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Israel warns the Egyptian army against any military move to repel it after monitoring Yahya Al-Sinwar’s headquarters in Sinai and intervenes militarily.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper, which said that Israel informed Egypt directly and through the Americans of its suspicions that arms smuggling operations from Egyptian territory to the Gaza Strip through its territory are still continuing and that the Israeli army no longer trusts anyone, and that it is forced to work to ensure that there are no tunnels extending from Gaza Strip towards Egypt. The report stated that there are fears that the Hamas leadership will transfer the abductees to areas outside the Gaza Strip through tunnels. The sources revealed to the newspaper that special forces of the Israeli army are carrying out extensive intelligence activities in the Sinai Desert, Sudan and Libya, based on estimates that the leadership of Hamas could move from the kidnappers to Egypt and from there to other regions such as Lebanon and Iran. While the official broadcaster Kan reported that after an Israeli request, the United States was working before Egypt to prevent the smuggling of kidnapped persons from the Gaza Strip, concerns in the Israeli security apparatus were actually raised within the security establishment weeks ago. To confront this phenomenon, the forces supervise the exit route from the tunnels. Kan also reported yesterday that the Israeli army is monitoring the tunnels around the Philadelphia axis, on the Egyptian border and the Gaza Strip, to prevent Hamas leaders from escaping to Egypt or smuggling kidnapped persons.

On the other hand, an Israeli newspaper, quoting an Egyptian official, reported that an Israeli delegation had arrived in Cairo to conduct a new round of negotiations with Egypt regarding the exchange of hostages. The newspaper explained: “The Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo today to hold a new round of talks with Egypt about the possible exchange of Hamas hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.” The Axios portal reported that negotiations on the release of the hostages resumed earlier this week, after the Palestinian Hamas movement suspended them due to Israel’s assassination of the deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, Saleh Al-Arouri, in Beirut.

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Israeli police prevented the families of detained citizens in Gaza from carrying out their threat to close the Kerem Shalom crossing. The Hebrew newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" said: "The police stopped a convoy of cars belonging to the families of the kidnappers who intended to close the Kerem Shalom crossing as it is a closed military zone." She added, "The families of the kidnapped have threatened to close the crossing in protest against the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, while Hamas is detaining their relatives without medical assistance." For its part, Israeli Channel 12 quoted Ayala, the wife of 80-year-old detainee Yoram Metzger: “How long will he hold out? The average (detention period) in Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp) was 3-4 months.”

Finally, tonight, the Israeli War Council is examining a new proposal from Qatar to resume prisoner and detainee exchange negotiations with Hamas, according to what the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said. The Commission explained that the details of the proposal, which it described as “very new,” include several items, the most important of which are the exit of Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip, the withdrawal of Israeli army forces from it, and the release of detainees in the Strip in batches.

She also indicated that the head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad), David Barnea, will submit a report to the war council on the latest developments related to the resumption of indirect negotiations with Hamas, as he is authorized to communicate with the mediators in the prisoner exchange file. For its part, Hamas said that the Qatari initiative announced was not real news, indicating that no initiatives are acceptable unless they are based on a complete cessation of the war on Gaza.

She said that the detainees in Gaza will not return alive unless Netanyahu responds to her conditions, which are a comprehensive and complete cessation of the war, welcoming any initiative or effort in support of ending the war on the Strip. In addition, the International Court of Justice called on the International Court of Justice not to yield to American pressure, and at the same time called on the American administration to stop its policy that obstructs efforts to end the war on Gaza. In turn, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken indicated that Hamas may currently be engaged in negotiations to resume the exchange of prisoners with Israel, he said.
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The end of the Israeli army is approaching as Netanyahu's trial in the International Court of Justice approaches at the request of South Africa

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the former head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad), Ephraim Halevy, who said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to subjugate the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and should leave now. Halevy confirmed in statements to the British newspaper The Times that the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, and Hamas fighters have not lost the will to fight, and that is why they refuse to negotiate.

He indicated that he believes Israel's losses are "painful," explaining that he was invited to meet with the current Mossad chief, David Barnea, several times. In a related context, Nahum Barnea, chief analyst for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, said that any statements from those responsible for the defeat of Hamas “do not reflect reality.” Barnea wrote, "For 3 months, we have been hearing news about the destruction, defeat, and elimination of Hamas, but unfortunately, they do not reflect reality." He considered that Netanyahu's decisions and policies had condemned Israel to an "endless war."

In his attempt to answer these questions, he pointed out that “getting out of this hole means “returning the kidnapped people (prisoners held by the resistance), restoring security and a sense of security to the residents of the south and north, releasing reserve soldiers to their homes and trying to end the war.” He called for postponing the reckoning with Hamas and stopping the war. To return the prisoners, because their death “will be an indelible stain on the conscience of Israeli society and its cohesion, and because we are not currently ready to open a front in the north (a war with Hezbollah), and because we depend on America, the reckoning with Hamas must be postponed.” According to the writer, Hamas’ condition is Stopping the war and releasing the Palestinian prisoners means the continuation of Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip, considering that for Israel this constitutes an “unspeakable and complete defeat.”

On the other hand, the Israeli army began investigating the explosion that occurred in a truck loaded with explosives in the middle of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death of 6 soldiers and the injury of 30 others, according to Hebrew media. 6 Israeli army soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, when a truck loaded with their explosives exploded in the Bureij camp (central), according to the army statement, while the Walla website reported that the number of people wounded as a result of the same explosion was 30 soldiers.

The truck exploded while soldiers were preparing to blow up a tunnel in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, yesterday, Monday. Israeli Army Radio said, “With regard to the disaster of detonating explosive materials in Bureij, the army is investigating whether Israeli tank fire was what caused the massive explosion.” For its part, the official broadcasting authority said that the army’s estimates indicate that the incident is related to the safety rules of the Israeli forces. She added that one of the possibilities that was also investigated was that a tank opened fire on a nearby building, which led to the ignition of explosives.
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa ordered the "neutralization" of criminal gangs, days after violence culminated in an attack on a public television station studio during a live broadcast.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hold its first session tomorrow, Thursday, to consider South Africa’s request to try Israel on charges of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel had agreed to appear before the court in order to refute what it described as ridiculous accusations that lacked any factual or legal basis, as it said; But the Hebrew press confirmed that there is a serious fear in the Israeli security institutions and the Public Prosecution Office that the International Court of Justice will charge Israel with genocide.
What did they say in Hebrew? South Africa's lawsuit in the International Court terrifies Israel
The International Court of Justice will hold its first session tomorrow to consider South Africa’s request

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The Houthis launch the largest and most massive attack on the American and British navies in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who the Pentagon announced was hospitalized last December with prostate cancer. Ministry spokesman General Patrick Ryder said that Austin underwent a medical procedure to treat prostate cancer on the 22nd of last month and was admitted to the hospital on the 1st of this month after complications following the medical procedure.

Ryder added that Minister Austin's release date from the hospital has not yet been determined. The US Secretary of Defense had left the intensive care unit on Monday, but was still under supervision at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, according to the Washington Post. US administration officials said that Austin, 70, was taken to the hospital by ambulance on January 1, while he was suffering from “severe pain” with undisclosed complications due to a medical procedure performed on December 22, which included an overnight stay in the hospital. .

Concealing Austin's health status for days constituted a violation of the protocol adopted in similar cases, especially at a time when Washington is facing several crises of a military nature, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war in the Gaza Strip between its ally, Israel, and the Hamas movement. Austin had acknowledged in a statement that he could have “acted better to ensure that Americans were properly informed,” adding: “I pledge to do better” than that. The Pentagon said in a statement Monday night that it remains unclear when the secretary will be released from the hospital, but officials intend to provide daily updates as long as Austin remains at Walter Reed. US Department of Defense spokesman Patrick Ryder said that Austin "still feels uncomfortable, but his prognosis is good," adding that the minister is "in good condition" and that he is "recovering well and in good spirits."

On the other hand, the Yemeni Ansar Allah group launched an attack in the Red Sea, which the United States and Britain admitted was the largest of its kind, in which the Houthis used drones and ballistic missiles. US Central Command announced that US and British forces shot down 18 OWA explosive drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-ship ballistic missile, through a joint effort of F/A-18 aircraft from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). , USS Graveley (DDG 107), USS Labone (DDG 58), USS Mason (DDG 87), and HMS Diamond (D34). He confirmed that this was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since November 19.

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said that the attack is the "largest" ever since the Houthis began the process of targeting ships related to Israel. He added on the "X" platform that the American and British forces "repelled the largest attack so far from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea." . For his part, a member of the Supreme Political Council of the Ansar Allah group, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, addressed the British, saying: “Your destroyer was made before the technological development that now strengthens the modern arsenal of the Yemeni armed forces.” He added in a post on “X”: “When it was made The destroyer: The Yemeni people at that time had Mozer rifles, the magazine of which could only hold one bullet and not automatic, and the British with this force occupied parts of Yemen.

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Blinken is trying to prevent the people of Gaza from creeping towards the Egyptian border, and America discovers a secret tunnel for the Jews under a temple in New York.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning is from the border city of Raf in the far south of the Gaza Strip, which is suffocating with displaced people who took refuge there to escape the Israeli bombing, which expanded from the north to the center to the south, pushing more than a million Gazans into the small city, in countless tents, turning it into a “forest of tents.” ». The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that nearly 90 percent of the population of Gaza were subjected to forced displacement and lack everything, half of them in Rafah, which created a complex reality there, making life more complicated, with endless fears that... The last trip will be to Egypt.
New York State Police reported the arrest of Jews after preventing them from filling a secret tunnel that was uncovered under their synagogue, in Brooklyn, in the US state of New York. The synagogue is one of the official headquarters of the Chabad movement, one of the largest Jewish organizations in the world.

Rafah is suffocating with people. I imagine if Israel decided to bomb here. What will happen?". The population of the city of Rafah, adjacent to the border with Egypt, is 300 thousand people, according to the latest official statistics from the city’s municipality, a number that makes Rafah in its normal state overcrowded even before the arrival of a million new displaced people, all of whom now live in an area of 55 square kilometers, according to statistics from the Relief and Works Agency. Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), government agencies. This reality makes the city of Rafah the largest center for sheltering displaced persons in the Gaza Strip. The displaced were forced to exploit all the open spaces in the city, especially near the border with Egypt, and lived in tents, which reinforced fears of another trip to Egypt. The Palestinian Authority accuses Israel of seeking to displace the population, a trend that Israel did not deny, but was announced by government ministers such as National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who called for the voluntary displacement of residents from Gaza. The Sinai Foundation for Human Rights had published pictures of the tents of displaced Palestinians on the outskirts of the new wall separating Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

In a parallel context, the Axios website said that Israel does not oppose the return of the Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip, but it will condition this with the liberation of hostages held by Hamas. The website wrote, citing two senior Israeli officials: “Israel is not fundamentally opposed to allowing the Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. Israeli officials will inform Secretary Anthony Blinken that the decision on such a step should be part of a new hostage deal.” According to one source, Israeli officials believe that the issue of the return of the Palestinians constitutes a dangerous pressure tool in the hands of Israel, and it is not prepared to abandon it without progress in negotiations to release the hostages held by Hamas.

The source added that the possibility of reaching a new deal will become clear within a few weeks. According to another Israeli official, the United States and Israel realize that the return of Gaza residents will take a long time due to the ongoing fighting and conditions there. Axios sources believe that Blinken will be informed during his visit to Israel that the Israeli side is ready to begin planning with the United States and the United Nations for the return of the Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip or to temporary shelters provided by international organizations.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his accompanying delegation met in Tel Aviv with the Israeli delegation headed by Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz. Blinken began his discussions in Israel with a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog this morning, where he indicated that he would inform Israeli officials of the opinions he heard from leaders of countries he visited during his tour regarding the situation in Gaza.
Blinken had said before his arrival that he would convey to Israeli officials what he heard from the leaders of the countries he visited, and that he would speak with Israeli leaders about the future direction of their military campaign in Gaza and about his vision for the future of the region and Israel.

