Israeli war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 168th day — has killed at least 32,070 people and wounded 74,298 others, as Blinken huddles on Gaza with Arab diplomats in Cairo.
United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths called for an immediate ceasefire and said Israel needs to lift all impediments to aid distribution to Gazans.
"We share Israel's goal of defeating Hamas... A major military ground operation in Rafah is not the way to do it," he told reporters in Israel."It risks further isolating Israel around the world."US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Russia and China"cynically vetoed" a US-led draft resolution at the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza.
It added that they will do so “when it can make a positive contribution and the circumstances are right.”The Health Ministry Gaza has said that at least 32,070 people have been killed in more than five months of the Israeli war on the besieged enclave. After closing off access to Gaza following the attack on Oct. 7, Israel has since allowed in aid convoys amid growing international pressure to boost the amount of supplies to feed Gaza's 2.3 million people.
France's Foreign Ministry said it had started drafting a resolution with diplomats, saying they would put a draft forward if the U.S. resolution did not passRussia and China vetoed a US-backed draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a"hypocritical spectacle" that does not pressure Israel.
The statement noted that Israeli officials attempted to conceal their crimes against Palestinians and shield themselves from accountability, adding: “They have targeted President Erdogan for speaking the entire truth.”At least 120,000 Palestinian worshipers performed the second Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem, despite Israeli restrictions.
The visit is dominated by efforts to reach an agreement on a hostage swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, to establish a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and discuss the risks of Israeli army's ground assault in Rafah, in southern Gaza.Israel announced the seizure of 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, which activists called the largest such seizure in decades.
Following the unproven Israeli accusation that some UNRWA staffers were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks, many countries, including Finland, suspended payments to the aid agency in late January, pe nding an investigation. Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Palestinian enclave, leaving its population, particularly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.
A large number of Israeli soldiers and police are deployed throughout the city to restrict Muslim faithful access to the mosque, witnesses told Anadolu Agency. The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Security Council on the need for"an immediate ceasefire".The number of Palestinian deaths in the Al Shifa Hospital area in western Gaza rose to 150, the Israeli army has said.
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israeli troops have killed hundreds of fighters and detained over 500 suspects, including 358 members of the Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the largest number since the beginning of the war nearly six months ago.Britain and Australia have declared the need for an"immediate cessation of fighting" in Gaza, as diplomatic pressure built on Israel to ditch a planned ground assault on the southern city of Rafah.
Israel said its spy chief would also head back to Qatar on Friday for more truce talks with US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators who are trying to negotiate a six-week pause.Drone sioniste visant des civils palestiniens à Khan Younis dans le sud de la bande de GazaProviding weapons to Israel that kill more Palestinian civilians is a"war on human rights" and nothing justifies continuing arms sales, according to the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders.
0137 GMT — Footage of French-Israeli soldier mocking Palestinian torture victims ‘shocking and disgusting’ "The EU calls for an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire. Full & safe humanitarian access into Gaza is essential to provide the civilian population with life-saving assistance in a catastrophic situation in Gaza," European Council President Charles Michel said as a joint text agreed upon by EU’s 27 heads of state and government was released.
Saying that Israel has demonstrated over time that it will use such weapons"indiscriminately against Palestinians," Lawlor noted that any claims by Israel of self-defence have long since been"invalidated" by the disproportionality of the response.The United States will bring a UN draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an Israel-Hamas hostage deal to a Security Council vote on Friday morning, a US spokesperson said.
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