Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 21st day, is the deadliest of the five Gaza wars, with over 7,300 Palestinians killed so far — more than three times the number killed in the six-week-long war in 2014.
People injured after Israeli attacks are taken to Al Shifa Hospital as Israeli attacks continue on the 21st day of clashes in Gaza City. / Photo: AAThe Palestinian death toll from the Israeli air strikes on Gaza since October 7 rose to 7,326, the Health Ministry in Gaza has announced.
"We call for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor and a humanitarian pause," EU Council President Charles Michel told reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels. "China is in communication with all parties concerned in the Palestinian issue," said Mao Ning, spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Six medical staff passed through Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, alongside four other ICRC specialists and six aid trucks. Here are some of the names of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in Palestine's Gaza in just 20 daysHundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the streets of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where some expressed support for Hamas amid Israel's ongoing war on Gaza.
"In the past, the five, six cycles of conflict in the Gaza Strip, these figures were considered as credible and no one ever really challenged these figures," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Jerusalem.The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli air strikes on Gaza since October 7 rose to 7,326, the Health Ministry in Gaza has announced.
Israel's defence minister said that it expects to launch a ground offensive into Gaza soon that will be long and difficult, and aim to destroy a vast network of tunnels used by Hamas fighters. The witnesses explained that"the army deliberately vandalised the street and destroyed the memorial of Abu Akleh."The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in New York condemned Israel's recent criticism of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"Four killed by occupation bullets in Jenin and Qalqilya at dawn today," the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement. Noting that humanitarian convoys have been"trickling" into Gaza since October 21, Samer Abdel Jaber, WFP's country director for Palestine, said their scale and frequency are"nowhere near enough to alleviate the suffering of the people."
The controversial policy allows Israeli authorities to detain anyone for six months without charge or trial, which can be extended indefinitely.Another eight trucks carrying food, medicine and water are expected to cross into Gaza on Friday, a senior United Nations official said, as a combination of technical, political and security issues hindered deliveries.
"Basic services are crumbling, medicine is running out, food and water are running out, the streets of Gaza have started overflowing with sewage.": UN human rights office says Israel is committing war crimes by collectively punishing the entire population of Gaza. Calls for an immediate ceasefire Earlier on Friday, Egypt's AlQahera News television, which is linked to state intelligence, reported"a rocket" falling on Taba"as part of the current escalation in Gaza".Israeli settlers threatened Palestinians in the occupied West Bank with a new"Nakba," hinting at expelling them forcibly from their lands as happened in 1948.
In a statement, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry said that 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in a series of fresh Israeli air strikes on residential homes across the city. The UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Lynn Hastings, said that"nowhere is safe in Gaza", despite the Israeli evacuation warnings.
The Israeli army added that aircraft and artillery struck Hamas targets in the Shujaiya area and throughout Gaza.A young man was killed by Israeli forces' gunfire during the raid on the city of Qalqilya. In total, three Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank since early Friday raising the death toll to 110 since October 7 and over 1,900 people injured.EU leaders have demanded"humanitarian corridors and pauses" in Israel's war on Gaza, urging aid access for civilians trapped in the besieged enclave, where the United Nations says"nowhere is safe."
Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasion. A witness in Taba, which lies some 220 kms from Gaza, reported hearing an explosion and seeing heavy smoke and dust rising.reported the missile struck a Taba ambulance facility and a residential building for the administration of the Taba Hospital.Authorities in Palestine's Gaza enclave have said that at least 2,000 people are reportedly under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
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