Insight Into The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Israel kills three troops in Lebanon and strikes Kamal Adwan in Gaza.

• Israeli forces are firing on the building as children and elderly patients suffering from malnutrition seek care at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, causing a “extreme catastrophe”, according to the hospital’s director.
• Speaking from Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares that Hamas will no longer rule the area and offers a prize of $5 million for the return of Israeli prisoners detained there.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,972 Palestinian deaths and 104,008 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,544 fatalities and 15,036 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel, Hezbollah trade fire as UN slams worsening conditions in Gaza

• Conditions in Gaza “are among the worst we’ve seen during the entire war”, the UN Middle East envoy informs the UN Security Council, adding that the entire region is at “a grim crossroads”.
• A Hezbollah rocket in Israel’s Tel Aviv injuries at least six persons, while Israeli soldiers kill at least five in central Beirut.
• As the US makes a final push for a ceasefire agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to keep up its “systematically operated” campaign against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire agreement is struck.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,922 Palestinian deaths and 103,898 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,516 fatalities and 14,929 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

As the Pope demands a genocide investigation, Israeli forces murder 111 people in Gaza.

• Pope Francis demanded an inquiry into claims of genocide after Israeli forces killed at least 111 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to medical authorities.
• After killing Mohammad Afif, Hezbollah’s chief public relations officers, in an airstrikes on central Beirut, Israel is still attacking Lebanon.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,846 Palestinian deaths and 103,740 injuries. During the days Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,481 fatalities and 14,786 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel murders rescuers and paramedics in Lebanon as scores perish in Gaza

• According to the Health Ministry, an Israeli hit on a civil defense center in the southern Nabatieh region of the country killed six persons, including four Lebanese paramedics. A second attack on a civil defense center in Baalbek city claimed the lives of twelve rescue workers.
• According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, during the most recent 24-hour reporting period, at least 24 Palestinians were killed and 112 were injured.
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been urged to step down by Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib after his deadline for Israeli authorities to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza was missed without any repercussions for Israel.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,736 Palestinian deaths and 103,370 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,386 fatalities and 14,417 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Attack on Beirut: Aid organizations claim Israel killed 20 employees in Gaza

• According to humanitarian organizations, Israeli forces have murdered at least 20 relief workers in Gaza in the last month, including four employees of Oxfam who were in a truck with a prominent logo.
• Hezbollah’s leader promises to “achieve victory and defeat our enemy” as Israeli forces continue to bombard the southern suburbs of Beirut after targeting locations along the Syria-Lebanon border.
• As his most recent pro-Israel choice for his cabinet and administration, US President-elect Donald Trump appointed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,712 Palestinian deaths and 103,258 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 299 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,365 fatalities and 14,344 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

As 64 are killed in Israeli attacks, the UN warns of the “gravest” crimes in Gaza.

• As Israel brushes off warnings of famine in the enclave as “dishonest” and “slanderous”, the UN’s aid head warns the Security Council that the world is “witnessing acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes in Gaza”.
• After a 30-day deadline to increase supplies or risk having its military financing canceled, the US concludes that Israel is not obstructing aid to Gaza. But according to relief organizations, Israel has made things worse in the enclave over that time.
• The Israeli military continues its campaign of ceaseless bombardment, killing 64 Palestinians in Gaza and another 28 in Lebanon.
• Since October 7,2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,076 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,287 fatalities and 14,222 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel hints at attacking Iran’s nuclear sites while killing 14 people in Gaza.

• As displaced individuals in the so-called “safe zone” in al-Mawasi reeled after an attack on a tent cafe that killed at least ten others, Israeli forces continued to bombard Gaza, killing at least 14 Palestinians in the early hours of the morning.
• Hours after killing 14 in an airstrike on a village in the north, far from the Israel-Lebanon border, Israel’s military continued its attacks throughout Lebanon, killing three in eastern Bekaa.
• Israel Katz, Israel’s new defense minister, suggested attacking Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and rejected a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,603 Palestinian deaths and 102,929 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,243 fatalities and 14,134 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Dozens are killed by Israeli strikes in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza.

• Israeli soldiers killed 23 people in a hit on the village of Almat, north of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and 36 victims in a single attack on Jabalia in northern Gaza, leaving Palestinians and Lebanese in despair.
• At least 49 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Sunday throughout the territory, according to medical sources in Gaza. The Health Ministry in Lebanon reported that 38 people were killed every day as a result of Israel’s attacks.
• According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, Israeli forces also bombarded Damascus, the capital of Syria, and raided a residential building, killing at least seven people.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,603 Palestinian deaths and 102,929 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,189 fatalities and 14,078 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Over 100 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon

• According to medical sources who spoke to Al Jazeera, Israeli airstrikes have killed over 50 Palestinians, throughout Gaza, with at least 42 of them killed in the embattled northern region of the territory.
• According to the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon, throughout the past 24 hours, Israeli forces conducted raids around the nation, killing 52 individuals and injuring 161.
• According to reports, an Israeli airstrike on a nearby vehicle in Sidon, Lebanon, killed three persons and left six Malaysian peacekeepers with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with minor injuries.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,469 Palestinian deaths and 102,561 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least ,102 fatalities and 13,819 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli airplanes assault Beirut, killing 40 people in east Lebanon.

• After Lebanon’s health ministry claimed that a huge Israeli aircraft bombardment of locations in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon and Baalbek city had killed 40 people and injured 53, Israel bombardment Beirut overnight.
• Joyce Msuya, the UN’S humanitarian chief, has issued a warning, saying that Palestinian residents in northern Gaza are “starving while the world watches” as Israeli forces impose a “near-total brutal siege”.
• Hezbollah reported that a naval base in Israel’s northern port city of Haifa was struck once more, and that swarms of attack drones had targeted the Israeli military’s Bilu base south of Tel Aviv for the first time.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,391 Palestinian deaths and 102,347 injuries. During the day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,050 fatalities and 13, 658 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel continues its bombardment in Gaza and conducts operations in Jenin throughout its siege.

• Conflicts have been reported as armed fighters attempt to thwart Israel’s ongoing invasion and raid on Jenin.
• Following the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli police used skunk water and other harsh tactics to quell protestors in Tel Aviv.
• Netanyahu’s insistence on carrying on the war in Gaza and his refusal to look into the security lapses of October 7 have been the main sources of tension between him and Gallant.
• Medical sources report that Israel killed at least 61 Palestinians in attacks on Tuesday.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,391 Palestinian deaths and 102,347 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,013 fatalities and 13,553 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel strikes Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital once more and hits Syria

• According to medical workers, Israeli soldiers have bombarded Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza for the second dat, injuring patients and staff, including newborns in the hospital’s nursery.
• The Israeli military launched an attack on Damascus, the capital of Syria, saying it was aimed at Hezbollah’s “intelligence headquarters” there; however, Syrian media report that “civilian areas” were hit instead.
• After Israel formally informed the international organization of its intention to sever ties with UNRWA for Palestinian refugees, UN Secretary-General “no alternative” to the organization.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,374 Palestinian deaths and 102,261 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 3,002 fatalities and 13,492 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel kills two more doctors in attacks on hospitals in Gaza and Lebanon.

• An Israeli drone fired on the gates and walls of the neighboring Indonesian Hospital, and Israeli forces attacked the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, seriously injuring a child and damaged the hospital’s nursery.
• After Israeli soldiers killed two more Lebanese paramedics and damaged two hospitals in Lebanon, the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed its call for medical personnel to be protected.
• Osama Hamdan, a Hamas spokesperson, stated that while negotiations between Palestinian Factions in Cairo have been “positive”, the organization has not yet received any fresh written ceasefire proposals.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,341 Palestinian deaths and 102,105 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• In Lebanon, at least 2,897 people have been killed and 13,402 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel “massages” eighty-four people in Gaza, as airstrikes murder hundreds in Lebanon.

• Two Israeli airstrikes on residential homes in northern Gaza killed 84 Palestinians, including over 50 children, in what the Gaza Government Media Office calls “brutal massacres”.
• More American military equipment, such as jet fighters, long-range bombers, and navy warships, will be sent to the Middle East.
• Aid organizations report that after the campaign paused due to Israeli assaults and the enormous displacement of people in north Gaza, which has been under military siege for nearly a month, the third phase of a postponed mass polio vaccination effort is set to resume in Gaza.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,259 Palestinian deaths and 101,827 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed at least 2,897 people and injured 13,150 more in Lebanon, with 30 fatalities in the last day alone.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli fighter jets kill 95 people in Gaza after bombing Beirut, Lebanon.

• Overnight, at least ten Israeli airstrikes struck the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, with reports of deaths.
• Israel has allegedly “perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system”, including “deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities”, according to a recent UN assessment. These actions are war crimes.
• At least 95 individuals were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday. According to medical sources who spoke to Al Jazeera, he great majority of the victims were civilian in the enclave’s embattled north.
• The worst day in months for Israeli civilians, seven individuals were murdered in separate Hezbollah rocket strikes in northern Israel, including three Israelis and four foreign laborers.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has resulted in at least 43,204 Palestinian deaths and 101,641 injuries. During that day’s Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and over 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed at least 2,865 people in Lebanon and injured 13,047 others; in the last 24 hours, 45 people have been murdered nationwide, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

As expectations of a deal with Hezbollah grow, Israel strikes Gaza and Lebanon.

• At Least 19 people, including eight women, were killed when Israeli forces carried out more attacks on two towns in the historic Baalbek region of Lebanon.
• As US ambassador Amos Hochstein visits the region for truce negotiations, Lebanon’s acting prime minister, Najib Mikati, says he hopes a ceasefire agreement with Israel would be announced in the next few hours or days.
• Beit Lahiya is designated a “disaster zone” by officials in northern Gaza as the ceaseless Israeli bombing continues to kill a large number of civilians. The most recent attack claimed the lives of at least ten Palestinians.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 43,163 individuals and injured 101,510 more in Gaza. During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in at least 2,822 fatalities and 12,937 injuries.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli strikes kill over 77 people in Lebanon and 143 people in Gaza.

• Israel is still carrying out lethal strikes in southern Lebanon; the most recent attacks in Sarafand and Haret Saida, close to Sidon city, killed 15 people, many of them were women and children.
• Medical sources said Al Jazeera that Israeli strikes killed at least 143 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, with 132 of them slain in the war-torn territory’s beleaguered north.
• According to Israeli media, Israel’s ground push into Lebanese territory has resulted in the deaths of at least 33 Israeli soldiers in fighting in southern Lebanon since the beginning of the month.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 43,061 individuals and injured 101,223 others in Gaza. During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the assault on Gaza, Israeli bombings in Lebanon have killed at least 2,787 people and injured 12,772 others; on Tuesday alone, strikes across the country claimed 77 lives.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

As Israeli forces kill 60 in Lebanon’s Bekaa, the world denounces the UNRWA ban.

• The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was banned by Israel, a move that was condemned by world leaders as “intolerable”, “illegal”, and “nothing less than collective punishment”.
• According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon have killed at least 60 people, making it the worst day for the area since Israel and Hezbollah escalated their conflict.
• Health officials report that since the offensive started, over 1,000 Palestinians, primarily women and children, have been killed in Israel’s 25-day siege of northern Gaza.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 43,020 individuals and injured 101,110 more in Gaza, During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.
• Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed at least 2,710 individuals, including at least 127 children, and injured 12,592.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel intensifies its siege of northern Gaza and strikes Lebanon’s Tyre.

