Israeli war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 165th day — has killed at least 31,726 people and wounded 73,792 others, as Netanyahu plans next onslaught on southern Rafah.
With aid agencies reporting huge difficulties gaining access to Gaza, particularly the north, the UN has warned for weeks that a famine is looming. / Photo: AFPUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to discuss efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war on Gaza and increase humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory, a State Department spokesperson has said.
"A ground invasion of Rafah would be catastrophic and must not be allowed to happen," Christopher Lockyear said on X.0129 GMT —Twenty Palestinians have been killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Rafah and central parts of Gaza, Gaza health officials said. "We are no longer able to distinguish between the sounds of thunder and bombings,” Shaban Abdel-Raouf, a father of five, said via a chat application.
Israel has killed several top leaders of Hamas over the years, only to see them quickly replaced with little apparent impact on the group’s operations. Its response came after South Africa asked the ICJ to issue emergency orders for Israel to step up humanitarian aid to Gaza to address looming starvation.
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