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Netanyahu seeks help from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, ruler of the Emirates, in a strange call! Zabullah is a surprise to Israel

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting in France, where a new scandal shook the pillars of French society, adding something new to the fluctuating positions of the French government regarding the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Representative Thomas Portes of the “Proud France” party revealed the presence of 4,185 French-Israelis in the ranks of the occupation army. Although the enrollment of the French and dual nationals (French and Israeli) into the Israeli army has been a proven fact for several years, in the current war they constitute the second unit of foreign soldiers after the United States.

The inclusion of this number at this time prompted many politicians and human rights organizations to demand that they be brought to justice in France, on charges of committing war crimes against the Palestinian people. Based on an investigation conducted by the French “Europe 1” channel, Representative Portes published a press statement on Saturday, requesting that those involved in the war on the Gaza front be tried. The elected representative of the Seine-Saint-Denis region said, "Faced with this situation, and as a French parliamentarian, I cannot remain silent, and France cannot remain silent."

Indeed, the MP sent a letter to French Minister of Justice Eric Dupont-Moretti on Wednesday, requesting that he use his authority to open an investigation into the thousands of French people present on the front of the besieged Gaza Strip on behalf of the occupation army. Portes added in the text of the message that he published on his page on the “X” platform that “in the absence of a quick reaction from the keeper of the seals,” he reserves the right to submit a report to the Public Prosecutor in Paris via Article 40, and to challenge the government publicly during a future session, given For war crimes committed by the Israeli army, whether in Gaza or the West Bank.

In an interview with the Al Jazeera Net website, Jerome Le Gavere, a representative of the “Proud France” party, denounced the publication by Frenchmen in the ranks of the occupation army of pictures and video clips on social media platforms in which they proudly waved the bombs and missiles on which they had written their names, and he believes that this falls within the political battle that he is leading. His party inside France, for an immediate and complete ceasefire in Gaza.

The occupation army has been attracting volunteer recruits from all over the world for years, and summer camps and training courses for the French are organized inside military bases in Israel. Associations such as the Paris-based Morechet Association invite young people, including minors as young as 16 years old, to try this work for a period not exceeding 3 weeks, under the cover of the “Sar-El” program, which is an abbreviation for ( Sherout Le Israel) meaning "Service to Israel".

The Israeli army has received more than 40,000 French volunteers at its military bases since the program was established in France in 1983. Young people between the ages of 16 and 18 constitute two-thirds of the 1,000 French volunteers annually, while retirees make up the rest. The director of the Middle East and North Africa department at the AFDI human rights organization, lawyer Abdel Majeed Marari, stated, “These associations recruit young people at a very young age in exchange for sums of money, most of whom are children from charitable shelters, and are active under the cover of recreational camps in some Arab countries.” Also, especially in North Africa, but in France, these institutions operate in a broad and legal field.”

On the other hand, the episode shows an opinion article published by Haaretz newspaper by Israeli writer Zvi Barel, in which he says that Hezbollah aspires to obtain a deal demarcating the land borders between it and Israel by which it would regain the Shebaa Farms, which Israel has occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967, in exchange for not entering it. In a direct confrontation against the Zionist entity, an issue that the United States of America seeks to prevent with all force.
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American intelligence warns of the destruction of the Israeli army as a result of Netanyahu’s actions

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The episode focuses on an American intelligence assessment published by the Washington Post, which revealed concern in Washington about talk about the possibility of Israel expanding the war to Lebanon, indicating that achieving victory for Israel in this war will be “difficult.” The American newspaper "Washington Post" quoted the American intelligence assessment as a conclusion that there is "concern in Washington about Israel's talk about expanding the war to Lebanon."

The US intelligence assessment, issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), said: “It will be difficult for Israel to succeed in a war against Hezbollah amid the ongoing fighting in Gaza.” The newspaper added that American officials are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the expanded fighting in Lebanon as the key to his political survival, amid internal criticism of his government's failure to prevent a Hamas attack on October 7.

US President Joe Biden sent his senior aides to the Middle East to achieve a crucial goal, which is “preventing the outbreak of a comprehensive war between Israel and Hezbollah.” Israel has made clear that it considers the regular exchange of fire between its forces and Hezbollah along the border to be untenable, and that it may soon launch a major military operation in Lebanon. According to the newspaper, Hezbollah, which has well-trained fighters and tens of thousands of rockets and missiles, wants to avoid a major escalation, according to American officials, who say that the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is seeking to stay away from a broader war.

Since the Hamas attack in October, Israeli officials have discussed launching a pre-emptive attack on Hezbollah, US officials said. This prospect has faced persistent US opposition because of the possibility of drawing Iran, which supports both groups, and other proxy forces into the conflict — a possibility that could force the United States to respond militarily on behalf of Israel.

Officials fear that a large-scale conflict between Israel and Lebanon could surpass the bloodshed seen in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war due to Hezbollah's much larger arsenal of long-range and precision weapons. “The number of casualties in Lebanon may range between 300,000 and 500,000, which would necessitate a large-scale evacuation of the entire north of Israel,” said Bilal Saab, an expert on Lebanese affairs at the Middle East Institute, a think tank in Washington, according to the Washington Post. Hezbollah may strike Israel deeper than before, striking sensitive targets such as petrochemical plants and nuclear reactors, and Iran may activate militias throughout the region.

“I don’t think it will be limited to these two opponents,” he said. The threat of a broader conflict continued to grow on Saturday as Hezbollah fired about 40 rockets into Israel in retaliation for the suspected assassination of senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri and six others in an airstrike on the outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, days earlier. In recent weeks, regular shootings between Israel and Hezbollah along the border have become more aggressive, drawing particular criticism from Washington, US officials said. According to US intelligence reviewed by the newspaper, the Israeli army has struck US-funded and trained Lebanese Armed Forces positions more than 34 times since October 7, officials familiar with the matter said. According to the newspaper, the United States considers the Lebanese army the main defender of Lebanon’s sovereignty and a major counterweight to the influence of Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran.

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China ignites Israel's anger after the Israeli army discovered a treasure trove of Chinese weapons in Hamas weapons stores

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the British newspaper The Telegraph, which said that Israel is investigating how high-tech Chinese equipment reached the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, amid Tel Aviv’s fears of the possibility of Beijing’s direct “involvement.” The newspaper quoted an Israeli intelligence source as saying that the army found what it described as “huge quantities” of Chinese weapons in Gaza, and that the question is: Did these weapons come directly from China to Hamas? The source stated that the discovery was a big surprise to Israel, especially since relations with China were “very good” before the war on Gaza.

The Israeli source confirmed that China has changed its position towards Israel significantly and has now completely moved towards an anti-Semitic position, as he put it. One of the video clips recently published by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), included one of its snipers using a Chinese M99 Zhejiang rifle, which is a 12.7 mm anti-materiel weapon, and its projectile can penetrate armor and tanks, while It is 1.5 meters long, weighs 12 kilograms, and has a magazine capacity of 5 bullets. This weapon has appeared several times over the past years in military training and demonstrations in the Gaza Strip without the Al-Qassam Brigades officially revealing it or announcing that it targeted Israeli soldiers.

On the other hand, the Israeli army spokesman announced that the Israeli forces had completed the dismantling of the “military structure” of the Hamas movement in northern Gaza, and claimed that about 8,000 militants were killed in that area. Daniel Hagari pointed out that the complete elimination of Hamas will take a long time, so “the fighting will continue throughout 2024,” and said, “It is possible that there are terrorists operating without leaders in the northern Gaza Strip, and for this reason, rocket attacks on Israeli territory are still possible from these areas." Hagari pointed out that the central Gaza Strip is densely populated with Hamas fighters, and under Khan Yunis in the south of the Strip there is an underground city of branching tunnels.

For his part, European Union foreign policy official Josep Borrell stressed from Beirut on Saturday the need to avoid "dragging" Lebanon into a regional conflict, in light of the escalation on the border with Israel since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip. Borrell said in a joint press conference with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib, “It is absolutely necessary to avoid dragging Lebanon into a regional conflict,” while addressing the Israelis by saying, “No one will emerge victorious from a regional conflict.” The Lebanese-Israeli border witnesses a daily exchange of bombing between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, which has so far been largely limited to military targets and fighter movements.

Finally, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is on a new tour in the Middle East, said during a stop in Greece that he discussed the situation of Gaza in Turkey the day after the end of the war, stressing that Washington wants to “ensure that the conflict does not expand” in the region.

He said after his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Chania on the island of Crete, "We have to ensure that the conflict does not expand... One of the real fears is the border between Israel and Lebanon, and we want to do everything possible to ensure that the situation does not escalate." Meanwhile, an informed diplomatic source in Ankara reported that the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, discussed with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, during a meeting in Istanbul, the humanitarian tragedy occurring in Gaza, and Minister Fidan drew attention to the threat to the entire region from military actions. Increasing for Israel. He called for "an immediate ceasefire in order to ensure uninterrupted supplies of humanitarian aid to the region."

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America is considering breaking the alliance with Israel due to Netanyahu’s actions in Lebanon and Gaza.. Is it an expectation or a reality?

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The episode focuses on an analysis published by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal about the White House's need for a new strategy in the Middle East. The following is the text of the aforementioned article: “About two months after the Israeli ground campaign, all eyes are on the Gaza Strip, but despite this preoccupation, the divisions over Gaza indicate a disconnect between American policy and strategic reality, and the Middle East is heading towards a major war, which the United States needs.” It involves a strategy that goes far beyond Gaza.

Since the end of November, the Biden administration's approach to the Gaza war has been to issue general statements expressing dissatisfaction to the local public without taking political action. Washington and Tel Aviv differ in their visions of post-war Gaza, as the US administration sees the Palestinian Authority as the most governable partner there. But Israel cannot accept this, given the corruption, incompetence, and unpopularity of the Authority in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Palestinian Authority’s rule of Gaza will lead to a return to Hamas-style extremism, if not direct Hamas rule.

October 7 was the first step in a new phase of Iran's campaign against Israel and America. Iran is a revolutionary regime similar to Napoleonic France or the Soviet Union. Tehran's goal since 1979 has been to export the Islamic Revolution throughout the Middle East, but Israel's military power and US-Israeli relations are the main obstacle to this, as they are the only two actors that could seriously harm Iran. Tehran's strategy, which was formed by the commander of the Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated, is a broad campaign to control countries in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Iran has sponsored its agents in these countries with the aim of implementing security services and building an alliance called the Axis of Resistance, and despite The members of the Axis have diverse goals, but they are united in their hatred of Israel and the United States. The axis of resistance cannot defeat Israel by traditional methods. Rather, it must engage Israel in a war of attrition, which imposes great political, economic, and social costs on it. Success in this requires disrupting the American-Israeli alliance, since as long as Washington supports the survival of Tel Aviv, Israel will be strong. So much so that it is difficult to shake it.

Iran's actions in the war of attrition have accelerated since October 7, and Israel's mobilization and deployment of armored forces in the north has deterred direct Iranian intervention. However, Iran has deployed about 100,000 Iraqi fighters in Syria, mobilized Hezbollah, and placed more army elements. The Syrian regime cooperated in a state of preparedness for war. Regardless of what happens in Gaza, these threats remain. Hamas' role in the plan is clear: its control of Gaza was a useful pressure point against Israel, increasing the possibility of besieging Israel, but the real victory is in the West Bank, which is home to three million Palestinians and borders two million Palestinians in Jordan.

