The Scottish First Minister, Humza Yousaf, expressed that his mother-in-law and her husband are facing extreme suffering while being trapped in Gaza.
Yousaf said the house only has six bottles of clean drinking water left for 100 people, including a two-month-old baby.
He moved away to answer her phone call and said the family never knows if they will survive each night because there are missiles, rockets, and drones attacking all night long.
Yousaf’s family members went to visit their relatives in Gaza, but there was fighting happening there. He said he is asking the UK government to help open the Rafah crossing and stop the fighting.
Israel’s military has conducted smaller raids into Gaza in order to attack Hamas and gather information about the hostages that are being held there.
The Israeli bombing of Gaza is still happening, and according to Hamas officials, many people were killed during the night.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees reports that the situation in southern Gaza is very dire. It has become so bad that some civilians are going back to the northern area, even though they were originally instructed by Israel to escape towards the south.
Over 1,400 Israelis died when Hamas attacked towns near Gaza. They shot and killed innocent people in their houses, on the streets, and even at a music event. According to Gaza’s health ministry, over 4,600 individuals have died as a result of Israel’s bombing, which has been led by Hamas. These bombings have destroyed whole neighborhoods.
On Sunday, Hamas claimed that they destroyed an Israeli tank in the southern part of Gaza. The IDF, on the other hand, stated that one soldier was killed and two others were injured by an anti-tank missile.
The media has received new information from the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza. They informed us that the number of people who died in Gaza since October 7th has now reached 5,087. This is an increase of 436 from yesterday’s count.
Over 15,273 people have gotten hurt.
Just to let you know, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is in charge of the health ministry, along with other government agencies.
In the past two weeks, there have been Israeli airstrikes on Gaza that resulted in the death of at least 4,651 people. Out of those deaths, 40% were children.
Gaza’s health ministry gave new numbers of people who have died and been injured. They said that 14,245 people have been hurt, and 70% of them are children and women.
Israel attacked Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, and Lebanon during the night and today as the fighting in the area continues for three weeks.
Warplanes attacked places in the trapped Strip and a religious place in the occupied West Bank that is believed to be used by Hamas fighters. They also targeted two airports in Syria.
An Israeli military spokesperson said that Israel is going to have more attacks on Gaza and start a new phase of the war.
In the past few hours, the Israeli military claimed that they attacked a place in Jenin, in the West Bank, believed to be a terrorist hideout. It was reported that a group affiliated with Hamas was inside a mosque at the compound.
Palestinians were told to move from the northern part of Gaza to the southern part.
Israel has been close to starting a ground attack in Gaza for a few days now, as a way to react to Hamas’ violent actions.
Many tanks and a large number of soldiers have gathered at the demarcation line between territories that are occupied. The leaders have talked about a future phase of actions, but they have not given specific details about it.
The military of Israel has promised to make air attacks on Gaza more frequent and has advised Palestinians who are still in the northern part of the area to move to the southern part.
A person from the military said that this would help Israel make sure our soldiers are safe in the next parts of the war. Hamas has reported that 55 people died in airstrikes on Gaza during the night.
The Israeli military says it attacked a group of Hamas members who were hiding in a mosque in the West Bank. Israel has positioned tanks and soldiers at the border with Gaza in preparation for a possible land invasion. However, the exact timing of when this may occur is not known.
The UN wants to provide more help to Gaza today. Yesterday, they were able to give necessary supplies to people for the first time since the fighting started.
It has been two weeks since Hamas attacked Israel and caused the deaths of over 1,400 people. Palestinian leaders say that over 4,300 people have died in Gaza since that time.
Many Arab citizens of Israel have been taken into custody because of what they said on social media about the war in Gaza.
One of them is a famous singer and influencer named Dalal Abu Amneh from Nazareth. She was kept in police custody for two days before being let go on Wednesday after paying bail. She is currently not allowed to leave her house until Monday.
As per Abeer Baker, her lawyer, she was accused by the police officers of behaving badly. They claimed that her posts could make her followers become violent.
The picture that caught the police’s attention was a photo of the Palestinian flag with a saying in Arabic that means “Only God wins. ”
Ms Baker says the singer, who is famous in the Arab world for singing about Palestinian culture, was expressing her religious beliefs. Israeli authorities believed that the singer’s post was encouraging Palestinians to take up weapons.
Since the war began between Israel and Hamas, the police in Israel have taken a strict approach towards social media posts that show support for Hamas. Hamas is a group that wants to destroy Israel and is considered a terrorist group by Israel, the US, UK, and other countries.
Ms Abu Amneh, who is an Arab citizen of Israel, was arrested along with many other people for posting about the war on social media.
A lot of people have been stopped from working or fired from their jobs, or face punishment from their universities.
Israeli Arabs, also known as Palestinian citizens of Israel, make up about 20% of the population in Israel.
The police have looked into and arrested over 100 individuals for their online activities since Hamas attacked. Sixty-three people have been arrested and questioned in Jerusalem only.
Israel’s Police Commissioner, Yaakov Shabtai, said that if anyone encourages others to oppose or harm Israel, its government, its elected officials, its military, or its police, the Israel Police will respond strongly and without being lenient.
Adalah, an organization that advocates for the rights of Arab minorities in Israel, thinks that more people are being held in custody because there have been more recent arrests.
During the Israel-Gaza conflict in May 2021, a report from Adalah stated that only 16 individuals were charged with inciting violence. Out of these 16 people, 15 were Arab.
Human rights advocates are concerned that the recent increase in arrests is because the police are now considering more behaviors as potentially encouraging violence.
In Rahat, a city in the desert, the police have arrested a person named Dr. Amer al-Huzail He was running for mayor in the past. He posted on social media a map of the Gaza Strip, along with his thoughts on what might happen if Israeli forces were to start a mission on the ground there.
Because of this, people have accused him of helping the enemy during a time of war. However, some people in Israel are still experiencing severe outcomes for their social media posts, even if they are not charged with any crimes.
According to lawyers from Adalah, they have received more than 40 cases where Israeli Arab workers were suspended or fired from their jobs unexpectedly.
Salam Irsheid, a lawyer at the organization, said that sometimes people’s jobs and way of making a living are in danger just because they give a like to a social media post. We have a worker who might lose their job for liking a news report about the Gaza situation on social media.
Arab students in Israel’s universities are also being disciplined by their schools.
Last week, the president of Tel Aviv University, Ariel Porat, mentioned that a small number of students were identified for showing “approval of the terrible actions by Hamas”.
“We will be very tough on these few students,” he wrote on the university’s website, “and if we believe their actions are against the law, we will inform the police. ” We will respond quickly, as needed in this sensitive situation, but we will make sure that every student gets a fair investigation.
Lawyers from Adalah have heard from 83 students who were suspended from schools in different parts of the country. In certain situations, these students were also asked to leave their housing suddenly.
None of the situations are about doing things, showing things, or taking part in things that are against the law. Hassan Jabareen, the general director of Adalah, says that they are mostly focused on the things people post on social media.
He says that most of the posts are against the war and Israel’s actions in Gaza. They also support the victims of the war in Gaza.
10% of the posts can be seen as indirectly supporting the actions of Hamas against innocent people.
“In usual circumstances, those posts wouldn’t be understood in that way, but nowadays Israel has a tendency to interpret them in the most severe manner. ”
The public is very angry about the attack by Hamas, which killed over 1,400 people, mostly innocent people, in areas close to the Gaza Strip. They are also upset with Jewish Israelis who are asking for things to calm down.
On the previous Sunday, Israel Frey, a well-known journalist from the left-wing ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, had to be taken away from his home in Tel Aviv by the police to keep him safe.
A group of people gathered outside the building and fired flares at his apartment because he posted a video on social media where he was praying for the people in Gaza.
And on Wednesday, Ofer Cassif, who is a Jewish lawmaker for the Arab-led Hadash-Taal alliance, was temporarily removed from the Israeli parliament for 45 days because he strongly criticized the bombing of Gaza.
He recently posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) and criticized the police for not acting quickly to protect Mr. Frey
“Police with weapons are sent to arrest anyone who displays even a small amount of understanding or compassion for the killings in Gaza,” he wrote.
However, the police do not want to keep a left-wing journalist safe when their life is at risk.
When Aya Najame was a young girl in Haifa, Israel, she would visit Jewish schools to learn about Jewish culture. Jewish kids would also visit Najame’s school to learn about her life.
Around one-fifth of the people living in Israel are Arab citizens or permanent residents. The around 2 million individuals are different from Palestinians who live in the occupied areas of the West Bank and Gaza, but they are not all the same.
Most of the people living in this area follow the Muslim religion, but there is also a significant group of Christian Arabs. Around 15 million people hold Israeli citizenship, but many who live in Jerusalem only have permanent residency and are not full citizens. Some people say they are Arabs, some say they are Palestinians, and some say they are Druze, which is a religious group found in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.
Some people can speak Hebrew well and live in communities where people from different backgrounds live together, like Haifa. But there are also people who live in towns where only certain types of people live and they feel like they are treated as less important than others because Israeli authorities discriminate against them. Every year, hundreds of people decide to join the Israeli military even though they don’t have to. A lot of people have relatives in the West Bank and Gaza.
According to Najame, Haifa is different from the rest of Israel.
We all live together here, Arabs and Jews. “We collaborate and visit the same locations,” she said to CNN.
“Najame said that Haifa is the most comfortable place. ” When you leave Haifa, you begin to feel uncomfortable. It’s difficult to explain, but it’s just a feeling of discomfort.
Ashraf Ashkar is a 35-year-old Arab Israeli. He has a job at a restaurant in the Arab Wadi Nisnas neighborhood in Haifa. He mentioned that he knows people who are part of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and people who were in the places in Israel that were violently attacked by the Palestinian militant group Hamas recently. “I talk to them a lot. I have a friend who is Arab and just joined the reserves last week,” said Ashkar. He also mentioned that Israel is where he lives.
However, he is also very conscious of his own family background. His family had to leave their village, called Iqrit, which is located north of Haifa. The Israeli army made them go away during the war in 1948. They were promised they could return in a few weeks, but in the end they weren’t allowed to, according to Ashkar. Israel’s highest court decided that the eviction of the families from Igrit was against the law and stated that they should be able to go back to their land. However, before they could go back, the Israeli Defense Forces destroyed the entire village in the 1950s.
“It’s confusing when you feel unsure about where you fit in. ” I try not to think about it too much, Ashkar said.
The Hamas attacks in Israel and the Israeli bombings in Gaza have made tensions worse between different groups. Israeli officials claim that over 1,400 people were killed in the attacks, while Palestinian officials say that more than 4,100 people have been killed in the bombings.
Israel has had a very conservative government since December, which is the most conservative government it has ever had. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some opposition leaders formed an emergency war cabinet to handle the war. The person in charge of national security, Itamar Ben Gvir, is someone who supports terrorism and encourages racism against Arabs. The finance minister is Bezalel Smotrich. He wants to get rid of the Palestinian Authority and take over the West Bank, but he’s not part of the war cabinet. However, he is still performing his duties as a minister.
B’Tselem, an organization in Israel that advocates for human rights in the occupied territories, stated that the strong words used by Gvir and Smotrich have encouraged radical individuals and caused more violence towards Palestinians. This violence is mainly carried out by right-wing groups and Israeli settlers. In September, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Israeli settlers harmed Palestinians in the West Bank in 216 attacks, causing injuries. There were also 582 incidents where their belongings were damaged.
CNN has requested a response from the IDF about the increase in violence, but they have not been given a reply.
The people who came to live here are showing that they want to harm us. The overall setting is one where we always feel like we will be targeted next. Diane Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer residing in Haifa, shared that she believes Palestinians are the next group that could be harmed. She has worked as a legal advisor for the Palestinian side in peace negotiations.
She said that after the Hamas attacks, people started talking very badly about Palestinians. She said that people say things like “people are like animals and they should be killed. ”
Buttu explained that as a Palestinian living in Israel, she often feels like people automatically think she is dangerous. The only way I’m not part of the group of human beings is if I first denounce terrorism. I need to show them that I am a human, but I never ask Jewish people to speak out against the settlers’ violence and those attacks, she said. I never tell them to show proof that they are not settlers.
Naim Khoury knows what it feels like to be constantly watched and not trusted by others. The lawyer, who is 39 years old and lives in Haifa, said that even in their city, which is usually seen as a good example of people living together well, they are feeling the negative effects of the violence that happened in October.
Some people are suspicious of us now because we are Arabs. He told CNN that being an Arab often gets associated with being a terrorist. “We strongly dislike terrorists, we strongly dislike all the things they have done, and we feel sad for every life that has been lost. ”
Khoury said he knows lots of people in the military and the police who are his friends. But, they also sometimes experience the same distrust.
“In Haifa, we make an effort to maintain positive relationships and live peacefully together. It’s unfortunate that whenever there’s a security issue, Jews assume that as an Arab, I must have a specific opinion about it. This makes me feel saddened. ”
Abu Nader has been running a small cafe in the ancient part of Jerusalem for almost 50 years. He was born and still lives in the same building where his cafe is located.
Like many Palestinians who live here, he has the right to stay in Israel permanently, but he is not considered a citizen. He said to CNN that he never wanted to become a citizen. “Why do we need rights. ” he said to CNN.
Nader has seven kids – five girls and two boys – and 24 grandkids. Some of the grandkids live in different areas of the city so they can’t always visit him. Sometimes, when there are a lot of problems and disagreements in Jerusalem, the Israeli police limit people from going to the Old City. They only let Palestinians in if they live there or are older than a certain age.
Buttu said that limiting the movements of people who live in a place permanently is one form of unfair treatment. She also mentioned that even individuals who have citizenship can be singled out and mistreated.
She said that there are laws that discriminate against Palestinians with Israeli citizenship. These laws include ones that prevent her and others from moving into certain towns. This is because of an Israeli law that allows admission committees in certain regions to decide who can move into the community. They can reject people if they are seen as not fitting in with the community.
This year, the law was changed to include more households. Now, it applies to settlements with 700 households, instead of the previous 400 households. Adalah, an organization that cares about the rights of the Arab minority in Israel, stated that the new version of the law applies to 41% of all areas and 80% of the state’s land.
If you are a Palestinian living in this country, you have two options: either find a safe place to live and work where you feel protected, can speak Arabic, express your political views freely, and don’t have to be careful with what you say, or completely blend in with the other side. “Buttu said that the space where there is complete discomfort can be found anywhere. ” “But even if you fully blend in, there is still uncertainty. ”
In Nader’s cafe, the coffee he serves is really strong and has a lot of sugar. He makes it in special copper pots that have a long neck, called cezve.
He said that some people call it Turkish coffee, Jerusalem coffee, Palestinian coffee, or Israeli coffee. He personally likes to call it Palestinian coffee when he feels like it. He watched a spoonful of sugar go up from the bottom of the pot. “When I don’t feel like talking about politics, I jokingly refer to it as Jerusalem coffee. ”
On Saturday, the first trucks bringing help for people in need arrived in Gaza. This happened two weeks after Israel started blocking off the area as a response to violent attacks by the group Hamas, which follows an extremist form of Islam.
The trucks went into Gaza through the Rafah crossing. This is the only way to enter Gaza that is not controlled by Israel. The CNN team saw this from the Palestinian border. The crossing shut down fast after 20 trucks passed through.
The people on the Egyptian side of the border were very happy because the crossing finally opened after waiting for days. They celebrated by shouting and cheering.
The Hamas government said that the trucks had medicines, medical supplies, and a small amount of canned food.
But, even though people in Gaza really need these supplies, aid workers say there isn’t enough for everyone. There are 2. 2 million people in Gaza, but the help they are getting is only a small part of what they actually need. This is because Israel and Egypt have put a blockade on Gaza.
The situation in Gaza has become worse every day. The hospitals are almost collapsing, and the people there have almost no food, water, or other important things they need. They are being constantly attacked by Israel.
The help has arrived only one day after two Americans were freed from Gaza. These Americans were held hostage by Hamas who attacked on October 7th. However, the release of these two people has raised concerns about what will happen to around 200 other hostages if Israeli soldiers enter Gaza.
Hamas, a group that controls Gaza, has given back the people they were holding as captives at the border. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Raanan, who is 17 years old, are now going to meet their family members again.
For their family, the release was the end of a very bad situation that started on October 7 when Hamas members did a very bad thing to the Jews. They killed over 1,400 people and took many others to Gaza.
At least 4,127 people have been killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, as reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas. This includes many women and children. Israel says it is only hitting Hamas sites.
Ben Raanan, Natalie’s brother, said that they are prepared to begin the amazing journey of helping her heal from her trauma.
