The urgent negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza have reached a dead end after an Israeli delegation left Cairo and the Egyptian proposal was rejected. The Palestinian resistance rejected the Israeli proposal that envisaged the elimination of the Resistance leaders, also handing over their weapons in the absence of a vision for the end of the war. Israel rejected Hamas’s proposal for a humanitarian truce.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi said in a statement: “The Egyptian-Qatari joint operations room to monitor commitment to the terms of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza has recorded more than 900 Israeli violations of the agreement in the past 40 days, ‘Israel’ has violated the agreement and resumed aggression after stopping the introduction of humanitarian aid to the sector.” He also said: “Our priority is to stop the aggression, implement the exchange agreement and settle the Palestinian people on their land. Our efforts to stop illegal Israeli measures targeting the West Bank are not interrupted.”
The proposal by Hamas and the United States, at Egypt’s suggestion, called for the release of 5 Israeli hostages every week, on the condition that Israel would be obliged to enter the second phase of the agreement after the first week of the exchange.
On March 22, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul.
According to a US official interviewed by Fox News, the United States intends to support Israel to the end, destroying all its rivals, be they Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah or others. The United States will do everything to make Israel the only secure power in the region, and is now in the early stages of this process.
The Israeli government’s internal coalition is increasingly fragile, and with the dismissal of “Shin Bet” director Ronin Bar always in the headlines. Channel 12, citing sources, reported that Mossad chiefs and the IDF chief of staff had to physically intervene to prevent a clash between Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and National Security Minister Ben Gvir. Ben Gvir allegedly attacked the Shin Bet chief and appeared to be about to strangle him.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that since October 7, 2023, 1,850 Israelis have been killed and 14,000 soldiers have been injured. He called for a real investigation into the events. Lapid, attacks Gvir: “The criminal in charge of national security who dares to speak in this way about the Shin Bet, is proof of the loss of all controls in the government of Israel, in a healthy state, the prime minister would be on his side begging him to return to save his government.”
Binyamin Gantz said in a statement: “Israel is in danger because of internal division.” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi echoed his words, saying: “We are in an ongoing existential war, and its frequency has increased over the past year and a half.” Also on the subject of internal issues, the daily Haaretz: “Israeli army opens investigation with commander of 252nd division for targeting Turkish hospital in Gaza.”
Finance Minister Smotrich: “We have started with the normative steps to impose sovereignty over the West Bank.”
Salah al-Bardawil, a member of the Hamas politburo, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza region of Khan Yunis. He became the third member of the Politburo to be killed by Israel after renewed attacks on Gaza last week.
A Lebanese army source told Qatari daily Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed: “The army is increasing its presence in southern Lebanon, conducting patrols and investigating attacks from Lebanese territory, as well as from where the rockets were launched.”
President Aoun received the charge d’affaires at the Lebanese embassy in Syria, Talal Daher, and discussed with him Lebanese-Syrian relations and the working conditions of the Lebanese diplomatic mission in Syria. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam: “Israel” must withdraw completely from the south, and we are putting Arab and international pressure on this, and the state is solely responsible for liberating the lands from it.
Nawaf Salam also: “We warn of renewed military activity on Lebanon’s southern border that could drag the country into a new devastating war. I urge the UN to intensify international pressure on “Israel” to withdraw completely from the occupied Lebanese territory, its presence is a violation of UN resolution 1701 and the ceasefire agreements. We need all the necessary security and military measures to reaffirm that only the state has the authority over war and peace.”
And now a look at the military scenarios updated at 16:00 on March 24.
Walz, national security advisor to the president of the United States, “over the past week, the Houthi leadership in Yemen has killed its most experienced missile expert.” From Yemen they confirmed the death of a Houthi commander killed on March 23 in an ambush by tribal fighters in the province of Jawf was Ahmed al-Rizmi of the province of Saada.
Between March 20 and 24, the US Navy launched a new attack in Hodeidah, the province of Saada. According to the Al-Arabiya TV channel, the US military attacked weapons depots and launch sites for missiles and drones in the province of Hodeidah, Yemen and more attacks on Sanaa. On March 23, a building in a residential neighborhood in the Asr area of the Ma’in district in the capital Sanaa was targeted.
On March 22, the second American nuclear aircraft carrier, the CVN 70 Carl Vinson, entered the Red Sea. The Houthis have also made numerous launches since March 20 against Israeli targets: a ballistic missile was launched. According to the Al-Hadath newspaper: all Houthi leaders have disappeared after yesterday’s American attacks on the capital Sanaa. The Houthis have isolated the bombed area for more than six hours and have imposed strict security measures.
Syria is also under Israeli attack. On the 21st, the military air base of Tadmur in the southeast of Homs was attacked. So far, there have been six attacks on the military airport of Palmyra, on the outskirts of Homs, in addition to the attack on the T4 airport. On March 22, Al Jazeera reported: Israel strikes the village of Najaha south of Damascus, targeting military installations and officers’ homes. On March 23, an Israeli airstrike targeted the outskirts of the border town of Al-Qasr. The same town that has seen clashes with Syrian militants.
Israeli forces on March 23 conducted clearing operations and are establishing a new military base in the Tulul al-Humur region of the occupied Syrian province of Quneitra. Israeli airstrikes destroyed a Sukhoi 24 during an operation against Syrian military sites in the Homs countryside.
On March 24, an Israeli strike targeted a military site east of Al-Sanamayn in the Daraa countryside, coinciding with a heavy overflight by Israeli aircraft.
