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Middle East Index: Israel is ready for a ceasefire, according to the United States
4:47 PM: Schulz and Sisi call for reducing the conflict
According to a government spokesman in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Schulz and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi agree on the need to prevent the regional expansion of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Schulz thanked Egypt for the possible exit of German citizens from the Gaza Strip. Germany is strongly committed to ensuring the care of civilians. That is why a humanitarian ceasefire is necessary. The two parties agreed that only a political solution to the conflict could lead to achieving peace in the long term.
4:39 pm: United States – Israel is ready for a ceasefire
According to the United States, Israel agreed to a daily ceasefire. The US President’s office in Washington announced that these measures will take effect for four hours in the northern Gaza Strip, starting on Thursday, and aim to give civilians the opportunity to escape.
The breaks are a step in the right direction. In addition, the government in Washington has set a goal of at least 150 trucks carrying relief supplies entering the Gaza Strip daily. It was said that deliveries had to be increased quickly. For weeks, the United States has also been calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict that has been ongoing since October 7.
4:33 pm: Hamas representatives speak in Cairo
According to the extremist Islamic organization, high-ranking representatives of Hamas have arrived in Cairo, including one of its leaders, Ismail Haniyeh. The delegation met with the head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kamel, and they discussed the situation in Gaza.
4:15 p.m.: Violent clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters in the streets of Gaza
Israeli ground forces and fighters from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) fought bitter battles in the streets of the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli army announced, its soldiers captured an important Hamas base in Jabalia in the northern Palestinian territories after a ten-hour battle the previous day. According to the army, tens of thousands of people had previously fled the northern Gaza Strip through an escape corridor to the south.
In Jabalia, a refugee camp converted into a city, Israeli soldiers fought against Hamas above and below ground and, according to the army, excavated parts of a massive network of tunnels and underground bases belonging to the extremist Islamist organization. Among the ruins of Gaza, the largest city in the Gaza Strip, Hamas fighters armed with grenade launchers and assault rifles clashed against Israeli soldiers supported by armored vehicles.
4:04 PM: Israel – A drone strikes Eilat on the Red Sea
According to the Israeli army, a drone crashed over a civilian building in the city of Eilat, southern Israel, on the Red Sea. The Civil Protection Agency said there were no casualties and only minor damage. The army said in a statement that the origin of the drone was unknown. Eilat is located at the southernmost tip of Israel and is a popular tourist destination. In recent weeks, the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Israel. So far, all of them have been intercepted or failed to reach their destination.
3:46 pm: Palestinians: Ten killed in an Israeli military operation in Jenin
According to Palestinian reports, at least ten people were killed in an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that more than 20 others were injured. Therefore, the operation continued until late afternoon.
The Israeli army said that a drone attacked armed residents in the refugee area in Jenin during the operation. They endangered the forces by shooting at the soldiers and throwing explosives. The forces used heavy equipment to locate and destroy dozens of hidden explosive devices.
The organization said that a Palestinian Red Crescent employee was also injured during the operation. One of their ambulances was attacked and the employee was shot.
3:37 p.m.: Mossad and CIA discuss hostage release with Qatar
The heads of American and Israeli intelligence traveled to Qatar for talks. CIA Director William Burns and Mossad Chief David Parnia discussed possible scenarios for the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip and a ceasefire with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani. A person familiar with the matter said. The talks also discussed allowing the import of fuel into the Gaza Strip for humanitarian reasons.
3:11 pm: The World Health Organization warns of the spread of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip
The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip due to contaminated water and limited access to sanitation. As announced by the World Health Organization, more than half of the 33,551 cases of diarrhea reported since mid-October affected children under the age of five. This is a significant increase compared to an average of 2,000 monthly cases in children under the age of five in 2021 and 2022. There were also 8,944 cases of scabies and lice, 1,005 cases of chickenpox, 12,635 cases of skin rashes, and 54,866 cases of upper respiratory infections. .
