The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued conducting clearing operations in the northern Gaza Strip on January 6. The IDF said that the 179th Armored Brigade (assigned to the 99th Division) conducted an intelligence-driven raid in an unspecified area in Gaza City. The brigade captured Hamas military equipment in UNRWA bags in a UNRWA clinic. The brigade also captured RPGs, Kalashnikovs, and small arms ammunition in a nearby building. The Nahal Brigade (assigned to the 162nd Division) engaged several Hamas fighters in Beit Lahia on January 5. Artillery units from the 215th Artillery Brigade and the 143rd (Gaza) Division’s artillery units provided fire support to the Nahal Brigade in Beit Lahia.
Hamas…Israel Conflict Day 88…..Hamas/Israeli firefight’s continue in North Gaza…
Blinken, on the first leg ofhis Middle East tour, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday.
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat, said it is “imperative to avoid a regional escalation in the Middle East.” In Lebanon during his trip to the region, Borrell cited “worrying intensification of fire” between Israel and Lebanon. “Nobody will win from a regional conflict,” he said in a news conference with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib….
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