• According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, Israeli warplanes hit the Raml neighborhood in Tyre, killing at least three people and injuring two more.
• UN chief Antonio Guuterres voiced astonishment at the “harrowing levels of death, injuring, and destruction” in besieged northern Gaza on Sunday after Israeli forces killed at least 53 Palestinians in Gaza and 21 in Lebanon.
• As talks to resolve the year-long conflict resumed in Doha, the capital of Qatar, Egypt offered a limited two-day truce in Gaza to enable the swapping of four Israelis for Palestinian inmates.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 42,924 people and injured 100,833 more in Gaza. During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel commits a new “massacre” in Gaza and murders three journalists in south Lebanon

• The Israeli military detonated a dozen residential houses in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in an attack dubbed a “major massacre”, prompting Gaza’s civil defense to warn of widespread casualties.
• In the southern Hasbaiyya region of Lebanon, three journalists covering Israel’s war on Lebanon were killed in what appeared to be a targeted Israeli hit on their lodging.
• Following the announcement by Qatar and the United States that negotiators will convene in Qatar’s capital to attempt to resume negotiations for a truce in Gaza, an Israeli delegation is scheduled to visit Doha on Sunday.
• At least 19 individuals have been murdered by Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of fatalities since the war began in October 2023 to 2,593.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli strikes have killed at least 42,847 people and injured 100,544 more in Gaza. During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel assaults the south suburbs of Beirut in a “violent night.”

• Israel carried out at least 17 strikes on the suburbs of Beirut overnight, resulting in at least one fatality and five injuries, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
• In what Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Beirut called a “very violent night” of strikes that started without notice, Israel’s bombardment destroyed six buildings in the southern suburb of Laylaki.
• As the Israeli military assault on Jabalia and the siege of northern Gaza enters its twentieth day, the Gaza Government Media Office reports that over 770 Palestinians have been killed and 1,000 have been injured.
• Palestinians “suffering under the ongoing Israeli siege in north Gaza are rapidly exhausting all available means for their survival,” according to a warning from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 42,792 individuals and injured 100,412 more in Gaza. During the Hamas-led strikes in Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel continues to attack Beirut and the beleaguered northern Gaza.

• As Israel continues its fatal attacks on the beleaguered region, a rights group warns that Palestinians in northern Gaza are “cut off from the world.”
• Palestinians from Beit Lahiya, Gaza, claim to have witnessed Israeli soldiers beating and holding individuals while dead were laying in the streets.
• Israel launches more attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut as the army claims to have killed Hashem Safieddine, a senior Hezbollah official, in an earlier attack this month; Hezbollah has not yet responded.
• Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 42,718 people and injured 100,282 more in Gaza. During the October 7 attacks led by Hamas, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Tel Aviv, Israel, declares a state of emergency after Hezbollah claims attacks.

• According to Hezbollah, it fired rockets at a naval facility in Haifa, north Israel, and targeted Israeli sites in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, including an intelligence base.
• As locals in confined northern Gaza recount “scenes of terror”, Israeli police have blocked rescue crews from getting to Palestinians buried beneath the debris.
• Israel is “weaponizing aid”, according to the president of the UN organization for Palestinian refugees, by preventing UN personnel from entering regions under siege.
• According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, an Israeli attack near Raftik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut has left 32 people injured and four people dead, including a toddler.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,603 fatalities and 99,795 injuries since October 9, 2023. During the October 7 attacks led by Hamas, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel destroys the northern Gaza Strip and launches missiles into Beirut, Lebanon

• Israel “may be causing the destruction of the Palestinian population in Gaza’s northernmost governorate through death and displacement”, according to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).
• The inhabitants of Jabalia, Beit Hanoon, and Beit Lahiya, where an Israeli attack destroyed an entire residential block and left over 87 Palestinians dead or missing, are of special concern to the UN.
• According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, at least 16 people were murdered by Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Saturday. Following this, at least 12 Israeli missiles were fired towards Beirut’s southern suburbs.
• According to the UN, the most recent assault on the UN’s Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) occurred when a bulldozer belonging to the Israeli army destroyed a peace keeping observation tower in southern Lebanon.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,603 fatalities and 99,795 injuries since October 7, 2023. In Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, at least 1,139 people were murdered and almost 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli strikes hit hospitals; the Jabalia camp in Gaza claims 33 lives.

• Israeli forces launched an attack on the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, which has been under siege for more than two weeks, resulting in at least 33 Palestinian deaths and over 80 injuries.
• Israeli soldiers fire at Kamal Adwan Hospital and target al-Awda Hospital.
• The acting director of al-Adwa Hospital, Mohammed Salha, stated that his hospital is overburdened with treating roughly seventy wounded from the most recent devastating attack on Jabalia.
• Following Yahya Sinwar’s death, Hamas has remained resolute, stating that Israeli prisoners will not be freed “unless the aggression on Gaza stops”, Israeli soldiers will totally leave from Gaza, and Palestinians detained in Israel will be liberated.
• Since October 7, 2023, at least 42,500 people have died and 99,546 have been injured in Israeli assaults in Gaza. On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, resulting in at least 1,139 fatalities and almost 200 captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel says Gaza battle would continue after Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was assassinated

• Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, is allegedly dead in Gaza, according to Israel. Regarding Sinwar, who took over for Ismail Haniyeh following his July killing by Israel, Hamas has not responded.
• After declaring Sinwar dead, Israeli Prime Minister including children, in an Israeli raid on UN shelter in Jabalia, northern Gaza, at least 10 Palestinians were murdered in an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
• Nine Israeli soldiers have been “seriously injured” in battle in both the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, while five Israeli soldiers have lost their lives.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,438 fatalities and 99,246 injuries since October 7, 2023. On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, resulting in at least 1,139 fatalities and almost 200 captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel strikes a school in Gaza, killing at least 19 people, including kids.

• At least 19 Palestinians, including children, are killed in an Israeli attack at a UNRWA school in Jabalia, northern Gaza, which is housing displaced refugees.
• Residents in the eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa region have received threats from Israeli soldiers to evacuate, threatening to target the area.
• While Israel continues its 13-day blockade of Jabalia in the northern part of the enclave, staff at the Kamal Adwan, al-Awda, and Indonesian hospitals in Gaza report that food is running out.
• The bodies of scores of individuals who were buried beneath the debris of buildings demolished by Israel’s assault of Jabalia, according to Gaza’s civil defense, have not been retrieved.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,438 fatalities and 99,246 injuries since October 7, 2023. On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, resulting in at least 1,139 fatalities and almost 200 captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel strikes the heart of Beirut, Lebanon, and steps up its siege of northern Gaza

Israel hits the city center of Beirut, causing two residential structures to collapse, at least 22 casualties and 117 injuries. The result is a “scene of chaos”.

Israeli attacks on Gaza are still ongoing, resulting in more deaths in Jabalia and Deir el-Balah, including a newborn.

As Israeli forces launch fire on UNIFIL stations in the south of the country, injuring two, the UN official in charge of peacekeeping informs the Security Council that the safety and security of peacekeepers in Lebanon is “increasingly in jeopardy”.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that as Israel’s military siege on the northern part of the territory goes into its third week, 63 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,065 deaths and 97,886 injuries since October 2023. On October 7, 2023, in Israel, over 200 individuals were taken captive and at least 1,139 people were slaughtered.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel continues to besiege northern Gaza while attacking Syria and Lebanon.

• As the six-day siege of northern Gaza’s schools and hospitals was enforced by the UN, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Khan Younis and three in the Jabalia refugee camp.
• Additionally, Israel’s air force attacked Syria’s Homs and Hama regions, causing damage to a car manufacturing and a military facility, and continued to assault Lebanon, killing five paramedics in the process.
• In what the governor of Nablus called ” a cowardly assassination”, Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank shot and killed at least four Palestinians, including the commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 42,010 fatalities and 97,720 injuries since October 2023. The strikes in Israel on October 7, 2023, spearheaded by Hamas resulted in at least 1,139 deaths and over 200 captures.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel strikes Gaza and Beirut, Lebanon ; almost 42,000 people die.

• Four residential structures in the southern Beirut subrub of Dahiyeh were demolished by Israel air strikes overnight, causing “massive destruction”, according to state-run media in Lebanon.
• Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has forewarned Lebanon that it may experience devastation “like Gaza”, following the announcement on Tuesday by the Lebanese Health Ministry that 36 people had died and 150 had been injured nationwide the day before.
• Israeli soldiers have ordered the Kamal Adwan, Indonesian and al-Awda hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate patients and health professionals within 24 hours.
• Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least 25 Palestinians, including two women and five children. Israel’s military is “systematically working to empty” the war-torn north of the enclave, where there is currently another wave of mass population exodus.
• Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza have resulted in at least 41,965 fatalities and 97,590 injuries since October 2023. The October 7 attacks in Israel, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and almost 200 captures.

SOURCE: AJAZEERA

As Hamas promises a “war of attrition”, Israel bombards Gaza and Lebanon

• On Monday, as Palestinians in the enclave celebrated one year of fighting and Hamas pledged to wage a “war of attrition”, Israeli forces murdered at least 77 individuals throughout the Gaza Strip.
• Hezbollah of Lebanon claimed responsibility for missile strikes against the Israeli port city of Haifa and a military installation close to Tel Aviv.
• Israel’s military claimed that while it was bombarding the Lebanese capital, it struck a Hezbollah intelligence center in Beirut. Additionally, the military issued fresh orders for southern Lebanon to evacuate.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,909 deaths and 97,303 injuries since October 2023. The October 7 attacks, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and over 200 captures in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel increase its attacks on Lebanon and bombards Gaza on October 7th.

• As Israeli held tributes to honor the victims of the horrific assault one year ago, the Israeli military stated that it had begun attacking Hamas positions around the Gaza Strip on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
• As Israeli forces continued to bombard the Lebanese capital, massive explosions continued to tremble southern Beirut for an additional night, and a Hezbollah missile attack on the Israeli city of Haifa resulted in at least ten causalities.
• After the Israeli military started heavy bombarding the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza and ordered civilians to leave right away, at least nine Palestinian youngsters were among the seventeen persons who died.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,870 deaths and 97,166 injuries since October 2023. The October 7 attacks, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and over 200 captures in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel strikes Beirut, killing six people; Hezbollah battles the Israeli army in the south.

• Israeli airstrikes hitting central Beirut overnight resulted in at least six fatalities and eight injuries.
• According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, 46 more persons were killed and 85 injured in Israeli attacks throughout the country in the preceding day.
• Israeli forces and Hezbollah members are fighting fiercely in southern Lebanon; Israel has reported that at least eight of its soldiers Lebanon; Israel has reported that at least eight of its soldiers have died in close quarters thus far.
• Israel steeped up its assaults in Gaza, killing dozen of civilians in many attacks on schools, shelters, and orphanages.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,689 deaths and 96,625 injuries since October 2023. The October 7 attacks, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and over 200 captures in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

In the first battle in Lebanon, Hezbollah repels Israeli soldiers.

• Hezbollah claims that it “inflicted losses and forced then to retreat” after attacking and driving out Israeli forces that had infiltrated close to the southern Lebanon town of Odaisseh.
• Hospitals in the north are getting ready to accept casualties while military helicopters remove the injured, according to Israeli media, which is reporting a “serious security incident”.
• After Iran launched a volley of ballistic missiles at important Israeli military and security targets. Israeli officials promise to retaliate. Iran claims that the strikes were a reaction to assaults on Lebanon and Gaza.
• Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,638 deaths and 96,460 injuries since October. The October 7 attacks, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and over 200 captures in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Started a ground offensive against Hezbollah

• Following the army’s announcement of a “limited” ground action against Hezbollah, Israeli soldiers have arrived in Lebanon.
• Israel continues its airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, striking multiple neighborhoods after telling locals to leave. At least 95 people were murdered in attacks on Lebanon on Monday, according to the ministry of health there.
• According to medics, at least 11 individuals have died as a result of an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
• Israeli assaults in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,615 fatalities and 96,359 injuries since October. The October 7 attacks, spearheaded by Hamas, resulted in at least 1,139 fatalities and over 200 captures in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Attacks in Beirut target members of the PFLP

• Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, makes his first speech since Israeli forces killed leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday.
• In its first strike on the Lebanese capital outside the southern suburbs, Israel struck the Kola neighborhood of Beirut, killing three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organization.
• According to the Health Ministry of Lebanon, Israeli attacks have resulted in 105 deaths in the past 24 hours as army jets continue to shell the nation.
• In the past day, Israel has killed at least 28 civilians in the Gaza Strip as a result of its ongoing bombardment.
• At least four people have been killed when the Israeli Air Force targets a seaport and power facility in the Yemeni port cities of Hodeidah and Ras Isa.
• Israeli assaults in Gaza have resulted in at least 41,595 deaths and 96,251 injuries since October. In the October 7 attacks in Israel, spearheaded by Hamas, at least 1,139 persons lost their lives and over 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli bombing continue, killing a whole family

• Disregarding international pleas for a cease-fire with Hezbollah, Israel keeps up its bombing assault in Lebanon, which has resulted in over 700 deaths since Monday. The most recent victims are nine people from a Shebaa family, four of whom are youngster.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak to the UN General Assembly at 1300 GMT, following Israel’s rejection of an international cease-fire proposal spearheaded by the US.
• US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rejected “red lines” in Israel’s assaults on Gaza and Lebanon and stated that Washington will continue to support Tel Aviv as long as it obtains a new $8.7 billion US military assistance package.
• After 88 remains that could not be identified were returned by Israeli authorities, Gaza officials condemned the “inhumane and immoral way” that Israel handles murdered Palestinians.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,534 people have died and 96,092 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Most recent wave of Israeli bombings claimed 72 lives.