3:06 pm: NATO Secretary General warns Iran and Hezbollah against interference
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia against interfering in the war between Israel and the extremist Islamic movement Hamas. Stoltenberg said before his meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin that the conflict must not be allowed to expand. At the same time, he warns Israel: „International law must be respected. Civilians must be protected.”
2:46 PM: Baerbock travels to the Middle East again on Friday
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will head to the Middle East again on Friday, a ministry spokesman announced in Berlin. The planned stations are the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel. According to Foreign Ministry departments, Baerbock’s discussions focus on the release of German hostages in the Gaza Strip, the tragic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories and efforts to prevent a regional conflagration.
2:03 PM: Stoltenberg – NATO supports a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds
NATO allies support a humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Berlin before his meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz that this would allow aid to reach the population in the Gaza Strip. International law must be respected and the civilian population protected. The war in the Gaza Strip must not turn into a major regional conflict. Iran and the Hezbollah militia it supports in Lebanon will have to stay out of the fighting.
1:44 pm: Türkiye is ready to play a guarantor role in resolving the Gaza crisis
According to its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is ready to assume the role of guarantor in resolving the crisis in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish presidential office said that Erdogan said this during a conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Accordingly, the two presidents discussed on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Organization summit in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
1:21 p.m.: Iran rejects the G7 request to end support for Hamas
Iran has strongly rejected calls from G7 countries to end its support for the extremist Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman in Tehran said that Iran „strongly condemns” the G7 statement on the Gaza war issued the previous day. Rather, the G7 must assume its responsibility and condemn “the Zionist regime’s attacks on defenseless civilians” in Gaza.
1.20pm: Diplomats – There will likely be three-day ceasefire negotiations
According to information from diplomatic circles, negotiations are currently underway for a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons for a period of three days. In exchange, about ten hostages taken from Israel to the Gaza Strip in the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 could be released. This was stated by two sources in Egypt – a UN representative and a Western diplomat who preferred to remain anonymous.
1:17 pm: Egypt refuses to expel the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry rejects any attempt to expel the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Shukri said at a conference in Paris, where international aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip will be coordinated, that what Israel is currently doing goes beyond self-defense.
1:13 pm: France announces more aid to the Palestinians
France is increasing its aid to the Palestinian people from 20 million to 100 million euros this year. This was announced by President Emmanuel Macron at the international conference in Paris.
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The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
„Praktyk żywieniowy. Guru bekonu. Irytująco pokorny entuzjasta zombie. Uczeń totalny”.
He presses
The head of Polish intelligence warns: Russia is preparing military operations against the eastern flank of NATO. Putin denies the attack plans.
WARSAW – Fears are growing of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. After the Baltic countries sounded the alarm for some time and feared for their security, Poland is now also drawing up the terrifying scenario of a Russian attack on NATO territory. Although a significant portion of the Russian armed forces usually stationed on NATO’s borders have currently been transferred to Ukraine, Russia intends to renew its army in order to… NATOThreatening borders while maintaining and expanding covert and hybrid operations.
Vladimir Putin Jaroslaw Strusek, head of Poland’s military counterintelligence service, told the Polish daily that troops were already preparing for a small operation against one of the Baltic states. Gazeta Pravna. He added that the Russian president is ready „to invade the famous border town of Narva on the Estonian-Russian border or to land on one of the Swedish islands.”
Putin: The attack on NATO territory is „complete nonsense”
Last March, Putin said… BBC Aggression on NATO territory was excluded. He added that the idea that his country, which has one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, Poland, would attack the Baltic states, all of which, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO, is “complete nonsense.” But he warned that if Ukraine deployed Western F-16 fighter jets from airfields in other countries, they would become „legitimate targets wherever they are.”
NATO countries are currently scrambling to restore full defense capability after the Western military alliance looked back on a decade-long phase of low-intensity conflict. Kiev’s Western partners could not keep up with the demands of a modern all-out war, especially due to the lack of sufficient artillery and air defense resources.
The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War on the sidelines of the Ukrainian war
Strusek believes that the Kremlin’s imperial goals have already slowed somewhat. “What the West is doing together to support Ukraine shows that in the event of an attack on NATO, the Western reaction will be greater,” the intelligence chief said. The German federal government is also currently trying to send strong signals about the defense capacity of NATO and Europe.
