#ISRAELHAMASWAR. Government creaks, Housing Minister expected to resign on Tuesday. Gaza still under IDF fire. Hamas accepts deal, awaits Israel’s response

 

May 28 was the day of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in the Knesset. Before the speech, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar explained: “If the demands for an arms embargo against Israel are successful, the result will be our annihilation.”

Not only is the government continuing to lose support within it: Knesset Minister and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf has announced that he will resign from the government immediately after the holidays (Tuesday next week). His party, Yahadut HaTora, has seven seats in the Likud bloc coalition in the Knesset. If Goldknopf were to resign, Netanyahu’s government would collapse. The controversy between Yahadut HaTora and Likud arose over the Haredi conscription law.

To return to Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech in the Knesset, here are some of his statements: "We have reached a dramatic turning point in the last two days towards eliminating Hamas's ability to govern." "Members of the opposition, you are willing to smear Israel's face in the world, you do it only because you don't like the government. Start getting used to it, the right is in power - and this will continue." "When the war broke out, a senior security official said we had to get used to the idea that we would not return a single kidnapped person." "I thought differently - my friends and I have done differently, thanks to the military pressure on Hamas and the heroism of our fighters - we have returned 197 kidnapped people so far, 148 of them alive."

He also said: “According to our information, there are 20 more kidnapped people alive and 38 dead. The data does not satisfy me; for me, each kidnapped person is a whole world. I am focused on the goal of returning all the kidnapped people, both alive and dead. If we end the dispute now, it is a defeat. We will get our hostages back, destroy Hamas and demilitarize the Gaza Strip – this is a complete victory!” “We have pursued the goal of destroying Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities, returning the kidnapped, ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel and returning the displaced to their homes.” “Unlike the opposition members, the majority of the people support us! You can continue to believe in rigged polls.” “The opposition is leading to a defeat in the war.” “You have a mountain of butter on your head. It’s a good thing we have air conditioners here.”

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke up immediately after, pressing Bibi on Qatargate: “Prime Minister, you say you did not know that Urich and his gang were receiving money from Qatar. Let's say I believe you. Now you know. They admitted it. Why don't you say: "They will never set foot in my office again?!" Get up on the podium right now and say: "Anyone who has received money from an Arab country that supports terrorism, it's over for me!" Stand up, say it, otherwise you are an accomplice.”

“Israel is now in the aftermath of the tsunami, only desolation and ruins. Relations with Europe and the Americans have been erased. The US administration has reached an agreement with the Houthis behind Netanyahu's back. In the history of Israel, our relationship with the US administration has never reached this point.”

In France and Belgium, French and Belgian police closed the Israeli embassy in Paris and Brussels after finding a suspicious package.

A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian group has accepted the ceasefire proposal put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, adding that the next move is now up to Israel. “We have accepted the general framework of Witkoff’s proposal and are awaiting the final response.” “The agreement with Witkoff includes the release of 10 prisoners and bodies of Israelis in exchange for the release of several Palestinian prisoners.”

On aid, the US-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, GHF, says they will reopen the aid distribution point in Tal as Sultan, which was invaded yesterday – Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Currently, it is the only point scheduled to open today. The distribution according to OSINT and GEOOSINT sources is located at coordinates 31.3231, 34.22779 the southernmost corner of the Strip.

In Lebanon, the Nidaa Al-Watan daily revealed that Morgan Ortagus will inform the Lebanese side that "Israel" refuses to withdraw from the five points it occupies in southern Lebanon, before an agreement is reached on the 13 disputed points on the border. It reads: "US envoy Morgan Ortagus will inform Lebanon of his refusal of the Israeli withdrawal and the extension of UNIFIL’s mandate, and will give it a deadline to disarm Hezbollah and disarm the camps within a specific period, “after which there will be no forgiveness”!. Meanwhile, at least two incidents are reported between UNIFIL forces and the local population who do not want UNIFIL’s presence without the presence of the Lebanese army.