• On Thursday, Israeli bombardment persisted throughout Lebanon despite negotiations for a 21-day ceasefire.
• The attack across Lebanon claimed 72 lives on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Israeli bombing-related deaths to above 620.
• Israel may have uprooted half a million people by now due to its heavy bombing campaign in Lebanon.
• At least fifteen Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza as of today.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,495 people have died and 96,006 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Nowhere safe as families flee Israeli Bombings

• As relentless Israeli shelling across Lebanon kills at least 569 people, including 50 children, tens of thousands of people evacuate southern Lebanon, unsure of where to find safety (Lebanon’s Health Ministry).
• Shortly after Israel claimed to have killed a key commander in an attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs that claimed six lives, Hezbollah revealed on Tuesday that senior leader Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi had passed away.
• While a number of international leaders denounce Israeli aggression in speeches to the UN General Assembly, Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AI Thani, charges Israel of genocide in Gaza.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,467 people have died and 95,921 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

There is no break in the bombardment of Palestinians.

• Overnight attacks throughout the embattled territory have resulted in the deaths of at least nine Palestinians as Israel continues its bombing of Gaza.
• As Israel intensifies its campaign against Hezbollah, 495 individuals have been murdered in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, nearly all of them were women and children.
• The Israeli military was urged “to stop attacking schools that provide the last shelter to Palestinians” by the UN humanitarian agency. Following three attacks on Gaza schools in three days, in which Israeli troops killed 32 Palestinians, the call was made.
• In Israel, the number of individuals killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139, and more than 200 people were taken captive. In total, at least 41,431 people have died and 95,818 were injured in Israel’s war on Gaza.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Fresh airstrikes against Lebanon

• Israeli soldiers have reportedly killed at least one civilian in fresh attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon. A full-scale Middle East conflict is becoming more likely as Hezbollah threatens Israel with a “battle of reckoning.”
• Israeli forces bombard Gaza, killing 10 more Palestinians in two separate attacks on schools that have been converted into shelters, as well as a mother and four of her children in an attack on Deir el-Balah.
• Leaders from around the world and organizations that support press freedom denounced Israel’s move to close Al Jazeera’s bureau in the occupied West Bank by deploying highly armed soldiers.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,431 people have died and 95,818 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Lebanon issues a “devastating” regional war warning.

• Israeli soldiers have reportedly engaged in intense battle in Rafah, where they have demolished two residential buildings, killing at least thirteen people. Israeli military operations have continued throughout the Gaza Strip.
• The repercussions continues from Israeli forces abusing the bodies of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, as residents say soldiers used military bulldozers to raise the four bodies and carry them away following the deadly operation in Qabatiya.
• The “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza was mentioned by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in her statement to the Security Council over the “tragic” events in the Middle East.
• Ibrahim Aqil, “one of its top leaders,” was among the fourteen people slain in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, according to confirmation from Hezbollah.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,272 people have died and 95,551 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Many are killed by Israeli assaults in Gaza and the West Bank.

• According to Gaza’s civil defense, two Israeli attacks on Gaza City have resulted in the deaths of 12 Palestinians, while on Thursday, an Israeli bombardment over the Gaza Strip left at least 28 people dead.
• In Qabatiya, in the occupied West Bank, footage shows Israeli forces shoving bodies over a roof during an Israeli raid that results in the deaths of five Palestinians.
• Cross-border firing between Israel and Hezbollah is occurring as people in Lebanon give up using electronics following bombings that left over 3,000 people injured and 37 dead.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,272 people have died and 95,551 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Lebanon is on edge following 20 fresh explosion deaths and 450 injuries.

• A day after simultaneous explosions of Hezbollah-used pagers killed 12 people and injured hundreds, other communication devices exploded in coordinated strikes across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring over 450, according to officials.
• A “new phase” of the conflict has begun, according to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who also announced that troops and supplies will be moved from Gaza to the northern border with Lebanon.
• An overwhelming majority of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution urging Israel to cease its illegitimate occupation of the Palestinian territory within a year.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,272 people have died and 95,551 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Pager bombs in Lebanon are attributed by Hezbollah to Israel

• According to Hezbollah, Israel is “fully responsible” for the pager explosions that occurred throughout Lebanon, inflicting 2,750 injuries—including minor injuries—and leaving at least nine people dead. Among the injured, at least 200 are in critical condition.
• In response to the explosions, Israel remained silent. Less than a day had passed since the Israeli cabinet increased the war on Gaza’s objectives to include sending back home those who had been displaced by Hezbollah’s attacks in northern Israel. This was when the simultaneous explosions occurred.
• Following an Israeli attack on the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, at least eight Palestinians were confirmed dead and another eighty were thought to be buried beneath the debris. According to medics, Israeli attacks on Tuesday killed at least 22 people throughout the area.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,252 people have died and 95,497 have been injured. At least 1,139 people were killed and over 200 were captured in Israel on October 7 as a result of strikes spearheaded by Hamas.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

40 dead at least as a result of the school attack

• In the midst of international outcry over an Israeli attack that killed at least 18 people at a school managed by the United Nations, including six charity workers, Israel’s military proceeded to pound Gaza, killing 40 more Palestinians.
• Following the strike on the al-Jaouni school, UN chief Antonio Guterres reaffirmed his call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza, declaring that the “horrific violence” in the Palestinian enclave “must stop.”
• The World Health Organization estimates that at least 22,500 Palestinians, or around 25% of those injured in Israel’s war on Gaza, have “life-changing” injuries.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,118 people have died and 95,125 have been injured. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel in the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, and over 200 more were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Six UN employees were among the eighteen people slain in the school assault.

• For the seventh time since October, the Israeli military hits the central Gaza UN-run al-Jaouni school, killing at least eighteen. “Women and children were blown to pieces,” according to witnesses, during the attack.
• Six of the victims were employees of UNRWA, one of whom was the shelter manager. According to the organization, this was the greatest number of staff deaths in a single occurrence during the 11-month conflict.
• With no further demands from any side, Hamas informed the mediators that it was prepared to carry out the truce plan supported by the UN and presented by the US.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,084 people have died and 95,029 have been injured. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel in the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, and over 200 more were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Overnight, 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli Assaults’

• International leaders have denounced the bombardment of the al-Mawasi “safe zone” in the south, while Israeli forces have killed 27 more Palestinians in Gaza, including 13 in an attack on a building in Khan Younis.
• According to information obtained by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, Israel used 2,000-pound (907-kg) MK-84 bombs manufactured in the US in al-Mawasi, which resulted in at least 19 deaths and 60 injuries.
• According to UNRWA, efforts are underway in the north “against all odds” to vaccinate Gaza’s youngsters against the poliovirus, including Israeli strikes on UN health personnel and their trucks.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 41,020 people have died and 94,925 have been injured. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel in the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, and over 200 more were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Look for survivors following the bombing of al-Mawasi

• As it carries out its assaults on the region, Israel attacked a tent camp in southern Gaza close to Khan Younis, resulting in at least 40 fatalities and 60 injuries.
• The Palestinian organization called the Israeli military’s assertion that it hit a Hamas command center a “clear lie.”
• UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini stated that after Israeli forces held UN employees at gunpoint and Israeli bulldozers damaged UN vehicles, the viability of the UN’s polio vaccination operation in north Gaza is uncertain. Tuesday was the scheduled commencement date.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,988 Palestinians have died and 94,825 have been injured. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel in the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, and over 200 more were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Media reports of new criteria are rejected by Hamas

• According to officials, more than 630,000 kids in Gaza will not be attending classes on Monday due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment on the Palestinian territory, which is disrupting education for a second year.
• An spokesperson from Hamas denies claims in US media that it offered fresh demands during truce negotiations.
• Mobile phone and internet service providers Paltel and the Wafa news agency report that the Israeli bombing has disrupted services in central and southern Gaza.
• The King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge, which connects Jordan and the occupied West Bank, will reopen early on Monday following a brief shutdown due to an incident that claimed the lives of three Israeli security guards. It has been determined that the shooter is a citizen of Jordan.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,972 people have died and 94,761 have been injured. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel in the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, and over 200 more were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

In four days, a polio immunization campaign seeks to vaccinate 340,000 youngsters.

• Al Jazeera reports that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced the start of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in southern Gaza, with the goal of immunizing 340,000 children in four days.
• An estimated 12,000 Gaza patients in need of immediate medical attention are reportedly waiting to be evacuated for treatment overseas while Israeli soldiers continue to block off border crossings, according to an OCHA report on the most recent developments.
• It stated that because of the severe shortages of supplies and the continuous bombardment, the situation of food security in Gaza is getting worse.
• According to the report, Israeli-issued evacuation orders have resulted in a 35% decrease in the daily meals given to families in need throughout the Gaza Strip.

SOURCE: DAWN NEWS

Help situation for Palestinians is “catastrophic”

• More than a million Palestinians in central and southern Gaza did not get food rations in August, according to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, who also stated that the “humanitarian situation in Gaza remains beyond catastrophic.”
• According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the Israeli military is refusing to arrange for medical teams involved in the emergency polio vaccination campaign to enter areas in the southern part of the enclave.
• Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is accused by Hamas of blocking a cease-fire agreement by refusing to remove troops from Gaza’s border with Egypt.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,878 Palestinians have died and 94,454 have been injured. October 7, attacks led by Hamas in Israel resulted in at least 1,139 deaths.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel kills a teenager in a raid in the West Bank

• In the Far’a refugee camp, a sixteen-year-old Palestinian kid was shot and murdered by Israeli soldiers. Soldiers “fired several bullets at the child, abused him, and prevented ambulance crews from reaching him,” according to a report by the Wafa news agency.
• Netanyahu, according to Hamas, is impeding a cease-fire agreement by refusing to remove troops from Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor.
• In the most recent attacks on Wednesday, at least 18 Palestinians were killed by Israel’s ongoing shelling of Gaza.
• The UN claims Israeli forces are employing “war-like tactics” against civilians in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinian officials claim 4,000 people in east Jenin have been forced to flee their houses at gunpoint.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,861 Palestinians have died and 94,398 have been injured. October 7, attacks led by Hamas in Israel resulted in at least 1,139 deaths.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

“Active warzones” outside the zone of the polio campaign

• Israeli troops have not stopped hitting Gaza; during the past 24 hours, they have killed at least 43 people and injured five children close to a hospital in the heart of Deir el-Balah. This has happened just days after a polio vaccination campaign came to an end on Tuesday.
• Majid Abu Ramadan, the Palestinian Minister of Health, urges the international community to maintain pressure on Israel to stop bombings in order to permit the continuation of the polio vaccination program.
• A second week has passed since the largest Israeli raid since the early 2000s, according to the Ministry of Health, which reports that 33 Palestinians have died in the occupied West Bank.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,819 people have died and 94,291 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel targets bread buyers, killing eight.

