Gaza fighting continues despite 'immediate ceasefire' UN resolution
UN vehicles drive amid buildings destroyed in previous Israeli strikes Gaza City, on 25 March 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire.Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with no sign of a let-up in the war despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an"immediate ceasefire".
The war began with Hamas' 7 October attacks, which resulted in about 1 160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday put the Palestinian death toll at 32 333, most of them women and children.
It borders Egypt, and 1.5 million Palestinians fleeing the rest of the devastated territory have sought refuge there. Bilal Awad, 63, said Washington must"stand against an attack on Rafah, and support the return of the displaced to their cities".Israel has labelled its operations"precise operational activities" and said it has taken care to avoid harm to civilians, but aid agencies have voiced alarm about non-combatants caught up in the fighting.
Israel's military said it had detained a total of about 500 militants"affiliated with" Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another militant group, during its operation at Al-Shifa.