The weak Palestinian Authority lost control of many urban areas in the West Bank, and during the November prisoner exchange, Hamas organized marches throughout the West Bank, including the authority's stronghold of Ramallah. The expansion of the Iranian presence in Syria constitutes a constant threat to the West Bank, given the existence of back channels through which weapons and ammunition can be transported from Damascus via Jordan, and it is also possible that missile bombardment and a ground invasion by Hezbollah could occur.
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[color=#000000]Jeffrey Epstein Documents | Revealing the role of Israeli intelligence in trapping famous people in America, led by Trump[/color]

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This new episode of Samri Channel devotes its time to presenting documents related to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the American moneylender and sex offender who committed suicide in 2019. The secret documents of the late billionaire, which were revealed by the Federal Court in New York, occupied the American media, after they included the names of famous people. And politicians who may have been involved in sexual crimes with him.

The set of papers filed in the defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre in 2015 against Giuffre's partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, included references to Prince Andrew (Queen Elizabeth's third son), former US President Bill Clinton, and scientist Stephen Hawking, among other key figures. Among the most prominent names mentioned in the documents is former US President Donald Trump, as his name appeared at least four times in the unsealed documents.

Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, is said to have met Epstein on various occasions. The politician was allegedly a regular guest of the American billionaire at his home, and also flew on Epstein's plane. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in April of last year (2023), Barrack admitted that he met Epstein while he was in New York, and that Epstein “often brought in other interesting people, from art, culture, law, science or finance.” Or diplomacy or philanthropy.

But he insisted that Epstein never met girls, minors, or even adult women in an inappropriate context or behavior. The name of the late pop star Michael Jackson also appeared in the documents, where he met Epstein at his home in Palm Beach, in addition to the name of the well-known magician David Copperfield. "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey was also named, as were Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis and Cameron Diaz, but none of them were charged with wrongdoing.

In addition, the long list of names paints a disturbing picture of Epstein's double life as a brilliant financier who used his wealth and connections to harm dozens of young women, according to a report published by the New York Post. The 40 newly disclosed documents are part of a larger batch of about 250 documents expected to be released in the coming days, naming more than 170 people with ties to Epstein, including victims and former employees.

This revelation comes within the framework of a defamation lawsuit filed by American Virginia Jeffrey against Epstein and his former lover and partner, Gaylene Maxwell, who is the daughter of Robert Maxwell, owner of the British media empire. Maxwell, who holds British, French, and American nationalities and is considered one of the prominent faces of the celebrity community, was arrested in New York in December 2021 on charges of sexually trafficking minors on behalf of Epstein, and was sentenced in June 2022 to 20 years in prison. It is noteworthy that Epstein died in a New York prison in August of 2019, before he was tried on charges of sexually exploiting minors. He committed suicide as a result of “negligence” on the part of prison staff, according to what the US Department of Justice concluded in mid-2023.
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The scandal of Israel's collapse after the cabinet leaks and demands to isolate Netanyahu and his government as soon as possible

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning of the differences within the Israeli leadership over the plan for the day after the war in Gaza. A verbal altercation and shouting occurred between Israeli ministers and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevy, after the latter decided to form a committee to investigate the failures that occurred on October 7, when the Hamas movement attacked Israeli towns and military bases in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ministers attacked Halevy for forming this committee, which led to severe tension in a cabinet meeting held on Thursday evening, January 4. Among the selected members of the committee were figures such as Shaul Mofaz, who was a supporter of the “disengagement from the Gaza Strip” plan in 2005, which sparked controversy among ministers. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said on Friday, May 1, that “a serious verbal altercation took place between National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, and Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem on the one hand, and between Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the Minister in the Defense Ministerial Council, Benny Gantz.” Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, on the other hand.

The disagreements at the meeting escalated to the point that some senior officials in the security services left the session before its end. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supported the position of right-wing ministers and criticized Halevy, saying that ministers must sometimes be listened to, then he ended the session. For his part, opposition leader Yair Lapid tweeted on the “X” platform: “The leaks that came out of the cabinet last night are a disgrace and further evidence of the danger of this government.” Adding, "The State of Israel must change the government and its leader."

The Hebrew media quoted one of the ministers participating in the discussion as saying: “What happened was a disrespectful discussion, and some senior officials in the security services left the session before its end.” Netanyahu's government is being subjected to widespread criticism in Israeli circles, as a result of its failure to predict in advance the attack launched by Palestinian fighters on the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip on October 7.

On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant revealed Israel's plans for the next phase of its war in Gaza, and said that it intends to follow a new, more targeted approach in the northern part of the Strip, and to continue pursuing the leaders of the Hamas movement in the south. The announcement comes at a time when Israel continues to reduce the number of its forces in Gaza to allow thousands of reserve soldiers to return to their jobs after increasing international pressure to shift to less intense combat operations and more targeting Hamas without civilians.

Gallant's office said: "In the northern region of the Gaza Strip, we will shift to a new combat approach that is consistent with military achievements on the ground," in a statement that the office described as clarifying the guidelines that reflect the Minister of Defense's vision for the next stages of the war.

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The Houthis ignite the flames of regional war and America issues the order to attack them after targeting the US Navy

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning is with the American magazine Politico, which published a report in which it said that the war on Gaza may expand, and that the American administration is ready for it. Noting that this will leave President Joe Biden in the middle of a chaotic conflict in the Middle East, and in a year in which he faces difficulties for re-election. In the report prepared by Arin Banko, Lara Sigelman, and Alexander Ward, they said that officials in the Biden administration are studying plans to respond to what the expansion of the war in Gaza could mean for American interests. The magazine quoted four officials, one of whom was a prominent official, as describing internal dialogues about possible scenarios that might drag the United States into a new war in the Middle East. US forces are preparing plans to respond to the Houthis attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, according to three officials with direct knowledge of the discussions.

This includes direct strikes on the Houthis inside Yemen, an official said, an option that military planners had previously proposed. Meanwhile, an official said that US intelligence had made proposals on ways in which attacks on the United States from pro-Iranian armed groups in both Iraq and Syria could be predicted and prevented. However, intelligence officials have not noticed any signs of a significant increase in attacks, and they fear that the pace of violence may increase in the coming days. The magazine comments that this is an escalation that may result in President Biden's greater involvement in the Middle East, and during an election year, at a time when his campaign is trying to focus on domestic issues.

The magazine indicates that the chances of the conflict expanding are high after a series of confrontations in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran that took place in recent days. They have convinced some in the administration that the war in Gaza has officially expanded beyond the borders of the Strip, a scenario that the United States has tried to avoid over the past months.

The developments are considered dangerous not only for regional security, but also for Biden's re-election chances. The American President came to power pledging to end the wars and the chaotic exit from Afghanistan, thus ending 20 years of fighting there. Biden ends his first term in office mobilizing the West to defend Ukraine, and as a major aid and catalyst for Israel in its war against Hamas. Former President Donald Trump bragged that he was able to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a few hours.

He said that the United States must take its hands off the war between Israel and Hamas. “The president in power gets blamed for all the bad things, whether they are of his own doing or not,” said Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. “Trump’s campaign will be based on the message of ‘Remember the glory days,’ and he will argue that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine, Israel would not have launched an attack, and China would not have pressured Taiwan if he had been in power.”

Biden will respond: “Yes, it would happen, and none of it is my fault,” Logan says, adding: “Not a good topic for Biden, and until things get worse and American soldiers die, foreign policy will not be an important factor in this election.” But a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University in November showed that 84% of Americans were concerned about the United States being involved in a conflict in the Middle East in some way.
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Egypt withdraws Attempts to persuade Egypt to give up the Philadelphia Axis and Egypt resolves the matter by withdrawing from the negotiations

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, which quoted the British magazine The Economist, saying that Hezbollah ordered the withdrawal of its forces from the border with Israel to a depth of 2-3 kilometers, which Maariv considered a sign of a tactical retreat from Hezbollah that indicates the unwillingness of its leaders to enter into an open armed confrontation. With Israel. This comes at a time when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the US Department of Energy Envoy Amos Hochstein that Tel Aviv prefers political solutions with Hezbollah over military options, although Gallant stressed at the same time that the window for this political solution before Hezbollah is only short-term. .

In another context, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed to a delegation from the US Congress the importance of intensive work to avoid factors that expand the scope of the conflict in the region, warning of “dangerous consequences” for regional and international peace and security. A statement by the Egyptian presidency stated that Sisi stressed to the American delegation that “the only way to achieve sustainable security and stability in the region is a settlement based on justice, in a way that achieves true security for all the peoples of the region and defuses crises and wars at this level.”

The statement added that Sisi also stressed “the necessity of working seriously on a just and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue, through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in accordance with the approved terms of reference,” noting that “the current priority is to reach a ceasefire, protect civilians, and allow relief aid to enter in sufficient quantities to confront the situation.” "The humanitarian tragedy faced by the people of the Gaza Strip." The Egyptian President renewed "Egypt's complete rejection of attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause by displacing Palestinians from their lands."

Egypt and Qatar mediate between Hamas and Israel after the latter launched an intensive ground and air operation on the Gaza Strip following the movement’s surprise attack on Israeli towns on October 7. In a related context, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that the developments of recent weeks reveal the danger of the scenario of expanding the conflict in the region, especially with the increasing severity and intensity of skirmishes in the Lebanese arena and in Iraq and Syria. Abu Zeid added in a statement after a meeting between Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and members of the US Senate and House of Representatives in Cairo that the security of navigation in the Red Sea is necessary for the flow and safety of global trade movement.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman indicated that the Foreign Minister stressed during the meeting “the necessity of stopping the targeting of civilians and the violence of Israeli settlers, and the priority and inevitability of reaching an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire,” stressing “the need for influential international parties, especially the United States, to assume their responsibilities towards stopping Israeli violations.” in Gaza, calling them by their correct names, and holding the perpetrators accountable.” Shukri also stressed the need for humanitarian aid to be delivered in quantities that meet the needs of the residents of the Gaza Strip, expressing his aspiration for the full implementation of Security Council Resolution No. 2720 in a way that contributes to the urgent and sustainable delivery of aid to meet the humanitarian needs of the Strip. The Egyptian Foreign Minister stressed "Egypt's complete rejection of all forms of displacement of Palestinians, or the liquidation of the Palestinian cause," explaining that these "ideas cannot achieve stability in the region."

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Egypt gets involved in a regional war after America announced its withdrawal from the Gaza war and the failure of the Israeli army to achieve its goals

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New Al-Aqsa Flood presented by this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the coordinator of strategic communications at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, who said that the Hamas movement still possesses great capabilities inside Gaza, indicating that American officials “do not believe that military attacks will eliminate its ideology.” Kirby added in his speech: “From this standpoint, we must accept the idea that Hamas will remain.” He pointed out that the United States "continues to maintain its military presence in the Middle East, including the aircraft carrier Eisenhower, and some ships operating in the Red Sea with other countries."

He stated, "The United States does not seek any confrontation with any party in the Middle East, but we will continue to defend our interests, our allies, and our partners," adding: "We do not want the war between Israel and Hamas to expand in the region." A few days ago, Channel 12 political affairs analyst Amnon Abramovich said that if the United States had not helped Israel with weapons and ammunition and by sending messages to Iran and Hezbollah, we would have been “forced to fight with sticks and stones.” Earlier, Major General in the Israeli occupation reserve and former head of AMAN, Aharon Farkash, said, “Israel cannot continue and achieve its goals in Gaza without the military, political, and strategic support of the United States.”