• Eight Palestinians waiting in line at a bread vendor’s stand in front of a UNRWA school shelter in the Gaza refugee camp of Jabalia are killed by an Israeli attack.
• As tens of thousands of Israelis protest against his government, calling for a ceasefire agreement and the release of prisoners detained in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declares that he “will not give in to pressure.”
• The armed wing of Hamas claims that more prisoners would “be returned to their families in coffins” as a result of Netanyahu’s reliance on Israeli military incursions in Gaza rather than a compromise.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,786 Palestinians have died and 94,224 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli laborers go on strike and seek a ceasefire

• Numerous Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as they continued to bombard the Gaza Strip. Among them were four individuals driving close to central Deir el-Balah and eleven individuals taking refuge at a school in northern Gaza City.
• Following the discovery of six additional hostages’ deaths in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Israelis staged protests in the streets of Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, calling for an agreement to end hostilities. A nationwide strike is also scheduled for the nation.
• As the Israeli siege on the Jenin refugee camp entered its sixth day, the number of people killed by Israel’s massive raids in the occupied West Bank increased to 29, depriving Palestinians of access to electricity, water, food, and the internet.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,738 Palestinians have died and 94,154 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

According to WHO, polio vaccinations will begin on Sunday.

• According to the World Health Organization, Israel has consented to restricted “humanitarian pauses” that will only take place in “certain places at certain times” in order to enable essential polio vaccines in Gaza.
• The pauses are scheduled to start on September 1, according to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of WHO, and staff on the ground will need the following 48 hours to make sure all the necessary arrangements are in place before launching a vaccination campaign.
• According to the Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli attacks have resulted in at least 79 Palestinian deaths and 77 injuries in the last 24 hours. One such attack occurred overnight in central Gaza, killing nine members of the same family, including a pregnant mother and her unborn child.
• “We must never allow the same humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza to happen in the West Bank, which will turn the West Bank into another hell on earth,” China said in a UN Security Council meeting condemning Israel.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,602 Palestinians have died and 93,855 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israel issued a warning not to attack the West Bank.

• Israel’s significant military push into the occupied West Bank, according to EU foreign policy leader Josep Borrell, cannot be “the premises of a war extension from Gaza” or a replication of the “full-scale destruction” saw in the Palestinian enclave.
• Following at least ten hits by Israeli gunfire on one of its “clearly marked UN humanitarian vehicles” at a military checkpoint, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended staff travel across Gaza.
• The most recent Israeli bombing of a school providing refuge to displaced individuals east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza has claimed the lives of eight Palestinians.
• After the first day of the incursion on Wednesday, the largest Israeli military attack on the occupied West Bank in decades is still ongoing, with at least 12 Palestinians killed and numerous others injured.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,534 Palestinians have died and 93,778 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israeli forces attack the occupied West Bank, killing nine people.

• Israeli tank fire, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense, stopped its personnel from reaching buried victims after a house in Khan Younis was destroyed. Israeli shelling of Gaza is still ongoing, and attacks in the south and center are becoming more intense.

• At least nine Palestinians have been reported killed in the occupied West Bank as the Israeli military launches a large-scale military operation involving hundreds of troops in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem.

• According to our source in the Gaza Strip, at least 20 Palestinians have died in the most recent Israeli strikes, which were primarily directed towards Khan Younis in the south and Deir el-Balah in the center of Gaza.

• A UN official remarks, “The timing could hardly be worse,” as employees are compelled to vacate Gaza headquarters and cease work in advance of a polio vaccination program.

• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,476 Palestinians have died and 93,647 have been injured. According to estimates, the October 7 strikes spearheaded by Hamas claimed 1,139 lives in Israel.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Hopes for a Gaza truce are in jeopardy as a Hamas team departs Cairo.

• Hamas has insisted on a previous agreement announced by the US and rejected fresh demands made by Israel.
• The likelihood of a success in the most recent US-backed attempt to end the 10-month-old conflict has been further doubted as Hamas has rejected new Israeli demands made in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Cairo, Egypt.
• After meeting with mediators and getting a briefing on the most recent round of discussions, a Hamas delegation departed Cairo on Sunday.
• The Reuters news agency was informed by two Egyptian security sources that the negotiations had concluded without a deal because neither Israel nor Hamas had accepted the mediators’ suggested compromises.
• One of the main points of contention in the negotiations facilitated by the US, Egypt, and Qatar is the Israeli occupation of the Philadelphi Corridor, a slender 14.5 km (nine mile) area of land that runs along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt.
• The delegation from Hamas urged in Cairo that Israel adhere to the terms of the agreement reached on July 2 in line with a resolution from the UN Security Council and a plan presented by US President Joe Biden.
• The group emphasized that any agreement must involve a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli departure from Gaza, even as it reaffirmed its willingness to carry out that accord in order to advance the interests of the Palestinian people and halt the destruction of the Gaza Strip.
• In addition, Hamas stated that any agreement should cover relief and reconstruction, the release of prisoners in exchange for their freedom to return to their homes in Gaza, and captive-prison exchange.
• According to officials cited by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, there is a slim probability that the Cairo meetings would result in advancements in the swap negotiations.
• But there was no indication that the disagreements between Israel and Hamas would be resolved.
• The Palestinian faction holds Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accountable for the negotiations’ lack of success. Netanyahu is charged with raising the stakes and showing a lack of commitment to a cease-fire.
• Even if an agreement is made, Netanyahu has declared that the conflict in Gaza will go on until Hamas is completely defeated. Numerous senior Israeli officials, including his own defense minister, have disparaged this goal, and relatives of detainees have accused Netanyahu of leaving their loved ones behind in Gaza.
  
  “There is no time to waste.”
• After months of sporadic negotiations, no deal has been reached to terminate Israel’s catastrophic military operation in Gaza or release the last of the detainees taken prisoner by Hamas during the organization’s October 7 strikes on Israel.
• The situation of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants, almost all of whom are homeless and live in tents or shelters amidst the rubble, will get worse if the war—in which Israel has killed over 40,000 Palestinians—continues. Additionally, it puts the lives of the Israeli hostages still in captivity at risk.
• In a social media post, UN peace envoy Tor Wennesland stated, “There is no time to lose.”
• In order to save civilian lives, lower regional tensions, and allow the UN and the PA [Palestinian Authority] to work together to expedite efforts to meet the urgent needs of Gaza’s long-suffering population, he stated that ongoing ceasefire/hostage release talks in Cairo are essential.
• As the region prepares for a feared Iranian attack against Israel, US General CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, started an unexpected trip to the Middle East on Saturday to talk about measures to prevent any fresh escalation in tensions that could turn into a larger conflict.
• Hezbollah’s response to Israel’s killing of its senior commander Fuad Shukr in a Beirut neighborhood last month included a fierce gunfight between the two groups on Sunday.
• Hezbollah has declared that in the event that there is a ceasefire in Gaza, it will stop its border operations.
• Since October 8, there has been an increase in the amount of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. This has included increasing rocket firing from Hezbollah into northern Israel and Israeli strikes throughout southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Israelis visit Cairo as the US declares a “in sight” truce

• According to reports, Israeli diplomats have arrived in Cairo for the upcoming round of ceasefire negotiations, where the topic of the border between Egypt and Gaza is anticipated to be covered.
• The thin border region that between Gaza and Egypt is known as the Philadelphi Corridor. Reports have indicated that Israel may consent to the deployment of an international force along this strip, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refuted these claims.
• As she informed the UN Security Council that a truce and agreement for the release of prisoners were “now in sight,” US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield called for calm in the Middle East.
• Medical sources report that since dawn, at least 47 Palestinians have died in Gaza as a result of increased military activity by Israel in Khan Younis in the south and Deir el-Balah in the center.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,265 Palestinians have died and 93,144 have been injured. During the October 7 attacks in Israel, which were spearheaded by Hamas, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Huge evacuation in Deir el-Balah during the ground attack

• As Israeli forces moved forward into the packed core city and issued fresh orders for evacuation, thousands of Palestinians left various areas of Deir el-Balah.
• UNRWA, the UN organization for Palestinian refugees, denounced a “horrific attack” on a second northern Gaza City school that had been converted to a shelter. The Israeli attack on Salah al-Din School resulted in the deaths of at least four persons.
• Amidst rumors of a deadlock in the continuing truce negotiations, US President Joe Biden talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, highlighting the “urgency” of achieving a temporary ceasefire.
• In Israel’s attack on Gaza, at least 40,223 Palestinians have died and 92,981 have been injured. During the October 7 attacks in Israel, which were spearheaded by Hamas, an estimated 1,139 people were murdered and another 200 were captured.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA

Massive uprooting as Israeli attacks escalate

• In Gaza’s north, armed Palestinian organizations are engaging in deadly clashes with Israeli troops, using small-arms ambushes, rocket fire, and homemade explosive devices. 
• The “scale of the crisis defies imagination” in southern Gaza, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), as Israeli ground forces invade Rafah and result in widespread displacement that leaves people without access to proper sanitation, food, and water. 
• Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vague plans for post-war Gaza reveals a significant rift in Israel’s war cabinet. 
• The state of tensions between Egypt and Israel is still high; indications indicate Cairo may be considering a downgrade of ties due to the Rafah attack. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 35,233 deaths and 79,141 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 fatalities in Israel as a result of Hamas strikes, and other individuals are still in detention. 

Hundreds of thousands escape attacks during the New Nakba

• Israeli military raids against Palestinian armed groups are intensifying, resulting in fierce gun fights in Gaza’s southern Rafah and northern Jabalia neighborhoods. Both the Israeli army and Hamas report high enemy casualties. 
• Due to constant Israeli airstrikes, at least 82 Palestinians have lost their lives in the last 24 hours—the largest number of deaths in a single day in several weeks. 
• As Israel’s military starts fresh attacks, over 450,000 Palestinians have now left Rafah city, and an additional 100,000 are leaving for the north. 
• As Israel commemorates its 76th anniversary of founding, which the Palestinians refer to as the “Nakba” (Arabic for “catastrophe”), when 750,000 people were forcibly evicted from their homes or fled rampaging Jewish militias, far-right Israeli ministers demand the reoccupation of Gaza and “voluntary migration.” 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 35,173 fatalities and 79,061 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

Israel attacked a house in central Gaza, killing 14 people

• 14 Palestinians, including children, were killed when Israeli airplanes targeted a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Gaza medical sources. 
• The “indiscriminate killing of civilians, especially children” in Gaza must stop, according to a UNICEF representative. 
• After Israeli soldiers opened fire on a UN vehicle in Rafah, the first foreign staff member to die in Israel’s attack on Gaza was killed. UN president Antonio Guterres urged a “full investigation.” 
• Gaza’s Health Ministry has issued a warning that the region’s healthcare system may collapse in “a few hours,” and as a result, Israeli military personnel at Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah have been told to vacate the premises. 
• Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 35,091 deaths and 78,827 injuries since October 7. 1,139 persons have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes; many more are currently in detention.

Tanks from Israel advance farther into Jabalia

• The UN reports that at least 300,000 Palestinians have left Gaza’s Rafah as Israel continues to press its attack and engage Hamas militants in the southern city. 
• Witnesses claim to have seen tanks in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods, as well as in the Jabalia refugee camp, as Israel withdraws its troops from northern Gaza. The area was subjected to a night of intensive air bombardment before the ground attack. 
• Egypt has announced that it will formally join the International Court of Justice complaint that South Africa brought against Israel, alleging that Israel violated the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 35,034 fatalities and 78,755 injuries since October 7. 1,139 persons have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are currently in detention. 

“Months of horrors” get worse as aid is stopped entirely

• In the southern Gaza neighborhood of Rafah, fierce fighting is taking place between Israeli troops and tanks and Hamas terrorists firing rockets, mortars, and explosives while pressing deeper into the packed population. 
• As Israel’s ground invasion intensifies, an estimated 80,000 Palestinians have left Rafah, and many more are making attempts to do the same. 
• The UN claims that the Israeli army’s seizure of the Rafah border crossing has prevented aid from entering Gaza for the last three days, “completely crippling humanitarian operations” while the crisis worsens. 
• Following US President Joe Biden’s declaration that he will not provide weaponry for a full-scale assault on the city, the Israeli military claims to have all the armaments necessary for its ground invasion of Rafah. 
• Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,904 deaths and 78,514 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

Israel used US bombs on civilians, as Biden acknowledges.

