Israel increases air strikes on Palestine's Gaza, seals it off and precludes it from food, water and other vital supplies as the war's death toll rises past 1,800 on its fourth day.
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in besieged Gaza has risen to 788, with over 4,100 others injured, the Health Ministry said. / Photo: ReutersIsrael has threatened Egypt that it would bomb any aid convoy heading to Palestine's Gaza amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian territory.
At least 1,000 Israelis have been killed and over 2,600 others wounded in the fighting, according to the Israeli media.Denmark and Sweden are suspending Palestinian development aid but maintaining humanitarian assistance following the Hamas operation in Israel. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Greek citizens were returned to the country via Israeli flag carrier EL-AL.
One security source said the bombardment was carried out by Palestinian factions. A second source said the shelling was hitting the southern area from which the rockets were launched.Senior Iraqi and Yemeni leaders have aligned with Iran and in charge of heavily armed groups have threatened to target US interests if Washington intervenes to support Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
"It's a humanitarian tragedy and it's an economic shock we don't need," Banga told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Morocco. They were killed in a strike while covering the evacuation of a residential building near Gaza City's fishing port, Maarouf said, condemning Israel's"criminal behaviour against journalists".The latest deaths bring the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the fighting since Saturday to eight, the Palestinian Press Union said in a statement.
He said a review was already under way to ensure that their humanitarian assistance, intended for the Palestinian population, was not used to finance Hamas’ activities. Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, has been hit by an Israeli air strike for the second time in 24 hours, an AFP photographer reported.
“We hope that there will be an international intervention to stop these military actions and find a just solution to the Palestinian issue,” he said.Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida has told residents of Israel's port of Ashkelon to leave the area by 5 pm , without giving any further details.
"I think many people would agree with me that it's a clear example of the failure of US politics in the Middle East," Putin said. The Health Ministry in besieged Gaza said in an update that over 4,000 Palestinians have also been wounded by the Israeli bombing.Human Rights Watch has strongly criticised the Israeli defence minister's vow to deprive Gaza of food and electricity amid the ongoing conflict.
The siege risk seriously compounding the already dire human rights and humanitarian situation in Gaza, including the capacity of medical facilities to operate, especially in light of increasing numbers of injured, the statement said.The imposition of sieges that endanger the lives of civilians by depriving them of goods essential for their survival is prohibited under international humanitarian law.
"In the past days, the Israeli army found no less than 1,500 bodies of Palestinian gunmen inside Israeli territories," the Israeli army official, requesting anonymity, told Anadolu Agency.Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has called for the resolution of the ongoing unrest between Palestine and Israel based on parameters set by the United Stations, urging also the end of"war and violence.
Australian police have said they were investigating a pro-Palestinian protest outside Sydney Opera House after footage emerged of a small group appearing to chant anti-Semitic slogans at the demonstration.
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