But, he mentioned, many others are still experiencing the same problem.
“He said that there are families in Gaza and Israel who have suffered a loss that he cannot even imagine. ”
A lot of Israeli families went to a ceremony in Tel Aviv on Friday. There was a dinner table set up with 200 empty spots to represent the hostages. Shabbat is a special day of rest and thinking every week. It’s a time when Jewish families come together to eat and pray.
A representative from Hamas said on Friday that the two Americans who were being held captive have been set free because it was the right thing to do and to show that the United States’ government’s claims are not true.
Many world leaders, such as those from the United States, United Kingdom, and France, have welcomed the release. However, leaders from Israel are doubtful about Hamas’ reasons and have vowed to keep fighting back strongly.
The prime minister of Palestine says that unquestioning support for Israel gives them permission to kill people.
We have two hostages who have returned home. We will keep trying our best to bring back everyone who has been kidnapped or gone missing. “Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed that we will continue fighting until we win,” he shared on social media last Friday.
Major Doron Spielman, a representative of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), told CNN on Friday that Hamas was making a ridiculous attempt to gain international sympathy by using the humanitarian issue.
Some people think that Hamas released the captives in order to delay a possible Israeli attack. Israeli forces have gathered by the border and told Palestinians to leave the northern part of Gaza, so there is speculation that they might invade by land.
Israeli officials have not told the public their specific plans, but they want to get rid of Hamas and its underground tunnels in crowded cities.
Rami Igra, a former division chief of the hostages and MIA unit with Israel’s intelligence service called Mossad, said that Hamas is experiencing a lot of pressure. They are using various strategies to prevent the Israeli maneuver into the Gaza Strip.
They want to delay or put off this action or event. They are trying to reduce the stress on themselves, and they will use anything available to achieve a ceasefire,” he added.
The US and its friends have not actively opposed this type of attack, but they have advised Israel to have a clear plan and objectives if they decide to invade. They are cautioning against a long occupation and putting a strong emphasis on protecting civilians, according to US and Western officials speaking to CNN.
An injured Palestinian child is talking about the time when a missile landed close to him.
However, more and more innocent people are being killed in Gaza every day, causing anger to grow not only in the Middle East but also in other parts of the world.
The enclave, which was already cut off from the outside world by Israel and Egypt for the past 17 years, became even more isolated after the recent war started and Israel declared a complete blockade.
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the blackout and the prohibition on importing fuel have had very harmful effects on the healthcare system and people’s ability to get clean water.
It said that around 1. 4 million people had to leave their homes in Gaza. This is more than 60% of all the people living there.
Over 544,000 people are currently living in emergency shelters authorized by the UN, but conditions there are getting worse. Many people are at risk of getting sick from unsafe water.
Egypt said they would allow the first aid trucks into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, which is not controlled by Israel. But there were delays in opening the crossing, and this made aid organizations frustrated because they were waiting to be allowed in.
However, the 20 trucks that arrived in Gaza on Saturday, even though they were urgently needed, are not sufficient to address the magnitude of the crisis.
Martin Griffiths, the head of the UN relief organization, said to CNN that we should work towards delivering aid to Gaza at the same level as before, which was 100 trucks per day. “We need to make sure that we can do something consistently and reliably every day on a large scale. ”
Tamara Alrifai, who is in charge of communicating for the UN’s relief organization for Palestinian refugees, agrees with this idea and says that what is required is a steady supply of assistance. This is not about doing something once, like sending 20 trucks and then stopping.
The Israeli defence minister says that after the war with Hamas is finished, Israel will stop taking care of life in the Gaza Strip.
Yoav Gallant told parliament’s foreign affairs and defence committee that Israel’s military campaign aims to cut off connections with the coastal enclave.
Gallant said he wants to get rid of Hamas completely, including both its military and governing abilities. He also wants to establish a new and safer situation in the region.
Israel moved its soldiers and people who lived there from Gaza in 2005, but it still has power over the airspace, shared border, and shoreline.
The military of Israel says that there are 20 children who are under 18 years old, among a total of 200 people who have been taken and held against their will in Gaza. These kidnappings occurred after the attacks by Hamas on 7 October.
The Israel Defense Forces have announced that there are about 10 to 20 people over the age of 60 who are being held. Most of these people are still alive.
According to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, Gaza has become a terrible place for civilians and there is not much time left to bring aid into the area.
The leader of the United Nations, Antonio Gutteres, went to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. He said that he believes the first batch of help will reach Gaza within the next day or two.
Officials from Palestine report that over 4,000 individuals have died in Gaza since Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7. As a result of this attack, more than 1,400 people were killed.
On Thursday, a place of worship for Orthodox Christians in Gaza City was attacked. Church officials say that many people seeking shelter were there when it happened.
Israel says its fighter planes attacked a Hamas base that was used to launch rockets at Israel. They are currently examining the situation.
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, is going to a meeting in Cairo to talk about ways to stop the fighting between Israel and Gaza.
Egypt’s president invited him to participate in discussions. The talks will focus on the growing conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip, the immediate need for humanitarian aid, and the request to restart the peace process. These details were mentioned in a statement released by the South African presidency.
It was reported that Mr. Ramaphosa is very worried about the attacks on innocent people, the forcing of people out of their homes, and the severe problems faced by people in the Gaza Strip.
The South African leader previously stated that he was willing to help resolve the disagreement between Israel and the Palestinian territories.
He said his country could use its knowledge of solving problems in Africa and other places.
Egypt is being urged to take action as Gaza, which is located nearby, is getting heavily attacked by Israel. This is happening because of the violent attack that Hamas carried out in Israel on October 7th.
After Hamas attacked, Israel stopped people from going in or out of Gaza and stopped them from getting fuel, electricity and water.
This means that the Rafah crossing is the only way for people to leave Gaza and for supplies to come into it.
However, the crossing has been shut for most of the previous week. Both people from Gaza and foreigners are unable to go across. Additionally, a large amount of important aid for the people in Gaza is accumulating on the Egyptian side of the border.
An official from Palestine said to CNN that Egypt closed the gates of the border by using concrete blocks. Egypt said that reports of them closing their side of the crossing are not true. They also mentioned that the Palestinian side of the crossing was damaged by Israeli airstrikes many times.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, said to CNN on Saturday that while the crossing was open, the roads on the Gaza side were not working because of bombings from the air.
The Biden administration spoke with Israel and Egypt to make sure that Americans and other people can leave Gaza safely.
But Egypt is worried about the idea of many Palestinian refugees coming to live in the country, especially since there are already many migrants there. Over two million Palestinians live in Gaza, a crowded coastal area that is being heavily bombed by Israel.
Israel’s military wants the 1. 1 million people living in northern Gaza to leave their homes and go south, says the United Nations. Israel also has 300,000 reserve soldiers at the border, which suggests they may plan to attack on the ground.
Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and caused the death of 1,300 people. In response, Israel retaliated and has killed 2,329 people in Gaza. As the fighting gets worse and Israel blocks important things from getting in, organizations that protect people’s rights are worried that a big disaster might happen to the people in need.
There are people and things that are unable to cross the border.
Usually, very few people can pass through the Rafah crossing. Only people from Gaza who have permission and foreigners are allowed to use it to go between Gaza and Egypt. However, the border has been completely closed off recently.
Western countries are trying hard to open the crossing in Gaza and get their citizens out. The United States told its citizens in the area to go to Rafah if the crossing opens and they can do so safely.
At the same time, many Palestinians from other countries came to the border, but they had to wait on the streets for a long time, said the Palestinian border official on Saturday.
“Sorry, the crossing is not open. ” The official said that no traveler, whether they have Arab or foreign residency or not, is allowed to cross the border.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that Egypt agreed to let Americans pass through Rafah. However, Hamas prevented a group of these Americans from crossing.
A news channel called Alqahera News, which is controlled by the government, said on Saturday that Egypt is not allowing people from the US and other countries to use the crossing. This is because there is no agreement yet about helping the strip with aid, according to sources from Egypt.
At the same time, aid is being sent to Egypt and diplomatic efforts are being made to help people in Gaza.
Helpful planes from Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the World Health Organization, and the Red Cross have reached the Egyptian city of El-Arish. This city is around 45 kilometers (23 miles) away from Rafah. This news was shown on Egyptian state television on Saturday.
According to an official from the Egyptian Red Crescent, they have lots of supplies in their warehouses to help people in need. They have also made arrangements to store more aid in the El-Arish stadium.
According to Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of WHO, a plane from the World Health Organization arrived in Egypt on Saturday. The plane was carrying medical supplies. However, the group is still waiting to be allowed to pass through the border for humanitarian reasons.
Shoukry explained that Egypt has attempted to send help to Gaza, but they haven’t been given the right permission to do it.
Egypt announced on Sunday that it will work harder to assist relief organizations in providing aid to Gaza. However, the Egyptian presidency made it clear that protecting national security is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.
During a military graduation ceremony, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi compared the current situation in his country to a house surrounded by a neighborhood that is engulfed in flames. He said that rumors about Egypt not wanting to help the Palestinians are not true.
“We are ensuring that assistance, such as medical or humanitarian help, reaches the strip during this challenging period,” Sisi stated. He also expressed his sympathy.
However, he cautioned that there are only certain things Egypt can do to offer assistance.
Of course we understand and feel sorry for you. But we need to be cautious and think wisely in order to achieve peace and safety without spending too much, he said. Egypt already has 9 million migrants living there. The biggest groups in the country’s migrant population come from Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, as stated in a report by the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration in 2022.
Egypt’s government said that Israel’s request for people to leave their homes is against the rules of how to treat people in a time of war. They said that this would risk the lives of over 1 million Palestinians.
The Jordanian official said to CNN on Thursday that Jordan and Egypt are putting pressure on the Israeli government to let aid go into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
Egyptian media outlets are worried about the idea of letting Palestinian refugees come into the country. They are afraid it could cause Gazans to be moved out of Sinai against their will.
Sisi agreed with those feelings on Thursday. He said that there is a big danger for Gaza which could bring an end to the Palestinian cause. It is important for the people of Gaza to stay strong and keep living on their land.
Jordan’s King Abdullah met with Blinken on Friday. He cautioned against any efforts to remove or displace Palestinians from their territories.
Most of the people living in Gaza today are Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when Israel took control of their land. The war that happened resulted in the creation of Israel. However, Palestinians feel very sad about it and call it the Nakba, which means “catastrophe. ” This is because over 700,000 Palestinians were either kicked out or had to run away from their homes in what is now Israel.
Many thousands of Palestinians went to live in Gaza after the war when it came under the control of Egypt. Israel took control of a piece of land from Egypt during the war in 1967 and started moving Jewish people there. However, in 2005, Israel removed its soldiers and settlements from that area.
There will be new protests against Israel’s blockade of Gaza in many countries in the Middle East on Friday. Aid agencies are worried because hospitals in Gaza are running out of fuel, and they are concerned that necessary aid might be delayed in Egypt for another day.
The situation in Gaza is getting worse, so Israeli leaders are getting their troops ready for a possible ground attack. On Friday morning, they told around 23,000 people to leave their homes near the border with Lebanon.
In a speech from his office in the White House, US President Joe Biden restated that his government is dedicated to supporting Israel’s fight against Hamas. He emphasized that this support is crucial for America’s safety and compared it to Ukraine’s battle against Russia’s invasion.
However, he also warned the Israeli government not to let anger control their actions and emphasized that the well-being of innocent Palestinians should not be overlooked.
Biden’s support shows that Western allies and Arab countries have a growing disagreement. There are expected to be new protests on Friday in Arab countries in support of 2. 2 million Palestinians who are stuck in Gaza. This is making people worry that there could be a bigger conflict in the region.
Around 200 trucks filled with important supplies are waiting in line outside the closed border while officials try to come to an agreement to let them through. Workers worked on fixing dangerous road holes caused by Israeli bombing so that up to 20 trucks could pass. The negotiations about this continued until Thursday.
However, even though Biden and Egyptian officials said that aid would be given on Friday as scheduled, some sources told CNN that it might be postponed. A person from the US warned that the situation is constantly changing.
Life in Gaza is getting harder for many people as there is not enough food, water, medicine, and fuel.
A team of experts from the United Nations has accused Israel of committing serious crimes against humanity during its latest campaign.
The military operation taking place in Gaza, along with the difficult evacuation orders and forced population moves, breaks the rules of international law that protect people in times of conflict. The UN Human Rights Office stated on Thursday through a press release that it is incredibly cruel.
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said on Thursday that the main hospital in Gaza, called Al-Shifa Hospital, only has enough fuel to last for 24 hours.
Guillemette Thomas, a medical coordinator in Jerusalem, said that if there is no electricity, many patients will die. Many Palestinians are going to Al-Shifa hospital to stay safe because they are being bombed all the time.
Many stores don’t have any more food to sell, and people have to wait in long lines for hours to get food and water while bombs are being dropped nearby.
The number of people living in the southern part of Gaza has increased a lot recently. This happened because the Israeli military asked about one million people living in the northern part of Gaza to leave, as they were planning to invade that area.
The oldest church in Gaza is called St. X (ten). The Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in the center of Gaza City said that it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Thursday night.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Interior and National Security stated that an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building owned by the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, causing many people to get hurt.
The Israel Defense Forces admitted that they hit a church and caused damage while attacking a Hamas control center.
Israel has been continuously attacking Gaza because Hamas went on a killing spree on October 7, where they killed around 1,400 people in Israel. Most of the victims were innocent civilians. This event has been referred to as the most horrific mass killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust.
Since then, Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of over 3,700 individuals in Gaza, as reported by the Health Ministry in Gaza, which is under the control of Hamas. Hundreds of women and children have died.
There were thoughts and guesses about a potential ground invasion when Israel caught and arrested over 60 people believed to be part of Hamas on Thursday morning in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, spoke to troops who were near the Gaza Strip on Thursday. He told them that they will be “inside” the area soon and will see it for themselves.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to soldiers who are stationed in a different area next to the Gaza Strip, assuring them that the entire country supports them. We will hit our enemies hard to win. “Are you ready for victory. ” he asked
On Friday morning, CNN reporter Nic Robertson saw more soldiers and equipment near the border between Israel and Gaza.
I saw some light flares coming down in the distance. There were also red bullets being shot from a machine gun with a loud noise.
CNN doesn’t know what the military was doing at night.
Israeli warplanes have continuously bombed and destroyed many homes, causing hundreds of thousands of people to lose their homes. This has led to an increase in protests across the Middle East.
Egypt’s government-supported political parties and institutions have planned for protests across the country on Friday to show their support for Palestinians. This is unusual since Egypt has had strict laws against protests for the past ten years.
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, said on Thursday that there is a real possibility of the Israel-Hamas war causing problems in nearby regions.
We have noticed that people in Arab countries are very angry, and this has happened in many places in the region. Hamas wanted this to happen. And this could ruin the recent and important improvement in relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors,” von der Leyen said during a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
Protests against Israel became stronger this week after many Palestinians died on Tuesday in an explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.
Palestinian officials say that Israel attacked the hospital, but Israel says that this is not true. Israeli and US spies think that the explosion happened because a rocket from a different group in Gaza was shot in the wrong direction.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq expressed their criticism towards Israel and accused its military of attacking the hospital.
There are protests against Israel increasing in the Middle East. People are worried that there could be more conflicts, especially on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Hezbollah, a powerful group in Lebanon, has recently been fighting with Israel’s military.
We received new numbers from the health ministry in Gaza. They say that since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, at least 3,785 Palestinians have died in Gaza.
They say that out of the people who died, 1,524 were kids, 1,000 were women, and 120 were old.
A total of 12,493 people have been hurt, according to health officials.
This number of deaths includes 471 people who, according to the Gaza health ministry, died on Tuesday at Al-Ahli Arab hospital. Hamas says Israel bombed them, but Israel has evidence showing that a rocket from Gaza was accidentally fired.
The exact number of people who died in that incident is being argued about. A representative from the Israeli foreign ministry said it was a few dozen.
Aid organizations state that Gaza requires much more assistance than the first 20 trucks mentioned by US President Biden after his recent trip to Israel.
The UN’s head of humanitarian efforts, Martin Griffiths, says that about 100 large trucks will be needed each day.
Egypt has said they will open the border between Egypt and Gaza so that deliveries can happen, but it is taking some time to get everything ready.
The Egyptian president, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, is going to meet with King Abdullah of Jordan today to discuss providing help to Palestinians.
Both Egypt and Jordan have been friendly with Israel for a long time and have helped solve problems between them in the past.
Around 20 large vehicles carrying essential items like food, clean water, and medicine might soon get permission to go into Gaza.