• In the hardest remarks the world has heard over the highly denounced military action, President Joe Biden declares that he will not provide offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah. 
• In an interview, Biden responded, “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers.” The question concerned the 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs that the US had provided to Israel. 
• As the conflict between Hamas and Israel intensify in the eastern part of the congested city and as humanitarian organizations warn of an impending “catastrophe,” tens of thousands of displaced, afraid, and fatigued Palestinians pack up their possessions and escape Rafah. 
• Israel and Hamas are close to reaching a ceasefire, according to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and “they should do what they can to get to a deal.” 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,844 fatalities and 78,404 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

The demand for Israel to allow border crossings is increasing.

• The UN secretary-general cautions that an Israeli invasion of Rafah on a large scale would be “a strategic mistake, a political calamity, and a humanitarian nightmare.” 
• Concerns have been raised that a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis could result from Israel’s capture and closing of the Rafah crossing in Gaza, significantly depleting already scant food and medical supplies. 
• Human Rights Watch states that “more Palestinians are at risk of dying with each day that Israeli authorities block life-saving aid.” 
• The cease-fire plan that Hamas agreed to “falls far short” of Israel’s demands, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, yet an Israeli delegation has traveled to Cairo for additional negotiations. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,789 deaths and 78,204 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

Israel attacks Rafah; the truce’s future is unclear

• The Associated Press news agency claims that Israeli tanks have advanced toward Rafah’s border crossing with Egypt, resulting in at least 12 confirmed deaths from attacks on the city overnight. 
• Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of Hamas, said the organization has agreed to a ceasefire plan for Gaza that was made by mediators from Egypt and Qatar. 
• The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that although the proposal falls short of Israel’s goals, a delegation from the Israeli government would travel to Cairo to hold negotiations. The Israeli war council also resolved to keep up military operations against Rafah, with the army declaring that it will strike targets east of the city. 
• Following Israel’s ultimatum for tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee before assaults, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations warn of the catastrophic effects of any Israeli military assault on Rafah. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,735 fatalities and 78,108 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

The truce talks are stalling while Israeli forces pound Rafah

• At least ten Palestinians are killed by Israeli air strikes in Rafah, while three Israeli soldiers are killed and eleven others are wounded as Hamas launches rockets at the Karem Abu Salem crossing. 
• Significant differences still exist between Israel and Hamas despite the conclusion of the most recent round of talks for a truce in Gaza in Cairo, Egypt. 
• The decision to end Al Jazeera’s activities in Israel was made by the Israeli cabinet in a unanimous vote. The network will be subject to orders that “will go into effect immediately,” according to the ministry of communications. The action is described as a “criminal act that violates human rights” by Al Jazeera. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,683 Palestinian deaths and 78,018 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

“Unprecedented levels” of devastation and death

• According to the UN, rebuilding Gaza after the conflict will need an effort never before seen on this scale—along with “unprecedented levels of human losses and capital destruction”—and could cost up to $40 billion. 
• In a fresh indication of progress amid efforts by foreign mediators to reach a settlement, Hamas dispatches a delegation to Egypt for additional ceasefire negotiations. 
• Despite protest rights, President Joe Biden maintains that “order must prevail” in light of the turbulence surrounding the Gaza conflict on college campuses across the nation. 
• An Israeli airstrike on a crowd in the central Gazan refugee camp of Bureij claimed the lives of five individuals, one of them a child, according to the Wafa news agency. 
• Since October 7, Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,596 Palestinian deaths and 77,816 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

According to UN, Israel is continuing refusing aid to northern Gaza.

• Despite the inauguration of a new aid crossing, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) claims that Israel “impeded” and “denied” a large number of relief missions to north Gaza in April. OCHA further states that without a steady flow of aid, six months of starvation cannot be stopped. 
• For the first time since October 7, the Gaza Strip’s northern border with Israel, the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing, has opened to allow a convoy of thirty-one relief vehicles from Jordan. 
• According to reports in Israeli media, US Secretary of State Blinken was informed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would not accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that included halting the war in Gaza. 
• 600,000 Palestinian children are “crammed into Rafah,” according to UNICEF chief Catherine Russell, and an Israeli ground invasion would result in “catastrophe on top of catastrophe.” 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,568 Palestinian deaths and 77,765 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

Chiefs of the UN caution Israel against attacking Rafah

• Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN, issues a warning, claiming that an Israeli attack on Rafah would be “devastating” and a “unbearable escalation” for the Palestinian people in Gaza and the surrounding area. 
• The plain fact is that any ground action in Rafah will be an unimaginably terrible event. According to UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, “no humanitarian plan can counter that.” 
• Regardless of whether a ceasefire agreement is achieved with Hamas, Israeli soldiers will advance into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
• According to Wafa, an Israeli attack on a home in Rafah’s Shaboura neighborhood in southern Gaza, where over 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are seeking refuge from the conflict, occurred overnight, leaving at least two children dead and multiple injuries. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,535 Palestinian deaths and 77,704 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

34 killed in Gaza attacks during negotiations for a ceasefire

• According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli airstrikes and drones have killed two persons in Gaza City and three in the Nuseirat refugee camp, raising the total number of fatalities in Gaza on Monday to at least 34. 
• Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan says Al Jazeera, “Stopping the attacks against Palestinians is not generous,” as the US and UK press Palestinians to accept an Israeli offer of a 40-day cease-fire in protest of calls for an ongoing cease-fire in Gaza. 
• Hardline Israeli ministers have threatened to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government unless he agrees to a truce in exchange for detainees, according to a US State Department official, who also stated that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no authority over Israel. 
• Since New York police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest camp at Columbia University and detained over 100 protestors on April 18, the total number of student protestors arrested nationwide has topped 900, according to the Associated Press. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,488 Palestinian deaths and 77,643 injuries. 1,139 persons have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes; several others are still being held captive in Gaza. 

Hamas representatives will have discussions in Cairo

• Israeli attacks on Rafah and Gaza City during the night have resulted in the deaths of at least 27 Palestinians, many of them women and children. 
• On Monday, representatives of Hamas are scheduled to visit the capital of Egypt for a new round of ceasefire negotiations. 
• The chief of staff of the Israeli military authorizes plans for the “continuation of war” as hardline ministers inform Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a truce would bring about the fall of his administration. 
• The Israeli military chief of staff approves plans for the “continuation of war” while hardline ministers warn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his government will collapse in the event of a truce. 

UN says ‘preserve evidence’ of Gaza mass graves

• The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, stated that while it is “important that all forensic evidence be well preserved” from Gaza’s mass graves, the international organization cannot legally seize such material without a mandate from a UN legislative group. This is in response to calls for an international investigation. 
• Three different mass graves totaling 392 victims were discovered in Gaza; the Palestinian Civil Defense said it will assist an impartial inquiry into these sites. 
• Following President Joe Biden’s announcement of the plan last month, the US claims to have started building a dock on the shore of the Gaza Strip that will ease the delivery of aid by boat. 
• According to a Hamas spokesman, the organization is “serious” about freeing its prisoners, but only after a ceasefire. 
• Despite an increasing number of international warnings to cancel the planned ground invasion of Rafah, a top Israeli official claims that the IDF is “moving ahead” with it. 

Interest in looking into the mass graves in Gaza is growing.

• Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, around 300 bodies were recovered from two mass graves near Gaza hospitals; the European Union has supported a UN call for an impartial probe.
• The most recent Israeli airstrike on a residential structure in Rafah city, southern Gaza, has resulted in five fatalities and other injuries. The area is home to 1.5 million Palestinians who are seeking refuge from an impending Israeli ground assault, which military officials claim is “moving ahead.” 
• A $95 billion security package, including $26 billion in military backing for Israel and $1 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza, is signed into law by US President Joe Biden. 
• Following the release of a film by Hamas featuring Israeli-American prisoner Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is being imprisoned in Gaza, hundreds of people demonstrate outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the release of all prisoners. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,262 Palestinian deaths and 77,229 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are currently being held captive in Gaza. 

Israeli attack kills and injures members of the Rafah family

• An Israeli military strike on a family’s home in southern Gaza has left three people dead and four injured, according to Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, who cites Civil Defence officials. 
• UNRWA’s chief, Philippe Lazzarini, claims that because of the Israeli onslaught against the organization, it has been forced to operate “hand to mouth” since donors have stopped providing cash. 
• Donors are under pressure to reinstate UNRWA’s critically needed funds after an independent inquiry concluded that Israel had shown “no evidence” of any misconduct on the part of staff members. 
• At least 310 remains have been retrieved from a mass grave on the grounds of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, and Gaza medics are still looking for more. The complex was under siege by Israeli forces, who recently evacuated the area, when the finding was made. 
• Since October 7, Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,183 Palestinian deaths and 77,143 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are currently being held captive in Gaza. 

Palestinians want donors to start supporting UNRWA again.

• After an independent study concluded that Israel had shown “no evidence” to support its allegations of misconduct against UNRWA, the main service provider in Gaza, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has requested donors to reinstate financing to the organization. UNRWA is the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. 
• As the report’s conclusions showed that it has procedures in place to guarantee “compliance with the principle of neutrality,” UNRWA said it “welcomes the findings.” 
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirms reports that the US is mulling penalties against an Israeli army unit, but he says that “processes” are in place to investigate claims of human rights violations by the Israeli military. 
• Following Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, mass graves were found. According to the Palestinian Civil Defense, 283 dead have been recovered from these graves thus far. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,151 Palestinian deaths and 77,084 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are currently being held captive in Gaza. 

injuries and fatalities from recent Israeli assaults

• After a day of bombardment that claimed 22 lives in southern Rafah city, Israeli attacks are still ongoing throughout Gaza, with seven fatalities reported in the Nuseirat refugee camp. 
• According to medical professionals, the baby girl born from the womb of a lady who died in the Rafah attacks is in a stable condition. 
• After Israeli soldiers left the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a mass grave was discovered, from which workers have collected 180 bodies so far. 
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, commended the armed forces of his nation for their “success” following Tehran’s historic direct attack on Israel last week. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 34,097 Palestinian deaths and 76,980 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are currently being held captive in Gaza. 

US “unfair, unethical” veto at UN – President of PA

• The Palestinian presidency calls the US’s use of its veto power in the UN Security Council to thwart Palestine’s widely-supported bid for full UN membership as “unfair, unethical, and unjustifiable.” 
• According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli jet fighter attacks on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza, the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood north of Gaza City, and Nuseirat in the central region of the Palestinian enclave have resulted in the deaths of at least nine persons. 
• Iran claims that its air defense systems were triggered in response to reports of explosions close to an airport in the country’s capital, Isfahan, while US media reported Iranian officials claiming that Israel was the attacker. 
• At least thirty bodies were found buried in front of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City by medical personnel, the Government Media Office of the enclave reported. 
• Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,970 deaths and 76,770 injuries since October 7. There have been 1,139 fatalities in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, while several prisoners are being detained in Gaza. 

In the Gaza War, UNRWA warns of “dehumanization rampant”

• The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, informs the UN Security Council that “dehumanization” is “rampant” in the conflict and that Israel’s “bombardment and a merciless siege have transformed Gaza beyond recognition.” 
• According to Wafa, seven people—including women and children—were murdered in the most recent Israeli strike on Rafah, which is located in the southern Gaza Strip. 
• The prime minister of Qatar claims that certain parties have exploited the mediation for “narrow political interest” and that the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza are “stumbling.” 
• The US, Israel’s most steadfast supporter, is expected to veto the Palestinians’ request for full UN membership, which comes up for vote in the UN Security Council on Friday. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,899 Palestinian deaths and 76,664 injuries. There have been 1,139 fatalities in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other more are currently being detained in Gaza. 

