Escalating Israeli attacks in Gaza are forcing more Palestinians to flee their homes in the north as Israel's war on the besieged enclave enters its 34th day.
Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organisations are gathering in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in Gaza. / Photo: AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron has urged nations to"work towards a ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, as he opened a conference on aid to the Palestinian territory.
"The United Nations cannot be part of unilateral proposal to push Palestinians into so-called safe zones," he also said at the start of the humanitarian conference in Paris. "If we, as the Economic Cooperation Organization, do not raise our voices together as Muslims today, when will we raise them?," Erdogan told the 16th summit of the economic grouping in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent.Israeli forces have rounded up 29 more Palestinians in military raids in the occupied West Bank, a local nongovernmental organisation said.
It also shared footage showing the entrance sprayed with blood-red paint, with"Free, free Palestine!" chants in the background. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday, Ione Belarra asked Spain's conservative Popular Party, considered pro-Israel, whether it will"stop being complicit with the genocidal state of Israel."Israeli forces destroyed eight hospitals in past three days & pushed another 18 hospitals out of service since October 7 – Gaza govt media officeIsraeli warplanes have bombed eight hospitals in Gaza in the past three days, the government media office in Gaza said.
Israeli air strikes have pounded Gaza as soldiers battled street-by-street with Hamas members, and tens of thousands of Palestinians desperate for safety fled their homes southwards in the besieged territory. A ministry statement said a 51-year-old man was shot dead in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and a 30-year-old was killed in Dura town, south of Hebron.South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin has said he and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared the view there is a need for humanitarian pauses in Israel's war with Hamas.
It is being brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, according to the officials and the diplomat. In a statement, it noted that its teams received a total of 187 humanitarian aid trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent, with 81 on Wednesday and 106 on Thursday, along with five ambulances sent from Kuwait.Israeli aircraft have bombed the vicinity of Al Shifa Hospital and Al Nasr Children's Hospital in Gaza.
Abbas held separate phone calls with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. He called for international condemnation of Eliyahu’s remarks and the implementation of all necessary measures to neutralise this clear threat to the lives of Palestinians and neighbouring countries.Scores of Moroccans have taken part in a rally in the capital Rabat to protest Western countries' support for Israel and to show sympathy with Palestinians in Gaza.
Children in Gaza “should be asking if they are being taken to playgrounds and planning for their futures, not asking if they are being taken to graveyards and planning to die,” a British lawmaker has said. While the Israeli military’s relentless attacks on Gaza continue, Amnesty International said Palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture, arbitrary detention and other violations of their rights.
The Israeli military's relentless bombing and ground invasion of Gaza has killed more than 10,600 people, also mostly civilians, the Palestinian territory's Health Ministry has said.A group of Democratic lawmakers have urged US President Joe Biden to allow Palestinian tourists, students and workers in the United States to remain in light of Israel's war on Gaza and violence in the occupied West Bank, mainly by illegal Jewish settlers.
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