Israel stopped supplying electricity, water, food, and medicine to Gaza after Hamas militants attacked on October 7th.
Since then, the 2. 1 million people living in Gaza have been quickly running out of necessary items.
However, important groups that help people warn that giving aid will only make a small impact.
“The UN says that at least 100 trucks of help are needed to support the many people living in Gaza,” explained Shaina Low from the Norwegian Refugee Council to the BBC.
Right now, it is believed that only 20 people will be allowed in.
Even before the war began, 1. 2 million people depended on food assistance from UNWRA, according to Juliette Touma, the spokesperson of the UN organization in Amman, who spoke to the BBC.
Many people in the Gaza Strip are very poor. Even before the war started, the situation was really bad. “It’s turning into a sorrowful situation,” she expressed.
US President Joe Biden and Egypt‘s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi agreed to send a small amount of aid through Egypt’s Rafah crossing.
After a short trip to Israel, Mr Biden talked to Mr al-Sisi on the phone.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will not stop goods from Egypt from reaching the people living in southern Gaza.
But the government only said yes to letting food, water, and medicine in – not things like fuel that are really needed.
A report from the United Nations about Gaza stated that fuel is very important, and not having enough fuel is making the water crisis worse. The machines that make saltwater clean and the machines that pump water can’t work without fuel. The aid agreement provides some hope for the many people in Gaza. Before these discussions, it was not known how any help would reach regular people.
Israel has stated that it will not let any help come through its land until Hamas sets free the people they are holding as captives. Also, no aid has been able to move through the Rafah crossing in Egypt.
In an interview with the BBC’s Newshour, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry explained that the crossing into Gaza had been bombed four times, and there was no permission given for trucks and vehicles to enter Gaza safely.
“He said he wants to find out why the crossing is being attacked and who is attacking it. ”
It is not clear when exactly people who need help will receive aid. The road at the Rafah crossing needs fixing first so that trucks can go through.
However, according to Mohsen Sarhan, who works at the Egyptian Food Bank, there is not much time left before supplies run out. He said there were 120 trucks ready to bring help and they were waiting at the border to cross safely.
We are really mad because we found out that people in that area don’t have any water left. They don’t have any more body bags available. They don’t have anything left.
Rishi Sunak wants to continue helping Gaza after meeting with the Israeli president, according to Downing Street’s statement.
A spokesperson for the British Prime Minister said that he talked about the problem with President Isaac Herzog after reaching Israel for a two-day trip to the area.
As Western leaders try harder to stop the conflict with Hamas from getting worse.
Downing Street said that Mr. Sunak is pleased with Israel’s announcement on Wednesday about allowing aid to reach southern Gaza from Egypt.
Israel says it will not let any help go through its land until Hamas releases the people it kidnapped during their recent attack.
Mr Sunak and President Herzog both agreed that it is very important to provide immediate help to the people in Gaza who are in need of humanitarian support, according to a spokesperson from 10 Downing Street.
The UK prime minister said that he really hopes that they can make more progress in getting important food, water, and medicine to people.
Mr Sunak expressed gratitude to the Israeli president for helping British citizens affected by the attacks, including the families of British hostages, according to No 10.
The leaders promised to keep working very hard to free them, the statement said.
Western diplomatic trips refer to the visits made by diplomats from Western countries to other countries for the purpose of carrying out diplomatic activities and building relationships.
Before, Mr Sunak said Israel experienced a terrible act of terrorism done by Hamas, and the UK supports Israel.
The visit is happening just after President Biden’s visit, as leaders from around the world are trying harder to stop the conflict with Hamas from spreading to other areas.
After his visit to Israel, Mr. Sunak will go to other important cities in the area. His exact schedule is uncertain because many security and diplomatic elements are involved.
The journey, which happens after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip on Tuesday and Mr. Biden’s 24 hours later, shows that the Western leaders are working together.
These countries, called the Quint, include the US, UK, Germany, France, and Italy.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will come to visit Israel soon.
People close to Mr. Sunak said that besides supporting Israel and advocating for humanitarian aid to Gaza, he would also stress the importance of Israel conducting a ground invasion in a calm and measured manner.
Mr Biden’s visit was not the main focus of attention because there was a powerful explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, which caused the loss of lives.
The United States stated that the explosion seemed to be from a rocket that Palestinian militants tried to launch but didn’t work. This supports Israel’s explanation of what happened.
The hospital was hit by an Israeli air strike, according to Palestinian officials.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, Chancellor Sunak stated that British intelligence agencies are trying to find out who caused the explosion. He advised Members of Parliament not to make hasty decisions without proper evidence.
In a later statement, Mr Sunak said: “The attack on Al-Ahli Hospital should be an important moment for leaders in the area and around the world to work together to prevent more dangerous escalation of conflict. The prime minister is visiting Gaza because Israel has warned about launching a ground attack there. People are worried about the living conditions in Gaza.
Israeli warplanes and heavy weapons have been attacking Gaza since over 1,400 people died in a huge attack by Hamas on Israel on 7 October.
Over 3,000 people have died in many air attacks on Gaza by the Israeli military.
After Hamas attacked, Israel stopped the delivery of fuel, water, food, and medical supplies to the area. They are also asking for the release of many people who were taken hostage into Gaza by Hamas.
Over one million people in Gaza have been forced to leave their homes. Gaza is extremely crowded, and there is not enough of necessary items like food and water.
Mr Sunak said that the UK is working nonstop to rescue hostages who were captured by Hamas.
At least seven people from Britain have been confirmed as dead after the attack on Israel. The UK government said that they are still looking for nine more UK citizens who have not been found.
In the meantime, James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, met with his Egyptian counterpart while he was on his own trip to the Middle East.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said they talked about ways to prevent the conflict from getting worse and how to send help to Gaza. Cleverly will also have meetings with leaders in Turkey and Qatar soon.
Ibrahim Wadi, who is 62 years old, and his son, Ahmad, who is 24 years old, were going to a funeral for four Palestinians who were killed by Israeli settlers in their community in the occupied West Bank. While they were driving in their car, they were attacked.
The dad and son were driving in a small village called Qusra, near Nablus. This village has had a lot of violence lately. On Thursday, while they were driving, some armed settlers shot at them. Relatives told CNN that the men were taken to a hospital close by and passed away shortly after because of their injuries.
At least 61 people, including children, have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7. Hamas attacked Israel unexpectedly and it was a first-time occurrence. This information comes from the Palestinian Ministry of Health there. Over 1,250 people have been hurt.
The attack by Hamas has caused the death of over 1,400 people in Israel, mostly ordinary people, and it is believed that at least 199 people are being held captive in Gaza, as reported by Israeli authorities.
Israel has declared a “total blockade” in response to the situation and has attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip. This has resulted in the deaths of at least 3,478 people. The health ministry in Gaza, which is under Hamas control, has also mentioned the possibility of a ground invasion. Right now, there is growing tension in the West Bank. Palestinians in the area have been involved in conflicts with both Israeli forces and settlers, and unfortunately, some Palestinians have lost their lives.
Hani Odeh, the mayor of Qusra, said to CNN that Israeli settlers freely move around the village with the support of the Israeli police. He told someone from COGAT, an organization in Israel, that he was going to the funeral with Ahmad and Ibrahim.
A little while ago, the Israeli person advised him to choose a different path instead of the usual one to stay away from the settlers in the area. Surprisingly, the road Odeh and the others were told to go on had settlers on it. Sadly, the settlers ended up shooting and killing Ahmad and Ibrahim while they were in their car.
Odeh said to CNN that he saw the attack from his own car while Israeli soldiers were guarding the street. He approached an officer and asked him to make the settlers go away, but nobody took any action. He explained that it seemed like a trap.
CNN asked COGAT and the IDF for a response to Odeh’s claims, but they haven’t received a reply yet.
BrigadierGeneral Hagari said that anyone who tries to oppose us in Judea and Samaria, which are the Jewish names for the West Bank, will face a strong and powerful response.
CNN talked to people who live in the West Bank and they told CNN that they are scared of violence from the Israeli army and security forces. They are also worried about revenge attacks from the approximately 700,000 Israeli settlers who live in that area. In simple words: Recently, there have been a lot of violent incidents in the West Bank, including attacks by settlers. These incidents have been happening more frequently than before, and one attack was so severe that an Israeli military commander described it as a “pogrom. ”
Even before the fighting with Hamas, there was already a lot of tension in the West Bank. Israel started going into the West Bank after there were many attacks from Palestinians. They were looking for places where they believed militants were gathered. The violence caused a lot of deaths among both Palestinians and Israelis, more than at any time in the past ten years.
Days after the violent incident in Qusra, a town with about 7,000 people, the residents are still shocked and upset. Pictures remembering the six people who died cover the walls of houses and buildings. The air feels very sad and empty.
Cars are set on fire, water pumps are damaged, and electricity lines are broken near an apartment building located at the outskirts of the village where the initial four murders happened. There is broken glass all over the floor, and there are bullet holes on the walls.
On October 11, some people with weapons attacked the building. This made the residents ask for help. When a few neighbors came to the place, the settlers started shooting and killed four people. The people who died were Musa’ab Abu Raidi, who was 19 years old, Obaida Abu Srour, who was 18 years old, Hassan Muhannad, who was 22 years old, and Moath Odesa, who was 29 years old.
Rabeea, who is 19 years old, and her younger brother Abdulrahman, who is 12 years old, were in their apartment building. They were really scared as they saw the attack happening. The brothers and sisters, who requested CNN to not mention their last name because they worry about punishment from Israeli settlers, described how settlers threw rocks and shot at the building while they, along with their mother, hid inside.
Their big brother and his 6-year-old daughter got hurt and are getting help at a hospital close by. Odeh, who is the mayor, said in an interview with CNN that there were 12 people, including them, who had to be taken to the hospital following the attack.
Rabeea explains that her brother cannot sleep at night because he is feeling very scared to be by himself. CNN visited the family while they were putting their stuff in boxes and getting ready to relocate to a different village.
I feel really upset. “I want to cry, but what can we do. “”I want to remain here, but we are unable to take any action. ”
They have come here in the past. Seven years ago, Rabeea and Abdulrahman told everyone that their father was killed by Israeli settlers close to Nablus. Their family had to move to Qusra because they were scared of getting attacked. Now, they are feeling very afraid to stay, so they are being forced to leave their home once more.
Israel gained control of the West Bank in 1967 during a war and has occupied it since. Israeli citizens have moved into the area, sometimes with military protection. The people who live there hope that the West Bank will become part of a future Palestinian state.
Many countries believe that these settlements break the rules of international law. However, Israeli governments have promised to continue supporting them. Israel sees the West Bank as an area where there is disagreement about who should control it, and they believe that their actions of building settlements there are allowed by the law.
This year, after the election of a very conservative and extreme government in Israel led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there has been increased violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank.
By mid-September of this year, the United Nations reported that there were 798 incidents caused by settlers in the occupied territory, which resulted in 216 Palestinians getting hurt. During that time, Israeli soldiers caused the death of 179 Palestinians in the West Bank.
The IDF claims that most of the people they target are either suspected of being involved in terrorism or are engaging in violent actions against their troops during raids. However, they do not always provide proof for this claim.
People who have moved to live in a new place have been accused of hurting Palestinians. In addition to killings, these attacks have also involved physical attacks, causing harm to property, and disturbing behavior towards others.
Odeh said that they want to make Palestinians leave their homes and eventually leave the occupied West Bank.
This year, due to global criticism, Netanyahu told Jewish settlers that they can’t take land in the West Bank without the Israeli government’s approval. But with him as the leader, Israel has given permission for a lot of new houses to be built in West Bank settlements.
People in the government who are part of a right-wing group have been accused of causing harm to Palestinians. These government members include National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who are settlers themselves.
After Hamas attacked on October 7, Palestinians are facing strict limits on how they can move around the West Bank and between the West Bank and Israel. Israeli military forces have closed off checkpoints and roads, making it difficult for people to travel, as reported by residents speaking to CNN.
Palestinians who live in the West Bank said to CNN that the closure has made a big impact on their daily lives. It has limited their ability to travel for work, school, medical treatment, and other important activities.
During a conversation with US President Joe Biden, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked for an immediate stop to attacks on people living in Palestinian areas by settlers in the West Bank. He also emphasized the importance of preventing the killing of innocent people on both sides.
At Ibrahim and Ahmad’s house, which was not far from the apartment building that was attacked in Qusra, their family was very sad on Sunday. They could see an Israeli settlement getting closer to their home. The family includes their wives, daughters, and sisters.
Thank goodness, we are powerful. “And if God allows, we will keep having the energy and calmness,” Khitam Wadi, the wife of Ibrahim and mother of Ahmad, told CNN.
My husband really enjoyed his land. He protected his property. “And we will keep doing the same as long as we are alive,” she said.
Clearly upset, Khitam struggled to explain her sadness. But the younger women in the family, even though they were hurting, were determined to stick to their opinions.
I feel unhappy, obviously. All of this has an impact on me, but it doesn’t make me weaker. Aseel, who is Ibrahim’s daughter and Ahmad’s sister, said that we have always experienced the same thing and nothing has changed in our lives.
This is where we live. My dad showed me how important it is to care about and appreciate my country. I will teach my children the same things. And I will stay forever.
Some Arab countries that are usually friendly to the United States were not very receptive to President Joe Biden and his diplomats when they traveled to the Middle East to try and stop the conflict between Israel and Hamas from spreading to other countries.
Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority decided not to meet with Biden just a day before they were supposed to have a meeting together in the city of Amman, Jordan. The cancellation happened after a big explosion at a hospital in Gaza called Al-Ahli Baptist. It was said that this explosion caused the death of many Palestinians. Palestinian officials said Israel caused the explosion in the hospital, but Israeli officials said it happened because an Islamic Jihad rocket went off accidentally.
“The meeting cannot end the war, which is our goal,” said Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday. He referred to the explosion at the hospital as a war crime. “So, we chose not to have it,” he said.
Biden came to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. He met with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the Prime Minister of Israel, and also with some people from the Israeli war cabinet. The president promised to support Israel and told Netanyahu that the explosion at the hospital seems like it was caused by someone else, not Israel. The National Security Council said on Wednesday that the government currently thinks that Israel is not responsible for the blast.
CNN is unable to confirm on its own what caused the explosion and how many people were hurt.
Arab leaders are worried and upset because the United States is heavily supporting Israel in the war. They are now trying to distance themselves from the Biden administration because people in the Arab countries are getting angrier at Israel. More than 3,478 people have died in Gaza since the attack on Israel by Hamas. The attack in Israel caused the deaths of at least 1,400 people.
After the explosion in the hospital was reported on Tuesday, people in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, and Turkey, as well as in Ramallah in the West Bank, started protesting against Israel.
Arab leaders might be cautious about protests happening in their own countries as they see constant coverage of the Gaza war on Arabic news channels, including distressing images of Palestinians who have died. Protests in Jordan are more likely to happen because many of its people have Palestinian roots.
Egypt announced that it will mourn the victims of the Gaza hospital for three days.
Abdul Khaleq Abdulla, a commentator from the United Arab Emirates, who knows about official opinions, said that Biden has shown a unique emotional connection to Israel, unlike any past US president. Arab countries are very surprised and unhappy that Biden is not criticizing Israel or stopping the violence.
“He told CNN that people now believe he is equally responsible for the crime against Palestinians. Arab countries are now avoiding him and not giving him attention. ”
Egypt and Jordan, countries next to Israel and the Palestinian territories, are against a plan by the US to create a safe path for Palestinians escaping Gaza into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which is next to Gaza.
Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Tuesday that it is not acceptable for Palestinians to be forced to leave their homes and move to Jordan or Egypt. He also made it clear that neither Jordan nor Egypt will allow refugees from Gaza to come into their countries. He said that suggesting that the two countries should accept Gazan refugees is a plan “by some people who always do this to cause problems on the ground. ” This suggests that the refugees may not be allowed to go back to their homes.
The proposal from the US has made people in the Arab world very angry. The media in the Arab world believes that the suggestion would benefit Israel by removing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and possibly even taking control of it again. This would leave the Palestinians without homes and with no chance of returning. Israel controlled Gaza from 1967 to 2005 and moved Jewish people to live there during that time.
Egyptian newspapers have strongly criticized the idea of forcing Palestinians to leave their homes. They believe that this would be a devastating event similar to the 1948 Nakba, which resulted in around 700,000 Palestinians being forced to flee or leave their homes during the Arab-Israeli war that led to the establishment of Israel. Many people living in Gaza were forced to leave their homes and became refugees because their families originally came from parts of Israel.