The United States has continued to supply the occupying entity with ammunition and military weapons since the beginning of the war. Yesterday, Friday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken approved the sale of 155 mm artillery shells and related equipment to “Israel” without review by Congress, according to the US Department of Defense, “the Pentagon.”
Hours after Hassan Nasrallah's speech...Israel launches a raid on Lebanon, killing Hezbollah leader Hussein Yazbak, along with 3 of his companions.
Leader #Hussein_Yazbak and 3 others.. 4 were killed, including a #Hezbollah official, by Israeli bombing of a house in #Naqoura, south of #Lebanon

On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set three conditions for achieving peace in the Gaza Strip, one of which is “eradicating extremism” from all Palestinian society. According to the Wall Street Journal, Netanyahu set three conditions for achieving peace in the Gaza Strip: “eradicating extremism” from all Palestinian society, “destroying the Palestinian Hamas movement,” and “demilitarizing” the Gaza Strip. It should be noted that in order to “demilitarize” Gaza, it will be necessary to establish a temporary “security zone” along the perimeter of Gaza, as well as begin inspections on the border with Egypt to prevent the transfer of weapons to the Strip.

Earlier, Israeli media quoted Netanyahu as saying during a Likud Party session that he is pushing for voluntary migration of Gazans to other countries, and the Israeli Prime Minister confirmed that “work is underway to find countries that want to absorb Gazans as refugees.” Netanyahu stressed that the war in the Gaza Strip will take a long time and is not approaching an imminent end. He said: “We will not stop, and we will continue fighting and deepen the fighting in the coming days. It will be a long fight and will not come close to ending. We need patience, cohesion, unity and steadfastness in this crisis.” the mission".

The New York Times reported that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei instructed Iranian military commanders to exercise “strategic patience.”
And avoid bringing Iran into a direct military confrontation with the United States.
On the other hand, the US administration denied responsibility for the two bombings that struck Kerman Province in southern Iran, stressing that the attack bore the hallmarks of ISIS.

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Egypt raises prices terrifyingly after a strong jump in the dollar against the pound and Israeli intervention to strangle the Egyptian economy

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New Egyptian economy presented by this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the press conference held by Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, regarding increases in the prices of services and goods in Egypt since the beginning of the new year 2024, where he said that the Egyptian state bears annual support for 5 sectors, with a total of 342 billion pounds annually. He added: Every morning, starting at dawn and before we go to work; Thousands of warehouses work to bake 275 million loaves of loaves daily, meaning 100 billion loaves of loaves per year.” Madbouly added: “Until 2021, the cost of support was less than 50 billion pounds; Today, because we have not increased the price of living, the cost of bread is 91 billion pounds.” The Prime Minister stated that in 2021, “we have ended subsidies for petroleum products. Today, Egypt consumes 18 billion liters of diesel, and the state subsidizes each liter with 5 pounds, meaning 90 billion pounds...supply and support.” “The food supply is 36 billion pounds, and as for the stove, Egypt consumes 280 million tubes annually, and the actual cost is 200 pounds. We sell them for 75 pounds, meaning 35 billion pounds annually.”

Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, discussed everything related to the electricity file, saying: “I will talk specifically about electricity; every citizen is charged for a kilowatt-hour, and the cost of a kilowatt to the state amounts to 177 piasters. Before that, the number was much lower..


All segments today are paying less than their cost to the state.” Madbouly added: “I asked the Minister of Electricity to set scenarios for the increase, how to move, and how to overcome the crisis, and a violent scenario was set; To reduce support in two years, the other alternative is to spread the problem over 5 years. In order to reduce the cost to the citizen.” The Prime Minister continued: “The first tranche, from zero to 50 kilowatts, was charged at 48 piasters; increased it to 58 piastres; That means 10 piasters... and so on. The third tranche increased by less than 10 piasters. These tranches increased from the beginning of the month; It represents 65% of the Egyptian people.” Madbouly noted that the result of the increase we announced “will shrink from 90 billion to 75 billion pounds, and we decided to spread the issue over 5 years.”

Madbouly added: “Today, the latest figures for electricity losses or support reached 90 billion pounds this year alone. When I sum up what I said, that means support is 342 billion pounds. Two years ago, it was less than 100 billion pounds.” Madbouly explained: “I am trying to put the picture in front of the citizen. This is the Egyptian people’s money. We go into debt and charge the budget. Two years ago we were taking loans for less than 10%, today it exceeds 25%.. All of these are burdens that cannot be continued, so we endured the period.” In the past, while we were making decisions, we said that the last postponement would be at the end of 2023.” The Prime Minister continued: "It is impossible for any country or budget to continue increasing debt and leverage, and the gap in support, which was one of our most important gains."

In another context, International Monetary Fund data revealed that Egypt will pay the Fund $261 million this January, as part of $6.7 billion in debts that it must pay to the international institution during 2024. Egypt paid about $564 million to the Fund this December, bringing the total amount paid to about 3.764 billion dollars, and Egypt’s debt to the Fund increased during the Corona pandemic after it obtained an aid package approaching 8 billion dollars, in addition to about 12 billion dollars, the value of its loan in 2016, through which it implemented the economic reform program. The Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgivia, said that they are seriously considering increasing the value of Egypt's loan, to help it overcome the challenges of the war in Palestine on tourism. Bloomberg reported that the value of the new loan may be $6 billion, while HSBC believes that increasing member states’ quotas by 50%, as recently approved by the Fund’s Executive Board, may add $8 billion to financing, which is what the investment bank agreed with. The American “Morgan Stanley” stated in a research report that Egypt’s repayment of part of the debts and increasing members’ shares guarantees an increase in the value of the financing program.

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Breaking Egypt's sovereignty Israel threatens to establish a buffer zone within the Egyptian borders and increases pressure on the Egyptian army

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This new episode of Samri Channel devotes its time to discussing the tension between the Egyptian and Israeli sides against the backdrop of Tel Aviv’s plans to take security control of the Philadelphia axis separating the eastern Egyptian border from the Gaza Strip.

The beginning began with former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who presented, through his account on the X website and under the title “The Next Day,” a proposal for Israel’s policy after the end of the Gaza War, in which he called on the Tel Aviv government to take security control of the northern Gaza Strip and establish a security strip one kilometer deep. At least, within the territory of the Gaza Strip, Israel also demanded the occupation of southern Lebanon and the stationing of the Israeli army on the Litani River. Lieberman was not satisfied with that, but called for the destruction of the Philadelphia axis on the border with Egypt, estimating a scenario in which about 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip might leave for Sinai, voluntarily, as he put it. He considered this a "necessary consequence in the wake of the war" on Gaza.

Lieberman said in his post, “Any settlement on the issue of the next day must include a clear message of not messing with us, directed to Hamas and Hezbollah,” noting that their loss of the lands they control is the heavy price they must pay. According to United Nations figures, 1.9 million people, representing 85% of the population of Gaza, were forced to flee due to the fighting, while the specter of famine looms over the Strip, which faces a growing humanitarian crisis in light of an applied Israeli siege. In recent days, with the intensification of operations in Khan Yunis (south of the Gaza Strip) and central Gaza, “at least 100,000 people” were displaced towards Rafah, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, citing estimates by “humanitarian actors on the ground.”

On the other hand, and on the Egyptian side, Representative Mustafa Bakri, a member of the House of Representatives, said that there must be a decisive response to the insolence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding his threat to occupy the Philadelphia Axis, indicating that this must be met with an official protest and a declared warning, because it represents a breakthrough. The peace agreement signed between the two countries. He added, in a tweet on his personal account on the “X” website, that this also represents an attack on Egyptian sovereignty, as well as suffocating Gaza, making it live in a large prison, and imposing a permanent siege on it whenever it wants, in addition to opening the way for the displacement of Palestinians to Sinai.

He continued, "A red eye and a show of force are required at this time. Silence will not be effective with them, and we are confident that the leadership and the army will not allow the enemy to implement his plans." Representative Mustafa Bakri had referred in a previous tweet to Netanyahu’s hint that “the Philadelphia axis area on the Egyptian border should be under Israeli control.” Bakri pointed out that this represents a blatant assault on the peace agreement between the two countries, sending a message to Netanyahu: “ Beware of approaching the Egyptian border. You do not know the strength of our army or the ability of our people.”

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#Gaza

An Iranian destroyer entered Bab al-Mandab after the Houthis targeted an American destroyer...and the fire of the Red Sea war ignited

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the American newspaper The New York Times, which said that the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden have become more intense in recent weeks, and the newspaper quoted private sources who described the conversation between the two leaders as “harsh and sharp.” After the Hamas attack, Biden insisted on arriving in Israel and told his administration officials who expressed their fears about traveling to a war zone - and the message that the trip would convey to the international arena: “I must see them face to face.”

Yemeni sources confirmed that the Houthis fired two cruise missiles at an American warship near the Yemeni island of Hanish, south of the Red Sea.
The sources said that Houthi boats fired shells from a long distance at the battleship without hitting it, and the attack did not develop into a direct clash.

However, later, after the unprecedented Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip and after pressure from his administration, Biden hardened his positions. In the weeks after the deadly attack, according to the report, Biden was briefed on what was happening in Israel and contacted Netanyahu frequently. In November, when he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he put his phone away. According to informed sources, the four hours during which the meeting took place was the longest period in those weeks during which he was not informed of what was happening in the Middle East. The most acute point of disagreement between the two leaders concerns the issue of the next day after the end of the war. According to the report, days after Biden spoke with Netanyahu about a scenario in which control of Gaza would return to the Palestinian Authority, Netanyahu published an article in the Wall Street Journal in which he described the idea as “delusional.”

Martin Indyk, who in the past served as an American ambassador to Israel, estimates that “Netanyahu’s opposition to the Americans is primarily a performative opposition,” and he continued, “He will eventually be forced to respond to Biden’s requests. As I know, he is currently working on trying to convince members of his coalition that he has not surrendered to the demands of the Americans.” .

In another context, Yemeni military sources reported that the Houthi group launched two ballistic missiles targeting an American battleship near Hanish Island in the southern Red Sea, without causing any damage to the battleship. The sources also confirmed that Houthi boats fired shells from a long distance at the barge without hitting it, denying that any armed clash had occurred between the two sides. On Monday evening, Israeli and Iranian media sources reported an attack launched by the Houthi militia on an American warship in the Red Sea, followed by violent clashes between the two sides. The Iranian Mehr News Agency quoted Yemeni sources as saying that violent clashes and explosions had occurred between Yemeni gunboats and an American warship in the Red Sea. The US Central Command, Centcom, did not issue any confirmation of the incident. The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority, which monitors shipping incidents, did not confirm any Houthi attack on the American battleship.

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Israel falls into the tunnel trap and cannot withdraw, and attacksHouthi group escalates dangerous attacks

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This episode of Samri Channel devotes its time to discussing developments in the Houthi-Israeli conflict in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.
Starting with the leader of the Houthi group, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, who threatened to target American warships if they attacked Yemen, warning against the “militarization of the Red Sea,” a day after the United States announced the launch of a multinational maritime security operation (Prosperity Guardian), to secure ships passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi said, in a television speech: “We will target any American targeting of our country, and we will make American battleships, interests, and navigation a target for our missiles, drones, and military operations.” Al-Houthi added: “Whoever moves with the American and involves himself in protecting Israeli ships knows that he is exclusively providing a service to Israel and harming international navigation,” calling on “the countries of the world to criticize the American and those who meddle with him from distant countries that come to threaten navigation and militarize the Red Sea.” The leader of the Houthi group, supported by Iran, called on the countries bordering the Red Sea "to take a clear position against the American position... and the intrusive aggression that is harmful to international navigation."

