the yellow areas by the Israel Defense Forces” and, throughout the Gaza Strip, “by international forces or the IDF,” Katz said.