During a press conference, the Egyptian President strongly expressed his opinion that Israel, not Egypt, should be responsible for accepting Palestinian refugees.
Sisi said that if Israel has a plan to force out Gazans, they can move them to the Naqab desert in Israel until Israel finishes their operation to destroy the resistance groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
He said that if people from Gaza go to Sinai, it could become a place for people trying to harm Israel. This could make Israel attack Egypt.
Timothy Kaldas, who works at a policy institute in Washington, DC, said that Arab leaders don’t want to appear like they are helping in removing people from Gaza.
Sisi is trying very hard to put some distance between himself and his Western partners on this matter. He wants to protect himself from the possibility of facing a lot of public criticism and anger.
Sisi said this after his foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, talked about how Europe and the US worry about many refugees coming in, and Egypt feels the same way.
Egypt is already home to nine million refugees. Should we expect them to welcome another one or two million people. That’s what Shoukry, an Egyptian official, asked during an interview with CNN on Tuesday. He said he didn’t know why the Palestinians were being moved, and he thought it might be on purpose.
Kaldas said that Western governments, who have become friends with Arab rulers, often see it as an advantage to ignore what the general public thinks. He said it might not be true, especially at this time.
Kaldas said that even in autocracies, the people living there still have their own thoughts, feelings, and limits which should be recognized. “And this is definitely something that has made everyone in Egypt very angry. ”
Egypt has agreed to let trucks with supplies go into Gaza. People all around the world are getting more and more angry about Israel locking up Gaza as punishment for the violent Hamas attacks that happened almost two weeks ago.
The continuous attacks on Gaza by Israel have caused more and more people in the Middle East to express their anger through protests. This has also increased concerns that the war could lead to a bigger conflict involving other countries in the region.
While returning from his trip to Israel, US President Joe Biden announced that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza for humanitarian assistance. The crossing is not under Israel’s control.
Biden said that around 20 trucks from an aid convoy that has been waiting for many days at the closed border gate will be allowed to enter Gaza. Biden said that the roads near the crossing have big holes from Israeli airstrikes, so they need to be repaired before the trucks can go through. He said that the work could be completed in eight hours on Thursday before the first aid supplies are delivered on Friday.
We are talking with different groups to make sure that we can send essential items to the people in need. Currently, we are in the middle of these discussions. “We’re trying our best to bring them in as quickly as possible,” said UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq to CNN on Wednesday.
We don’t know how much the first delivery will help the Gazan people who are suffering from a severe crisis that is affecting many people and getting worse, according to the World Health Organization.
“We are hopeful that the aid deal will not fail,” said Richard Brennan, a representative from WHO, on Thursday. He added that there are many challenging factors in starting this aid operation.
This is not a short race. This is only the beginning. This is a long race. He said it was a very long and difficult task, with the goal of distributing aid to 100 trucks per day.
Biden said that the crossing would only allow aid to enter, not people being evacuated. This means that the 2. 2 million Palestinians, including foreign nationals and dual citizens, who are stuck in Gaza have an uncertain future as they have no way to leave.
Over the past week, more and more Palestinians in Gaza have been asking for help. They moved towards the south because Israel told them to leave the north. However, they discovered that there was no safe place in the crowded area.
As the airstrikes continue nonstop, hospitals are running out of medicine and fuel to keep their lights on. The medical staff is overwhelmed and trying their best to save lives.
UN agencies are saying that stores are almost out of food and Gaza’s last seawater desalination plant has stopped working. This means there is a higher chance of more people getting sick or dying from lack of water and diseases passed through water.
For almost 17 years, Israel has stopped air, land, and sea access to Gaza, which has resulted in the strip being mostly cut off from the rest of the world. Things were already verybad before the war – and are getting even worse quickly after Israel stopped providing things to Gaza following the attack by Hamas, the group that controls the strip.
The murder and kidnapping spree resulted in the death of around 1,400 people in Israel. Most of the victims were regular people,not soldiers. This terrible event is considered the worst killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust. Hamas has taken control of about 150 people and is holding them against their will.
Since the past few days,around 3,500 people have been killed in Gaza, as confirmed by Palestinian health officials. Among the victims, there are many women and children who have lost their lives.
People in Arab nations were already getting really angry. However, it became very violent after a large explosion happened in Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Gaza authorities said that this explosion caused the death of hundreds of innocent people.
Palestinian officials say Israel bombed the hospital, but Israel says it didn’t.
Israel presented evidence on Wednesday that proves a rocket misfire by the Islamic Jihad militant group.
Biden supported that explanation on Wednesday, referring to information from US intelligence. A representative from the National Security Council said that after looking at pictures from above, intercepted messages, and public information, it seems like Israel is not to blame.
Islamic Jihad, a group that goes against Hamas, stated that they are not responsible.
However,many Arab countries expressed disapproval and blamed Israel’s military for bombing the hospital. This led to thousands of protesters gathering in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, and Tunisia, shouting slogans against Israel.
Other countries and international organizations, like the United Nations, have shown shock and sadness at the number of deaths and advised that we should wait until we have all the facts before blaming anyone.
The explosion happened shortly before Biden was scheduled to go to the Middle East. This caused a lot of panic and confusion among the people working for him. As a result, the important meeting with Arab leaders in Jordan had to be rescheduled.
But Biden said his talk with Egypt’s Sisi, which happened while their plane was refueling,went well. “See, I came here to finish a task, and I finish edit,” he said to CNN.
He did not provide detailed information about the efforts made to rescue Americans and other civilians from Gaza, but mentioned that he was optimistic about the progress being made in those attempts.
There are worries that protests against Israel are increasing in the Middle East, and this could lead to more conflicts,especially on Israel’s border with Lebanon. In that region, a militia supported by Iran is in control and has been fighting with Israel’s military recently.
The spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces is Lieutenant[Name]. Colonel Jonathan Conricus spoke to CNN on Thursday and said that Hezbollah had done something very serious. He said that the group shot many missiles at tanks from Lebanon and tried to secretly enter Israel but failed.
Conricus said that Hezbollah is causing trouble for Lebanon by involving it in a conflict that doesn’t concern it and will not bring any benefits.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday that China is ready to work with Egypt to bring more certainty and stability to the region, as reported by state media.
Xi told Madbouly that the international and regional situation is changing a lot and is very complicated.
Australia’s coach, Graham Arnold (60), has appealed to the government for assistance in ensuring the safety of the Socceroos during their World Cup qualifier againstthe Palestinian team.
This request is prompted by security concerns in the region.
Notably, there has been recent violence, with Hamas militants being involved in an attack on communities in southern Israel on October 7th, resulting in more than 1,300 casualties among Israelis.
In response, health authorities in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip reported at least 3,000 casualties during Israel’s 11-day bombardment following the attack.
Australia is scheduled to face the Palestinian team in an Asia qualifying match on November 21st, with the venue yet to be determined.
“No doubt we’re going to need the government’s support in those types of decisions on where we’re playing Palestine and even Lebanon,” Arnold told reporters in London.
“Because of what is going on at the moment, it’s quite scary.
“We’re obviously not on top of everything that is going on on the security side of things in the Middle East; no doubt the government is more into that than we are, so give us some help so the decision is safe.
“We need to be safe.”
In their final match before the 2026 World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh in Melbourne on November 16th, Australia secured a 2-0 victory againstNew Zealand in a friendly held in London on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden said that a dangerous explosion at a hospital in Gaza seems to have been caused by Palestinian militants. He supports Israel’s explanation of what happened while he is visiting the country.
Mr Biden arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. He expressed feeling very sad and angry about the explosion.
Israel’s army stated that the explosion happened because a rocket fired by the Palestinians went off course.
However, officials from Palestine claimed that an attack by Israel’s air force directly hit the hospital.
The BBC is trying to confirm the number of people who have died, which is expected to be in the hundreds, and also find out what caused the explosion.
Mr Biden’s important visit has been affected by the explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on Tuesday evening. This worsened the already tense situation and caused protests in the area.
He arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday where he was warmly welcomed by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before they held a press conference together.
Mr Biden felt very sad and angry about the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday.
“He said that from what he saw, it looks like the other team did it, not you,” he told Mr. Netanyahu “But there are many people who are unsure, so we need to face and conquer many challenges. ”
The US president said once again that he supports Israel and disapproves of the Palestinian group Hamas. Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza on 7 October, resulting in the deaths of 1,300 people, which was a very unusual and severe attack.
According to Palestinian health officials, about 3,000 people have died in Israeli attacks on Gaza in response to previous attacks.
Mr Biden had planned to go from Israel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. However, he had to cancel that part of his trip because of the explosion at the hospital on Tuesday.
Jordan cancelled the meeting and strongly criticized what they called “a terrible disaster and a very terrible crime committed during a war”. The White House said that the decision was made together and President Biden will talk to Mr. Abbas and Mr. Sisi when he flies back to the US.
The President of the United States is planning to meet with the group of people in charge of making decisions about war in Israel later today.
John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council, said that he will ask difficult questions to gain a better understanding of Israel’s goals and objectives in the war in Gaza.
“He will ask difficult questions, but he will ask them in a friendly way,” Mr Kirby said to the reporters. He also mentioned that the US will emphasize the importance of providing humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the responsibility to prevent harm to civilians.
Officials said that Mr. Biden will meet with emergency workers who helped during the Hamas attack, and also with people who lost loved ones or have family members held hostage.
Israel has requested $10 billion in urgent military assistance from the United States. This request was reported by CBS News, a partner of the BBC, who cited sources familiar with the matter.
Officials in Gaza, a place controlled by Hamas, claim that 500 individuals lost their lives in the explosion that occurred at the hospital. A doctor described the tragic event as a “massacre. ”
Hamas accused Israel of committing a “war crime”. A person speaking for Mr. Abbas, who lives in the occupied West Bank, accused Israel of committing a very terrible crime.
However, the Israeli military claimed that they have evidence proving that their forces did not cause the explosion. They believe that it happened because the rockets launched by Palestinian Islamic Jihad misfired.
The spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said that according to their information, Hamas looked at the reports and realized that it was actually an Islamic Jihad rocket that went off course. However, they made the choice to start a big media campaign to cover up what actually happened. “They exaggerated the number of people who were hurt. ”
Palestinian officials say many people died in a big explosion at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday. People are worried about Israel not giving enough food, fuel, and electricity to the people living in the area.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that on Tuesday, when a bomb hit Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, thousands of people who had lost their homes were staying there for safety. Many people who were hurt in the accident are still trapped under the collapsed building, the statement said.
Palestinian officials accused Israeli airstrikes for causing the deadly incident. However, the Israeli Defense Forces strongly denied being involved in the hospital attack. They put the blame on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, a rival militant group in Gaza, claiming it was due to a failed rocket launch.
We did not attack that. Our intelligence tellsus it was a rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad that failed. I want to beclear that we do not purposefully target important places and especially not hospitals. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus spoke to CNN.
Israel has been attacking Gaza for over a week because Hamas, a group that controls Gaza, attacked and killed people. Gaza is a place where 2. 2 million people live. Hospitals are having a hard time taking care of the injured people in the area because they don’t have enough electricity and water.
Important help for people in need is gathering at the closed border in Gaza, overthought have been attempts to open a path from Egypt. The United Nations and other officials have said that they want to make sure that aid convoys can go safely to where they need to go.
Due to increasing international pressure to deal with the crisis, US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday. This is an unusual visit during times of war and comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken made significant efforts in the Middle East.
Biden was supposed to go to a meeting in Amman, Jordan’s capital, together with some Arab leaders. However, the meeting was not held because of the explosion at the hospital.
Instead of the meeting that was supposed to happen, Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, decided to go back to Ramallah for an important meeting with other Palestinian leaders.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, many people who were forced to leave their homes were staying at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the middle of Gaza City.
Hamas, the group in charge of the area, said that over 500 people died because of the bombing. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that around 200 to 300 people are believed to have died in the attack, but these figures are not final and are just initial estimates.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the “violent terrorists in Gaza” were responsible for an assault on the hospital last Tuesday.
“The one who cruelly killed our children is also killing their own children,” he said.
Rear Admis a high-ranking officer in the Israeli military who speaks on behalf of the military. Daniel Hagari, who spoke to CNN, said that the IDF has evidence of militants in Gaza calling the incident an Islamic Jihad event. They also have drone footage that shows the strike’s impact on the hospital’s parking lot, but not on the hospital itself.
Hagari mentioned that the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) will soon make public the video and sound recordings of the captured conversations.
As Israeli and Gazan officials accuse each other for the hospital tragedy, protests have started in several Middle Eastern cities,like Amman, where protesters tried to reach the Israeli embassy.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over a week of bombings by Israel has resulted in the deaths of at least 3,000 people, with 1,032 girls and 940 boys among them. Additionally, 12,500 people have been injured in Gaza. This information was shared on Tuesday. Over the past 10 days, more people have been killed in Gaza than during the 51-day conflict between Gaza and Israel in 2014.
The military of Israel (IDF)claims that it does not purposely attack hospitals. However, the United Nations and Doctors Without Borders argue that Israeli airstrikes have indeed hit medical buildings such as hospitals and ambulances.
On Tuesday, Israeli airplanes bombed two crowded areas where refugees live and a school run by UNRWA that shelters displaced people in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials reported that this attack caused the death of at least 18 individuals and injured numerous others.
According to the IDF, a top leader of Hamas named Ayman Nofal was killed in the bombings in Gaza on Tuesday.
At least 61 people have died in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. At least 20 people who were helping others in Gaza, including workers from the UN, the Red Cross, and the Red Crescent, have been killed, according to the UN.
Currently, the health care system in Gaza is in critical condition and there is a shortage of food and water. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said that 20 out of 23 hospitals can not offer full services because they do not have enough fuel.
United Nations organizations have said that stores will soon run out of food and the only seawater desalination plant in Gaza has stopped working. This could lead to more deaths, dehydration, and diseases caused by contaminated water.
Hospitals in south Gaza have been getting many dead bodies from various places. Dr[Director’s Name], who oversees the hospitals in Gaza, shared this information. Mohammad Zaqout spoke to CNN. Many people were hurtor killed due to bombings in Rafah.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry said that Israeli airstrikes had caused the deaths of at least 49 people in the cities of Rafah and Khan Youn is in southern Gaza.
Colonel Peter Lerner stated that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched multiple airstrikes on Hamas militant targets amidst escalating tensions between the two parties. Rewrite this text in simpler words: Colonel. Jonathan Conricus, who spoke to CNN, said that he did not know about any specific attacks in those areas, but it’s possible that they occurred.
There is a growing need for urgent help from both sides of the crossing because a lot of aid is gathering on the Egyptian side of the border.
Blinken said on Tuesday that the US and Israel have agreed to create a plan that will help get emergency assistance from other countries and international organizations to the people in Gaza who need it.
But Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, told CNN that there is a long line of aid waiting to cross into Gaza at the Rafah crossing.
Currently, there is no approved and secure way for convoys to safely enter without the risk of being targeted.
He said that the crossing was attacked with bombs four times in the last few days.
Sending assistance to people who need it in Gaza is really hard because there have been many times when Israeli airstrikes have hit buildings owned by the United Nations.
“We should create safe zones for humanitarians to travel through and for people who need aid to receive it safely,” said UN spokesperson Dujarric during a press briefing on Tuesday, according to CNN.
A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), named Margaret Harris, said to CNN that the organization had made a deal with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to allow aid through the Rafah crossing. However, because of the strikes from Israel, the crossing became dangerous, which stopped important supplies from being delivered.
On Tuesday, Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said that Gaza should only receive dangerous explosives from the Air Force and not any humanitarian help. He stated this on the messaging app Telegram, insisting that Hamas needs to release their hostages first.
In Gaza, many people who have been forced to leave their homes have come together near the crossing. More than 1 million people have been forced to flee their homes in just the past week, says UNRWA.
One family of five Palestinian-Americans, who are all US citizens, went to Rafah on Monday because they heard the borders were going to be opened. However, they were not successful in their attempt. Haifa Kaoud, whose husband Hesham is part of the group stuck in Gaza, shared this information.
Pictures taken from space by Maxar Technologies reveal that there are four big holes in the road, each measuring around 30 feet or 9 meters. These holes are located at the border crossing nearest to the Egyptian gate. Additionally, there are also blocks of solid concrete in the area.
Efforts by diplomats to bring peace to the conflict have not been successful until now. On Monday, the UN Security Council said no to a Russian proposal for a humanitarian ceasefire because it didn’t receive enough support.
