For days, Israel has seemed to be on the verge of launching a ground offensive in Gaza as part of its response to Hamas’s deadly October 7 rampage.
Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight on Saturday and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict.
Aid workers said it is far too little to address the spiralling humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where half the territory’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes. The UN humanitarian agency said cases of chicken pox, scabies and diarrhoea are increasing because of the lack of clean water. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet late on Saturday to discuss the expected ground invasion, Israeli media reported.
More than 1,400 people in Israel have so far died in the war – mostly civilians killed during the initial Hamas attack. In Lebanon, Hezbollah said six of its fighters were killed on Saturday, and the group’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, warned that Israel will pay a high price if it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel says it will continue to respond to rocket fire from Lebanon.
Israeli forces killed at least five people in the West Bank early on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Thirteen Palestinians, including five minors, and a member of Israel’s paramilitary Border Police were killed last week in a battle in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, in which Israel also launched an air strike.
President Joe Biden said the US, which has worked with other mediators to reach an agreement on Rafah, “remains committed to ensuring that civilians in Gaza will continue to have access to food, water, medical care, and other assistance, without diversion by Hamas”.
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