“In an emergency, Germany will defend every centimeter of NATO territory,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said during a visit to Lithuania on Monday, May 6, as reported by Das newspaper. RND. The German Army participated in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War: Steadfast Defender. Germany wants to establish a brigade in Lithuania outside its territory for the first time by 2027. “An attack on you would be an attack on all of us,” Schulz told his fellow Lithuanians.
“War has returned to Europe” – SPD committed to a strong NATO
Defense Minister Boris Pistoros (SPD) also expressed his strong commitment to the Western Defense Alliance during his visit to the United States. “NATO is essential to our security and we do not take it for granted,” he said loudly. dpa. “We realize that times have changed again. War is back in Europe and the time for peace dividends is over. That’s why we’re doing our part. Germany will spend more money on defense this year than ever before in the history of the Bundeswehr.”
He pointed out that the 2% goal set by NATO will be achieved, „and we cannot stop there.” Within NATO, a growing number of members are calling for increased investments. For example, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is vocal about NATO countries France Press agency Increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP. At the next NATO summit in July, it should be clear that all allies will soon meet the 2% target, according to previously published excerpts of Cameron’s speech scheduled for Thursday, May 9, at the National Cyber Security Center in London. He continues: „Then we have to quickly introduce 2.5% as a target.” (Lahema)
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Khamenei’s advisor: Iran is open to talks with America
10:23 PM: Iran has shown itself open to direct talks with the United States, and appears ready to change its policy toward its arch enemy. The ISNA news agency quoted Kamal Sharasi, foreign policy advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying, “The Americans consider diplomacy the best option (…). We share the same opinion and are also ready to return to negotiations.”
According to Sharasi, Iran must also be prepared to resume nuclear negotiations that were suspended by the United States. “Then we can also talk about a nuclear-free zone (in the Middle East),” the senior advisor and former foreign minister said.
Biden Advisor Sullivan: We will not abandon Israel
9:21 pm: The US government has assured Israel that it will stand behind its ally despite withholding the ammunition shipment. Biden’s security advisor, Jake Sullivan, said in an interview with ABC News that US President Joe Biden does not want to use American weapons in a major military operation in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He added, „This does not mean that he abandons Israel or deprives it of weapons.”
Biden is concerned about a “specific operation” that he does not believe is capable of defeating the Islamist Hamas movement. “No one has been more supportive of Israel than Joe Biden,” Sullivan said. Biden made clear that he would continue to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.
Blinken: The attack on Rafah will not destroy Hamas
7:28 pm: According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, even a major Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip will not completely destroy the Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas. Blinken told NBC on Sunday that Israel would likely inherit „an insurgency that includes many armed Hamas fighters” or leave a „vacuum” in the event of a withdrawal. Perhaps this void will be filled with “chaos” and “chaos” – and perhaps with enthusiasm.
Israel opens a new crossing into Gaza for humanitarian aid
6:35 pm: The Israeli army announced that it opened a new border crossing to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip in coordination with the United States. The army says that the „West Iris” crossing is located in the northern Gaza Strip. He added that this aims to increase the number of aid transfers to the Gaza Strip, especially to the northern region. On Sunday, dozens of trucks carrying flour from the port of Ashdod passed through the crossing.
Israel: A leading member of Hamas was killed
6:23 pm: The Israeli military announced that a leading member of the Hamas terror group was killed in an airstrike in Gaza on Friday. The man belonged to one of the Hamas combat forces and was one of the Hamas fighters responsible for guarding the kidnapped Israeli soldier Noa Marciano. Marciano was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip after the terrorist attack on October 7, and was later killed there. The Israeli army recovered the body of the 19-year-old in November and returned it to Israel.
Hamas corrects the death toll figures back and forth
3:27 pm: The only figures for casualties in Gaza come from the Hamas-controlled health authority. There has been criticism of them for a long time. Now the authority itself is causing confusion. Here you can read more about it.
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