Many countries, like the US, the United Kingdom, and France, voted against it because the draft did not criticize Hamas for the attack on October 7. The Israeli military claimed that at least 1,400 people died in the attack and many were taken hostage.
This means that a French-Israeli woman named Mia Schem was shown in a video made by Hamas where she was being held hostage. Her mother, Keren Scharf Schem, begged world leaders to bring her baby back home when she talked to reporters on Tuesday.
CNN cannot confirm on its own where and when the video of Schem, who is 21 years old, was recorded and what her current condition is.
Local leaders are worried about fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran, in the northern part of Lebanon. Additionally, they are concerned about the potential involvement of Syria in this conflict, as recent strikes at the border have raised tensions and increased the risk of a larger-scale war.
The IDF said on Tuesday that someone shot bullets towards different spots on the fence that separates Israel and Lebanon.
At the same time, the leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, said that if the bad things happening in Gaza continue, Muslims and those who resist may start to lose their patience and no one will be able to stop them from taking action.
After Hamas invaded on October 7th, some fighters from Lebanon shot at Israel, but Israel defended themselves and there was a battle that resulted in deaths.
On Friday evening, an Israeli attack took the life of Issam Abdallah, a reporter from Reuters who was from south Lebanon. The attack injured at least six other journalists.
A CNN video analysis discovered that the reporters were wearing special jackets that had clear markings indicating they were members of the press.
On Tuesday, there was an attack in Alma al-Shaab, southern Lebanon. The attack was by Israel and it caused the deaths of at least four people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
On Tuesday, the militant group, Hezbollah, said that two of their fighters died in clashes. We are not sure if they are included in the number of deaths reported by the Red Cross.
There were protests against Israel in the Middle East and North Africa because Arab leaders are upset about an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City that killed many people.
Palestinian officials said that Israel caused the explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied this. The IDF claimed that Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants tried to launch a rocket, but it failed, and there was no damage to the structure, which means it was not an airstrike.
Islamic Jihad said that the Israeli accusations are not true and have no evidence. They also said that they do not use hospitals or other public buildings for their military activities.
Some countries in the Arab region, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq, expressed their disapproval of Israel and blamed its military for bombing the hospital.
At the same time, many people in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, and Tunisia came together to protest against Israel. They were chanting slogans against Israel. Protests also happened in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The explosion at the hospital made people in the area very angry about the violence in Gaza. Gaza is a place near the coast with 2. 2 million people living there. It has been blocked by Israel for over a week as a punishment for a big attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7.
On Tuesday night, many people came together near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan to protest. A group tried to go close to something, but a person who knows about security said that security forces stopped them and made them leave. According to two people involved in the protests and videos shared on social media, the security forces in Jordan also used tear gas to scatter the protesters.
In Lebanon, many protestors got together in a square near the US embassy in Beirut on Tuesday. They attempted to go past security barriers to enter the embassy. A CNN team was present to witness this event. By early Wednesday morning, the busy and disorderly situations became more peaceful, as reported by CNN’s Ben Wedeman. Before, the US State Department said on Tuesday that American citizens should not go to Lebanon.
Protesters in Baghdad, Iraq, also shouted slogans against Israel. Security officials in Baghdad have said that many people protesting tried to go across a bridge that goes to the Green Zone. The Green Zone is where the Iraqi government works and where many embassies, including the US embassy, are located. But the security forces stopped the protesters from crossing the bridge.
In Iran, people gathered at the French and British embassies in Tehran, the capital of the country. Protesters shouted angrily and said harmful things about France, England, America, and the Zionists, as shown in a video released by Iranian state-run RNA news on Wednesday. There were also gatherings in other cities like Esfahan and Qom.
According to the official TAP news agency, many people gathered in different parts of Tunis, Tunisia. TAP reported that there were large protests on Tuesday night in many places. The protests were a show of support for the Palestinian people and a way to oppose the bombing happening in Gaza by Israel.
In Istanbul, the police in Turkey sprayed water and used a liquid called pepper spray to break up a group of protesters who had entered a building where the Israeli consulate is.
On Tuesday, the President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, said on a social media platform called X that everyone in the world should do something to stop the very cruel actions happening in Gaza. He also mentioned that the recent attack on a hospital shows how Israel is attacking without any respect for human values.
The explosion caused Jordan to cancel a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was going to be between US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority is a group that has some control over the West Bank, but it is limited.
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, wrote on X, “Why does Israel continue to attack Gaza, causing the death of innocent Palestinians. ”
Safadi wants peace and thinks that international law should apply to everyone, not just some people. He also believes that the world needs to speak up and take immediate action against this war.
While the IDF claims that it does not intentionally attack hospitals, the UN and Doctors Without Borders have reported that Israeli airstrikes have hit medical facilities, including hospitals and ambulances.
The hospitals were having a hard time taking care of the injured people because they didn’t have enough electricity and water.
The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, which is in charge of the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital and provides money for it, expressed strong disapproval of the explosion, as mentioned in a statement from the church released on Tuesday.
The diocese said that Gaza does not have any safe places to hide and called the explosion a terrible crime against all people.
The text means that hospitals are supposed to be safe places according to international laws about helping people during times of conflict. However, this attack on the hospital has gone against those rules and is very wrong.
On Wednesday, the IDF showed pictures that they believe prove that the Al-Ahli Baptist hospital was not destroyed by an airstrike.
There were protests in the Middle East after a big explosion happened at a hospital in Gaza. People from Israel and Palestine blamed each other for the explosion. This happened not long before US President Joe Biden is expected to come to Tel Aviv.
The explosion on Tuesday caused many people to die at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. The hospital was filled with thousands of people trying to hide from Israeli attacks. The Palestinian Health Ministry made this announcement.
But the explosion marks a risky new stage in Israel’s conflict with Hamas, which has the potential to spread throughout the region. Israeli people are sad about the people who were killed in Hamas’ attacks on Israel. Families are asking for their loved ones who were taken as hostages to be returned. On the other hand, in Gaza, millions of innocent people are in danger of getting hurt, dying, or starving because important things they need are not being given to them. Also, they cannot leave because Israel is bombarding heavily.
Palestinian officials said that the deadly incident happened because of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes. Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral (rank in the navy) Israel’s armed forces’ (military’s) representative who gives information and statements to the public. Daniel Hagari said that the Israel Defense Forces did not attack the area when the explosion happened. He claims to have information suggesting that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group is responsible for the blast. This group is an enemy of Hamas, another militant group in Gaza.
Dris a shortened version of the word “doctor. ” Ashraf Al-Qudra, a person who speaks for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, talked about scenes that were shocking and impossible to describe after the explosion.
“According to Al-Qudra, ambulance crews are still taking out body parts because most of the victims are children and women. ” “Surgeries were being done by doctors on the floor and in the hallways, and some of them did not use anesthesia. ”
A video filmed by CNN inside the al-Shifa Hospital shows a lot of confusion. There are many injured people squeezed into the overcrowded hospital, doctors are treating the wounded on the hospital floor, and an emergency worker shouts as he carries a hurt child.
Pictures depict women crying and scared children covered in dark dust, huddled together on the hospital floor.
UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk expressed strong disapproval of the horrific hospital explosion, stating that hospitals are supposed to be safe and protected, and the acts of killing and violence need to cease.
I can’t find the right words to express myself. Tonight, a lot of people were brutally killed in a big attack. This includes sick people, healthcare workers, and families who were hiding in and near the hospital for safety. Once again, the people who are at the highest risk,” Turk said in a statement.
President Biden is on his way to Tel Aviv to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He expressed his strong shock and sadness about the explosion.
However, the aftermath of the explosion is putting at risk the US’s attempts to help alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. There is growing worry about Israel’s actions, which involve preventing the population in the area from having access to food, fuel, and electricity.
Jordan decided to cancel a meeting that was supposed to happen on Wednesday with Biden, as well as the leaders of Egypt and the Palestinian Authority. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided not to attend the meeting right after the explosion happened.
Biden was planning to go to Amman after visiting Tel Aviv, but a White House official said the trip was delayed.
“According to Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, it doesn’t make sense to do anything right now except for putting an end to this war. ” “There is no advantage for anyone in having a meeting right now. ”
The explosion has made people in the area even more mad about what Israel has been doing in Gaza.
The Israeli military has surrounded the area controlled by Hamas, a group of fighters, along the coast. This happened because Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th and killed around 1,400 people. They also took over 150 hostages, including children and old people.
Protests have broken out in many cities in the Middle East and North Africa, such as Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Tunisia, to show their anger and disapproval of the hospital explosion. Protests happened in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. People clashed with the Palestinian security forces.
In Amman, the capital of Jordan, people who were upset tried to come together close to the Israeli Embassy in the Rabieh neighborhood. However, the security forces forced them to leave the area. Two people who campaign for change told CNN on Tuesday that the police in Jordan used a type of gas called tear gas to make a large group of people leave or go away.
In Beirut, Lebanon, a large group of people gathered near the US Embassy on Tuesday. They tried to break through the security barriers, as reported by a team from CNN who was present at the scene.
Hamas reported that over 500 individuals lost their lives in the bombing. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that around 200 to 300 people died in the explosion, according to their initial estimates.
The hospital tragedy happened because the health services in Gaza are almost at a breaking point. They do not have enough fuel to power electricity or pump water for important life-saving functions. International organizations have raised concerns that stores will have no more food in less than a week, and the only seawater desalination plant in Gaza has stopped working. This poses a serious danger of more deaths, dehydration, and waterborne diseases.
Although the IDF claims that it does not intentionally attack hospitals, the UN and Doctors Without Borders have reported that Israeli airstrikes have damaged medical facilities, such as hospitals and ambulances.
Israel says it did not bomb the hospital.
The IDF showed pictures on Wednesday that they say prove the hospital was not damaged by an airstrike.
In a short video, the IDF said that a fire started at the hospital because a rocket launched by Islamic Jihad did not work properly. The pictures showed that some cars in the hospital parking lot were badly destroyed by fire. The Israeli military said they did not see any holes or major damage to buildings that would happen after a bombing.
The IDF spokesperson,Lieutenant(Lt. )[person’s name], is a military official who communicates information to the public. Colis short for Colonel, which is a high-ranking military officer. Jonathan Conricus,speaking to CNN on Wednesday, said that the initial information strongly suggests that the Israeli bomb was not responsible.
Islamic Jihad has said that Israel’s claim about a rocket launch causing many people to get hurt at the hospital is not true.
The group said that the accusations made by Israel are not true and without evidence. They also said that they do not use places like hospitals for military purposes.
Understatements is reviewing information shared by Israel about the explosion. This includes various types of data, like intercepted communications and intelligence from signals.
Many countries have criticized Israel after the explosion. Pakistan described it as cruel and unjustifiable,while the Palestinian observer at the UN, Riyad Man sour,accused Israeli officials of being dishonest by blaming Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The United Nations Security Council will have a meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss what is happening in the Middle East. They will talk about the bombing of a hospital and representatives from both Israel and Palestine will give speeches.
Israeli airstrikes for more than a week have led to the death of at least 3,000 individuals in Gaza, including 1,032 girls and 940 boys. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that around 12,500 people have also been injured. In the past 10 days,more people have been injured or killed in Gaza than during the conflict between Gaza and Israel in 2014, which lasted for 51 days.
The situation is very bad for the 2. 2 million people who are stuck in Gaza. They are experiencing a worsening crisis and are not safe from Israeli airstrikes. The humanitarian situation is also getting worse.
More and more people are asking for help and diplomatic attempts to create a safe way for people to leave Gaza have increased in the past few days.
Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has been working hard in the Middle East. He announced on Tuesday that the US and Israel have agreed to create a plan to deliver help to the people in Gaza. This help will come from nations and organizations that want to provide aid.
However, the officials have warned that the Rafah border crossing, which is the only way for people to enter or leave Gaza without Israel’s control, is stillvery risky.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, said on CNN that there is a long line of humanitarian aid waiting to enter Gaza on the Egyptian side of the crossing.
“Sofar, there is no safe way for the convoys to enter without approval or clear routes. This means they are at risk of being targeted. “
He said that the crossing was attacked with bombs four times recently.
More than 100 Palestinians have died in air attacks in the southern part of Gaza, according to officials. Despite instructing civilians to seek shelter in that area, the Israeli military continues to attack it.
Many people who died had left their homes in the north to escape from a big attack on the group Hamas.
The military said it attacked several places belonging to Hamas in the southern area.
People are increasingly worried about the living conditions of people in Gaza.
The US said they had made a plan with Israel to help send aid to the people living in a place controlled by Hamas. This is because the United Nations (UN) aid agencies said that the hospitals did not have enough fuel and it would run out in less than a day. They also said that there was very little water and the stores only had a few days of food left.
There is a belief that Egypt’s Rafah crossing will be opened to allow important aid to enter and allow Palestinians with foreign passports to leave. However, on Monday, it is reported that a building at the crossing was damaged by an Israeli strike.
Israel stopped the supply of electricity, water, food, and medicine through its crossings because Hamas militants attacked its borders on 7 October. The attack resulted in the death of at least 1,300 people and 199 others being taken hostage.
Over 2,800 people have died in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, as reported by health officials. The situation in southern Gaza overnight is causing a lot of concern for the many people who followed the Israeli military’s order last Friday to leave northern Gaza for their own protection. The BBC’s Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis reported on this.
Local authorities in Khan Younis have reported that three Israeli airstrikes resulted in the deaths of over 100 individuals, with a majority of them being people who had been forced to leave their homes.
Amin Hneideq shared that his daughter got hurt when a bomb exploded and destroyed a house close by. Sadly, the bomb also took the lives of a family who were running away towards the south. “He told Reuters news agency that they brought them from the north only to attack them in the south. ”
The Israeli military said it attacked places where Hamas operates in Khan Younis, Rafah, Zeitoun, and Jabalia. They targeted command centres, military buildings with people inside, and places where Hamas members hide.
Many people who had to leave their homes in Khan Younis said to the BBC that they were getting ready to bring their things and go back to their houses.
A man said he had been sleeping on the street for a few days. He didn’t want to die of thirst and would rather die with respect.
Khan Younis, Rafah, and other towns in the south have struggled with the task of housing and providing food for over 600,000 people who have been forced to leave their homes. An additional 400,000 people have found a safe place to stay in another area of the Strip.
Filmmaker Yousef Hammash said that every day, people are struggling to find food for their children. This is causing a lot of stress and people are only focused on surviving. On Tuesday, a store in Gaza City sent water to Khan Younis. This was risky because there was no guarantee that the Israeli forces would not attack the trucks transporting the water.
The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, called Unrwa, stated that Israel allowed water to flow into southern Gaza for a short period of three hours on Monday. However, only 14% of the 2. 2 million people living in Gaza were able to use this water.
The seawater desalination plant in Gaza that was still working had to close because it didn’t have enough fuel. This is making people worry more about getting dehydrated and getting sick from dirty water.
The hospital in Khan Younis is having a hard time taking care of the many people hurt in air attacks. They said they will run out of fuel for their extra generators at midnight, and this will put the patients’ lives in danger.
People are trying to get more fuel from nearby gas stations and businesses so that the hospital can continue to operate.
The World Food Programme also mentioned that stores in Gaza only had enough food for about four or five more days. It said that there might be a few extra days in storage places, but the Israeli attacks were making it hard to get to them.
Even though people were warned, a speaker for the Israeli military said that there is no big problem that threatens people’s well-being in Gaza at the moment.
“We don’t have the promise to give Hamas electricity,” Lt Col Richard Hecht said to BBC Newsnight.
The people who attacked us have been in charge of the Gaza Strip for many years. They have power. I can also see water in the southern part of Gaza.
The UN human rights office stated that Israel’s request for 1. 1 million people to leave their homes, along with the blockage of goods entering Gaza, might be considered as forcefully moving civilians against the rules set by international law.
Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani also mentioned that there should be a separate investigation into the reports of attacks on civilians trying to escape. She also warned that punishing the entire population for the actions of a few militants is not fair.
The office has asked again for Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to release all the hostages in Gaza right away and without any conditions. They also want them to stop shooting rockets randomly at cities and towns in Israel. Yesterday, Hamas shared a video of a young woman named Mia Shem. She is 21 years old and is from Israel and France. In the video, she said that she was taken captive at a music festival where more than 260 people were killed.
On Tuesday, Keren, the mother, spoke at a news conference and pleaded to the world to help bring her baby back home. She went to a party just to enjoy herself. And now she is in Gaza, and she is not the only person there.
There are babies, children, and old people who were survivors of the Holocaust and were taken away forcefully. This is a terrible crime against people.
The Israeli military strongly criticized the hostage video, calling it a form of psychological terrorism.
