Russia and the CIS (bbabo.net) - US President Joe Biden announced unwavering support for Israel's right to self-defense against the backdrop of massive bombardments of the blockade of Gaza.

To date, the death of 44 residents of Gaza has been confirmed, about half of them are women (4) and children (15), over 360 people were injured of varying severity. The Gaza authorities note that the vast majority of the victims are civilians. Children from several large families were left orphans. Over 1,500 buildings in the enclave were completely or partially destroyed by Israeli rocket attacks.

The night before, it became known that a ceasefire had been reached between Islamic Jihad and the Israelis. According to the agreements, Tel Aviv is obliged to fulfill a number of requirements of the organization, in particular, to open a checkpoint on the border with the besieged enclave and to release two Palestinian political prisoners - Khalil Awawd and Bassama as -Saadi The first prisoner went on a hunger strike for more than 5 months against his "administrative detention" - being held in prison without any charges.As-Saadi, a respected Palestinian politician, was recently brutally detained by the Israeli military in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

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