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US-Israeli genocide in Gaza

Israel’s relentless air and artillery strikes continue to pound Gaza eleven months into the regime’s genocide, killing more women and children. The regime's latest strike hit a residential building northwest of Gaza City, killing at least two people and injuring several others. To the north of the Strip, an Israeli attack targeted a group of Palestinians in Beit Lahia, leaving at least six people dead and several injured. Israeli warplanes also targeted areas in the southern cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah, killing nearly half a dozen Palestinians. An unknown number of civilians were killed in the regime’s artillery strikes across Gaza. Israel's attacks killed at least 47 Palestinians and injured 94 others within 24 hours. The Israeli aggression, which began last October, has claimed the lives of more than 40,700 Palestinians and injured over 94,000 others so far.

Israeli captives in Gaza

The military wing of the Hamas Resistance Movement has released a video message addressing the families of the Israeli captives in Gaza. It said the regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not care about the fate of the captives. The video was released after the bodies of six Israeli captives were found in Gaza. The al-Qassam Brigades said the six captives were alive before the regime’s latest strikes, and were supposed to be released in the first phase of a prisoner swap deal. The group added that Israeli forces have already killed many prisoners “deliberately” and recovered their bodies. The al-Qassam then cited a press statement by Netanyahu regarding the captives in which he said he would choose control of the southern Gaza corridor to return the captives. The video also included pictures of the six captives whose bodies were recovered. The al-Qassam told their families that Netanyahu had chosen the control of Philadelphi Corridor over the liberation of the captives.

Anti-Netanyahu protests

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Tel Aviv and the occupied city of al-Quds to demand a deal to secure the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza. The protesters set off flares on major roads and blocked a main highway in Tel Aviv while chanting slogans. They called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. That, after the bodies of six more hostages were found in Gaza. The demonstration was the biggest anti-Netanyahu protest since the onset of the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza. Israeli troops clashed with protesters, using violent force to disperse them. A large number of protesters were also arrested. Israel’s largest trade union has called a general strike on Monday to further pressure the regime’s cabinet for a prisoner swap deal. The strike is expected to disrupt major sectors of the economy, including banking, healthcare and Israel’s main airport. More than 100 Israeli and foreign captives are still in Gaza. Around a third of them, however, are known to have died in the regime's strikes, with the fate of others still unknown.

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