Israeli aggression on besieged Gaza — now in its 164th day — has killed at least 31,726 Palestinians and wounded 73,792 others as Israel’s Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.
Aid agencies say they still cannot get enough supplies through or distribute them safely, especially in the north, and that access and security are Israel's responsibility / Photo: APThe United Nations humanitarian coordinator said an Israeli assault on Rafah would leave Gaza aid distribution"broken" as the organisation would be unable to prepare enough supplies for the already displaced people fleeing the area.
Stressing the aid access to Gaza is not enough, he said the flow of aid into the city needs to be done sustainably or else it would not be enough to prevent famine from happening. "Today, we have approved,"unanimously", the sanctions against the violent settlers that harass the Palestinians in the West Bank," he said.A senior Palestinian police officer, Brigadier General Fayeq Al Mabhouh, was killed in an Israeli raid on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the government media office said.
It called on countries that suspended their funding to the UN relief agency to reverse their decision."This aid gives the Palestinian people hope for survival and restores confidence in the ability of the United Nations to rescue and protect Palestinian refugees," it added.
The filing said South Africa's accusations in its request for new measures, filed March 6, are"wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the court itself".The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli government bears responsibility for the lives of those present at Al Shifa Hospital, where the Israeli army conducted a raid this morning.
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said he had"intended to go into Rafah today, but was informed my entry had been declined," speaking in a Cairo joint press conference with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. As threat of famine looms over Gaza, Palestinians are resorting to eating grass to survive under Israel's blockade of foodThe"painful and slow death" of 23 children in the north of Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration"would be the tip of the iceberg" as only those who reached hospitals are reported, UNICEF’s deputy executive director said.
The food packages, totalling approximately 25 tons and containing items such as cooking oil, rice, tomato paste, beans, hummus, lentils, pasta, canned meat, and fish, are being delivered to people in the Deir El Balah, Rafah, and Az Zawayda regions of Gaza.The Belgian foreign minister, Hadja Lahbib, reiterated her call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
"They were brutally beaten by Israeli forces, blindfolded and taken into custody," an eyewitness told. Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had beaten and arrested its correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul during a raid on Gaza's largest hospital. He also warned that the humanitarian consequences and the loss of lives that would result in the situation would be"catastrophic".Israel is deliberately blocking the international humanitarian response in Gaza and imposing a total military siege that amounts to collective punishment, according to a new study released by a UK-based international aid organisation.
"In view of over 2 million people in Gaza, many, many children who have not had sufficient food for weeks, we finally need this humanitarian ceasefire," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told reporters, ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. This year’s Ramadan is bittersweet for Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment and total blockade, which have caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and acute food shortages in the enclave.The number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza has reached 250 since ground invasion in the besieged territory began in late October, according to the latest toll on the army's website on Monday.
The meeting between Mossad chief David Barnea, Qatari PM Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egyptian envoys"is expected to take place today", the source said on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the talks. This stage of the negotiations could take at least two weeks, the official estimated, citing difficulties that Hamas' foreign delegates may have in communicating with the group in the besieged enclave after more than five months of war.Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has called on the UN and other international institutions to stop Israel's ongoing assault in the area of Al Shifa Hospital that has killed patients, refugees, and medical personnel.
Palestinian government media office in Gaza condemned the Israeli assault, saying that"the storming of the Al Shifa medical complex with tanks, drones, and weapons, and shooting inside it, is a war crime".The United Arab Emirates and Qatar on Sunday called for expediting the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza and an immediate ceasefire.
Soldiers"are currently conducting a precise operation in the area of the Shifa hospital," a statement from the military said.The first aid delivery in about four months reached Gaza’s northern city of Jabalia, local sources said.
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