The most prominent developments on day 103 of Israel's war on Gaza

The 103rd day of Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip saw a series of developments, most notably the continuation of the Israeli massacre, Israeli admissions of killing soldiers and the refusal of some reservists to participate in the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Gaza, in addition, has a range of political positions.

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On the 103rd day of the Gaza War, the Israeli occupation forces stated that they conducted an airdrop of the 98th Division in Khan Younis, while Al Jazeera reporters stated that Israeli air rescue forces continued to transport wounded from the war zone to the Gaza Strip.

On the other hand, the Qassam Brigade announced that its fighter jets destroyed Israeli Merkava tanks and personnel carriers, carried out sniper attacks on Israeli soldiers, and targeted a group of seven soldiers, eliminating them from zero range.

The Islamic Jihad movement's military arm, the Quds Force, said it shot down an Israeli quadcopter drone that was conducting an intelligence mission in the Breji refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression in Gaza had risen to 24,448 and the number of injured to 61,504, explaining that the occupying forces had carried out 16 massacres in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

The Israeli occupying forces admitted on Wednesday that four soldiers, including three officers, had been killed in ongoing fighting in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Israeli state radio reported that some army reservists were refusing to take part in the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The station added that soldiers who refused to fight spoke of serious gaps in training levels.

Meanwhile, a shipment of medicines is expected to enter the besieged Gaza Strip after Hamas and Israel brokered a deal brokered by Qatar that includes providing medicines and humanitarian aid to civilians in exchange for shipments of medicines. Israeli prisoners held by the resistance.

Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced the arrival of two Qatari Armed Forces planes in El-Arish, carrying aid supplies from Qatar and France to Gaza, including medicines.

The aid comes after a successful agreement between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar in cooperation with France, the Qatari Foreign Ministry added.

political dynamics

Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) leader Osama Hamdan said the Qassam Brigades, Quds Forces and the Resistance Movement were still controlling the battle with strength and capabilities, adding that Hamas held the U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration bears responsibility for the crimes of Israel’s occupation of Gaza.

Hamdan stressed that any move to provide medicines to prisoners must include providing medicines to Palestinians in Gaza, and expressed hope that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not block an understanding brokered by Qatar to provide medicines.

On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant stated that “if we do not disband Hamas, we will not be able to live in the state of Israel.” Galante added that “military pressure alone can lead to the return of abducted people.”

In turn, the Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that based on recent assessments of the ongoing war with Hamas, “the conflict could continue until 2025.”

As for Israel's Channel 13, it said that Netanyahu had recently blocked a prisoner exchange agreement proposal drafted by the Minister of War Council.

In the United States, Senator Mark Warner said Israel should know it could lose Washington's support if the management of the Gaza conflict does not change, while his colleague Chris Coons expressed concerns about the way Israel manages its operations in Gaza .

Colombian President Gustavo Petro told Al Jazeera what was happening in Gaza was not war but genocide and crimes against humanity, and he applauded South Africa's move to take Israel to the International Court of Justice.

On the other hand, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the European Union intends to impose sanctions on Hamas due to its attacks on Israel. European sanctions have been agreed and will be announced at a meeting of foreign ministers on Monday, sources said.

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Al Jazeera reporters reported that Israeli occupying forces attacked the town of Baninaim east of Hebron, and clashes broke out between the two sides and poison gas bombs were fired.

The official Palestinian news agency (Wafa) reported that an Israeli drone struck a car near the Balata refugee camp in eastern Palestine, killing several young people. Nablus.

In Qalqiliya, Israeli occupying forces arrested Palestinian workers living in a residential building in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli Chief of Staff Hertz Halevi said the likelihood of war on the northern border in the coming months is much higher than before.

On this occasion, mutual bombing operations between Israel and Hezbollah have continued to escalate. The latest bombing operation targeted the Israeli military base in the Shab'a Farms, and occupation aircraft launched attacks on military targets in the Wadi Saruki area in southern Lebanon.

Al Jazeera reporters said that on Wednesday, at least 10 Israeli towns on the border with Lebanon sounded the alarm.

Red Sea

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced that Washington has reclassified Yemen’s Houthis as a “global terrorist organization.” Sullivan said the classification would take effect within 30 days, adding that Washington would consider lifting the classification if the Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Houthis had launched unprecedented attacks on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as well as on troops stationed in the region, adding that Washington hoped the classification would force the Houthis to take action. Stay away from Iran.

On the other hand, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam told Al Jazeera that the United States is exploiting our classification issue for political purposes and that this classification decision has no effect on the ground. He stressed that the U.S. classification would not prevent the Houthis from supporting Palestine, but would make them firmer in their stance on the issue.

He noted that the operation “will continue to prevent Israeli ships bound for Israel from passing through the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.”

The Hamas movement, in turn, condemned the U.S. decision, considering it politicized, representing a blatant bias against the occupation and openly trying to provide cover for its continued aggression.