Essential help for people in need is building up at the closed border of Gaza, even though attempts are being made to open a passage with Egypt. The World Health Organization has raised concerns that there is a shortage of water for many Palestinians who have been forced to leave their homes due to the bombings.
For over a week, Israel has put Gaza in a lockdown because of a violent attack by Hamas, the group that controls the area and is known for extremist beliefs. Gaza is a place where 2. 2 million people live.
Some people are going to the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to try to leave because there is not enough fuel, food, and water. This is causing hospitals to almost close down and families to not have enough water and food.
With a lot of pressure from other countries to help with the crisis, President Joe Biden is going to Israel on Wednesday. This is an unusual visit during a time of war and comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken worked really hard to talk to important Israeli leaders for seven hours.
On Tuesday, Blinken said that the US and Israel have agreed to make a plan to help send humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza.
But we don’t know if any steps were taken to open the Rafah crossing, which is the only way to get into Gaza that Israel doesn’t control.
An official from Palestine said that big blocks have been put at the crossing, stopping all gates. Egypt also says that Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza side of the border have made the roads not work.
Satellite pictures from Maxar Technologies reveal that there are four holes, each about 30 feet in size, still obstructing the road at the border crossing near the Egyptian gate. The photos also show that the cement blocks that were used to block the entrance can be seen.
Many people on both sides of the border are urgently asking for help.
On the Egyptian side, there are United Nations teams waiting at the Rafah crossing. They are hoping they will be allowed to enter Gaza and create a pathway for delivering humanitarian aid.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a social media post on Monday that Gaza is in a very serious situation regarding public health. They mentioned that there is a shortage of water and around 3,500 patients in 35 hospitals are in danger right now.
The spokesperson for WHO, Margaret Harris, said to CNN that the UN health agency made a deal with Egypt’s president to open the Rafah crossing for aid. However, Israel’s attacks made the place unsafe, which stopped the movement of important supplies.
“It’s really scary and upsetting to wait, and all of us just want to help,” Harris said. He also mentioned that there are around 84,000 pregnant women in Gaza, and a lot of them give birth every day.
“She said that babies do not worry about bombs, they arrive when they arrive. ”
The UN envoy, Martin Griffiths, will go to Cairo on Tuesday to help with diplomatic efforts, according to a statement from the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs. He is going to Israel during his trip.
A group of trucks filled with help and supplies was moving through Egypt towards the crossing on Tuesday, as reported by Al-Qahera News, which is related to the government. A lot of help came a few days ago from many countries and international groups.
Many people in Gaza have come together near the border crossing. Over a million people have left their homes in just one week, says the United Nations.
A group of five Palestinian-Americans, who are also citizens of the US, went to Rafah on Monday because they heard that the borders were going to be opened. Haifa Kaoud, whose husband Hesham is one of the five people trapped in Gaza, shared this information.
“She said that they went to Rafah on Monday, but they had to wait for a long time and it never opened. She also mentioned that they don’t have a lot of electricity or internet, so they rely on us for information. ”
The family was in Gaza visiting relatives when the war started. Now, their loved ones in the US are doing their best to find a way to bring them back home.
Haifa said that the water is dirty. Despite having food, they try not to eat a lot so that there is enough for everyone. “One of the brothers also takes medicine for his heart, and they are worried about it lasting too long as well. ”
UNRWA announced on Tuesday that Gaza’s only seawater desalination plant has stopped operating, which increases the chance of more people dying.
The United Nations agency said that in southern Gaza on Monday, a small amount of water was available for three hours. However, this was only enough to serve half of the 100,000 people living in Khan Younis.
The UNRWA said that the lack of water and sanitation services is causing dehydration and waterborne diseases to become a big problem.
On Monday, the UN Security Council said no to a proposal from Russia for a temporary stop to fighting in order to help people in need. The resolution didn’t receive enough votes to pass. Many countries, like the US, UK, and France, voted against it because the draft did not blame Hamas for the attack on October 7. The Israeli army said that the attack caused the deaths of at least 1,400 people and many others were taken as hostages.
The Israeli bombing last week caused the death of over 2,800 people, including many children, and injured more than 11,000 in Gaza, said Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday, as reported by the official Palestinian press agency, WAFA.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry said that on Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes caused the death of at least 49 people in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Colonel Jonathan Conricus said that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will continue conducting airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas militant targets. He mentioned that their primary goal is to degrade Hamas’ capabilities and prevent further attacks on Israeli civilians. Conricus also stated that they are taking precautions to minimize civilian casualties and suggested that any casualties reported may be the result of misfired rockets by Hamas. Colonel Jonathan Conricus, when talking to CNN, said that he did not know about any targeted attacks happening in those places, but they might have occurred.
“He said the fighting is still happening. ” We are still looking for members of Hamas to try to weaken their ability to fight.
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s representative at the UN, disagreed with claims of ethnic cleansing made by a UN official who works on protecting Palestinian rights. Erdan said that the claims were completely not true and accused UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of hating Jewish people.
In a statement on Saturday, Albanese accused Israel of forcibly removing many Palestinians from their homes during past conflicts in 1948 and 1967. He said this was like a mass removal of Palestinians based on their ethnicity.
The men in the wedding hall at the Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank spend a lot of time on their phones, smoking, and always checking for new updates on their news feeds. They seem very tired, and you can see that they have been through some terrible experiences in the past few days.
These 180 people, who are all men, are refugees from Gaza. They are part of around 18,000 people who live in the area and have permission to work in Israel. They can go back and forth across the border. When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) blocked all entry to Gaza after Hamas’ dangerous attack last Saturday, these men got trapped.
There are people in Khan Younis, which is a town in southern Gaza, facing a serious refugee crisis. They have families but cannot leave the town.
The Israeli military has been continuously attacking Gaza with airstrikes and artillery after Hamas fighters carried out a violent attack and fired many rockets, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,400 people. The scary group also took away about 150 more people last Saturday in their very shocking and violent attack.
The Israeli military wants to destroy Hamas and make sure it can never attack again. But many civilians have been severely affected by the campaign. The health department in Gaza said that in the past eight days, 2,450 people have died. This is even higher than the number of deaths during the entire 2014 war, which lasted for 51 days.
Ismail Abd Almagid’s wife and five kids, four girls and one boy, are in Gaza. Meanwhile, Ismail is staying in a refugee camp. He has videos of all of them saved on his phone. The picture shows a little girl named Misk eating a slice of mango. When he watches the video, tears start flowing down his cheeks.
Tala, the second oldest daughter of someone, got hurt in the war of 2014 while they were staying at their grandparents’ house. “He said, ‘Since she enjoys roller skates, I promised to bring them back when I return. ‘”
Abd Almagid, who is 44 years old, said to CNN that he always tries to stay connected with his wife. However, it has been hard to communicate because Israel stopped the access to electricity, food, and water in Gaza.
My kids want me to pray for them. He said that things are really tough there. “I want to return to Gaza immediately, even though there may be difficulties. Bring me to Gaza, I will go with you now. My life feels incomplete without my family. ”
Currently, there are a lot of people moving from one place to another in Gaza. Many of them are going to a crowded area called Khan Younis.
The Israeli military asked people who live in crowded areas in the north of Gaza, including Gaza City, to move to the southern part of the area. The United Nations said that the instruction, which would affect 1. 1 million people, would have extremely serious effects on people in need of help.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) informed CNN on Sunday that they believe around 500,000 individuals have moved from northern Gaza to the southern area up until now.
When Abd Almagid received permission to work in Israel in October of last year, it felt incredibly fortunate, like winning the lottery. The economy in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas but cut off by Israel and Egypt, has been severely damaged, and almost half of the people do not have jobs, as reported by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
I really wanted this permit because things are really bad in Gaza. The money situation and amount of money owed in the economy is very low. “There are no job opportunities,” he said, mentioning that he has been jobless since he finished school in 2004 when he received the permit.
Israel started giving many permits to people from Gaza so they can go into Israel for work. Israel did this to try and stop Hamas from fighting with weapons.
His wife, who studied English, also doesn’t have a job. He said he was going to Israel every second week to work at a bakery.
Most of the men at the Dheisheh refugee camp are in a similar situation. They are the only ones in their families who have a job. The amount of money people earn in Israel is much higher than what they could earn in Gaza.
Marwan Saqer, who is 55 years old, is the only person in his whole family who has a job. He is also the only one who has ever left Gaza.
He was doing a job at a building site in Kafr Qassem, a town of Arab people close to Tel Aviv, when Hamas carried out an attack on Israel. He said that the Palestinian Authority asked him and other people from Gaza to go to the West Bank because their Israeli work permits were canceled.
He said that the Dheisheh people welcomed them very warmly by giving them mattresses, blankets, and basic things they needed, and they also offered them comfort and friendship.
The Dheisheh camp in Bethlehem was made in 1949. At that time, 3,000 Palestinians came to live there because they were forced to leave their homes or run away from villages near Jerusalem.
The number of people living in the camp has increased to over 18,500. They now reside in an area that is one third of a square kilometer in size. This information is provided by the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
In the camp, the walls have pictures of its people who died in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been going on for many years. The custom began in the 1990s to honor and remember them and has continued until today.
The camp is controlled by the Palestinians, but the Israeli army often comes in and captures people and does searches. People who live nearby told CNN that the Israeli military came on Sunday morning and arrested three individuals. 180 people from Gaza have already come to the camp. We expect more people to come in the next few days.
While talking to CNN, Saqer’s phone kept ringing a few times because his son was calling him from Gaza. He answered the call, but it was cut off right away because the signal on the other end stopped working.
We talk, but they only give me some of the truth. He said to CNN that they don’t want to make him more worried.
These men feel very worried and sad because their wives and children are in a dangerous place called Gaza, while they are in a safer place called the refugee camp.
It is hard. We all gather in one place and talk about how we feel. We all feel the same as fathers. We all understand and experience the pain that our children go through,” Saqer said.
The room feels small and crowded, and everyone is feeling nervous. Arguments can happen quickly and easily over things like who gets to use power plugs.
“Saqer said that there are individuals in our group who cry all night, staying awake. ” “We are physically present, but mentally our focus is on Gaza. ”
UN experts have said that Gaza is being heavily controlled and attacked by Israel. There are worries that this could lead to more violence and harm for the people trying to escape. This could also involve other countries getting involved in the conflict.
Israel has promised to get rid of Hamas because of the very bad terrorist attacks they launched on October 7. Hamas is an extremist group that is in charge of a certain area. More than 1,400 people were killed and many were taken hostage during Hamas’ violent attack, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). US President Joe Biden has described it as the most terrible killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust.
Countries are trying harder to create a pathway for sending much-needed supplies into Gaza. This is because the 2. 3 million people living there are running out of important things like clean water, food, fuel, and medicine. Aid agencies say this will lead to an extremely serious humanitarian disaster that has never been seen before.
“Gaza is in a desperate situation, and it appears that people all around the world have forgotten their compassion,” said Philippe Lazzarini, who leads the UNRWA. He urgently called for essential assistance to be permitted into Gaza. We know that water is essential for life. Unfortunately, in Gaza, they are running out of water, which is causing a decline in their quality of life.
Lazzarini said that for the past eight days, Gaza has not received any water, wheat, or fuel, and the people living there are very desperate.
The Israeli Prime Minister‘s office said on Monday that there are no plans to open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This is the only way people can enter Gaza that is not controlled by Israel.
The Prime Minister’s office told CNN that currently, there is no agreement to stop fighting or provide help to the people in the Gaza Strip in exchange for foreigners leaving.
Hospitals in Gaza are constantly being attacked by Israeli airstrikes. They may have to close soon because there is not enough fuel to power the generators that provide water and keep essential equipment like ventilators and incubators working, according to Marwan Jilani, the Director General of the Palestinian Red Crescent. He explained that there wouldn’t be any more fuel left by Monday or Tuesday.
Hospitals in Gaza are about to collapse. They don’t have any painkillers left and many people are getting very dehydrated because they don’t have enough drinking water. This information comes from a medical group called Medecins sans Frontieres. Many aid agencies are saying that there is a risk of running out of fuel and essential items in just a few hours, rather than days.
Around 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, with 5,000 expecting to give birth soon, are facing a very difficult and dangerous situation. The UN Population Fund representative, Dominic Allen, warns that they are dealing with a “double nightmare. ” These women are at risk of giving birth in unclean conditions, which could lead to health problems, all while fearing the danger of bombs.
Making the situation worse is the fact that many people are leaving their homes in northern Gaza and trying to go south through the damaged streets before an Israeli attack that the IDF said would have strong strikes and important ground actions.
During just one week, more than 1 million people had to leave their homes because of a dangerous situation. Around 400,000 of these people are seeking refuge in UN schools and buildings, but there isn’t enough room to accommodate everyone who needs help.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said that he witnessed awful things during the Hamas attack on Israeli homes and communities. He mentioned a booklet that he found, which explains how the militant group kidnaps and tortures people.
The country that I belong to is going through a difficult time, it is hurting and suffering. My country is sad. “And we have to remove a very mean and cruel enemy, who shows no humanity, without any kindness,” he told CNN.
For more than a week, Israeli bombings have caused the deaths of at least 2,670 people in Gaza. This includes many children, as reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry. They have accused the Israeli military of purposely attacking medical personnel and their families.
More people have died in the last eight days in Gaza than during a longer conflict in 2014 between Gaza and Israel. Currently, it is believed that Hamas is keeping around 150 Israelis and people from other countries as hostages in the network of tunnels located under Gaza.
Many people, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Pope Francis, and various nations and aid organizations, are urgently requesting the opening of safe routes for providing help to Gaza.
The spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, Ravina Shamdasani, said that a lot of diplomatic efforts are currently happening. The Secretary-General and many member states are using their influence to try and achieve their goals.
“If we can’t deliver this aid, there could be thousands of deaths,” Shamdasani said to CNN.
Israeli President Herzog said on Sunday that he was having another meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to talk about creating a safe passage for humanitarian aid. However, any future plans regarding this route would require approval from the Israeli cabinet, the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the new national unity emergency government.
The highest-ranking American diplomat has been traveling to Israel and nearby countries lately, having discussions with leaders from different regions.
On Sunday, Blinken said that the Rafah border crossing will be open, and mentioned that the US is collaborating with the UN, Egypt, Israel, and other parties to organize aid efforts.
China’s highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi, said that Israel went too far in defending itself. China’s envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, plans to visit the region this week.
Help and assistance has been accumulating on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, but it seems that the facility is not currently working. Egypt claims that airstrikes on the Gaza side have made the roads there unusable, and Jordan wants to be sure that aid convoys will not be attacked by Israeli warplanes.
The Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, said that Israel is making a place in Gaza for lots of people to stay. However, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said he does not know if the UN is helping Israel make this place.
We don’t know if water is currently entering southern Gaza.
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office informed CNN on Sunday that water supply has been reinstated in southern Gaza. However, the director of the Water Authority in southern Gaza claimed that he was unsure if there was water available because the electricity needed to pump water was still not functioning.
Colonel Jonathan Conricus said that Israeli forces have initiated airstrikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. This action was carried out in response to the launching of rockets by Palestinian militants from Gaza into Israeli territory. Rewrite: ColonelJonathan Conricus, an official from Israel, mentioned that they have started sending water to southern Gaza by increasing its supply. However, he admitted that they are not fully aware of the exact amount of water reaching the intended areas.
A military expert says that Hamas is already failing in the second part of their plan.
As Israel fights against Hamas, it also has to deal with the risk of a bigger fight in other areas. There are tensions with Lebanon’s strong Hezbollah group, which is supported by Iran, in the north. There are also potential conflicts in Syria.
Western countries are worried about a big conflict in a specific area. The President of France advised the leader of Iran to not make the crisis in Gaza worse. The United States has been getting ready to defend itself in the Middle East, so that Iran doesn’t attack or make the fighting spread to other places near Israel.
More US attack airplanes called A-10 Warthogs arrived in the Middle East on Sunday. They joined other fighter jets that were already there, along with two US carrier strike groups that were sent to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
In an interview with CBS Sunday, Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Adviser, said that although there is no new information suggesting any change in the level of threat from Iran, there is a possibility that the conflict could worsen.
Sullivan mentioned that the decision to open a second front in the north, along with Iran’s involvement, is a dangerous risk that they have been aware of from the beginning.
Sullivan said that the fights between Israel and Hezbollah at the border increase the chances of things getting worse. He also mentioned that there is a possibility that Iran might get involved directly, so we need to be ready for any situation.
Iran has said that if Israel keeps attacking Gaza, there will be even bigger trouble.
