The genocide war waged by Israel on the besieged Gaza Strip entered its 273rd day, with Israeli occupation forces continuing to commit acts of mass slaughter in Gaza through dozens of air raids and artillery shelling against civilians.
The most prominent developments are as follows:
Intensive shelling in Rafah, Khan Younis, and Jabalia
The occupation continues its aggression on Gaza, as Palestinian sources reported the recovery of the bodies of 4 martyrs and a number of injuries as a result of the Israeli occupation forces shelling a house in Al Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City.
Occupation artillery also shelled areas east of Al Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City, amidst heavy gunfire from the occupation forces that destroyed several residential buildings in the neighborhood.
Rescue and ambulance crews also recovered the bodies of 5 martyrs after the occupation forces shelled their house on Old Gaza Street in the town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its crews transported the body of a martyr and three wounded individuals who were injured in an Israeli drone strike on Railway Street east of Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip to Kamal Adwan Hospital.
The organization added that its crews recovered the body of a martyr from the vicinity of Al Tahrir Station on Salah Al Din Street east of Rafah City in southern Gaza.
The occupation artillery shelled the Nasr area northeast of Rafah City, coinciding with an incursion by occupation vehicles into the areas of Abu Halawa and Abu Al Hussain, and the outskirts of the Nasr area east of the city.
The Red Crescent teams reported the martyrdom of a citizen in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the town of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Prominent Resistance Operations
The Palestinian resistance continues to confront Zionist forces in several axes in Gaza, as the Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced today, Friday, that its fighters managed to snipe an Israeli soldier in the vicinity of Tel Za'arab west of Rafah City in southern Gaza.
Al Qassam also stated that it targeted an Israeli tank of the "Merkava 4" type with a "Yassin 105" shell east of Al Nezzaz Street in Al Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.
The organization confirmed that it took down 10 Zionist soldiers in a complex operation east of Al Nezzaz Street in Al Shujaiya, yesterday, Thursday, pointing out that its fighters targeted a building where a Zionist force had taken cover with a "TBG" shell, then they advanced towards the targeted building and finished off the remaining force from point-blank range.
It added that as they withdrew, they detonated an explosive device inside the building, after which the helicopter intervened to evacuate the killed and injured soldiers.
Al Qassam also targeted an Israeli tank of the "Merkava 4" type with a "Yassin 105" shell in the middle of Baghdad Street in Al Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.
It also stated that it, in cooperation with the Salah Al Din Brigades, targeted the enemy's command and control center in the Nitsarim axis south of Gaza City with several short-range missiles.
A large number of Al Qassam fighters managed to raid the enemy's fortified command center southeast of Tel Al Sultan neighborhood in Rafah City with shells against fortifications, anti-personnel shells, sniper operations, and medium machine guns, resulting in several occupation soldiers being killed or wounded.
On the other hand, the Al Quds Brigades announced the shelling with mortar shells targeting the enemy's soldiers and vehicles in the Nitsarim axis south of Gaza City.
She confirmed that she targeted the Zionist enemy soldiers stationed at the Rafah crossing gate with a barrage of mortar shells. The Al-Qassam Brigades also announced shelling with a barrage of regular and heavy mortar shells at the Zionist enemy soldiers and vehicles entering the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.
"Hamas": Reject any Plans to Introduce Foreign Forces into Gaza
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) affirmed its rejection of any plans, projects, or proposals that seek to bypass Palestinian will regarding the future of the Gaza Strip. Hamas also rejected any statements or positions that support plans to bring foreign forces into the sector under any name or pretext.
The movement emphasized that the administration of the Gaza Strip after defeating this fascist aggression is a purely Palestinian issue, agreed upon by all Palestinian people. It stressed that the Palestinian people will not allow any guardianship or imposition of external solutions or equations that undermine its rights to attain freedom and determine its fate.
The movement called on all Arab and Islamic countries to pressure for a cessation of the Zionist genocide war against the Palestinian people and provide all means of support in their defense of their presence on their land and fulfilling their obligations towards their people, land, and the Islamic and Christian sanctities that the criminal settler gangs are corrupting.
"Mossad" Chiefs in Doha
The Hebrew broadcast authority reported that the Chief of the Israeli "Mossad", David Barnea, traveled to the capital city of Doha today, Friday, for meetings with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani regarding a prisoner exchange agreement and ceasefire in Gaza.
Barnea left without the rest of the negotiation team, which consists of the head of the General Security Service (Shin Bet), Ronen Bar, and the Reserve General Nitzan Alon, responsible for the issue of hostages and missing persons in the occupation army.
Pressure on Netanyahu to Accept the Deal
The "Wall Street Journal" reported that the Israeli security apparatus is pressuring the government to reach an agreement due to changes in the calculations of the battles. The security apparatus realizes that the gains of continuing the fight are very slim and may even be negative.
Ben Gvir Threatens Netanyahu
The "Al Jazeera" quoted the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth as saying that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with toppling the government if decisions were made unilaterally in the exchange deal issue.
