After nearly eight months of war, deadly bombings continued to target the Gaza Strip on Monday, June 3. The Israeli army continues its ground offensive in the Egyptian border town of Rafah, south of Palestine, to destroy the last brigades of Hamas. A witness said the airstrikes and artillery shelling mainly targeted the Tal al-Sultan sector in the west of the city. Another witness said heavy fighting took place in eastern Khan Yunis, a few kilometers away. According to the Civil Defense, four bodies were pulled from two bombed houses in Zeytoun, a district of Gaza City in the north. Follow our live stream.
Attack continues in Rafah. In Gaza, despite protests from the international community, the Israeli army continues its offensive on the Egyptian border town of Rafah in the south of the Palestinian territory, according to which it aims to destroy the last battalions of the Islamic movement. The Palestinian Red Cross said it was receiving calls for help from civilians but was carrying out bombings. “very difficult” Access to Rafa. About a million Palestinians have already fled the city in the face of advancing Israeli troops, according to the United Nations. In all, at least 20 people died in the night-time strikes and firing, including six in Buraj refugee camp and ten in Armadiya sector near Khan Yunis, according to medical sources.
New attacks in Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), Israel struck a factory near Aleppo in northern Syria between Sunday and Monday, killing people there. “At least twelve pro-Iranian fighters are Syrian and foreign nationals”. Since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011, Israel has struck the country hundreds of times, targeting the army of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the pro-Iranian groups it supports there.
Calls for a ceasefire. US diplomat Anthony Blinken on Sunday pressed Hamas to accept an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. “The Secretary of State praised Israel’s willingness to reach a deal and said it was up to Hamas to accept it.”, his spokesman, Matthew Miller, announced after a phone call from Antony Blinken to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The two managers called each other and spoke “Proposal for Achieving a Complete Armistice” in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of Hamas hostages. This exchange between Antony Blinken and Yoav Galant, on May 31, during a press conference, the US president confirmed that Israel had proposed a new agreement. “universal” A cease-fire in Hamas.