Iran has issued a warning that an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza could lead to an escalation of conflicts throughout the Middle East.
These statements were made during a meeting between Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, according to the AFP news agency.
“No-one can guarantee the control of the situation and the non-expansion of the conflicts,” he said, according to an Iranian foreign ministry statement.
Amirabdollahian said anyone who is interested in preventing the current crisis from growing must prevent the “current barbaric attacks” by Israel against “citizens and civilians in Gaza”.
The Iranian official further expressed disapproval of the United States for its unwavering support of Israel.
Iran’s chief diplomat visited Qatar over the weekend as part of a regional tour that encompasses trips to Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria.
During his visit to Qatar on Saturday, he also held a meeting with Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who is currently based in the country.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that there are currently 126 Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Hamas had previously asserted that 13 hostages were killed in Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes, noting that among the casualties were foreigners, without specifying their nationalities.
According to Reuters, the Israeli military has reported that at least 279 of its soldiers have been killed since October 7, when Hamas initiated its attack on southern Israel.
The total number of Israeli casualties has been cited as over 1,300 fatalities.
Gaza’s health ministry has stated that more than 2,300 people have lost their lives in Israel’s bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack.
Doctors have raised concerns about the potential for thousands more deaths as medical facilities in the territory face shortages of fuel and supplies.
Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, characterizes the present situation in Gaza as one marked by “horrors” and a high level of violence.
Zomlot officially represents the Palestinian Authority (PA), which administers certain areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, while Hamas maintains control over the Gaza Strip.
During an interview on the BBC’s “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg” program, he calls on the UK government to adhere to its historical, legal, and political obligations and to cease granting implicit approval to the Israeli government.
When repeatedly questioned about support for Hamas in Gaza, Zomlot asserts that most people do not align themselves with a particular political faction. For those who do, he contends that the majority align with Fatah, which governs the PA.
28-year-old Dr. Muhammad Ghuneim, serves as an emergency physician at the Al-Shifa medical complex, which stands as the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
He reveals that, much like nearly all the hospital staff, he has been unable to leave the premises since the bombardment commenced a week ago.
“All the staff need to go home to see their families, but they can’t because of the number of people coming in that need help. They are checking every single ambulance to see if anyone from their neighbourhood.”
He mentions that roughly 60% of the incoming casualties at the hospital are women, children, and the elderly. Furthermore, the hospital is facing a critical shortage of medical supplies, and they anticipate that the fuel to power the generators will be depleted today.
“That means no surgeries, no oxygen for patients. We feel so helpless, like we can’t do anything.”
Dr. Ghuneim, who pursued his medical studies in Aberdeen, Scotland, but has spent his entire life in Gaza, expresses a complete lack of desire to depart.
“We don’t need a path to leave Gaza. We just need a humanitarian path to support Gaza with medical supplies and humanitarian aid.”
“I am calling every single human in the world – to protest in the street, and ask your government to help stop this aggression,” he says.
Reports of a strike on a convoy of vehicles heading towards southern Gaza surfaced yesterday evening. Videos revealing the devastation at the scene quickly followed.
BBC Verify has verified that the strike occurred on Salah-al-Din street, one of the two evacuation routes from north Gaza to the south.
The road had been congested all day as Gazans in the north heeded Israeli warnings to leave the area.
The graphic footage shows at least 12 deceased individuals, primarily women and children, with some appearing to be as young as two to five years old. The shadows in the video suggest it was filmed at around 17:30 local time.
Most of the casualties are observed on the back of a flatbed truck, while others are scattered on the road. Various damaged vehicles are also strewn around the vicinity.
The Palestinian Health Ministry claims that 70 people perished at the scene and attributes the attack to Israel.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) states that it is conducting an investigation but alleges that its adversaries are attempting to hinder the departure of civilians from the north.
Israeli air strikes have targeted a convoy carrying Palestinian civilians fleeing to the south on Oct 13 on Salahad Al Din Street in Gaza.
The convoy set off following a warning by Israeli army for people in the blockaded territory to evacuate from north to south within a… pic.twitter.com/WCxtojGXLc
It’s easy to imagine Vladimir Putin as a bad guy from a James Bond movie. Like sitting at a big control panel in a hidden mountain place, causing trouble all over the world.
He pushes a button and there is trouble in the Balkans.
When he pushes the button, a powerful explosion happens in the Middle East.
It might seem attractive, but it’s likely not correct. It makes the leader of the Kremlin seem more powerful around the world than they actually are.
Russia is connected to Hamas and has become a strong friend of Iran. The US says that Moscow and Teheran are now working together defensively.
However, this does not mean that Moscow was directly involved in or knew beforehand about the Hamas attack on Israel.
Hanna Notte, an expert on Russia and the Middle East, based in Berlin at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, says that she has not seen any proof of Russia directly giving weapons to Hamas or training members of Hamas in military tactics.
Russia and Hamas have been connected for a long time. Russia has never officially announced that they consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization. Hamas teams went to Moscow both last year and this year.
But I wouldn’t assume from that information that there has been a lot of military help. Despite knowing that Russian-made systems have entered the Gaza strip, most likely through the Sinai area in Egypt and with help from Iran.
Basically, President Putin did not start a war in the Middle East by pressing a specific button.
But is he prepared to make use of the opportunity.
DefinitelyAnd this is how it’s done.
Loss of focus from Ukraine
With the increase in violence in the Middle East being the main focus of international news, Moscow is hoping that attention will be shifted to dramatic headlines from Israel instead of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
But this is about more than just shifting the focus of news for a short period of time. The Russian government wants Western countries to send fewer weapons to Ukraine and instead, send them to Israel due to their interests in the situation in the Middle East.
“I think this crisis will directly affect the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine,” stated Russian diplomat Konstantin Gavrilov in an interview with the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper.
The conflict in Israel will cause Ukraine’s supporters to lose focus. This doesn’t mean that the West will stop supporting Ukrainians. However, the amount of assistance from the military will decrease, and Russia could gain an advantage in the operation.
Is it possible that Russia is being overly optimistic in their thoughts.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the United States will support and be there for both Israel and Ukraine.
However, if there is a long-lasting conflict in the Middle East, it will be a challenge for America to provide support to two different allies involved in two separate wars at the same time.
Can Russia help solve the problem.
Russia wants to increase its importance in the Middle East by presenting itself as someone who can help bring peace.
It has done this job in the past, by participating in previous global attempts to stop the fighting in the area.
“Russia is able and will take part in finding a solution to the conflict,” stated Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for President Putin. “We are keeping in touch with both parties involved in the dispute. ”
During his visit to Moscow this week, Iraq’s prime minister asked President Putin to propose a plan for a genuine peace agreement in the area.
Can we really believe that Russia is a peacemaker. It’s difficult to convince people of that.
This is the country that attacked its neighbor with a large military force. For almost 20 months, the war that Russia has been fighting in Ukraine has resulted in a large number of deaths and a lot of damage to the country. This has surprised people all around the globe.
Additionally, just because you claim that you are able and willing to help achieve peace, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the people who are in the conflict will agree to have you as a mediator.
Moscow has always been interested in the Middle East. During the time when Israel and the US became close, the Soviet Union supported the Arab countries in the region. For many years, the Soviet Union promoted hatred towards Jewish people.
After the Soviet empire was no more, Russia’s relationship with Israel got better. This happened partly because over a million Jews from the countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union moved to Israel.
Recently, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become closer to Israel’s enemies, especially Iran. This has caused tension in Russian-Israeli relations.
Criticizing America
The Kremlin sees a chance to do what it often does – blaming America.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel, Vladimir Putin has been saying that it shows the United States’ policy in the Middle East has failed.
It follows the usual pattern of Moscow criticizing what it sees as American dominance.
The Kremlin is trying to make Russia look better in the Middle East by blaming America, which hurts the reputation of the United States.
I have already discussed how Russia could gain advantages from what is happening in the Middle East. But also, there are things that can harm you.
Hanna Notte believes that Russia benefits from carefully planned and controlled instability.
“If this crisis takes away focus from Ukraine, which may happen because Israel is significant in the US domestic politics, then Russia might benefit temporarily. ”
Russia does not want a war that involves the wider area, including Iran, because Iran supports Hamas with weapons and money, according to Ms.
Russia does not want a big war to happen between Israel and Iran. If things go in that direction and it becomes clear that America strongly supports Israel, I believe Russia will have no option but to align more with Iran. I don’t think it wants to.
I believe Putin still values his connections with Israel. I believe that Russian diplomacy does not want to enter a situation where they have to choose one side over the other. But as this conflict gets worse, they might start to feel more stressed.
As reported by a U.N. spokesperson, Israel’s military has issued a directive for the evacuation of northern Gaza, a territory inhabited by 1.1 million individuals, to be carried out within the next 24 hours.
The population, residing in one of the most densely packed areas globally, is in dire need of relief following days of intense bombing.
“Today we do not know where to go. There is no safe place. We have turned to UNRWA and to the United Nations,” Mohamed said.
“Today Israel is committing massacres against civilians and our children are now under the rubble. We do not know where our children are and we do not know what to do. We have no food or water. I am appealing to the United Nations in front of UNRWA building. Where do we go?”
U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric called the evacuation order “impossible” without “devastating humanitarian consequences.”
Hamas terrorists have retaliated with thousands of rockets as Israel bombs Gaza from the air.
The majority of the war’s toll has been borne by innocent bystanders.
“There was an evacuation from the beach camp to here in the UNRWA schools and UNRWA clinics, and they were safe in a shelter. Suddenly a missile hit here between the school and the UNRWA clinic to intimidate the people and destroy them, there is more than one martyr here,” Masad, another Gaza resident said.
Panic and bloodshed
The evacuation order has instilled panic among civilians and aid workers, who were already fleeing from Israeli airstrikes and grappling with a complete blockade, which provides no escape, and a territory-wide power outage.
Israel’s rationale for this action is its necessity to target Hamas’ deeply buried military infrastructure.
Conversely, Hamas has urged residents to remain in their homes, asserting that Israel is attempting to sow confusion among citizens and disrupt the internal unity.
A new war Cabinet was inaugurated on Thursday, October 11.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit, coupled with the delivery of U.S. weaponry, effectively gave Israel the green light to proceed with its military response, despite warnings from international aid organizations about an escalating humanitarian crisis.
Israel has suspended the delivery of essential goods and electricity to Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, and it has barred the entry of supplies from Egypt.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to “crush” Hamas following their incursion into the country’s south on October 7, which resulted in the brutal killing of hundreds, including children in their homes and young people at a music festival.
Hamas’ attack on Saturday and subsequent smaller assaults have resulted in over 1,300 casualties in Israel, including 247 soldiers, a level of loss not seen in decades, while the Israeli bombardment has claimed more than 1,530 lives in Gaza, according to authorities on both sides. Israel asserts that roughly 1,500 Hamas militants were killed within its borders and that many of those killed in Gaza were Hamas members. Numerous Palestinian and Israeli families are mourning, and many have sustained injuries on both sides.
Hamas has reported that Israel’s airstrikes have killed 13 hostages, including foreign nationals. It has not disclosed the nationalities of the foreigners, indicating that they were killed within the last 24 hours, and there has been no immediate Israeli response.
Analysts are concerned that Israel’s evacuation order may signal an impending ground offensive.
Egypt is sending help from different countries to Gaza using an airport in the north part of Sinai.
The country in North Africa plays an important role in bringing together Israel and the Palestinians as a neutral middleman.
Cairo has requested Israel not to attack the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza, which was bombed multiple times earlier this week.
Many other countries, including South Africa, have offered to assist in finding a solution to the crisis.
According to many sources, Egypt told Israel that an attack was coming, a few days before Hamas attacked Israel from across the border. But Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said that the reports are completely untrue.
The Red Cross says that hospitals in Gaza might become morgues if they don’t have electricity.
Gaza’s only power plant doesn’t have any more fuel and its back-up generators may also stop working soon.
Medical centers are very busy because Israel put a “complete siege” on Gaza and attacked the area with planes and weapons.
Hamas attacked southern Israel in a way that had never happened before on Saturday.
Israel has said that they will not give back electricity or permit essential resources and help to enter Gaza until Hamas frees approximately 150 people that they took as hostages during their attacks on Saturday.
As the electricity in Gaza decreases, the hospitals also lose power. This means that the babies in incubators and the elderly people who need oxygen are in danger. Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s director for the region, said that kidney dialysis stops and it is not possible to take X-rays.
If there is no electricity, hospitals might become places where dead bodies are kept.
In Gaza, there are many injured people waiting outside hospitals in long lines, hoping to get into the emergency rooms. They are running out of important medical equipment and asking for people to donate blood.
People are going to hospitals to protect themselves from air strikes.
DrJustin Dalby, who has been helping people in Gaza for six months with the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), told the BBC that the amount of people who got hurt was really huge.
He said that there was a lot of violence happening all the time, and everything was being destroyed everywhere. Day or night means at any time, whether it is during the day or during the night.
“If the electricity supply to a hospital gets cut off, it means that the lights would turn off. ” He said that devices like monitoring equipment, oxygen delivery machines, mechanical ventilators, operating theatres, and surgical equipment will not work without electricity.
The hospitals in Gaza do not have enough medicine and fuel for generators. Because of this, the doctors might have to refuse to treat injured patients.
Over 700 people have died and 4,000 are hurt because Israel fired many missiles in reaction to a big attack by Hamas.
Israel has stopped giving Palestinians food, water, and fuel. This means that the Palestinians don’t have electricity.
Doctors say they will have to send away injured people because there are too many of them coming in.
Doctor Ashraf Al-Qidra said that there are not enough beds in Gaza’s hospitals and they are also running out of medicine and supplies. Also, the fuel and the generator are almost depleted.
There is a problem coming up. The electricity company told us they will stop working completely. This will affect all the people harmed by the Israeli attacks and the sick people in Gaza.
There are a lot of injured people coming to our hospitals in Gaza, and because of this, we won’t be able to take in any more patients. We want a secure way to get medical supplies to Gaza. And so that injured people from Gaza can be taken to a different place to receive medical treatment.
‘The next few hours are critical and may be very surprising for everyone in the health industry and for all people. ’
Defence for Children International Palestine, a human rights group, has confirmed that at least 140 children from Palestine have been killed since Saturday.
The ongoing war has caused the loss of at least 2,100 lives from both sides. The situation is predicted to worsen as Israel is firmly committed to defeating the militant group. In Israel, more than 1,200 people have died, and in Gaza, around 900 people have been reported dead, according to officials.
Yoav Gallant, the leader in charge of protecting Israel, said that all limits on soldiers have been removed, and he promised to increase the amount of fighting.
Hamas wanted something different and it is going to happen. He said that everything that was in Gaza will not exist anymore.
We began the attack from the sky, and we will also join in from the land later on. We have been in charge of the area since the second day and we are attacking. It will just get worse.
“If anyone tries to cut off heads, kill women, or harm Holocaust survivors, we will stop them with all our strength and without making any compromises. ”
The Ghanaian Embassy in Israel has officially verified that no Ghanaian citizens have been negatively impacted by the ongoing hostilities between Hamas and Israel.
This confirmation comes in response to claims made in a widely circulated social media video that suggested some Ghanaians had been caught in the crossfire in Gaza.
The video, which has gained significant attention on platforms like WhatsApp and TikTok, features voices speaking in the Twi language. However, the embassy’s statement, dated October 11, 2023, asserts that the events depicted in the video did not take place in Gaza or Israel.
In a public notice dated October 11, 2023, issued by the Embassy of Ghana in Israel, it was explained that the incident being circulated on social media did not occur in Gaza nor in Israel.
“The attention of the Embassy has been drawn to a viral video clip of Ghanaians purportedly trapped in the on-going conflict between Israel and Hamas.”
“The Embassy wishes to state categorically that the incident did not occur in Gaza nor in Israel.”
“The general public is, therefore, advised to disregard the circulating video clip and remain assured that the Ghanaian community in Israel is safe at the moment,” the Embassy said.
The Foreign Office has said that the families of British diplomats are leaving Israel as a precautionary measure.
The embassy will stay open and help people by providing consular services.
Israel is being attacked with a lot of rockets from Gaza after Hamas attacked the southern communities of the country and caused death.
More than 1,200 people have died in Israel and 1,200 people have died in Gaza.
The UK government is saying that you should not travel to Israel unless it is absolutely necessary. The Foreign Office also made a decision about the families of diplomats based on this advice.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverley went to Israel on Wednesday. He said that the UK is fully supporting Israel and its plans to take military action in Gaza.
He said that Israel can protect itself, but he also wants to make sure that not many innocent people get hurt.
