On the 105th day of the war on Gaza, it was announced Al-Qassam Brigades -The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation)- Carrying out operations against occupation soldiers and destroying a number of tanks in many areas in the north, center and south of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera’s correspondent confirmed that fierce clashes took place in the center of the Gaza Strip, with the continued Israeli bombing, which resulted in the deaths of martyrs in various areas of the Strip.
This comes as the Swiss Attorney General’s Office announced that the authorities had received a number of criminal complaints against Israeli President Isaac Herzog during his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos, accusing him of committing crimes against humanity.
Qassam operations
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they had killed Israeli soldiers and destroyed tanks, at a time when battles were raging in several areas in the Gaza Strip. Gaza.
In statements published successively on the Telegram application, the Al-Qassam Brigades said that its fighters sniped two Israeli soldiers with a “Ghoul” rifle east of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
It added that it destroyed 3 Israeli tanks Merkava With packages Showaz Also east of Khan Yunis.
In the same area, Al-Qassam fighters targeted another Merkava tank, with two soldiers next to it, with a shell Al-Yassin 105Which led to its destruction and death.
In the areas of clashes in Gaza City, the Phalange said that it targeted an Israeli force barricaded inside a building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, killing and wounding one of its members. It also targeted a building in which the occupation soldiers were barricaded in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, and opened fire on a soldier near him, wounding him directly.
In a separate operation, its fighters lured an Israeli force into a tunnel opening and blew it up on a number of soldiers, causing direct hits on them east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.
Its fighters also targeted a building in which Israeli special forces were holed up, clashed with them with machine guns, and targeted a tank with anti-tank missiles southwest of Gaza City.
In the center of the sector, Phalange fighters targeted a Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell, and sniped a soldier with a gun.Ghoul gunThey also bombed crowds of the occupation forces penetrating northeast of Bureij camp with mortar shells, according to what was stated in separate statements.
In the northern Gaza Strip, the military wing of Hamas confirmed that it targeted an Israeli force east of Jabalia and Fajr Shawaz package In another force, which resulted in its members being killed or wounded.
Proposals for an exchange deal
Regarding the prisoners’ issue, NBC quoted an American official as saying that new proposals were being presented regarding a deal to release Israeli detainees held by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza stripBut agreement is still far away.
NBC, quoting the American official, said that reaching a new agreement regarding the detained prisoners may take weeks because the two sides are completely far apart.
The official said that the latest proposals have the same features as the previous talks and will see the release of prisoners in exchange for stopping the fighting, but there is also a proposal to release all Israeli and American prisoners in exchange for stopping the fighting, with reservations about the prisoners who served in the Israeli army.
On the other hand, the French President said Emmanuel Macron His country is communicating with Qatar to work together to release the prisoners detained in Gaza.
Complaints against Herzog
The Swiss Attorney General’s Office announced on Friday that the authorities had received a number of criminal complaints against Israeli President Isaac Herzog during his participation in the World Economic Forum in DavosThe office told Al Jazeera that it is working to clarify its legal position in light of these complaints.
The office explained – in statements to Al Jazeera – that it is communicating with the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will issue a statement regarding the next step after considering the complaints against Herzog. The prosecution is seeking to examine the issue of the Israeli president’s immunity.
At the same time, a human rights legal group in Switzerland said that individuals had submitted reports against Herzog to the Swiss federal prosecution and the relevant authorities in the cities of Basel, Bern and Zurich.
The group confirmed that it is possible to lift immunity from such figures in certain circumstances, such as:Crimes against humanityconfirming that this case meets the conditions.
On the other hand, the Times of Israel quoted the Israeli President’s Office as saying that Herzog participated in the Davos Forum as scheduled.
Israeli media reports stated that Herzog’s office believes that the criminal complaints filed against him are a “propaganda move targeting Israel’s reputation.”
A martyr and raids in the West Bank
In the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian boy with American citizenship was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces near the city of Ramallah.
The Palestinian News Agency quoted medical sources as saying that the boy Tawfiq Ajaq (17 years old) was martyred after being hit in the head by live bullets fired by occupation soldiers in the Uyun Al-Haramiyah area near the town of Al-Mazraa Al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah (central West Bank).