Many shipping companies stopped their flights through the Red Sea, after Houthi threats to target ships owned by Israel or heading to its ports. The group had previously seized the Galaxy Leader ship, of which Israeli businessman Avraham Rami Ungar is one of the owners. Other ships were attacked by Houthi missiles. Al-Houthi criticized "Arab countries that sought to intercept our missiles and marches," denouncing "the interception operations carried out by Arab countries. We were patient with that and did not target them, after they were involved in supporting the Zionist-Jewish enemy." He said that the Houthi firing of missiles towards Israel is a “legitimate position” in response to the ongoing war in Gaza.|

In a parallel context, the United States announced that it is working with partners and allies to form a naval coalition to protect commercial ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and that it is considering reclassifying the Yemeni group as a terrorist organization. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the Houthi attacks are not... Acceptable and must stop.

Kirby added in a press conference that the United States and its partners and allies are cooperating to confront these threats and protect ships, and that there are many countries ready to join the new maritime coalition. He pointed out that the United States is studying the possibility of reclassifying the Houthis as a terrorist organization, but has not yet taken a decision. Kirby explained that the Houthis mainly target commercial ships, and that no attack on military ships has been recorded so far.

He said that military commanders take the necessary measures to confront any potential danger when they detect the movement of missiles or drones. He pointed out that there are 14 Houthi drones whose targets he does not know, but he assumed that they are planning to launch new attacks on ships in the Red Sea. In a related context, the United States, the European Union, NATO and a number of countries, including Yemen, issued a joint statement in which they condemned “Houthi interference in navigational rights and freedoms,” and called on all countries not to support or facilitate the Houthis, and stressed that these attacks represent a danger to many people. Countries, especially those under whose flags these ships sail.

Finally, informed Egyptian sources revealed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that Cairo “does not intend to engage in any security or military alliance to confront the Houthis,” stressing that the Egyptian administration “adheres to its approach of not engaging in alliances, and to adopt a vision for resolving conflicts and crises through communication with its various parties.” ". An Egyptian source confirmed, in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that Cairo “is content, in this context, with its role in the Joint Force 153 concerned with security missions in the Red Sea, which it assumed command in December 2022, before leadership transferred to the United States in June.” "Last June."

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America defeats the Arabs and the Houthis in Bab al-Mandab without intervening militarily and begins the more powerful disarmament of the Gulf

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This episode of Samri Channel devotes its time to discussing the oil war between the OPEC+ bloc and the United States of America.
Oil prices stabilized in Asia after losing nearly 4% after rising Russian flows and American production led to increased concerns about excess supply. Brent crude, the global standard, was trading near $73 a barrel, while the price of its American counterpart, West Texas Intermediate, was around $68.

Russia's weekly average of seaborne crude oil exports jumped to the highest level since early July, while the United States raised its estimate for domestic crude production for this year. Reflecting the weakness, time differences indicate that supply exceeds demand. Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude futures are in a bearish “contango” state, with spot contracts trading at discounts to futures contracts, as the latest discounts on 12-month contracts were 8 cents per barrel in a “contango” state, and this is the first time it has dominated. Negative trend over this time period for approximately one year.

Crude oil has fallen by about a quarter since late September, with the latest OPEC+ plan to deepen production cuts failing to stem the decline, amid doubts that the coalition members will fully adhere to the voluntary cuts. In addition to the bearish outlook, Chinese crude oil consumption growth is expected to slow next year, and there is also the possibility that the United States could slide into recession. Vishnu Varathan, head of Asian economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank in Singapore, said that oil faces “a US-led rise in non-OPEC supplies and doubts about OPEC compliance, with some potential for a decline in demand.”

The Energy Information Administration stated in its monthly forecasts that US crude oil production in 2023 is expected to reach 12.93 million barrels per day, an increase of 300 thousand barrels per day from previous expectations. Separately, the American Petroleum Institute reported that oil inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, rose by 1.4 million barrels, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Russia had announced the extension of the voluntary reduction in their oil production until the end of the year, in continuation of their efforts to support black gold prices. The Saudi Ministry of Energy announced in a statement that the Kingdom “will extend the voluntary reduction of one million barrels per day, which began in July... for another three months, that is, until the end of December 2023.” The ministry indicated that the Kingdom's production during the last three months of the year "will be approximately 9 million barrels per day."

This is much less than its daily capacity of about 12 million barrels. In Moscow, Russia continued to reduce its oil exports by 300,000 barrels per day until the end of 2023. Moscow had previously announced in February to reduce its crude production by half a million barrels per day, which it confirmed on Tuesday. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on the Russian government's Telegram account, "Russia will extend the voluntary reduction...of oil shipments to global markets at a rate of 300,000 barrels per day until the end of December 2023." He added that this measure "aims to strengthen the preventive measures taken by the OPEC+ coalition countries to maintain the stability and balance of oil markets."

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Urgent | Shipping companies withdraw from the Suez Canal after the Egyptian border ignites, and America officially announces the attack on the Houthis

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the Israeli occupation army, which said that it “accidentally” killed three hostages in the Gaza Strip, because its soldiers believed that they posed a “threat” to them. The hostages are: Yotam Haim, (28) years old, Samer Talalqa, (22) years old, and Alon Shamrez, (26) years old. The army expressed its regret and said that the three were killed by Israeli soldiers' bullets during an operation in the Shujaiya neighborhood, north of Gaza. More than 100 hostages remain in Gaza, since the attacks of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Israeli cities in the Gaza Strip on October 7. The Israeli army said that it had opened an investigation into the incident, and that it expressed its “deep regret for this tragedy, and sent its sincere condolences to the families of the victims.”

He added: "Our national mission is to find missing hostages and return them to their country." Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Tel Aviv, after the incident was announced, and headed to a military base in the city, demanding that the government conclude an agreement to release the remaining hostages. The demonstrators carried candles and raised banners reading: “Return them to their families” and “Exchange the hostages now.” The bodies of the three hostages were returned to Israel, where tests were conducted on them to confirm their identity. Yotam Haim, who was kidnapped from Kfar Azza on October 7, was a musician, loved animals, and loved preparing Italian meals.

On the day of the Hamas fighters’ attack, Yotam spoke to his family on the phone and told them of a fire in his house, and when he opened the window to ventilate, he was kidnapped. His mother stated in an interview with the BBC that the family contacted him while he was in a hiding place in his home, and then contact with him was cut off. Alon Shamiz was also kidnapped from Kfar Azza, and his family finally allowed his name to be revealed, after they had previously refused to do so. As for Samer Talalqa, he is a Bedouin and was kidnapped in Kibbutz Niram.

On the other hand, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin began a tour in the Middle East that includes his visit to Israel, Bahrain, and Qatar. Austin wrote on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter: “He is heading to Israel, Bahrain, and Qatar to emphasize US commitments to strengthening regional security and stability, and to work with partners and allies to enhance defense capabilities.” Earlier, the Israeli occupation army announced that the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), Michael Corella, visited Israel on Friday, where he met with the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevy, and the Chief of General Staff provided an updated assessment of the situation, covering the development of the war and the Israeli army’s readiness in All Areas.

Finally, four of the five largest maritime shipping companies in the world announced that they would stop crossing the Red Sea as part of pressure on the United States and the West to take political action regarding the crisis, as insurance prices rose severalfold following the Yemeni attacks on ships heading to the Israeli enemy entity.
These companies are CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, and MSC, and together they represent 53% of global container trade, according to Economist magazine, in addition to these companies, Israeli companies such as Zim and Ray Shipping.
The Israeli website Globes said that shipping companies are pressuring America and the West to take action to resolve the crisis, while Maersk called for political action to resolve the crisis. At the same time, countries are putting pressure and mediation on Sanaa to stop its operations against ships heading to Israel, but Sanaa announced its adherence to the condition of lifting the blockade imposed by the Israeli enemy entity, with American support, on the Gaza Strip.

America is seeking to form a coalition to accompany ships in the Red Sea, but experts and private sources in Sanaa confirm that the matter will complicate the problem and may expand the scope of the war to what Washington cannot contain, and that the easiest thing is to move to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip.

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Israel asks Egypt for a buffer zone inside Sinai and begins bombing the Egyptian border, and the Houthis close the Suez Canal.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, which said that Israel is currently considering managing the “Philadelphia Axis” - the Salah al-Din Axis - adjacent to the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, adding that dealing with the Philadelphia Axis is a particularly complex issue. The Hebrew newspaper explained that, according to estimates, it appears that the war will enter a new phase after the end of the current intensive operation in Khan Yunis, the Shujaiya neighborhood, and the Jabalia camp, and perhaps also in the refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip. According to this assessment, the activity in the Palestinian city of Rafah, which is located on the border with Egypt and in the far south of the Strip, will take place differently, with fewer trees and more focus on local raids, after the end of the current activity in Khan Yunis. She continued: “In any scenario, the transition to the next stage will include a long, arduous fight, even if its characteristics are different compared to the ground maneuver that has been carried out so far... towards an increase in attacks, as the Internet is cut off in Gaza; eight Israeli fighters were seriously wounded in Shuja’iya and in this.” In context, dealing with the Philadelphia route is expected to be a particularly complex issue, because even the day after Israel wants to completely disavow responsibility for what is happening in the Gaza Strip, which means that all goods must continue to arrive via Egypt - even if it passes Some of them are inspections at the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israeli territory.” She added: "This issue must reach a creative political solution in the Israeli-American-Egyptian triangle. In addition to solving the problem of smuggling tunnels, the two parties will have to find an innovative solution to the issue of supervision of the Rafah crossing, the entry of goods, and an Israeli presence at the crossing." The newspaper explained that there is another important issue currently being discussed, which is the "security zone", or the security perimeter, which should be an important part of the day after the settlement in the Gaza Strip. She pointed out that "the area is about one kilometer from the borders of the Gaza Strip and is not under Israeli control, but it is necessary to provide protection for the residents of the south, and therefore there must be a full Israeli presence in that area adjacent to the Egyptian borders."
In another context, the newspaper "Israel Hayom" said that "there are acute fears in Egypt about the consequences of the Houthi attacks on Israeli ships in the Red Sea and their impact on maritime navigation through the Suez Canal." The newspaper added: “In Egypt, they are concerned about the increasing frequency of attacks in the Bab al-Mandab Strait,” noting that the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait threaten one of Egypt’s most important sources of national income. Major General Nasr Salem, advisor at the Egyptian Nasser Military Academy for Strategic Studies, ruled out, in exclusive statements to RT, that the Houthis’ threats and measures towards Israeli ships would cause navigation traffic in the Suez Canal, indicating that this matter will not affect navigation traffic in the Red Sea in general and the Suez Canal in particular. In particular, it targets Israeli ships only. He pointed out that "what the Houthis are doing, and what the region is witnessing in general, is primarily caused by the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, and its targeting of innocent people," noting that "Israeli pressure is what led to the explosion in the region, and this is what the state warned him about." "Egypt repeatedly said that the process would get out of control." He revealed the existence of three naval groups led by the United States to secure navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and Bab al-Mandab, and that more than 22 countries participate in these groups to secure navigation, and that “the region does not need new naval forces to secure the waterways.” He stressed that what is happening currently is a manifestation of being out of control, indicating that the Houthis will not target any other ships,

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The Houthis seize a new Israeli ship in Bab al-Mandab and the secret of Joe Biden’s betrayal of Netanyahu and his abandonment of Israel

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the American network CNN, which said in an analysis that there are unprecedented tensions between the White House and Netanyahu, amid Biden’s feeling of the political cost of standing by Israel. CNN added that Washington's global leadership is at risk of suffering a severe blow because of its support for Israel. CNN explained that the trip of Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Advisor, to Israel is an indication that Tel Aviv did not take into account Blinken’s warnings about protecting civilians. Earlier, US Congresswoman Cori Bush said that we cannot remain silent and must work to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza. In the same regard, Rashida Tlaib, a representative in the US Congress, announced: “We are tired of lying and sending our children to war, and it is important to raise our voices.” Rashida Tlaib, a representative in Congress, added during a conference on Thursday: “Biden claimed to be the president who most respects human dignity, but he does not respect the people in Gaza.” And our movement for a ceasefire in Gaza increases every day.” Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib sent a message to the administration of US President Joe Biden: “We demand a ceasefire in Gaza now. Stop this war in Gaza and stop funding war criminals and we will not be silent.”

