Some 1.1 million people in northern Gaza have been ordered by Israel to flee homes as latest Israel-Palestine war enters its eighth day and Israeli military appears to be preparing a ground invasion.
The number of Palestinians killed by a massive Israeli air assault against Gaza has risen to 2,215, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
Military spokesman Richard Hecht said there is a"window" for safe passage to south Gaza between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. Without saying how many days the window would remain, Hecht told reporters:"We know this is going to take time but we recommend people not to delay."While no humanitarian supplies have been allowed into Gaza since October 7, two million people across Gaza are in danger of running out of water, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
The group also"strongly condemned the blockade of medical, relief supplies, and basic necessities to the Gaza Strip … as collective punishment, which is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law." The military aircraft, in collaboration with the National Defense Ministry, Turkish Red Crescent, and Disaster and Emergency Management Authority , is delivering much-needed aid to the people of Gaza.
At least 1,900 Gazans -- most of them civilians and including more than 600 children -- have been killed in missile strikes on the densely populated enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said.Israeli forces have killed several"terrorists" trying to cross the border from Lebanon, a military spokesman said.
Dozens of Palestinians were reported dead in the attacks. The Palestinian Health Ministry has yet to confirm the fatalities. "To imagine that you could move one million people in 24 hours in a situation like Gaza can only be a humanitarian crisis," he added.Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has said it would be"fully prepared" to join its Palestinian ally Hamas in the war against Israel when the time is right.
Outreach by"major countries, Arab countries, and envoys from the United Nations, directly and indirectly, asking us not to interfere in the battle, will not affect us", he said, adding:"Hezbollah knows its duties." "The international community should earnestly enhance its sense of urgency to return to the correct basis of the Two State Solution to realise the peaceful coexistence of the two states of Palestine and Israel," Zhai said, according to the statement.Tens of thousands in Gaza are estimated to have fled south after Israel gave Palestinians 24 hours ultimatum to evacuate from the enclave's north before an expected ground invasion, UN humanitarian office OCHA has said.
The two men discussed relations between the two countries, regional and international developments and the latest situation in Gaza.The death toll in the West Bank has climbed to 16 Palestinians, bringing the total to 51 since October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.The UN Security Council has met behind closed doors to discuss the Israel-Palestine war as Palestinians stream out of northern Gaza following Israeli military threats.
"We're making sure Israel has what it needs to defend itself and respond to these attacks. It's also a priority for me to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," Biden said in an address in Philadelphia.
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