The Israeli aggression on Gaza proceeds for the day 103, amid more massacres and epic confrontations between resistance fighters and occupation forces. Meanwhile, Hamas resistance movement says it has imposed its conditions on the Zionist occupation regarding a Qatari-brokered deal to bring medicines and other aid into Gaza in exchange for the provision of medicine to Israeli captives held in the enclave.
Both Israeli and Arabic media reports said on Wednesday that two Qatari military aircraft containing medication for the hostages in Gaza arrives in el-Arish in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
The consignment will then be transferred into the Gaza Strip. Qatar announced yesterday that it had successfully mediated an agreement between Israel and Hamas to deliver the medication.
For his part, senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk said that the Palestinian resistance group has imposed its conditions on the occupation entity, as he provided more details on the deal.
تقدّم الصليب الأحمر بطلب تقديم الدواء لأسرى الحرب عند حماس، وكانت 140 صنفًا، فوضعنا عدّة شروط:
– مقابل كل علبة دواء، ألف لأبناء شعبنا.
– توفير الدواء عبر دولة نثق فيها.
– يضع الصليب الأحمر الدواء في أربع مستشفيات تغطي جميع مناطق قطاع غزة، -بما فيها أدوية الأسرى-.
– إدخال مزيد من…— د. موسى أبو مرزوق (@drmousamarzouq) January 17, 2024
For each box of medicine provided to the captives, 1,000 boxes will be sent for use by Palestinian civilians, Abu Marzouk said in a post on X Platform.
“We’ve imposed several conditions:
- For each box of medicine provided to the captives, 1,000 boxes will be sent for use by our people
- Providing medicine will be through a country that we trust
- The Red Cross places medicine in four hospitals in areas across the Gaza Strip, including medicine for Israeli prisoners
- More aid and food to be brought into the strip
- The inspection of medicine shipments by the Israeli occupation army is not allowed.”
The Hamas official noted that Hamas insisted Qatar provide the medication and not France because of the European country’s support for the Zionist entity.
Abu Marzouk’s remarks were confirmed by Israeli media, as Ynet news site reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval that the shipment of medicine for Gaza civilians and hostages could enter the Strip without first being examined by the Israeli occupation.
Continuous Massacres
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation, as every day, renewed its barbaric raids on various areas of the Gaza Strip, continuing massacres against civilians by launching dozens of air strikes and fire belts that targeted populated areas.
In Khan Younis, the Israeli occupation heavily bombed and shelled several areas across the city overnight, levelling dozens of homes and killing dozens of Palestinians.
The occupation army damaged the Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals in Khan Younis, as its forces desecrated the city’s Namsawi (Austrian) Cemetery and stole corpses before withdrawing from the area.
Day 103 | After a night of intense shelling and violent attempts to put Nasser Hospital under siege, the Israeli occupation desecrated a cemetery in Khan-Younis and stole corpses before withdrawing from the area.
Khan-Younis continues to be subjected to heavy aerial shelling. pic.twitter.com/WEpYYque6I
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 17, 2024
Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced that at least 24,285 people have been martyred and over 61,154 have been wounded since the start of the aggression on the besieged enclave on October 7.
Heroic Confrontations
Meanwhile, the resistance fighters kept up their epic attacks against the occupation forces who have been for long weeks trying to advance and secure military achievements in Gaza.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters managed to damage a Merkava tank and bulldozer in Khan Younis, employing Yassine-105 shell.
The resistance group’s fighters engaged in fierce clashes with an Israeli infantry force in Khan Younis, employing anti-personnel projectile.
Elsewhere in Jabalia, in northern Gaza Strip, Al-Qassam fighters targeted an Israeli troop carrier with Yassine-105 shell.
Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement which announces that Al-Qassam fighters destroyed 6 Zionist tanks of the Merkava type and an armored personnel carrier.
Additionally, a joint mission with Al-Quds Brigades resulted in the destruction of a Zionist bulldozer using an anti-tank explosive, the statement added.
Our fighters also sniped 4 Zionist soldiers holed up in a house, targeted a special force of 7 soldiers with a TBG shell, and neutralized them at point-blank range, according to the statement.
The statement noted that Al-Qassam fighters detonated an anti-personnel “Ra’diya” explosive device against another group taking refuge inside a mosque and eliminated them.
Our fighters also bombarded enemy concentrations in invasion axes with a large number of heavy caliber mortar shells, the statement concluded.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