US President Biden had said that the Israeli Prime Minister needed to change his tactics, but it was difficult under his hard-line government, noting that support for the Israeli military campaign was waning amid the heavy bombing of Gaza. Speaking to Democratic donors in Washington, Biden said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "difficult decision to make." “This is the most extreme government in the history of Israel,” Biden added, adding that the Israeli government “does not want a two-state solution.” Biden said that Israel has begun to lose support around the world, explaining: “I think (Netanyahu) has to change, and with this government, this government in Israel makes it very difficult for him to move.”

The remarks — delivered at an off-camera fundraiser, a setting where the president was freer than in his usual White House appearances — marked some of Biden's most forthright statements yet when it comes to his view on the ongoing war. Before the outbreak of war, Biden was vocal in his criticism of Netanyahu's ruling coalition, which includes far-right parties.

But he has mostly sided with Netanyahu publicly since the conflict began, despite growing criticism of the Israeli campaign. But now some disagreement is emerging between the United States and Israel as the civilian death toll in Gaza rises. In phone calls, Biden encouraged Netanyahu to do more to avoid civilian casualties, but senior administration officials said there was a "gap" between Israel's intentions and the facts on the ground. Speaking at a White House reception marking the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, Biden acknowledged that Israel was in a “difficult position,” following the October 7 Hamas attack and subsequent war in Gaza. He hinted at disagreements with Netanyahu amid the ongoing fighting.

In another context, a memorandum issued by the British maritime security company Ambrey said that a speedboat carrying armed men approached two ships that were sailing off the coast of the port of Hodeidah in the Red Sea in Yemen. The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority had previously said that it had received reports of an accident in the vicinity of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, without revealing further details. The Houthis intervened in the war between Israel and the Hamas movement, which is raging more than 1,620 kilometers away. They attacked ships in vital shipping lanes and launched drones and missiles towards Israel. They also targeted ships allegedly owned by Israeli businessmen or companies, or ships heading to ports in Israel. Its passage through the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea is obstructed. Embry said that a chemical tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands reported an “exchange of fire” with a speedboat 55 nautical miles off Hodeidah, adding that the boat approached the tanker and began firing at a distance of 300 meters.

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The Egyptian army is preparing for a possible strike on the Egyptian borders in preparation for the entry of the people of Gaza into Sinai, and Israel is begging for a truce.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning of the important tour that US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is currently making to the Middle East. Al-Abyad said in a statement that Sullivan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Kingdom to discuss a mechanism to achieve lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. They also discussed the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the efforts that must meet the relief needs there, including ways to increase... The flow of necessary aid to the besieged sector.

Among the files that worry the United States and were discussed with the Saudi Crown Prince are the Yemeni Houthi group’s attacks on commercial ships passing in the Red Sea, and its control of Bab al-Mandab, which puts the security of global trade at risk and threatens the safety of ship crews. According to the White House statement, Sullivan and Prince Mohammed bin Salman also discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, trade, space exploration, and advanced technologies, including open wireless communications networks.

American negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia were halted after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas in October, but all parties said they wanted to continue reviving efforts when the time was right. Sullivan will arrive in Israel on Thursday, December 14, to hold discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the Israeli Military Ministerial Council, about the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. According to John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, Sullivan will discuss with the Israelis the need to be more precise and specific in their attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. This means that the United States, a permanent ally of Israel, and its National Security Advisor will not address the UN calls for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza, but rather will discuss a military strategy to continue the bombing of the Strip. US President Joe Biden had warned that Israel was losing support due to its “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza and that Netanyahu should change his government, revealing a new rift in relations with the Israeli Prime Minister.

In another context, informed Egyptian sources told Sky News Arabia that Israel requested mediation from Cairo and Doha to conclude a prisoner and detainee exchange deal as part of a new humanitarian truce in Gaza. Hopes for a truce have become the subject of discussion in Palestinian and Israeli circles, but they have not yet matured, and therefore its features have not been clear. The sources explained that the Egyptian side has already engaged in new mediation with the Qatari and American sides to implement a new prisoner exchange deal soon between Hamas and Israel. The sources pointed to expected meetings between Israel, Egypt and Qatar, under American sponsorship, soon in this context. A humanitarian truce between Hamas and Israel that lasted for a week and ended on December 1 witnessed the release of 105 hostages from Gaza, including 80 Israelis, in exchange for Israel releasing 240 Palestinian prisoners. But efforts to extend the truce have faltered, and Israel says at least 137 detainees are believed to still be held by Hamas.

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Biden calls for the immediate removal of Netanyahu, and Israeli army soldiers fall into an elaborate ambush trap in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza.

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This new episode of Samri Channel devotes its time to discussing the presidential elections in Egypt, and their relationship to the situation in the Gaza Strip, which is experiencing a human tragedy, accompanied by a fierce war between the Hamas movement and the Israeli occupation army. “Samri” stresses the definite role of Egyptians’ fears of plans to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sinai, in their massive turnout at the ballot boxes to choose Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for a new presidential term, especially after Sisi repeatedly announced that the displacement of Palestinians to Sinai is... A red line for Egypt, which sees these projects as an Israeli attempt to liquidate the Palestinian issue forever.

In this context, Representative Tariq Al-Khouli, a member of the House of Representatives for the Coordination of Youth of Parties and Politicians, said that the Israeli occupation’s plan to displace Palestinians from their lands and resettle them in Sinai had an impact on Egyptians’ participation in the presidential elections and their massive turnout to vote. He added during an interview with DMC channel that the people gave a message that the Egyptians are one bloc in the face of these dangers and threats surrounding the state.

He spoke about holding presidential elections under full judicial supervision, saying that this matter is considered one of the fruits of the national dialogue, which he had recommended doing so in a manner that takes into account the highest interest of the state. He pointed out that the intense popular participation in the elections is the result of cumulative awareness and the experience that citizens have gone through over the past years, especially during the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. He noted that Egyptians have developed a state of awareness of the importance of participating in the presidential elections, given their deep understanding of the importance of this entitlement in achieving stability.

Regarding the same matter, the episode indicates a change in international positions towards Egypt as a result of the sensitivity of its position regarding the events in Gaza. Focusing on the position of the International Monetary Fund, which turned its pessimistic statements towards the Egyptian economy into optimism about a better future for the latter. The Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, even suggested that the size of the Fund’s loan to Egypt be increased, “due to the additional burden and the impact of the surrounding external events and crises.” Informed sources explained that Georgieva confirmed to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Hassan Abdullah, in a meeting between them on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit, which was held in Dubai, that the International Monetary Fund was keen to continue cooperation with Egypt, and to continue working on the joint program.

During the meeting, Georgieva stressed “the resilience of the Egyptian economy in the face of regional and global crises, and the Fund’s keenness to continue its distinguished cooperation relations with Egypt.” The sources revealed that the meeting “dealt with a review of the achievements made by the Egyptian economy despite regional and global challenges, as well as the state’s efforts to maximize the role of the private sector in development, and to continue promoting structural reforms related to financial and monetary policies.” She added that the Executive Director of the Fund praised the role of the Central Bank of Egypt in managing the monetary policy file during the current exceptional period. The International Monetary Fund approved a loan to Egypt worth $3 billion at the end of last year. A first payment of about $350 million was disbursed, and so far no agreement has been reached on the first review of the Fund for the rest of the payments to be disbursed.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

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The beginning is with an opinion article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz by writer and analyst Amos Harel, in which he said that the grand promises made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his army commanders about destroying the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza are an issue that cannot be achieved on the ground. This is what Harel attributes to fundamental shortcomings in the strategic planning of the Israeli forces active in the ground operation in Gaza, in addition to the lack of preparedness of reserve soldiers in the Israeli army. The Israeli newspaper Maariv had indicated in a lengthy analysis that the misleading Israeli narrative about the victory of the occupation army in Gaza had been cracked, after it was exposed and lost in the media war in front of public opinion. The Israeli newspaper asked about the last time the occupation army achieved a victory after the 1967 aggression.

She asked her readers a question, saying: “Have we thought about the possibility that our army is unable to win today? During the past years, the Israeli people used to accuse politicians of preventing the army from achieving the desired victory, but today the situation seems to be completely different.” She added: "The army has become unable to outperform the Hamas movement, which does not have an air force, tanks, ships, or an Iron Dome worth billions of dollars. Rather, all Hamas has is a group of drones."

The controversial article in "Maariv" is added to Western and even Hebrew media reports that refute Tel Aviv's allegations in general, including those in which it accused Hamas fighters of killing children and assaulting women during the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation. But 65 days after the Israeli ground and air attacks on Gaza, which according to international observers and politicians were devoid of any signs of military victory, the occupation army appears to be following another method to hide its repeated failures and convince the Israelis that it is achieving a field victory. By firing bullets at the walls of buildings whose residents were forcibly displaced from Gaza.

On the other hand, the episode provides new details about the oil tanker that the Houthis fired a cruise missile at as it entered Bab al-Mandab on its way to Israel. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation revealed that the Norwegian ship whose course in the Red Sea was intercepted by the Houthi group "was scheduled to arrive at the port of Ashdod, early next January."

The authority said: “The Norwegian ship Strinda, which was hit by a missile fired by the Houthis off the coast of Yemen, was supposed to enter the port of Ashdod on January 4.” The Hebrew newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" reported that the ship Astrinda was carrying chemicals and was heading to the port of Ashdod, "and was supposed to dock there on the fourth of January."

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in a statement: “The naval forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a qualitative military operation against the Norwegian ship Astrinda, which was loaded with oil and headed to the Israeli entity. It was targeted with a suitable naval missile.” He added that the Houthi forces "succeeded during the past two days in preventing the passage of several ships that responded to the warnings of the Yemeni naval forces, and did not resort to targeting the Norwegian ship loaded with oil until its crew rejected all warning calls." Saree pointed out that the Houthi operations come as "a victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people, who are currently being subjected to killing, destruction and siege in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the calls of the free people of our great Yemeni people and the people of our nation." He reiterated his assertion that "our forces continue to prevent all ships of all nationalities heading to Israeli ports from navigating in the Arab and Red Seas until they bring in what our steadfast brothers in the Gaza Strip need in terms of food and medicine."

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The Houthis target a Norwegian oil ship in Bab al-Mandab, and Israel requests the mediation of Egypt and Qatar to stop the Gaza war.

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the US Central Command, Centcom, which said that a missile fired by the Houthis hit an oil tanker flying the Norwegian flag while it was sailing off Yemen, noting that there were no immediate reports of casualties as a result of this strike, according to what Agence France-Presse reported. “Centcom” said in a post on the “X” platform that the oil tanker “Strinda” was hit by a winged missile launched from Yemen from an area controlled by the Houthis, noting that the ship reported “damage that caused a fire on board,” and confirmed that a destroyer A US Navy ship answered a distress call from the ship and provided it with a helping hand.

Winkel Chemical Tankers, the company that owns the Norwegian chemical tanker that was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen, told Reuters today that the tanker is now heading to a safe port. The head of the "Minkel" company explained that the crew of the tanker "Strenda" consisted of 22 people from India, and none of them were injured.

The Houthis announced today that they had carried out a military operation targeting the commercial tanker “Strinda”, which flies the Norwegian flag. The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in a statement broadcast on television that the group targeted the tanker with a naval missile after its crew refused to respond to warning calls. He added that the group "succeeded during the past two days in preventing the passage of several ships that responded to the warnings of the Yemeni naval forces, and did not resort to targeting the Norwegian ship loaded with oil except after its crew rejected all warning calls."