Russian troops began deploying to towns surrounding the Khmeimim air base in Latakia, on the Syrian coast, on March 24. This is the first deployment of Russian troops on Syrian soil, outside of two bases, since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Russian troops have taken control of al-Qubaysiya, Bakhdarmo and Khirbet al-Ashar. The purpose of the deployment is apparently to strengthen the base’s security and relieve pressure on the more than 7,000 Alawites who have taken refuge inside the base.
Numerous Israeli attacks were recorded in southern Lebanon over the weekend. An airstrike targeted the Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali area in Hermel. Lebanese Army: “The army has closed six illegal crossings at Mashari’ al-Qaa, Hosh al-Sayyid Ali and Qubash–Hermel as part of efforts to curb infiltration and smuggling along the northern and eastern borders.”
On March 21, Israelis opened fire on a citizen’s car on the internal road between Kfar Kila and Adaisseh. He was transferred to the Rescue Hospital in Nabatieh for treatment. IDF forces in Tal al-Hamamas fired machine gun fire toward the vicinity of the hill. (Al-Manar) On March 22, IDF Spokesperson’s morning: “The IDF is currently attacking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in response to the early morning attacks.” Israeli strike on the Lebanese city of Tyre kills at least 10.
On March 22, Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Yohmor al-Shaqif and the outskirts between Houla and Marjayoun, accompanied by heavy ground fire. The IDF conducted heavy machine gun fire from al-Hamamiss Hill towards the outskirts of Khiam and the Khiam plain in southern Lebanon. Israeli air strikes resumed on Iqlim al-Tuffah in southern Lebanon. The death toll from Israeli strikes in Tulin in the south rose to two martyrs and nine wounded.
On March 23, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon included: Israeli drone strike on building in Shiheen Square, Tyre district. Artillery and air strike on Al-Labouneh between Alma Al-Shaab and Naqoura in southern Lebanon. An Israeli force, supported by tanks and bulldozers, in Wadi Qatmoun, has installed earth barriers. On the evening of the 23rd, the Lebanese army issued a statement: “The pace of Israeli attacks on Lebanon has increased under various pretexts since yesterday and continues today. We are monitoring developments in coordination with UNIFIL and the relevant parties to contain the evolution of the situation on the southern border.”
On March 24, Hermes 450 drones flew over the South and Beirut. Israeli helicopters flew over the airspace of Shebaa Farms and the heights of Mount Hermon.
A red alert was issued in central and southern Israel on March 21 after yet another long-range ballistic missile launch by the Houthis in Yemen. Israeli forces fired interceptor missiles at rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon and its surroundings. Also on March 22, Israeli intelligence issues an official warning about rocket fire from Yemen.
On March 23, a missile was intercepted by Israeli air defense. On March 24, Islamic Jihad claims an attack in Haifa, which was carried out by one of the group’s members. According to the police, the attack occurred in Yuknene, by an Arab. One dead and one wounded.
Evacuation of wounded Israeli soldiers in Gaza to Soroka hospital. The IDF has moved the 36th Division from the northern border with Lebanon to the border with the Gaza Strip. It joins the 252nd Reserve Division of the Israel Defense Forces conducting operations in the Gaza Strip.
The bombing of Gaza in the north, center and south continued throughout the weekend, on March 24 two Palestinian journalists were killed, one from Palestine Today and an al Jazeera correspondent. Killed in northern Gaza. In his latest post, journalist Hossam Shabat mourns his colleague, journalist Mohamed Mansour, who preceded him by about an hour. Half hit in Al-Jarn, north of Gaza.
On March 24, deaths recorded from an Israeli attack north of the new Nasrat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli shelling targeted a car in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli air strikes on Gaza City.
The southern Strip was also hit starting on the evening of March 23, the Ohali Hiriya neighborhood was hit among piles of garbage near the Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City. The Israel Defense Forces issued an “urgent” and immediate evacuation notice for Palestinians living in the Tel Sultan area, south of Rafah, in Gaza.
In a post on X, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichai Adrai, published a map of the area to be evacuated, saying that “the area where you are is considered a dangerous war zone” because the military is conducting operations there. Gazans were ordered to immediately travel on foot along the so-called Gush Katif road toward the al-Mawasi area on Gaza’s southern coast. “Vehicular traffic is prohibited,” Adrai said. He warned that remaining in Tel Sultan or traveling along other routes “puts your life and the lives of your families at risk.” “Leave the area immediately,” the message added.
The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed that Ismail Barhoum, Hamas’s successor as Gaza’s prime minister and minister of finance and institutions in the organization’s political bureau, “has been eliminated.”
Rafah Municipality: “Thousands of families are besieged in Tel Al-Sultan under bombardment, communications and services are cut off and the fate of the ambulance and civil defense teams is unknown 36 hours ago after losing contact with them while going to rescue the wounded. We call for immediate international intervention to rescue civilians and immediately open safe passages.” There are no reports of Red Cross personnel in the Khan Yunis area, southern Gaza Strip.
Two injured in Dura, south of Hebron by Israeli attack. One house taken. Suffocation wounds in Mughair village, northeast of Ramallah.
IDF recorded inside the corridors of Balata camp, east of Nablus. The Media Committee in Jenin camp claims that Israel has continued to attack the camp for 63 days. 300 apartments to be demolished soon. Over 21,000 displaced people, including children and women, are still in shelters, in the city of Jenin and in some villages in the governorate.
Al-Quds Brigades together with the Jenin Battalion claim attack with a pre-prepared high-explosive guided explosive device of the Sejil type with a military vehicle during the assault on Silat Al-Harithiya.
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