Israel's war on besieged Gaza, now in its 218th day, has killed at least 34,971 people — 70 percent of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 78,641.
Israel's war on besieged Gaza, now in its 218th day, has killed at least 34,971 people — 70 percent of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 78,641.A Palestinian man sits near the bodies of people killed in Israeli bombardment, in the yard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on May 11, 2024.
Numbering around 4,000 according to the authorities, protesters held up banners and signs condemning a"genocide" in Gaza and lauding the"resistance" of the Palestinian people. “Following the sirens that were activated in the Kerem Shalom area a while ago, 4 rocket launches were detected from Rafah,” the army said on X.
"We identified in the past weeks attempts by Hamas to rehabilitate its military capabilities in Jabalia. We are operating there to eliminate those attempts," said Daniel Hagari during a briefing to reporters. In Rafah, at least 14 Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a house and two civilian gatherings.
The video revealed that Popplewell's mother, Channah Peri, was released as part of a hostage swap deal, while"the son was left to face death."Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said Popplewell's health condition “deteriorated” until “he succumbed due to not receiving intensive medical care in health care facilities as a result of the enemy's destruction o f hospitals in Gaza and their being out of service.
“Everywhere you look now in west Rafah this morning, families are packing up. Streets are significantly emptier,” Louise Wateridge, a UNRWA spokeswoman, said on X.“New areas have been issued evacuation orders towards central Rafah in south Gaza and Jabalia in North Gaza,” Wateridge said, referring to instructions by the Israeli military Saturday morning.
“This investigation, in addition to the horrific testimonies narrated by recently liberated detainees from these covert holding sites, likened to human slaughterhouses exceeding the horrors of Nazism, underline the urgent need for international human rights bodies to meticulously record these atrocities,” Hamas added.The Israeli military has issued more evacuation orders for various areas in Gaza, where it has waged a brutal war since last October.
It called “on some neighbourhoods in eastern Rafah … specifically in the Rafah and Shaboura camps, and the neighbourhoods of Al Adari, Al Jeneina, and Khirbat Al Adas in blocks 6-9, 17, 25-27, 31” to head to some parts of Al Mawasi. “We consulted them on some of those ideas. And so we hope that they will hear our views,” the envoy said.Hezbollah has said it targeted a building where Israeli soldiers were holed up in a settlement near Lebanon's southern border.
At least 143 journalists and media workers are among the nearly 35,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.Scores of Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an overnight Israeli bombardment of Gaza, official media has reported. In Jabalia, northern Gaza, another seven Palestinians were killed and many others injured in Israeli attacks, the news agency reported.Numerous people, including a journalist, have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza, according to a media report.
Similarly, attacks on two houses in the Ez-Zeitoun and Es-Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City also resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. Australia voted on Friday with the overwhelming majority of the UN General Assembly in backing the resolution that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It recommended the Security Council"reconsider the matter favorably".
Israeli whistleblowers have revealed disturbing conditions at the Sde Teiman desert camp, a military base turned detention centre in the Negev desert, according to a report by CNN.“Rows of men in gray tracksuits are seen sitting on paper-thin mattresses, ringfenced by barbed wire. All appear blindfolded, their heads hanging heavy under the glare of floodlights,” said the report, citing whistleblowers. “We were told they were not allowed to move. They should sit upright.
Saudi Arabia said the resolution"clearly expresses the international consensus in favour of the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to establish their independent state on the basis of the two-state solution." UNRWA says no aid supplies allowed to enter Gaza since last weekend, and food, fuel and aid items have almost run out. We speak to UNRWA's Sam Rose, who's in Rafah
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, according to the ministry on X:"Today we are giving Palestine a stronger voice at the @UN. I hope today's resolution can be a beacon of hope for the future of the Palestinian people in these dark times."
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