The group renewed its pledge that it will continue to prevent all ships of all nationalities from heading to Israeli ports “until they bring in the food and medicine people need in the Gaza Strip.” In turn, the British Navy's Maritime Trade Operations Authority said today that it had received a report stating that an entity identifying itself as the "Yemeni Navy" directed a ship to change its course to a Yemeni port. Yesterday, the authority said that it had received a report indicating that an attack had occurred targeting a ship near Bab al-Mandab, off the coast of Yemen, and that it had caught fire.

She added in a statement on the “X” platform that the authorities are investigating the attack that occurred in the Red Sea, and that all members of the ship’s crew are fine, calling on all ships in the region to be cautious and to inform them if any suspicious activity is detected, according to what was reported by the Arab World News Agency.
In another context, the exchange of rockets and missiles continued between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel, against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

A Sky News Arabia correspondent reported that missiles were launched from the western sector of southern Lebanon towards Israel, speaking of "sounds of interceptor missiles exploding in the air." On the other hand, the Israeli army said that “the artillery force responded to the sources of the launch of at least 6 rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel.”

The Israeli army announced a bombing from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Sunday night, and said in a statement that it “responded by targeting the source of the bombing.” The army added: “Earlier on Sunday, we bombed a terrorist cell belonging to Hezbollah.” Hezbollah entered the ongoing war. In the Gaza Strip shortly after its outbreak, where the Israeli army exchanged cross-border shells and missiles on a daily basis.

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The Egyptian army is preparing to launch a military strike against the Houthis after threatening to close Bab al-Mandab

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

Starting with the American newspaper The Washington Post, which quoted a White House official as saying that President Biden’s administration is seeking to expand Joint Task Force 153, led by Egypt, to confront Houthi threats to close Bab al-Mandab to navigation heading to and from Israel.

The newspaper indicated that the White House believes that this American step is a natural response after the Yemeni Houthi group launched missiles and drones towards many ships, and hijacked a ship in recent weeks. She added that it is still unclear whether the United States and its partners will be able to deter the Houthis or curb Israel's demands to take strong action against them, explaining that taking measures such as launching military strikes or classifying the Houthis as a "terrorist group" could complicate its efforts. The United Nations, the United States and others to end the Yemen war.
The Washington Post believes that the recent Houthi attacks highlighted the widespread anger throughout the Middle East regarding the Israeli attack on Gaza, pointing to statements by the head of the Israeli National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, in which he said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the Houthi threat with the US President. Joe Biden and the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain recently, and explained to them that “Israel will give the world time to organize itself in order to prevent this threat.”

Hanegbi added in an interview with Israeli Channel 12: “If no international organization intervenes in the matter, because what is happening represents a global problem, we will move to end this maritime closure,” but he did not respond to a question about whether he was referring to launching Military action. The newspaper quoted a senior official in the US administration, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that “the Biden administration’s plan is to expand the operations of (Joint Task Force 153),” which is a military unit whose work is focused on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and is part of Of the joint naval forces, which includes 39 member states, and is headquartered in Bahrain.

The Joint Task Force is led by a US Navy officer, but the leadership changes. It was previously supervised by an Egyptian commander, and the unit usually reports to the Commander of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper. An unidentified US defense official with knowledge of the matter said, “Many countries have an interest in preventing disruption to commercial shipping operations through this part of the world,” a point that administration officials emphasized to other countries during the talks.

The defense official described the efforts being made to expand the joint task force's operations as mostly "ambitious", but there is no clear timeline yet for it to begin its work on solving the problem, as allies and partners are working to evaluate how they will participate, but the senior American official doubted whether The order, saying that "talks are taking place actively."

The US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Khalid bin Salman, to “discuss Houthi threats to freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.” General Charles Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also held a similar conversation with His French counterpart, and then, on Saturday, a French ship shot down two drones allegedly launched from Yemen.

In another context, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Israel to make more efforts to protect Palestinian civilians in its war with the Palestinian Hamas movement, while Israeli tanks made their way into the main city in the southern Gaza Strip. Two days after the United States used its veto against a draft resolution in the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds, Blinken said that Israel must attach “importance” to protecting civilians in Gaza and ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches those in need. Blinken added in statements to CNN's "State of the Union" program, "The important thing is to ensure that military operations are developed in a way that ensures the protection of civilians."

He continued, "I believe that the intention is there. But the results do not always appear on their own." Among the steps that Blinken said the United States "does not see enough of" are "times, places and ways of deconfliction" that would allow humanitarian operations to deliver aid and help keep civilians out of harm's way.

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America shock Israel's defeat has become closer to reality after the military failure of the Israeli army in the Gaza war

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning of the continued criticism directed at the United States of America after it used its veto power against a draft ceasefire resolution inside the Gaza Strip that the Security Council discussed last Friday. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that what is currently happening in the Gaza Strip is like an unprecedented massacre. He also considered what was happening unjustified under any pretext of self-defense. Bin Farhan expressed his disagreement with the position of America, which used its veto power against the draft ceasefire resolution in Gaza, and said during an interview with “PBS NewsHour”: “Unfortunately, we see that ceasefire has become a bad word, and I cannot understand that.” He also pointed out that He expressed his disappointment that the Security Council was unable to take a firm position on the issue. These statements came after the United States, yesterday evening, Friday, aborted the hope of hundreds of thousands of displaced and wounded Palestinians, who had gathered in the southern besieged Gaza Strip to escape the violent Israeli bombardment, as a result of its use of its veto power. Against Article 99 of the United Nations Charter for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Since the outbreak of the war, the fighting has only stopped for a period of seven days, during which the exchange of prisoners and detainees and allowing the entry of some insufficient humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

On the other hand, writers Tony Carson and Daniel Levy concluded in their article that Israel is in the process of losing the battle it is leading against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, considering that Hamas, with its limited numbers and equipment, has become a rival to Tel Aviv. Carson and Levy pointed out in an article published by “The Nation” website that just thinking about this matter seems “a kind of absurdity,” especially since a group of irregular armed men, whose number does not exceed tens of thousands, are besieged and have little ability to... Having access to advanced weapons, they became a counterpart to one of the most powerful armies in the world, supported and armed by the United States of America. Despite all these qualities of the Israeli army, a growing number of strategic analysts in the military establishment warn that Israel may lose this war against the Palestinians, despite the catastrophic violence it has unleashed since the “Al-Aqsa Flood” attack on October 7th.

The authors' article pointed out that by provoking the Israeli attack, Hamas may be in the process of achieving many of its political goals. The article stated that both Israel and Hamas seem to be resetting the terms of their political competition not to the status quo that existed before October 7, but to the status quo that existed in 1948. It is not clear what will come next, but There will be a return to the previous situation. According to the article. The surprise attack neutralized Israeli military installations, broke down the gates of the world's largest open-air prison, and caused a horrific rampage in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed, at least 845 of whom were civilians.

The article published by The Nation added: “The shocking ease with which Hamas penetrated Israeli lines around the Gaza Strip reminded many of the Tet Offensive (in Vietnam) in 1968.” He added: “Not literally, as there are vast differences between the American war of intervention in a distant land and the Israeli war to defend its occupation at home, which is waged by an army of citizens driven by a sense of existential danger. Instead, the benefit of this analogy lies in the political logic that constitutes an attack.” "The rebels."

The article continued: “In 1968, the Vietnamese revolutionaries lost the battle and sacrificed much of the secret political and military infrastructure they had carefully built over years. However, the Tet Offensive was considered a key and defining moment in their defeat of the United States – even if at great cost.” In the souls of the Vietnamese. Hence the lament of the late Henry Kissinger in 1969: “We fought a military war, our opponents fought a political battle. We sought physical exhaustion. Our opponents aimed to exhaust us psychologically.

Finally, Israeli officer Eyal Meir Berkowitz was killed during the ongoing battles with the Palestinian resistance in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army reported on its website that 28-year-old Berkovitch from Jerusalem was killed last Thursday as part of the 699th Battalion, Haggai Formation 551. The Hebrew media did not directly mention that the officer who was killed was the same person responsible for the bombing of a house dedicated to his daughter in Gaza, but a photo was published. Berkowitz, who matches the author of the famous video, which sparked great anger on social media. Earlier, an Israeli officer broadcast a video clip during the countdown to the bombing of a house in Khan Yunis, and commented on it, saying: “This bombing is a dedication to my little princess Ellie on her second birthday.” It then appears that a multi-storey residential building in the Gaza Strip was exposed to an explosion
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Escalation of death | The Houthis prevent ships from passing through Bab al-Mandab and the secret of the killing of senior Israeli army commanders in the war

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the American Bloomberg Agency, which said in a recent report that the United States of America is trying to persuade both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to join a maritime alliance whose goal is to direct a military strike against the Ansar Allah Houthi group, which prohibits the passage of all ships linked to Israel through the Red Sea.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said a few days ago that Washington is in talks with other countries about establishing a naval task force in the Red Sea. For its part, Israeli media revealed that “Israel” officially asked several countries, including Britain and Japan, to form an international naval force, to guarantee “freedom of navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait,” according to its claim, after the Yemeni forces yesterday targeted two Israeli ships in the strait and detained them. Earlier, in response to the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the military correspondent for the Israeli Kan channel, Itay Blumenthal, explained that “Israel” requested the establishment of a force within the framework of an international coalition, to work in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Blumenthal reported that "Israel" is preparing for other attacks by "Ansar Allah" against Israeli ships, or those owned by Israeli businessmen. Sanaa confirms that it is working to ensure navigation in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea, and that its attacks are limited to targeting Israeli ships as a response to the ongoing aggression against the people of Gaza.

For its part, the Ansar Allah Al-Houthi group announced a ban on the passage of all ships heading to Israel, warning all shipping companies against cooperating with the Hebrew state. The military spokesman for the Houthis said: “After the forces succeeded in imposing their decision to prevent Israeli ships from navigating the Red and Arab Bahrain, and as a result of the Zionist enemy’s continuation of committing horrific massacres, genocidal war, and the siege against our brothers in Gaza, the forces announce preventing the passage of ships heading to the entity.” If a Zionist of any nationality does not enter the Gaza Strip, the food and medicine he needs will become a legitimate target for our armed forces.”

He added, "Out of concern for the safety of maritime navigation, we warn all ships and companies against dealing with Israeli ports." He continued in a statement, "The forces confirm their full commitment to the continuation of global trade movement through the Red and Arabian Seas for all ships and all countries except for ships linked to Israel, or that will transport goods to Israeli ports." He concluded by saying, "The forces will implement this decision from the moment this statement is announced."

In another context, Israeli media reported that Officer Maor Cohen, the nephew of War Council member Gadi Eisenkot, was killed in the Gaza battles, whose son was killed yesterday in the northern Gaza area. The media said: “Maor Meir Cohen, a regular service soldier, was killed today during the fighting in Gaza. Cohen is the son of Sharon Eisenkot, the sister of Gadi Eisenkot, whose son Gal Eisenkot was killed last night in Gaza.”

Israeli sources indicated that the circumstances of his death have not yet been published. Yesterday, Thursday, the Israeli army announced that the youngest son of the former Israeli army chief of staff and member of the war council, Gadi Eisenkot, was killed in the ongoing battles in the northern Gaza Strip. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper indicated that Gal Eisenkot, an infantry soldier in the 551st Reserve Brigade, was conducting a search operation with his comrades on the outskirts of Jabalia when a large explosive device exploded among them. According to an IDF spokesman, two reservists, a soldier and a medic from the 53rd Battalion, were seriously injured, and a combat officer from the Nahal patrol was seriously injured.