Al-Jumhuriya: “The meeting of Hezbollah’s parliamentary delegation with the President of the Republic was excellent and addressed the need for Israeli withdrawal and the release of prisoners.”

Kuwaiti families return to Lebanon. They were spotted in the villages and towns of Bhamdoun and Upper Metn, arriving to inspect their homes. According to An-Nahar, it is understood that their members will return in large numbers in the coming weeks after ensuring that their homes are ready, starting cleaning courses and examining the situation in the country.

And now a look at the military situations updated at 16:00 on May 28. According to Yemeni media: 4 raids hit the airport of Sanaa. An Israeli drone targeted the runway of the airport of Sana'a and a plane of the Yemenia Airlines. According to Israeli sources, 10 jets were used to carry out the raids.

On the afternoon of the 27th, the Houthis had launched two missile attacks on Tel Aviv in support of Gaza, against the Ben Gurion airport and another target in Tel Aviv, according to Yahya Saree. The missiles were intercepted.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that Israeli Air Force fighter jets recently struck targets at the Houthi-controlled Sana'a International Airport: “The strikes destroyed the last remaining aircraft used by the Houthis. The previous aircraft were destroyed in an attack on the airport on May 6. This is a clear message and a direct continuation of the policy we have defined: whoever shoots at the State of Israel will pay a heavy price,” he said.

Clashes in Syria have now stopped following US-mediated meetings between Israel and Syria.

In Lebanon, the Israeli army has been conducting a large-scale combing operation with machine guns since around 6:30 a.m., in the direction of the Marjeyoun plain (source: National Agency)

An Israeli drone struck a road leading to Abbasiye in southern Lebanon, launching two rockets. The rockets did not explode and the attack appears to have failed.

According to local sources, conflicts between Lebanese residents and UNIFIL continue and are increasing and intensifying due to the entry of UNIFIL forces into private properties without the presence of the army. Locals write: “The lack of discipline on the part of UNIFIL will lead to further clashes with residents. Therefore, those interested in UNIFIL, which is supposed to be a peacekeeping force, not an incursion force, should review its behavior towards southerners, coordinating with the army at every step, to avoid suspicions about its actions.”

On the 28th, a clash occurred between a UNIFIL force and residents of the town of Yater after the international force entered their town. The clashes escalated until the UNIFIL soldiers withdrew their weapons. This prompted the Lebanese army to intervene to contain the situation. This was followed by an Israeli drone attack in Yatar. Another dispute in the town of Froun between UNIFIL and residents over the patrol's entry into their town without Lebanese Army escort.

Israel raised a large Israeli flag on the embankment of its new position in Tallet al-Hamams, more than 1 km from the border, inside Lebanese territories. A drone strike targeted the vicinity of the Horsh Al-Abbasiyah crossing in the south of the country. The missile fired by the Israeli drone at the Horsh al-Abbasiyah crossing did not explode and no one was injured. Ahmed al-Tufayli was elected mayor of Baalbek and Abdel Rahim Shalha was elected deputy mayor, in the presence of the governor. Bashir Khedr.

For two days there have been clashes between the resistance and the IDF from Khan Yunis to Rafah to Beit Lahia. Qassams try to lure Israeli forces into ambushes. According to the Qassams: “The number of dead and wounded arriving in Israeli hospitals is very high, far higher than announced. Israeli media reported over 8 security incidents.”

IDF forces are besieged by families in the neighborhoods of Al-Fakhari town, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. One resident was killed in a house bombing by the IDF forces in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Target hit by Israelis near 5th Street, west of Khan Yunis, in Al-Mawasi. IDF strike in Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

In an IDF statement: “IDF troops continue operational activity throughout the Gaza Strip. IDF troops, under the direction of IDF Intelligence and the ISA, continue operational activity against terrorist organizations throughout the Gaza Strip. The troops eliminated several terrorists and struck terrorist infrastructure, both above and below ground.”

The IDF conducted a campaign of raids against several homes in the Halima al-Sa'diya area of ​​the eastern Jenin neighborhood.

Antonio Albanese e Graziella Giangiulio

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