18 people slain as Israel targets camps for refugees

• As Israel continues to assault Palestinian territory, an Israeli airstrike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has claimed eleven lives, including children. 
• Four children were among the seven confirmed dead in an Israeli aircraft raid on a home in the Yabna refugee camp in Rafah. 
• The growing condemnation of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is shared by the United Nations, the United States, and Palestinian rights organizations. 
• Following Iran’s strike on Israel, Israel calls on 32 nations to put sanctions on the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Meanwhile, pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the globe shut down businesses that back Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,843 Palestinian deaths and 76,575 injuries. There have been 1,139 fatalities in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other more are currently being detained in Gaza. 

Israeli military head promises response against Iran

• Soldiers have been informed by Israel’s military chief, Herzi Halevi, that Iran’s invasion of their nation “will be met with a response.” 
• A spokesman for the Iranian army said, “We do not seek to expand the war, but we will cut off every hand that attacks our country.” 
• According to a Gaza health officer at the scene, ten dead have been pulled from a mass grave at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital thus far. 
• More Israeli military have been brought in as Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank continue their violent rampage. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,797 Palestinian deaths and 76,465 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

US declines to support Israel’s strike on Iran

• Officials stated that the US had ruled out supporting an Israeli counteroffensive against Iran, and that Israel’s war cabinet had left the meeting without deciding how to react to Tehran’s initial frontal strike on the nation. 
• The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened to deliberate Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel as Israeli forces once more attacked the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, resulting in five fatalities and numerous injuries. 
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that the world could not afford to see another Middle East war and urged de-escalation at the UNSC. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,729 Palestinian deaths and 76,371 injuries. There have been 1,139 deaths in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and other individuals are currently in detention. 

Prior to the weekend truce negotiations, Biden increases pressure

• Following the White House’s announcement that fresh negotiations are set for this weekend, US President Joe Biden has written to mediators in Qatar and Egypt, pressing them to put pressure on Hamas to discuss a truce. 
• Claims that Israel did not accidentally hit the aid convoy appear to be supported by the Israeli military’s admission that it confused World Central Kitchen automobiles for Hamas vehicles. 
• The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that it will permit “temporary” assistance deliveries through a crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. UN Secretary Antonio Guterres and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell have criticized the decision as insufficient. 
• For their actions in strikes that resulted in the deaths of seven humanitarian workers on a food delivery operation in Gaza, the Israeli military claims to have fired two officers and censured three others. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,091 Palestinian deaths and 75,750 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas, and many more are currently in detention. 

Biden presses Israel for ‘immediate ceasefire’

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is instructed by US President Joe Biden to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay.” 
• Negotiations were “stuck in a vicious circle,” according to Hamas spokesman Osama Hamadan, who previously told a news briefing that Israel was ignoring requests for the withdrawal of forces, the acceptance of aid, and the return of Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip. 
• A medical source reports that 101 Palestinians, some of whom have fractures and other injuries, have returned from Israeli prisons to the Gaza Strip. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 33,037 Palestinian deaths and 75,668 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas, and many more are currently in detention. 

Israel is charged with “genocide assisted by AI” in Gaza.

• It’s becoming more obvious, according to Marc Owen Jones, an assistant professor at Hamad bin Khalifa University, that Israel is using unproven artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the Gaza conflict. “There has to be a call for a moratorium on the use of AI in the war going forward, as this is an AI-assisted genocide,” Jones stated. 
• While cries persist for Israel to be held responsible for the deadly attack on a food supply convoy, the UN is suspending relief efforts in Gaza at night. 
• Two days after a purported Israeli missile attack killed seven people inside the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Israel calls up air defense reservists for duty. 
• The head of the Israeli army claims that Israel wants “movement” in the negotiations with the captives, while Haniyeh of Hamas claims that Israel is still “evading” the group’s demands, which include a truce, food, and the ability for residents of Gaza to return to their homes. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,975 Palestinian deaths and 75,577 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are currently in detention. 

Condemnation of Israel over aid worker killings

• According to a UN-World Bank assessment, Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip resulted in $18.5 billion worth of infrastructure damage in the first four months. 
• Following an Israeli airstrike that killed seven relief workers in Gaza—six of them were foreign nationalities and one was Palestinian—international condemnation of Israel is intensifying amid demands for a prompt investigation. 
• According to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Israeli attack that claimed the lives of seven employees of World Central Kitchen raises the total number of assistance workers killed in Gaza to 196, including over 175 UN employees. “This is unacceptable,” Guterres declared. 
• During a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia had called, the US claims to have been unaware of the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, which resulted in the deaths of at least seven people. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,916 Palestinian deaths and 75,494 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas, and many more are currently in detention.

After a meal delivery, five relief workers were killed

• According to the Gaza government media office, five charity workers—including Australian, Polish, UK, and Palestinian—were slain in an Israeli attack that happened after food distribution was delivered in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza. World Central Kitchen, an American humanitarian organization, claimed that an Israeli airstrike claimed the lives of “several” of its employees and urged Israel to end “this indiscriminate killing” in Gaza. 
• Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital is “in ruins,” according to Doctors Without Borders, often known by its initials MSF. This statement was made one day after Israeli troops left the facility after a two-week raid. 
• According to an Iranian official, Israel bombed the Islamic Republic of Iran’s consulate building in Damascus since the Israeli military had not succeeded in achieving its goals in Gaza, killing multiple persons, including a top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
• Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, promised to “act immediately” to pass new laws that would prohibit Al Jazeera and other foreign news organizations that are considered a “security risk” from conducting business in the nation. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,845 Palestinian deaths and 75,392 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas, and many more are currently in detention. 

The Israeli army leaves the al-Shifa Hospital

• After a two-week invasion, the Israeli military has left Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, leaving a path of devastation in their wake, according to the Health Ministry of the enclave. 
• Since Israel started its siege of the institution on March 18, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 21 people have passed away. 
• WHO reports that an Israeli airstrike on the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital in downtown Gaza claimed the lives of at least four individuals. 
• Tens of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration in the streets of Tel Aviv, calling for the rapid signing of an agreement that would free the prisoners. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,782 Palestinian deaths and 75,298 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas, and many more are currently in detention. 

Netanyahu claims that the army is “preparing to enter Rafah.”

• The prime minister of Israel informs the family members of soldiers detained in Gaza that the army is “preparing to enter Rafah” and that only military force will result in their release. 
• In a statement, Netanyahu declared, “We conquered the north of the Gaza Strip and Khan Younis.” He also mentioned that a ground invasion of Rafah city’s southern region was imminent. 
• In two fresh rulings, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charges Israel with genocide in the course of its current military assault in Gaza. 
• The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a legally binding ruling instructing Israel to act “without delay” in order to guarantee “the unhindered provision” of humanitarian aid and essential necessities such as food, water, fuel, and medical supplies. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,552 Palestinian deaths and 74,980 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are currently in detention. 

Bulldozer kills and buried unarmed Palestinians

• Al Jazeera has received exclusive footage of unarmed Palestinian men, one of whom is seen repeatedly waving a white cloth, before Israeli troops shoot them dead and use a bulldozer to bury their remains close to Gaza City. 
• The two unarmed individuals in the video were killed, and Hamas denounces this as “further evidence of the scale of fascism and criminality that governs Zionist behavior.” 
• As the conflict with Hezbollah intensifies, two separate Israeli strikes in the southern part of Lebanon result in the deaths of at least nine civilians. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,490 Palestinian deaths and 74,889 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are currently in detention. 

Bombing in Rafah escalates in defiance of a UN truce request

• Despite a UN Security Council resolution urging an immediate truce in Gaza during Ramadan, attacks persist and the situation on the ground remains grim, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent. 
• Hamas claims that the US is unable to impose its will on the international community and that Israel is “losing political cover and protection even in the Security Council.” 
• The Israeli military says that during an airstrike earlier this month, it killed Hamas commander Marwan Issa. A representative of the Hamas Politburo claims that there is no proof of the killing and charges “the enemy” of “psychological warfare.” 
• The Palestine Red Crescent Society has reported that military activities have rendered another facility “out of service.” Israeli tanks and armored vehicles are encircling a hospital located in Khan Younis. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,414 Palestinian deaths and 74,787 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are currently in detention. 

Global approval of the UN ceasefire resolution

• A UN resolution urging a ceasefire in Gaza has been praised by leaders across the globe, but UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres insists it has to be put into effect. 
• For the first time, a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza is passed by the UN Security Council. The resolution received votes from 14 nations; Israel’s principal supporter, the US, abstained. 
• According to a UN envoy on Palestine’s assessment, there are “reasonable grounds” to think that Israel has crossed the line into committing genocidal activities in Gaza. 
• Israeli airstrikes claim the lives of at least 22 Palestinians in the Deir el-Balah area of central Gaza and 30 in the southern town of Rafah. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,333 Palestinian deaths and 74,694 injuries. 1,139 people have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike; many more are currently in detention. 

Three hospitals are under siege by Israeli military.

• While soldiers continue their deadly week-long onslaught on the al-Shifa medical complex in the north, Israeli forces have surrounded the al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip. 
• According to our correspondent, an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah resulted in the deaths of at least nine Palestinians, while a number of others were left buried beneath debris. 
• Israel has notified the UN that it will no longer permit UNRWA food convoys to the northern Gaza region, where 70% of the population experiences acute food scarcity. 
• A Hamas spokesman told Al Jazeera that Israeli negotiators had rejected their most recent ceasefire proposals, suggesting that mediation efforts to stop the carnage in Gaza are not going well. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 32,226 Palestinian deaths and 74,518 injuries. With numerous people still being held captive, the updated dead toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack is 1,139. 

The option is obvious: a two-state solution

• The fifth day of the violent raid on al-Shifa Hospital has begun, with orders from Israel’s military to evacuate hundreds of patients, war refugees, and medical personnel. 
• The US indicated that the “gap” in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks is “narrowing,” and the head of the Mossad spy agency is scheduled to meet with his CIA and Egyptian counterparts in Qatar. 
• UNICEF has said that as Israel vows to enter Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians are fighting for their lives, the world must not stand idly by and “turn its back” on Gaza. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,988 Palestinian deaths and 74,188 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 raid, while several others are still in captivity. 

Over a hundred Palestinians slain in a single day

• Israel will carry out the fight to crush Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assures US Republican lawmakers. One senator remarks, “He’s going to do what he said he’s going to do.” He’s going to see it through. 
• As the fourth day of Israel’s strike on Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital approaches, numerous Palestinians who were internally displaced and reporting prolonged detentions and mistreatment are reported to have died. 
• As part of his Middle East tour, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold meetings in Saudi Arabia before traveling to Egypt on Thursday to meet with Arab ministers. 
• Between October 7 and October 31,923 Palestinians have been killed and 74,096 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 raid, while several others are still in captivity. 

Boycotts against Starbucks and McDonald’s are prevalent in Indonesia and Malaysia.

