The Israeli military announced that it had recently successfully killed Hassan Akasha, the "central figure" of Hamas's attack on Israel, in Syria. Akasha was reportedly killed in an attack in the southern Syrian town of Beitkin, an area controlled by Syria near the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. The Israeli military claims that Akasha directed the Hamas cell to fire rockets from Syria into Israel during the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition, Israel has carried out air strikes on the Syrian capital, Damascus, which have increased tensions in the region. At present, the Israeli army and Hamas are constantly fighting, and the situation is very tense. Despite Israel's claims that its military operations have entered a "new and less intensive" phase, they are intensifying their offensive against the central and southern Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, about 30 airstrikes were launched on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on the night of the 8th local time, and multiple evacuation orders were issued requiring civilians to evacuate the area.
At the same time, Israel also carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon, killing a senior Allah commander. Israel's chief confirmed the news and said Israel would make Allah "pay." In this round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Saleh Alurri, deputy chairman of Hamas's Politburo, was killed in Lebanon by Israeli drones. He was also one of the highest-ranking Hamas to die at the hands of Israeli forces in the clashes. It is also reported that Israel has changed its strategy of carrying out air strikes on Syria, trying to strike targets inside Syria with more frequent and deadly air strikes. At the same time, the United States ** Biden is under tremendous pressure because, as a major supporter of Israel, he has to deal with calls for a ceasefire in Gaza at home and abroad. According to a report by the United States, on January 8, local time, at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, those who called for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted Biden's campaign speech.
In almost every public event in recent months, Biden has been confronted with a call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. During the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church campaign event on January 8, local time, a **person interrupted the United States**. International condemnation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues, with Biden and the other White House** urging Israel to reduce the impact of its military operations on civilians and recommending that Israeli leaders shift their military operations to a more targeted phase. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant issued a joint statement on January 8 local time, emphasizing that the Israeli army's military operations in the south and north of the Gaza Strip will continue for several months, and may even expand to Lebanon. According to the latest data, at least 23,084 Palestinians have been killed and 58,926 injured in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the current round of large-scale Palestinian-Israeli conflicts.
According to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, the total population of the Gaza Strip is about 2.2 million, which means that about 1 in 100 people will die in this round of conflict.