Israel: we failed on October 7

The chief of the Israeli General Staff, Herzi Halevi, made assessments about the agenda at the press conference he held in northern Israel.

Stating that the Israeli army is prepared to attack the blockaded Gaza Strip, Halevi stated that they used the “humanitarian pause” in conflicts to review preparations. Halevi stated that the Israeli army will not stop until all captives in Gaza are freed.

Regarding some reports that the army had intelligence about plans by Hamas’s military wing, the Izeddin al-Qassam Brigades, for an attack on October 7, but that senior officers largely ignored warnings from their subordinates “Halevi said that everything would be investigated after the attacks on Gaza,” he said.

Reiterating the message that the Israeli military, including the Directorate of Military Intelligence, failed on October 7, Halevi argued that there will be serious investigations into this, but for now they should focus on the attacks on Gaza.

ISRAEL AND HAMAS CLAIM EACH OTHER FOR THE STOP

According to the statement made on the Qassam Brigades Telegram account, a conflict broke out between Qassam fighters and Israeli soldiers due to Israel’s violation of the lines drawn in the “humanitarian rupture” agreement reached between the parties.

Stating that they had the situation under control, the Qassam Brigades stressed that “if Israel remains committed, they are also committed to the temporary ceasefire” and called on mediators to ensure that Israel “complies with all provisions of the humanitarian ground pause.” “. and in the air.”

Improvised explosive device explodes near Israeli soldiers

According to the Israeli army statement, it was claimed that “humanitarian distance” was violated by detonating three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) near Israeli soldiers at two different points in northern Gaza.

It was reported that at one point, armed elements in Gaza opened fire on Israeli soldiers, the soldiers returned fire and some soldiers were slightly injured.

The Israeli army argued that its troops were deployed at both points in accordance with the “humanitarian rupture” agreement reached between the parties.

ENERGY AGREEMENT

The agreement regarding a four-day “humanitarian pause” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas came into force on Friday, November 24 at 07:00 local time (08:00 Turkish lira).

As part of the prisoner exchange agreement under the “humanitarian peace” agreement between Israel and Hamas, 51 Israeli prisoners, one of whom was a man and the rest women and children, were released from the Gaza Strip and 150 Palestinian women and children were released from Israeli prisons.

Qatar announced yesterday that the “humanitarian pause” had been extended for another two days as a result of mediation efforts carried out between Hamas and Israel.

During the two days in which the “humanitarian pause” in the conflict was extended, the parties agreed to release each day 10 Israeli women and children prisoners from the Gaza Strip and 30 Palestinian women and children prisoners from Israeli prisons. (AA)