• Indonesia’s Medan Putra Kelana, an entrepreneur, typically breaks fast with his family and friends at several restaurants located throughout his city in North Sumatra during the holy month of Ramadan.
• However, McDonald’s will not be offered this year.
• Since McDonald’s Israel declared on social media in October that it had given hundreds of free meals to the Israeli military during its battle in Gaza, Kelana has boycotted the fast food restaurant company.
• As Kelana explained to Al Jazeera, “it is more of a feeling of being deeply unhappy with Israel than it is an outright boycott.”
• “anytime the conflict started, I tore off the McDonald’s sticker that was on my car, which offered me discounts anytime I used the drive-through.”
• “I would go to Gaza to aid in the resistance against the Israeli forces if I could.” Israelis are killing Muslims on a daily basis. The best thing I can do to express my support because I can’t visit there in person is to refrain from using Israeli-affiliated products.
• Following rumors that French manufacturer Danone had invested in a number of Israeli startups and companies, Kelana stopped drinking Aqua bottled water. She also joined a Whatsapp group where members frequently share updated lists of products to avoid.
• Calls for a boycott of goods thought to have connections to Israel are clearly hurting the bottom lines of big corporations throughout Southeast Asia.
• McDonald’s said in February that the war contributed to the mere 0.7 percent increase in foreign sales in the fourth quarter of 2023—a stark contrast to the 16.5 percent growth in the same period the year before.
• Chris Kempczinski, the CEO of McDonald’s, stated on an earnings call that “the most pronounced impact that we’re seeing is in the Middle East and in Muslim countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.”
• “As long as this war and conflict continue, we do not anticipate seeing any appreciable improvement.”
• Both the coffee chain Starbucks and Unilever have been impacted by boycotts.
• Producing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Knorr stock cubes, and Dove soap, Unilever announced in February that “geopolitically focused, consumer-facing campaigns” were to blame for the double-digit drop in sales in Indonesia during the fourth quarter of 2017.
• Medan housewife Isna Sari said she had changed her weekly shopping list a few times since the war began. Among the alterations she made was substituting the local brand Mama Lemon for the Unilever-owned Sunlight washing liquid.
• She told Al Jazeera, “I have also started buying Ciptadent toothpaste instead of Pepsodent, which is also owned by Unilever.” “These products are not only less expensive, but they also don’t support Israel.”
• “I’m making these changes because I don’t want to support companies that don’t support Palestine with my money.”
• Many of the companies that are being affected have only loose ties to Israel, even though they are being targeted for their alleged ties to the nation.
• Although McDonald’s franchisees are required to pay a fee to the American headquarters of the fast-food chain, the majority of its locations—including those run by McDonald’s Israel—are locally owned.
• Franchisees of McDonald’s in a number of nations with a majority of Muslims, such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, have shown solidarity for the Palestinian people and donated funds to aid operations in Gaza.
• In addition to denying any “connection or involvement in political views” relating to the conflict, Danone Indonesia, which employs 13,000 people in 25 plants across Indonesia, said last year that it had donated 13.3 billion Indonesian rupiahs ($846,000) in humanitarian help for Palestinians.
• In November, Unilever Indonesia stated that its products were “made, distributed, and sold by the people of Indonesia” and expressed its “sadness and concern” about the conflict.
• Like its other international locations, Starbucks Indonesia is owned by PT Sari Coffee Indonesia, a local business.
• However, companies’ attempts to disassociate themselves from the conflict are still ignored.
• Despite advertising offering free drinks for breaking fast, an unnamed employee at a Medan Starbucks claimed that business during Ramadan had been slower than the previous year.
• “We are now open from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. throughout Ramadan for the first time this year. The slow business has caused us to close at 8 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. The employee said to Al Jazeera, “We have never done that before.
• The fourth quarter of last year saw a 38.2 percent decline in revenue for Starbucks franchisee Berjaya Food in Malaysia, which it “attributed to an ongoing boycott.”
• Vincent Tan, the creator of Berjaya, demanded an end to the boycott in March, citing the fact that Starbucks Malaysia is run and staffed by Malaysians and that “eighty to eighty-five percent of employees are Muslims in stores.”
• “Nobody benefits from this boycott,” Tan declared.
• Last year, Gerbang Alaf Restaurants’ McDonald’s Malaysia filed a lawsuit against Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Malaysia, claiming that the movement had harmed its company by erroneously connecting it to Israel’s Gaza War.
• Kelana claimed he missed McDonald’s Ramadan specials, which included fried chicken with curry sauce, rice, sweet tea, and ice cream, when he was back in Medan.
• He is unwavering in his resolve to withhold any financial support from the food chain, though.
• “We just need to do what we can; it doesn’t have to be drastic,” he stated. “By selecting the items we purchase, which can be challenging since we frequently buy things out of habit, we can affect change through our families.”
• Who is not a fan of McDonald’s? in particular, the unique sauce. We can survive without it, though.

Growing number of kids on the “edge of death”

• According to the World Health Organization, a growing proportion of Gaza’s children are under danger of starvation, with infants “simply dying because of low birth weight.” 
• A rising number of Gaza’s youngsters face malnutrition, the World Health Organization reports, with newborns “simply dying because of low birth weight.” 
• Yisrael Katz, Israel’s foreign minister, denounces Canada’s decision to forbid future arms sales and says that history will view the “action harshly.” 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,819 Palestinian deaths and 73,934 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 attack, and numerous others have been taken hostage. 

Future famine is “wholly man-made,” according to UN head

• Famine in northern Gaza is being caused by a tragedy that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for quick action to stop, calling it “entirely manmade.” 
• After being detained by Israel for 12 hours, journalist Ismail al-Ghoul for Al Jazeera was released. When Israeli forces captured him during a raid on Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, they severely beaten him. 
• Al-Ghoul related how Israeli forces fired close to the detainees to instill fear as he was made to lie on his stomach for 12 hours while blindfolded and with his wrists tied. 
• Following al-Ghoul’s detention, the UN declared that it “stands against” harassing journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a rights organization, describes the event as a “deliberate attempt” to conceal the Israeli attack on al-Shifa Hospital. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,726 Palestinian deaths and 73,792 injuries. With numerous people still being held captive, the updated dead toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack is 1,139. 

Al-Shifa Hospital is attacked by Israeli soldiers

• Media sources state that Israeli forces have surrounded and started firing at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. A military official said that Hamas fighters have regrouped inside the hospital. 
• Amid warnings from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz against an attack on the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, where over a million Palestinian people are seeking shelter, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to proceed with a ground assault. 
• In Doha, Qatar, an Israeli delegation headed by the head of Mossad’s espionage bureau is scheduled to address Hamas’s three-pronged proposal to stop the war. 
• The first trouble-free convoys of assistance trucks to cross the Gaza Strip from the south to the north in four months landed in Jabalia, carrying much-needed supplies. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,645 Palestinian deaths and 73,676 injuries. With numerous people still being held captive, the updated dead toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack is 1,139. 

A “new horrific massacre” of Palestinians who are starved

• Israeli forces targeted a gathering of Palestinians in northern Gaza City who were waiting for humanitarian aid, resulting in at least 20 Palestinian deaths and over 150 injuries. 
• The incident has been referred to as “a new, premeditated massacre” by Gaza’s Health Ministry. 
• US Senator Chuck Schumer, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the “extremist” cabinet as “obstacles to peace,” has called for fresh elections in Israel. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,341 Palestinian deaths and 73,134 injuries or injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 attack, and numerous others have been taken hostage. 

Israeli troops hurt numerous people and kill six aid workers.

• According to media sources, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians in Gaza City who were waiting for food assistance once more, killing six and injuring at least eighty-three. 
• The incident occurred just hours after Israel struck a UN food distribution center in southern Rafah city, killing five persons in total, one of them was a UNRWA employee. According to the US, Israel must guarantee the security of assistance workers. 
• Before beginning a ground assault, the Israeli military stated that it intended to relocate the approximately 1.4 million Palestinian residents who were besieged in Rafah to “humanitarian islands” in the center of Gaza. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,272 Palestinian deaths and 73,024 injuries. There are already 1,139 people dead in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are still in detention. 

Canada pledges $1 million to help Palestinians who have experienced sexual assault

• $1 million has been committed by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly to help inquiries into claims of gender-based and sexual assault against Palestinian women.
• “We think that Palestinian women. Joly wrote on X that allegations of sexual and gender-based abuse against Palestinian women need to be looked into and that they need to be supported.
• The action was taken just two days after Joly declared that Canada would provide $1 million to groups that assist victims of sexual assault following the October 7 atrocities by Hamas.

Netanyahu promises to “complete the task” in Rafah.

• As US allies claim there is no “credible” plan in place to defend the over a million civilians who are seeking sanctuary in Rafah, Israel’s prime minister reiterates his desire to launch a ground military offensive on the Palestinian city in order to “finish the job” against Hamas. 
• Palestinian rebels and Israeli troops are engaged in fierce fighting close to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. 
• In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli troops have shot and killed three Palestinian citizens, one of them a teenage lad engaged in firecracker play. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,184 Palestinian deaths and 72,889 injuries. There are already 1,139 people dead in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strike, and many more are still in detention. 

On the first day of Ramadan, Gazans pray in the debris of a mosque.

• On the first day of Ramadan, dozens of Gazans have prayed in the midst of the rubble of a mosque that was struck by an Israeli airstrike only a few days prior.
• The Palestinian men, their hands folded in rows before a prayer leader, were about to embark on a month of fasting unlike any they had ever known.
• Many of those who chose not to attend prayers were out in the streets, searching for any food that would sustain their families, who were living in makeshift camps all throughout the war-torn region.
• Zaki Hussein Abu Mansur previously proudly owned a home he had constructed for his family near Khan Younis, where Israeli forces are conducting a massive ground assault against Hamas. He expressed his want for the planes to bomb him and cause his death.
• The 63-year-old said to AFP, “It is better to die than to live this life.”
• “There are times when we see the things we need in the market, but we are unable to purchase them.”
• This Ramadan, deprivation is the norm in Gaza. Food is scarce in Rafah’s markets, and the dessert known as qatayef—which is often marketed during Ramadan—is available in very few establishments.
• Though some stalls have Ramazan lanterns on display, the colorful lights and decorations that often grace the streets during the fasting month are conspicuously absent.

Ministry: 2,000 medical personnel in the north are starving to death.

• The head of WHO reports that food and medical supplies were sent to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza by an aid mission, while the Health Ministry reports that 2,000 medical personnel in the region are facing starvation. 
• As Israel’s self-imposed Ramadan deadline for invasion approaches, the US claims that Israel still hasn’t provided a strategy to safeguard civilians during its planned attack of Rafah. 
• Nearly 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the border between Lebanon and Israel, near Baalbeck, Israel, has been the site of strikes by Israel. 
• As 35,000 people assemble for prayers on the first day of Ramadan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel places limitations on West Bank worshippers’ access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,045 Palestinian deaths and 72,654 injuries. 1,139 people have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are still in detention. 

Several nations’ planes drop humanitarian assistance over Gaza

• On Sunday, planes from Jordan, the US, France, Belgium, and Egypt parachuted aid over northern Gaza. However, the UN coordinator for relief in the region stated that the most effective approach to reach the 2.4 million people living there is through additional land-based supplies.
• Residents had to rummage through the soil to salvage what they could after some of the food containers that had been airdropped broke apart upon impact, as seen in AFPTV photos.

Beginning with an Israeli blockade and attacks, Ramadan

• As Ramadan approaches, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) declares that “hunger is everywhere in Gaza” and restates its demands for a “immediate ceasefire” during the month of fasting. 
• On the eve of Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians were reportedly stopped by Israeli police from visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local media. 
• The director of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, says that Israel is to responsible for the lack of a ceasefire agreement reached before Ramadan, stating, “We don’t want an agreement that doesn’t end the war on Gaza.” 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 31,045 Palestinian deaths and 72,654 injuries. 1,139 people have been confirmed killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are still in detention. 

Following the hot mic moment, Biden questions Netanyahu on Gaza.

• According to AFP, US President Joe Biden stated that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to permit more help to enter Gaza after the Israeli prime was overheard declaring he would face him over the war on a hot mic.
• In an apparent attempt to vent his mounting resentment at Israel, Biden was heard telling Netanyahu they would have a “come to Jesus” meeting following his State of the Union address on Thursday.
• When asked if Netanyahu needed to do more to let help into the Palestinian area in the aftermath of the taped remarks and in light of UN concerns of impending starvation, Biden responded, “Yes he does,” to reporters.
• When reporters questioned Biden about why he had stated that a meeting was required, he responded, “I didn’t say that in the speech,” alluding to his statement delivered on Thursday night at the State of the Union. He continued, saying, “You guys (were) eavesdropping (on) things.”
• The perception of a deepening divide with Netanyahu as Israel and Hamas are unable to reach an agreement on a ceasefire was furthered by his hot mic remarks during his State of the Union address.
• Speaking to Senator Michael Bennet on the House floor, Biden was overheard stating, “I told him, Bibi — and don’t repeat this — but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting.” When she saw the camera, a presidential assistant went up to warn Biden. “I’m on a hot mic here,” Biden said as he exited the meeting that included Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Alright. That was excellent.
• On this occasion, it was unclear if he had truly caught Netanyahu off guard or had taken advantage of the moment to communicate with him outside of the set-piece speech. Earlier in the speech, Biden used strong language to warn Israel against using aid as a “bargaining chip” in its conflict with Hamas.