The conflict outbreak is causing problems for flights going to and from Israel.
British Airways announced on Wednesday that it will temporarily stop all flights to the country. This decision was made after they instructed a plane heading to Tel Aviv to return due to safety worries.
Virgin Atlantic, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all stopped their airplane trips.
On Wednesday, the government said that 17 British people, including children, were killed or cannot be found after the Hamas attack.
The situation in Gaza got worse on Thursday because Israeli planes kept bombing the crowded area in response to violent attacks by Hamas. The Israeli government formed an emergency group to handle the war situation and told hospitals to get ready for more violence.
The long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians reached a new and unknown situation this week when Israel experienced its most severe attack by Palestinian militants since it was established 75 years ago.
Israel has increased its attacks in Gaza after Hamas‘ attack on October 7th. During this attack, armed militants crossed the well-protected border into Israel.
The attackers shot and killed over 1,200 people, and injured many more, as they moved together through farms and towns. They also held around 150 people as hostages.
The terrible acts have made people all over the world feel extremely disgusted, and the government of Israel has promised to get rid of Hamas, a group that keeps shooting rockets at Israeli towns for the past five days.
More than 1,100 people have been killed in Gaza, including many women and children.
Many people have been hurt as Israeli airstrikes keep hitting the packed area, destroying buildings and leaving streets in ruins, with people unable to escape.
Israel has set up a complete blockade on an area with 2 million people. They have stopped providing electricity, food, water, and fuel to that area.
Over 330,000 people in Gaza have been forced to leave their homes, according to a statement by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday.
The only power station in Gaza stopped working because it ran out of fuel, according to Galal Ismail, the head of the Gaza power authority.
Hospitals in Palestine may run out of fuel on Thursday, which could lead to very serious conditions, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Videos and pictures from the besieged enclave show very sad and heartbreaking scenes.
Body parts are all over the place. Some people are still not found,” a man from the neighborhood of Al-Karama in the north said. We are still searching for our brothers and children. It feels like we are trapped in a bad dream.
The video shows people in Israel trying to protect themselves in a bomb shelter while Hamas is attacking.
In reaction to Hamas attacking, Israel has gathered around 300,000 reservists near the Gaza border. This is a big gathering of people considering Israel has a population of 9 million.
The IDF said they are still attacking places belonging to the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza strip. People think they might also send soldiers into Gaza.
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“They are now near the Gaza Strip, preparing to carry out the mission they have been given,” he said.
Israel’s government is getting ready to handle any increases in security concerns by making sure its hospitals and healthcare system are prepared, according to the health ministry.
Hamas’ attack has caused political unity in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz have come together to announce an emergency government and war management cabinet on Wednesday.
Gantz, who used to be in charge of defense, will be part of a cabinet with Netanyahu and the current defense minister, Yoav Gallant, during times of war.
There is a time when countries fight and a time when countries are at peace. Now is the time for war, Gantz said on TV.
We are making a diplomatic effort to try and bring people together for discussions and negotiations.
The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, is going to meet with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Friday. This meeting has been confirmed by an official from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Before that meeting, Abbas is expected to meet King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman on Thursday.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) was formed in the Israeli-controlled West Bank in 1993 after Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) made an agreement called the Oslo Accords. It means that the PLO was told to stop fighting against Israel and agree to a peaceful solution. In return, they were promised their own separate country next to Israel.
The PA and Hamas compete against each other.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman received a call from Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday to talk about the increasing military conflicts in Gaza.
Hamas has been launching horrifying attacks in Israel. Every day, there are new stories of terrible acts taking place, as well as incredible stories of people surviving and showing great courage during the violence.
Tom Hand, who lives in a place called Be’eri, which is a type of community, found out that his daughter Emily, who is only 8 years old, was killed by Hamas gunmen.
I knew she wasn’t by herself, she wasn’t in Gaza, and she wasn’t in a crowded, scary room where she could be pushed around and feel scared all the time, maybe for many years. “He said death was a good thing,” he told CNN, his voice sounding sad, tears rolling down his exhausted, pale face.
A dad talks about the time he found out his daughter had died.
Hamas taking many hostages makes it harder for Israel to decide how to respond.
On Wednesday, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, a spokesperson for the international Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), informed CNN that Israeli authorities think the hostages are being kept underground.
“He said that it’s logical for them to be underground. ”
He said that despite Israel’s previous encounters with hostage situations, they have never experienced anything quite like this.
Izzat al-Risheq, an important member of Hamas, said on Wednesday that it is still not the right time to trade Israeli hostages.
“Many Arab and non-Arab countries called Hamas leaders outside their country to ask if it was possible to exchange Israeli captives for Hamas prisoners,” said al-Risheq from Doha, Qatar.
“But we told everyone that it is too soon to talk about it while Israel keeps attacking Gaza and killing Palestinian people without choosing who to target. ” The constant attacks have been causing more and more harm to Gaza.
Over two million Palestinians, including over a million children, live in the Gaza Strip. This area has been under a blockade by Israel since 2007, restricting their access to land, sea, and air.
For almost 17 years, this place has been mostly isolated from the rest of the world. This happened when Hamas took control, causing Israel and Egypt to block its land, air, and sea access. This blockage has continued until now.
The UNRWA, which helps Palestinian refugees, needs $104 million right away to assist the people affected by the increased fighting in Gaza.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that what is happening right now is a humanitarian tragedy like no other before. No matter what is going on, rules still need to be followed during times of conflict, and this situation is no different. Help needs to be given right away to people who have no place to go. They need water, food, and medicine.
“We are very concerned because what is happening now has never happened before,” said Najla Shawa, a worker from Oxfam in Gaza, talking to CNN. We are discussing large areas, not just a single area. Large areas are completely getting wiped out and destroyed.
Hospitals have too many injured patients right now, and some of them are kids.
A small girl in a hospital, with blood on her face, told CNN that while she was sleeping, everything suddenly started falling on them.
“Someone arrived and gave me assistance, they brought me directly to the hospital. ” But I don’t know what happened to all of my sisters.
We just received new information from the Palestinian health ministry. It states that 1,055 people have died and over 5,100 others have been hurt since Israel started their air strikes on Saturday.
However, Ghasan Abu Sitta, a surgeon from Palestine who now lives in Britain, says that the hospital where he is currently working in Gaza has transformed into a place for refugees.
“He said on the Today programme that people are scared and that’s why they are bringing their families to stay in the hospital compound because it is a secure place. ”
The doctor said there were many injured people coming one after another, but his hospital, Shifa, was already full. And it’s the same situation in most other hospitals in Gaza.
Abu Sitta said that Gaza has approximately 2200 to 2500 beds and they have already treated 4500 injured people.
Gaza’s only power station will run out of fuel today, according to the Palestinian Energy Authority.
This week, Israel said they would surround Gaza to stop electricity, fuel, and water from getting in.
People in Gaza are going to schools and hospitals to protect themselves while Israeli planes are attacking certain places. The Israeli military has many soldiers near Gaza, who are prepared and waiting to carry out the task they have been assigned.
Over 1,200 people have died in Israel, with more than 900 people killed in Gaza due to Israeli air strikes.
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Israel’s army placed a full blockade on the Gaza Strip on Monday. This means they stopped any food, fuel, and supplies from entering the area, which is home to about 2. 3 At the same time, they launched many airstrikes on the Hamas-controlled territory as a response to the violent attack carried out by militants over the weekend.
More than two days after Hamas attacked unexpectedly from Gaza, the Israeli military reported that it had mostly taken control of the southern towns where they had been fighting against Hamas fighters. Israel’s highly praised military and intelligence operations were caught completely by surprise by Hamas, leading to intense fighting in its streets for the first time in many years.
Tanks and drones were used to protect the holes in the border fence to stop any new unauthorized entries. Many Israelis had to leave their homes in many towns near Gaza. The army called for 300,000 people who were not working for the army at that time and asked them to come and help in a very big and fast way.
On Sunday, there were attacks that destroyed a big part of the town called Beit Hanoun in Gaza. The Israeli government claimed that Hamas was using this town as a base for their activities. On Monday, the Israeli army loudly told people in Rimal, a neighborhood in the middle of Gaza City, to leave. This is where The Associated Press and other foreign news companies have their offices. It was a warning that there would be a lot of strong attacks.
The big question is if they will attack the small area near the Mediterranean Sea, which could cause a lot of people to get hurt. The Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised to completely dismantle the military and leadership abilities of the militant group.
Israel attacked over 1,000 places in Gaza, while Palestinian fighters kept launching lots of rockets that made air raid sirens go off in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. A video on the internet showed that there was a line of smoke near a section of Ben Gurion International Airport. There is still no information about any people getting hurt or anything getting damaged from the most recent bombing.
Regular people have already suffered a lot and have had to give up a lot because of something. Nearly 700 individuals, including 73 soldiers, have died in Israel. This information comes from Israeli news sources and rescue services. This number is incredibly high when compared to previous conflicts. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that a total of 493 people died in Gaza. Among them were 78 children and 41 women. Many people have been hurt on both sides.
Groups of fighters from Palestine said they have kidnapped more than 130 individuals from Israel and taken them forcefully into Gaza. The fighting group of Hamas said on its messaging channel that four of their people died in airstrikes from Israel. That information could not be checked by someone else to make sure it is true.
The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, has ordered a total blockade on Gaza. This means that they will stop the flow of electricity and prevent food and fuel from entering the area.
Gallant said that Israel was in a war with “human animals,” using harsh language that both sides often use when tensions get high.
Israel and Egypt have put restrictions on Gaza since Hamas took control in 2007. In the past few years, Israel has given a small amount of electricity and allowed the import of food, fuel, and some things people buy, but they have made it difficult for people to go in and out of the country.
The Israeli seal means that Gaza will mostly rely on the crossing into Egypt at Rafah for import and export, but this crossing has lower limits on how much can be transported compared to crossings into Israel.
An official from the Egyptian military, who wants to remain anonymous because he is not allowed to talk to the media, said that more than 2 tons of medical supplies from the Egyptian Red Crescent were sent to Gaza. They are also trying to arrange for food and other deliveries, but they have not yet decided if they will allow fuel to be brought in.
Israeli Rear Admiral Rear Admiral is a high-ranking military officer in the Israeli Navy. Daniel Hagari said that Israel was using bombs to destroy houses and buildings in different districts that they believe are being used by Hamas. Israel is planning to attack many places, he said. He said that a lot of Hamas fighters were trapped underneath the debris of buildings that were destroyed by Israel in the last two days. It was not possible to confirm what he said about the numbers or that he said the dead were Hamas.
In the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, an attack by Israeli planes on Monday morning killed 19 people. Among them were women and children, according to Dr. Talat Barhoum from the local Al-Najjar Hospital. Barhoum said a plane crashed into the house where the Abu Hilal family lived, and one of the people who died was Rafaat Abu Hilal, who was in charge of a local armed group. The strike broke nearby houses.
During the weekend, a house in Rafah was hit by an airstrike. Sadly, 19 members of the Abu Quta family, including women and children, were killed, along with five neighbors. Nasser Abu Quta, who survived the attack, stated that there were no militants present in their home.
The UN is an abbreviation for the United Nations. Over 123,000 people in Gaza have left their homes because they were told the Israeli military would soon attack. The United Nations (U. N) The United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, stated that a school where more than 225 individuals were staying was struck directly. It didn’t say where the fire started.
After fighting for about 2 days, Hagari said that the military now has “control” over the communities near the border in southern Israel. There were a few small fights on Monday, but overall there is no fighting going on in the communities right now.
He said that 15 out of 24 communities near the border have been cleared out, and the remaining ones will be emptied soon.
Earlier, Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua spoke to The Associated Press and said that the group’s fighters are still fighting outside of Gaza. He also mentioned that they have recently captured more Israelis, as recent as Monday morning.
He said the group wants to release all Palestinian prisoners that Israel is holding. In the past, Israel has agreed to unfair deals where it released many prisoners in exchange for just one captive or even the remains of soldiers.
Among the people who have been captured are soldiers and regular people, including women, children, and older adults. Most of them are from Israel, but there are also some people from other countries. Egypt’s government-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Monday that officials from Egypt are attempting to negotiate the release of Palestinian women who are currently imprisoned in Israel, in return for the release of Israeli women who have been captured by militants.
Mayyan Zin, who is a mother that is no longer married and has two children, found out that her two daughters were taken away when a family member sent her pictures from a Telegram group. The pictures showed her daughters sitting on mattresses while being held captive. Afterwards, she discovered videos on the internet of a frightening situation at her ex-husband’s house: Some armed men had entered the house and were talking to him while her two daughters, Dafna (15 years old) and Ella (8 years old), cried nearby. Another video showed the dad being brought into Gaza.
Please bring my daughters back home to our family. Everyone, Zin said.
The Hamas group took control of Gaza in 2007, after pushing out the Palestinian Authority. Since then, no one has opposed their rule, even during the blockade and four wars with Israel.
A large group of about 1,000 gunmen from Hamas broke through Israeli barriers early on Saturday. They spent several hours causing chaos by shooting and killing innocent people. They also kidnapped individuals in towns, along roads, and even at a music festival in the desert that was attended by thousands of people. According to the military, Palestinian fighters have fired approximately 4,400 rockets at Israel.
Hamas claimed that it carried out the attack because Palestinians are suffering due to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, blockade of Gaza, discriminative policies in east Jerusalem, and tensions surrounding a disputed holy site in Jerusalem that is important to Muslims and Jews.
The Palestinians want to have their own country in the territories that Israel took control of in the 1967 war. However, there haven’t been successful peace talks for more than 10 years, and the current right-wing government in Israel is against the idea of a Palestinian state.
On Sunday, the United States (U. S) Sent a group of warships to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel, and promised to send more help from the military.
Israel’s defense minister has commanded a “complete blockade” of the Gaza Strip, which means stopping the delivery of food, fuel, electricity, and water to the area.
It comes two days after a surprising attack in Israel by Hamas soldiers, which caused the death of many innocent people. 9 people from the United States have been confirmed dead, and it is believed that over 10 people from the United Kingdom are either dead or missing.
Rocket attacks are happening from Gaza and they are targeting Israel. People in Jerusalem can hear the explosions.
Israel has taken back control of its communities close to Gaza, but there are still some fighters who continue to be active.
Over 700 people have died in Israel since Saturday. Among them, 260 people were killed by Hamas gunmen during a music festival.
Many people were taken captive and Hamas says that four of them were killed by bombings in Gaza. Over 500 people have died in Gaza since Israel started attacking the area.
Yousaf’s family members went to Gaza last week to see their relatives.
“He said that my wife and I are very worried about them. ”
There are some people who are innocent and they are going through a difficult time. And we can never find any valid reason to support or defend the act of causing the death of innocent people.
Yousaf told the BBC that he strongly disliked and criticized the “unfair” actions of Hamas.
During the Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021, Yousaf’s wife Nadia El-Nakla, who comes from a Palestinian background, mentioned that she has relatives in Gaza, including her brother.
A 22-year-old woman from Ireland and Israel is one of the people who cannot be found after gunmen from Hamas attacked the Supernova music festival close to the border of Gaza. Sadly, the attack caused the death of almost 300 individuals.
During an interview with ABC News, Jennifer Damti explained that her daughter, Kim, called them right after the attack started.
“Kim didn’t know that there were around seven or eight vans full of terrorists. They started shooting in all directions,” she explained.
“They killed them, like ducks being hunted. That’s why I’m here, because I want the world to criticize this behavior. ”
The quote says that you cannot sleep. All I can think about is where she is, if she’s in pain, if she’s still breathing. I only want to have her with me again.
“You are not able to rest. ” All I can think about is where she is, if she is in pain, if she is still living. I just want her to come back.
The Prime Minister of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, said that the government knows about the situation and that officials from the embassy are talking to the family.
We saw dead bodies of Hamas fighters still on the ground – not removed like the Israeli victims – left to decay.
Additionally,We saw an Israeli person stop his truck to grab a rock and throw it at the body of a dead Hamas fighter. People on both sides of the border became very angry.
Israel’s soldiers, who are prepared and have been trained well, are working hard to get rid of the remaining terrorists that attacked. But at the same time, Hamas is constantly shooting many rockets across the border, both during the day and throughout the night.
Israel’s advanced air defences, known as the Iron Dome, have been working very hard. It cannot stop all the rockets fired from Gaza.
The cleanup in Gaza sometimes seems like a big military operation – with Israeli jets flying overhead and hitting many places inside Gaza.
But Israel is definitely making plans for a lot more. There are a lot of tanks, troops, and armored vehicles getting closer to Gaza’s border. It seems like getting ready for a big military action in Gaza.
