The British Foreign Secretary has called for an immediate return to the ceasefire in Gaza. There is no place for Hamas in the future of Gaza and we support the Palestinian Authority. The minister called for an immediate release of prisoners and called on the parties to move forward with the second phase of negotiations for the ceasefire in Gaza. Even from the European summit, Union leaders are calling for progress towards the second phase of the Gaza Agreement.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry in a statement said that the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed with the Egyptian Foreign Minister the efforts to resume the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza. Kan Channel: “Egypt is working hard to persuade Hamas to accept Witkoff’s proposal to release some of the kidnapped people alive to stop the escalation, according to sources who attended Prime Minister Netanyahu’s discussion on the kidnapped people issue yesterday. The discussion also revealed that Hamas has not changed its position since Israel resumed its attacks.
Defense Minister Israel Katz: “Citizens of Gaza, this is the final warning. The first Sinwar destroyed Gaza, and the second Sinwar will destroy it completely,” Katz said, referring to the terror group’s slain leader Yahya Sinwar and his brother Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas military commander who is believed to be alive. “The air force strikes against Hamas terrorists were only the first step. Then it will be much more difficult and you will pay the full price,” he said. “The evacuation of the population from the combat zones will begin again soon,” Katz warned. Katz says that if the hostages are not released and Hamas is not withdrawn from Gaza, “Israel will act with unprecedented force.” “Listen to the advice of the president of the United States. Bring back the hostages and remove Hamas, it will open up other options, including going elsewhere in the world to those who want to,” he says. “The alternative is absolute destruction,” Katz adds.
On March 20, the military spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, responded to Minister Katz, reiterating that they want to move to phase two but that following the attacks together with the Houthis they will return fire against Israel and called to arms anyone who believes in the cause of Gaza: “Today, Yemen’s missiles crossed with those of Gaza in the sky of Tel Aviv, confirming that Gaza is not alone and that behind it there are free men of the nation who will not hand it over to its arrogant enemies. We call on all free people of our nation to engage in the battle to defend Al-Aqsa and complete the path of support and support for Gaza. To break the power of the criminal Zionist enemy and force it to stop its aggression.”
The families of Israeli prisoners are angry at the decision to postpone the security council and the “cabinet” of the mini-political council to discuss the exchange agreement, and they asked Netanyahu and the council first, but have not received any response. The situation deteriorated on the afternoon of March 20 between families of prisoners and protesters on one side and the Israeli police on the other, who repressed demonstrators in Jerusalem who were in the square against Netanyahu and the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet. The Israeli police attacked the head of the “Democrats” party, Yair Golan, during the anti-Netanyahu government demonstrations. The Prime Minister will not be present at the presidency of today’s government session, which will vote on the resignation of the head of the Shin Bet, due to a conflict of interest against the backdrop of the ongoing investigations into the employees of his office.
And now a look at the military scenarios updated at 15:30 on March 20.
The US military has released footage of the destruction of a Houthi UAV in the sky above the Red Sea and again CENTCOM has released footage of the attack on Houthi-controlled territories.
Ansarallah shot down an American MQ-9 “Reaper” drone over Damar governorate. This is the sixteenth time that a US drone has been shot down by Yemen’s armed forces since the start of hostilities. The Houthis say they fired a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport (with a Palestine 2), in addition to targeting the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier for the fifth time. The Houthi statement reads: “The Armed Forces have intensified their attacks on enemy warships in the Red Sea, including the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman an and its affiliated warships. This operation was conducted by the missile force, naval forces and the air force, using a variety of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones.” The Israeli Air Force said it will participate with the United States in military operations to bomb the Houthis in Yemen.
IDF forces destroyed a Russian military post in the Golan Heights in southern Syria. Gunfire and grenades fired from the Qusayr countryside in Syria targeted the border town of Hosh Al-Sayyid Ali during the funeral of a martyr.
CCTV footage shows Syrian army fighters looting homes of Lebanese residents after entering the town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali. Local authorities in the town had previously said that the Syrians had destroyed property, stolen cars and goods and burned many homes.
Late on March 19, the Lebanese and Syrian armies withdrew from the villages of al-Hawsh based to an agreement that the area of al-Hawsh would be free of military forces, while the Syrian army would redeploy to the outskirts of the city. This is a withdrawal from the Lebanese and Syrian sides of the cities, which will allow the local Lebanese to return to their homes on the Syrian side. And so, blood was shed aimlessly in a pointless clash that resulted in the death and injury of countless others for 3 thieves who stole sheep.
On March 20, the IDF detected 3 rockets coming from the southern Gaza Strip and intercepted one missile while two landed in open areas. Air traffic suspended at Ben Gurion International Airport due to rocket fire from Gaza. The Houthis fired next. Urgent explosions in Bani Barak and Tel Aviv. Sirens in action in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Al-Qassam Brigades Announce Bombing of “Tel Aviv” with a Missile a rocket-propelled “M90” missile, in response to the massacres against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Several civilian aircraft circled in the airspace and were not given permission to land at Ben Gurion International Airport. The IDF confirmed a number of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Tel Aviv.
In Gaza, the Israeli 252nd Division launched an offensive in northern Gaza along the al-Rashid Highway, on the coast of the Gaza Strip, to the southern suburb of Beit Lahia. Meanwhile, the Israeli 16th Division continues to control the Netzarim Corridor to the Salah al-Deen Highway.
In the IDF attacks in Gaza, 110 people were killed on March 20 alone, bringing the total number of deaths to nearly a thousand in less than 5 days. In the morning, the army incursion, which returned to Netzarim, turned north from Beit Lahia and re-occupied Rafah within a few hours.
Starting at 12:00 Italian time, IDF forces began ground operations along the coastal axis in the Beit Lahia area north of Gaza. The IDF in a statement: “We attacked with the Shin Bet a Hamas infrastructure for launching Hamas anti-armor projectiles in Beit Lahia”
Channel 15 claims that: “Most of the IDF operations so far have been carried out on the beach of Beit Lahia”. Other sources report: “Whoever is running the operation on the coast of Beit Lahia is a secret member of the 188th Brigade, and attacked 40 targets for Hamas during the night”.
Forced evacuations continue in southern Gaza: “The Israeli army issues urgent evacuation orders for residents of the areas of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Warplanes bombed east of Khan Yunis, hitting an entire residential area in Wadi Saber in Absan, east of Khan Yunis.
IDF tanks hit a car in the city of Tulkarem, north of the West Bank. Arrests recorded in Hebron. The Jenin Camp Media Committee: “The scenario of home demolitions looms once again over the city of Jenin, after the government approved the demolition of over 60 new homes in the Jenin camp, amid successive raids and unprecedented military reinforcements. In light of this escalation, people are living in a state of tension and fear, with the increasing risk of displacement and the worsening humanitarian crisis, while calls continue to stop these violations without any deterrent.”
Antonio Albanese e Graziella Giangiulio
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