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[color=#000000]Egypt is forced to open the Rafah crossing by force after America and Israel agree to displace the people of Gaza, and the Egyptian army is preparing[/color]

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The beginning is from the Palestinian city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, which has become the center of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal. The United Nations warns that Rafah could soon host half of the Strip’s population of 2.3 million people, and the city currently hosts about half a million displaced people (470,000), in addition to a population of approximately 300,000 people (280,000). Thomas White warned, The director of the Gaza Department at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) told X that the recent evacuation orders would add an additional half a million displaced people to the city.

Hundreds of families fled from the continuous Israeli bombing, as schools and shelters in southern Gaza were full, and the prices of small apartments doubled from $100 before the war to about $5,000, leaving the displaced with few options for camping in parks and empty plots and searching for something to protect them from the cold weather, according to The newspaper. The newspaper noted that the city has witnessed a three-fold increase in its population since the start of the conflict. Rafah, located in the south of the Gaza Strip, is an ancient city dating back to the Bronze Age that extends on the Egyptian border, and includes the only border crossing in the Strip that does not lead to Israel.

Israel began a devastating bombardment on the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas, which was listed on the US terrorist lists, on October 7, killing 1,200 people, the majority of whom were civilians, according to the Israeli authorities. As of October 27, Israel began a large-scale ground attack in the poor and completely besieged Strip. More than 17,000 people were killed, about 70 percent of them women and children under 18 years old, according to the latest toll announced by the Hamas Ministry of Health on Friday.

Relief groups have documented outbreaks of diseases such as hepatitis, rabies and herpes, which resulted from overcrowding and inadequate water and sewage treatment plants, not to mention the lack of fuel to adequately feed and treat desalination plants, which caused widespread cases of diarrhea among the displaced. The displaced have only trees to obtain fuel for heating, cooking food, and boiling water for drinking, while the prices of food and clean water are rising, and supplies of medicines and health products are diminishing, especially for children and women.
Food shortages have been a problem throughout the two-month-long war, but have worsened since the end of the week-long truce on December 1 due to a decline in the number of aid trucks entering from Egypt and the intense fighting obstructing its distribution, including in southern Gaza.

Reuters reported in a report that “Gazan children sleep and wake up to the screams of hungry stomachs in a camp in Rafah,” where “displaced people... resort to desperate solutions such as diluting powdered infant formula in a large amount of water or feeding the children one meal a day due to the lack of enough food.” the food". Thomas White, Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza, said through his account on the “X” platform, “The recent evacuation orders may lead to the displacement of an additional half a million people to Rafah.”

“The water and sanitation infrastructure will not even come close to meeting the needs of the internally displaced population, which could number up to a million people,” he noted. The World Food Program confirmed that it has become impossible to deliver aid to the hungry in the Gaza Strip as Israel escalates its attacks on targets there in its war with Hamas. “With the collapse of law and order, any meaningful humanitarian operation has become impossible,” Karl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Programme, said in a statement after a visit to the sector on Friday. "With the arrival of a very small portion of the necessary food supplies, the stark absence of fuel, the disruption of communications systems, and the lack of security for our staff or the people we serve in the food distribution (centres), we cannot do our work," he added.

The newspaper hinted that the humanitarian crisis in Rafah may have broader repercussions if the Palestinians in the city try to make their way into Egypt, which means that the Egyptian forces may have the choice of using force to repel civilians or accepting the refugee crisis in Sinai. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry explained in Washington, DC, on Friday, Cairo’s position rejecting any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Sinai. He said during an event organized by the Atlantic Council, which specializes in research in the field of international affairs on the challenges associated with the war in Gaza, that the continued “displacement and internal displacement” of Palestinians in Gaza constitutes a “violation of international humanitarian law.” The minister repeated, "At the beginning of the conflict, official statements were issued stating that the intention was to displace the people of Gaza to Sinai. This is completely unacceptable."

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Egypt issues a final warning to Israel after the people of Gaza moved to the Egyptian border in preparation for storming Sinai

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
Starting with the Israeli occupation army, which announced the killing of two soldiers during the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip with Hamas militants. One of the dead was the son of former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Sergeant (reserve), Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25 years old, from the 699th Battalion of the 551st Brigade, from Herzliya, according to what the Times of Israel newspaper reported.

Eisenkot, a minister in the current war cabinet on behalf of Benny Gantz's National Unity Party, is a high-level cabinet observer leading the response to the Gaza campaign. Eisenkot received news of his son's death while touring the IDF's Southern Command alongside Gantz earlier today, according to the "Times of Israel." Gal Eisenkot was killed after a bomb exploded in a tunnel near the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. He was transferred in serious condition to a hospital in Israel, where he died of his wounds.

Immediately after the news was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences to the Eisenkot family. Netanyahu wrote on the He continued, "We send our condolences from the bottom of our hearts to your family and the families of all our fallen heroes. The government of Israel and the citizens of Israel are with you."

On the other hand, the American website "Axios" reported that Egypt warned the United States and "Israel" of a rupture in relations between Cairo and "Tel Aviv" if Palestinian refugees fled to Sinai, as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. According to the site, Israeli officials say that, during the past few weeks, Egyptian officials, including leaders in the army and intelligence services, told their counterparts in the Israeli “Army” and “Shin Bet” that they are “very concerned about the repercussions of the military operation in southern Gaza on Egypt.” ".

The Egyptians expressed their concern that the crisis at their border with Gaza would “lead to thousands of Palestinian refugees crossing the border barrier and trying to find shelter in Sinai,” according to three Israeli officials. According to “Axios,” Israeli officials stated that the Egyptians informed “Israel” that such a scenario could create “a serious crisis in relations between Egypt and Israel.” In turn, an American official confirmed that Egypt shares the same concerns with the United States, noting that Egyptian officials had also warned them. From a “break” with “Israel”, if that happens. It is noteworthy that, earlier today, the head of the Egyptian State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, stated in press statements the main principles that governed Cairo’s position regarding the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, And the occupation’s plan to displace Palestinians to Sinai.

Rashwan affirmed Egypt's absolute rejection of the policy of forced displacement carried out by "Israel" against the people of Gaza inside the Gaza Strip, and the attempts to displace them towards Sinai, or push it through its aggression and practices. He stressed that Cairo “will not allow this plan to pass, regardless of the results, and no one can impose a fait accompli by force,” noting that “the Egyptian state possesses all the tools that enable it to preserve its land and national security.”

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Siege of Sinwar Israel besieges the home of the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and tries to arrest him, and Iran sends a message to Egypt

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Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.

The episode contains an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israeli forces are besieging the home of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

Netanyahu said in a statement: “I have two things I want to inform you of: I said that our forces can reach anywhere in the Gaza Strip, and they are now besieging the house of Yahya Al-Sinwar.”

He stressed that "his home is not his fortress and he can escape, but this is only a matter of time until we arrest him."
Netanyahu added: “Secondly, we are exerting pressure so that the Red Cross can visit our abductees.”

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, sent a message to the UN Security Council regarding the situation in Gaza in accordance with Article 99 of the United Nations Charter regarding threats to international peace. Guterres said in the letter that the situation in Gaza may threaten international peace and security, and that the international community has a responsibility to use its influence to end the crisis. The Secretary-General of the United Nations urged Council members to put pressure to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe, and called for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared in Gaza.

In another context, Article 99 of the United Nations Charter ignites Israel’s anger, as Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen considered the mandate of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a “threat to world peace” after he sent a letter to the Security Council about Gaza to activate Article 99 of the organization’s Charter.

He pointed out that "Guterres' request to activate Article 99 and call for a ceasefire in Gaza constitutes support for the terrorist organization Hamas and an endorsement of the killing of the elderly, the kidnapping of children, and the rape of women."

He said: “Whoever supports world peace must support the liberation of Gaza from Hamas,” as Cohen put it.
Meanwhile, the Israeli newspaper Maariv published an article by Stephen Cook to analyze how Israel manages Gaza and whether Israel will succeed in occupying the Strip. Kuhn confirmed that Israel will reoccupy the Gaza Strip.

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Guterres activates Article 99 of the United Nations Charter and Congress refuses to send support to Israel


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, which is burning with anger.. Why did this decision anger Israel, and what happens at the Egyptian border in Rafah, and how American and other aid enters after inspecting Israel, and from the heart of the event, a question and answer with US administration official Samantha Power.

Updates on the Al-Aqsa Flood operation presented in this episode of Samri Channel.
The episode focuses on the special coverage provided by Samri Channel on the visit of Samantha Power, Director of the US Aid Program USAID, to Al-Arish Airport to supervise the introduction of new aid into the Gaza Strip, in addition to coordination with international and regional partners to increase the volume of aid received into the Strip.

The US Embassy in Cairo had issued a circular on its website that read: “Agency Director Samantha Power traveled from Amman, Jordan, to Al-Arish, Egypt, to confirm the United States’ commitment to protecting civilians, in accordance with international humanitarian law, and the absolute necessity of the continued flow of humanitarian supplies to Gaza.” A level exceeding what was reached during the humanitarian truce. USAID Administrator Samantha Power accompanied a US Department of Defense C-17 Globemaster to transport 36,000 pounds of UN food aid, medical supplies, and winter clothing that were airlifted to El Arish, Egypt. Then it will be transported overland to Gaza.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, sent a message to the UN Security Council regarding the situation in Gaza in accordance with Article 99 of the United Nations Charter regarding threats to international peace. Guterres said in the letter that the situation in Gaza may threaten international peace and security, and that the international community has a responsibility to use its influence to end the crisis. The Secretary-General of the United Nations urged Council members to put pressure to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe, and called for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared in Gaza.

This aid is in addition to more than 54,000 pounds of United Nations supplies that the Department of Defense delivered to Al-Arish to Gazans last week, in addition to more than 500 pounds of emergency food aid from the United States to help civilians in Gaza.
The USAID Director thanked the American service members who coordinate and supervise the deliveries of vital humanitarian aid.

While in Al-Arish, the Agency Director visited the Egyptian Red Crescent Supply Depot to meet with humanitarian workers working around the clock to accelerate humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza and to learn about efforts to scale up and streamline the international response. During her visit, the agency director met with the Egyptian Red Crescent Authority and UN staff, and expressed her thanks for their tireless efforts in providing and delivering life-saving aid to the Palestinians. The agency director also expressed her condolences over the death of the relief workers. The USAID Administrator also announced during her visit that the United States, through USAID, will provide more than $21 million in additional humanitarian assistance to residents of Gaza and the West Bank affected by the conflict between Israel and Hamas. This funding announced today will support the provision of additional essential supplies for hygiene, shelter, food, psychosocial care and vital health services, in addition to the establishment of a field hospital run by non-governmental organizations in Gaza. She also indicated that additional flights carrying necessary humanitarian aid are expected to be launched in the coming days.

On the other hand, the US Senate refused to pass the bill related to allocating billions of dollars in aid, including to Kiev and Israel, and refused to consider the project. Earlier, the Democrats submitted a petition to end the differences and pass the bill for a vote in the Senate.

To complete the procedure, it was necessary to obtain preliminary approval of the relevant resolution by 60 senators, and the petition did not receive the necessary support; Therefore, the Senate of Congress will not yet be able to consider the request on its merits, let alone approve it. Biden had previously requested $106 billion to aid Israel and Ukraine, but he did not receive the required support in Congress, and the issue of border security was a stumbling block for him. Republicans in Congress said they would not support funding for Ukraine until the administration changed its approach to protecting the US border.

The House of Representatives, controlled by the Republican majority, voted to allocate aid to Israel only, but the Senate, controlled by Democrats, blocked this initiative. In order for the request to be passed, it must be approved by both houses of Congress and subsequently signed by the President. At the same time, the US administration admitted that the funds previously allocated to aid Kiev were running out, and for this reason arms aid sent to Ukraine decreased.

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