Also near Ramallah, a young Palestinian man was injured by live bullets fired by the occupation forces in the town of Kafr Nimah. The Red Crescent said that the injured person was taken to the hospital.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed the villages of Budrus and Qibya, west of Ramallah, and conducted patrols in the two villages.
This included attacks on a number of Palestinians before those forces withdrew.
In the northern West Bank, a young Palestinian man was injured by occupation bullets near the southern checkpoint of the city of Qalqilya. Confrontations also broke out between Palestinians and the occupation forces near the northern checkpoint of the city, indicating that young men set fire to the gate of the separation wall.
In the Nablus area, Israeli army snipers took over houses in the village of Madama, according to local sources.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said today that the number of people arrested by the occupation in the West Bank since that date exceeded 6,000.
Meanwhile, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced today the end of the military operation in Tulkarm (north of the West Bank) after storming it for 45 hours with the participation of forces from the army, border guards, the Musta’ribin unit, and the General Security Service (Shin Bet).
The Israeli army said that it searched a thousand buildings and arrested more than 37 people during the operation that included the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.
Lebanese Front
On the Lebanese front, he announced Hizb allah Carrying out several operations against Israeli forces and sites, while Israel launched a series of air strikes on South Lebanon It announced the interception of a drone in the sky Acre.
Hezbollah said that it bombed with two Burkan missiles the vicinity of the Al-Samaqa and Ramtha sites in the occupied Shebaa Farms, and also bombed the vicinity of the Khirbet Maez base and an Israeli gathering in Jabal Nadhar.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that Israeli fighters targeted the vicinity of the towns of Ramia and Jabal Balat with 12 raids, and also launched 4 raids on the vicinity of the towns of Al-Adisa, Kafr Kila and Aitaroun.
The Israeli bombing also extended to the surroundings of the towns of Mays al-Jabal, Muhaibib, Blida, Khiam, Al-Adisa, Rashaya Al-Fakhar, and Al-Habbariyeh.
On the other hand, the Israeli army spokesman said that Iron Dome intercepted a drone from Lebanon that had violated Israeli airspace over the sea. Israeli media reported that air defenses responded to a target in the airspace of Acre.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Minister visited Yoav Galant Northern Front, and said that Israel does not seek escalation with Hezbollah, but is prepared to use force to return the Israelis to their homes if Hezbollah does not respect their right to live in those areas, as he put it.
At the same time, the American newspaper The Washington Post quoted Western and Lebanese officials as saying that Israel threatened to escalate its fight with Hezbollah if an agreement was not reached within weeks.
American bombing of Yemen
In Yemen, a channel affiliated with a group reported The Houthis That a city Hodeidah In the west of the country, it was subjected to a new American-British bombardment, after the group announced that it had targeted an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, and directly hit it.
An American official told Al Jazeera, “The United States launched strikes in self-defense against Houthi sites in Yemen.”
The Houthis announced – early today – that they had targeted an American ship in the Gulf of Aden “with appropriate naval missiles,” stressing that “the hit was direct.” But the US military said the missiles missed their target.
Demonstrations in Arab cities
On the Arab level, tens of thousands demonstrated to denounce the Israeli war on Gaza stripThey called for an end to the aggression and the entry of humanitarian aid. They also denounced American collusion with Israel.
A demonstration was attended by thousands of Yemenis in Sabeen Square in the capital, Sana’a, in rejection of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The demonstrators expressed their condemnation of the American and British attacks on the bases of the Ansar Allah group The Houthis In Yemen in recent days.
In Taiz, hundreds of Yemenis demonstrated to denounce the Israeli occupation massacres in the Gaza Strip.
In Jordan, hundreds of Jordanians took part in protest movements in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and in a number of the country’s governorates, in rejection of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
The Iraqi capital, Baghdad, witnessed a demonstration after Friday prayers, called for by the Iraqi Coalition to Support Gaza.
Thousands of Moroccans demonstrated in several cities in the Kingdom after Friday prayers for the 15th week, in solidarity with Palestine and the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to Israeli bombing for more than 3 months, leaving thousands of victims.
Among the cities that witnessed the protests were Chefchaouen, Tangier, Meknes (north), Agadir, Taroudant (centre), and Taza (east).