Ramadan’s ceasefire is “looking tough,” according to Biden.

• By the beginning of Ramadan, US President Joe Biden claims that a truce in Gaza was “looking tough.” In addition, he expressed worry over bloodshed in East Jerusalem in the absence of a truce. 
• Palestinian officials said that three more children had died at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital from malnourishment and dehydration, bringing the total number of documented starvation deaths to 23. 
• Due to parachutes that failed to open, five individuals were murdered by airdropped aid boxes, bringing attention to the difficulty of delivering much-needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza in the face of Israeli restrictions. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,878 Palestinian deaths and 72,402 injuries. There are already 1,139 people dead in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are still in detention. 

Aid for Gaza cannot be a “bargaining chip,” according to Biden.

• In order to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, President Joe Biden declared during his State of the Union address that the US will be constructing a temporary pier there. 
• Israel “must allow more aid into Gaza,” according to Biden, and make sure that “humanitarian workers aren’t caught in the crossfire.” 
• “Protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority,” Biden added in Tel Aviv. 
• An official from the Hamas delegation has left Cairo, and the party claims that Israel “thwarted” every effort made by mediators to come to a compromise. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,800 Palestinian deaths and 72,198 injuries. There are already 1,139 people dead in Israel as a result of Hamas’s October 7 strikes, and many more are still in detention. 

Israel’s Gaza offensive is referred to by China’s FM as a “disgrace for civilization.”

• China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has underlined Beijing’s demands for a “immediate ceasefire” and referred to Israel’s Gaza offensive as a “disgrace for civilisation.”
• At a press conference, Wang said, “It is a tragedy for humankind and a disgrace for civilisation that today, in the 21st century, this humanitarian disaster cannot be stopped.”
• Since the present escalation between Israel and Hamas began in October of last year, Beijing has been urging for a quick ceasefire. “There is no rationale for the conflict to continue, and there is no justification for being killed in a desperate manner,” Wang declared.
• “Humanitarian relief must be provided immediately as a moral imperative, and the international community must act swiftly to ensure an immediate ceasefire and the end of hostilities.”

Authorities indicate that Iraq has pledged $25 million to UNRWA.

• Iraq’s government officials told Reuters that the country has promised to donate $25 million to the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA).
• However, they did not specify when Baghdad intended to make the payment.

Hunger toll reaches 20 as more people are thought dead.

• Health officials claim that 20 Palestinians have already died from starvation and dehydration, prompting calls for greater help to be allowed into the Gaza Strip to get louder. 
• Spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra issues a statement in which he states, “We believe that dozens are dying silently as a result of starvation without reaching hospitals.” 
• In order to stop a “full-scale famine” in Gaza, South Africa asks the International Court of Justice for further action and an immediate ceasefire order. 
• First fatalities from the Houthi-claimed attack on a cargo ship since the organization started attacking Red Sea ships in retaliation for Israel’s Gaza conflict. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,717 Palestinian deaths and 72,156 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the Hamas strikes on October 7. 

UN food organization claims Israel turned away and plundered the assistance shipment.

• According to the UN food organization, Israeli forces turned away its assistance convoy at a checkpoint leading to northern Gaza, whereupon “desperate people” plundered it, as reported by AFP.
• The 14-truck food convoy was turned away by the Israeli army after waiting for three hours at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, located inside southeast Gaza, according to the World Food Programme.
• This was the first attempt at a convoy since the agency stopped delivering supplies to the northern part of Gaza on February 20 due to violence and looting that occurred during a truck convoy. The organization called the state of affairs in northern Gaza at the time “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order.”
• Following the trucks’ detour on Tuesday, the WFP said in a statement that “a large crowd of desperate people who looted the food” stopped them and took around 200 tons.
• The organization stated that while it was looking into every option to get food to northern Gaza, the only method to move the bulk of food required to prevent hunger was via the highways. It added that earlier on Tuesday, six tons of food—enough for 20,000 people—were dropped by air in cooperation with the Jordanian air force.
• “Airdrops won’t stop starvation; they are a last resort. Carl Skau, the agency’s deputy executive director, stated, “We need entry points to northern Gaza that will allow us to deliver enough food for half a million people in desperate need.”

North Gaza UN food convoy is blocked by Israel

• The World Food Programme (WFP) reported that Israel’s military had barred an aid convoy from entering north Gaza, thwarting the UN organization’s first attempt to send supplies there since February 20. According to the WFP, road access to Gaza’s north is necessary “to avert famine.” 
• The US claims that impediments to a truce are “not insurmountable,” while Hamas claims that ceasefire talks are ongoing but that “the ball is in the Israeli court.” 
• In the village of Houla in southern Lebanon, an Israeli bombing has claimed the lives of a Hezbollah warrior, his spouse, and their son. 
• According to Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon, US envoy Amos Hochstein has made a verbal request for “calm” on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Negotiations are scheduled to start during Ramadan. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,631 Palestinian deaths and 72,043 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the Hamas strikes on October 7. 

Intensifying diplomatic efforts to achieve an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza

• Ahead of the commencement of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, international mediators and Hamas representatives are in Cairo today to attempt and achieve a respite in the Israeli attack in Gaza, according to AFP.
• On the third day of negotiations, representatives from Hamas and the US were supposed to meet with mediators from Qatar and Egypt to discuss a six-week ceasefire, the exchange of hundreds of Palestinian inmates for dozens of remaining hostages, and the delivery of aid to Gaza.
• Despite mounting diplomatic pressure for a truce before Ramadan early next week, Israeli delegates have refrained from attending the meetings thus far. Israeli media said that because Hamas had not produced a list of the hostages still alive, the nation’s negotiators had withdrawn from the negotiations.
• However, senior Hamas leader Bassem Naim told AFP that “no documents or proposals circulated during the negotiation process mentioned details about the prisoners.”
• According to Israel, 31 of the 250 prisoners that Hamas captured in the October attack that started the crisis are believed to have been killed, while 130 are still believed to be in Gaza.

Israeli attacks on humanitarian workers persist.

• In the second such incident since yesterday, Al Jazeera cameras caught Israeli forces opening fire on a gathering of Palestinians waiting to receive relief at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City. 
• Head of UNRWA Lazzarini warns the UN General Assembly that his organization is in “uncharted territory” and that if more financing is not obtained, there could be “serious” repercussions for regional and international security. 
• According to medical sources, the number of children in Gaza who have perished from starvation and poor medical care has risen to 16, as confirmed by the Health Ministry of Gaza, which also confirmed the deaths of 15 children at Kamal Adwan Hospital. 
• A UN delegation finds “reasonable grounds to believe” that there was sexual assault during the attack on Israel on October 7. However, an official states that the results do not “in any way legitimize” more violence and demands the release of prisoners and a truce in Gaza. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,534 Palestinian deaths and 71,920 injuries. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the October 7 Hamas strikes.

Leading figures in the Israeli military’s Spokesperson Unit step down: report

• According to Al Jazeera, which cites Israel’s Channel 14, senior members of the Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit have resigned, including prominent spokesperson Daniel Hagari.
• Richard Hecht, the Israeli military’s international spokesperson, has also resigned.
• The number of officials that departed the unit under Hagari’s leadership has not been disclosed, but Channel 14 called the sudden wave of resignations during a time of war “unusual.”

Gantz and Netanyahu had a “tough talk” regarding Gantz’s US trip: report

• The Associated Press news agency reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chastised Benny Gantz over the opposition politician’s visit to Washington, DC.
• Gantz’s visit coincides with escalating tensions between the US and Netanyahu over Israel’s assault on Gaza. Gantz joined Netanyahu’s wartime Cabinet in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack.
• The AP was informed by a representative of Netanyahu’s far-right Likud party that Gantz’s trip was organized without the Israeli premier’s approval.
• Speaking to the AP under oath, the official claimed that Netanyahu and Gantz had a “tough talk” during which the former informed the latter that there is “just one prime minister” in the nation.

US’s Harris criticizes Israeli aid limitations

• The Gaza Health Ministry reports that in yet another “horrific massacre,” Israeli forces opened fire on civilians in Gaza City who were trying to get help. Dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured. 
• UNICEF reports that at Gaza City’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, 15 children have passed away from malnutrition; the organization worries that the toll may be worse at other facilities. 
• The US vice president, Kamala Harris, calls for a “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza but does not demand that Israel’s attack end permanently. 
• Israel has reportedly chosen not to send a delegation, according to Israeli media, but a Hamas representative claims the organization’s delegation in Egypt is “working very seriously to reach an agreement.” 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,410 Palestinian deaths and 71,700 injuries. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the October 7 Hamas strikes. 

The UN ambassador for Palestine begs for criticism of the Gaza aid fatalities.

• According to AFP, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN begged the Security Council to denounce the incident in Gaza when Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians rushing to receive food assistance on Thursday.
• Ahead of the Security Council’s meeting behind closed doors, which Algeria had requested, Riyad Mansour told reporters, “The Security Council should say enough is enough.”
• The purpose of the conference was to talk about what happened in Gaza early that morning. According to the health ministry there, 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 injured when Israeli forces opened fire on them.
• According to an Israeli source, troops fired upon the throng because they thought it “posed a threat.” Thousands of desperate Gazans swarmed a convoy of 38 relief trucks, causing dozens of fatalities and injuries, including those who were driven over by the lorries, in what the Israeli military called a “stampede.”
• “This heinous atrocity serves as evidence that the Palestinian people are losing their lives as long as the Security Council remains paralyzed and vetoes are cast,” Mansour declared.

UN chief says Gaza killing could require independent investigation

• According to Reuters, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated on Thursday that the deaths of more than 100 persons in Gaza who were requesting humanitarian aid constituted a situation that would necessitate a thorough, independent inquiry.
• Ahead of a regional summit, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guterres expressed his dismay at the most recent round of conflict with Israel, in which Palestinian officials claim over 30,000 civilians have died since October 7.

World condemns mass shooting of humanitarian aid workers

• Foreign ministries, humanitarian organizations, and human rights groups denounce Israel for its “heinous massacre,” which claimed the lives of over a hundred Palestinians in northern Gaza who were waiting for life-saving food assistance. 
• According to the Gaza Health Ministry, four more youngsters have perished in the northern region of the Palestinian enclave from malnutrition and dehydration. 
• Two Israelis are killed in a gun attack at the occupied West Bank town of Eli, raising concerns about additional settler violence against Palestinian populations. 
• Calls between US President Joe Biden and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani are made as Washington claims to be working toward a temporary truce in Gaza. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 30,035 fatalities and 70,457 injuries since October 7. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

Amnesty International’s chief calls on the European Union to “immediately” fund UNRWA

• Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, wrote to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, pleading with the EU to “immediately” continue paying UNRWA, the UN organization for Palestinian refugees.
• Suspending financing to UNRWA “risks significantly exacerbating, if not contributing to, the harms which the Genocide Convention seeks to prevent, in a context where alarming signs of genocide exist,” according to Callamard.
• Although Callamard agreed that the claims made against about a dozen of UNRWA’s thirty thousand employees needed to be looked into independently, he added that “suspending UNRWA funding also risks legitimizing the practice of collective punishment of Palestinians.”

The whole of Hamas is labeled as a “terrorist entity” by New Zealand.

• One of the last Western nations to label Hamas as a “terrorist entity,” New Zealand claimed that the organization’s political and military wings could no longer be distinguished in the wake of the October 7 assaults, according to AFP.
• The government declared that “the organization as a whole bears accountability for these dreadful terrorist attacks” and announced a step that prohibits any “material support” to Hamas and freezes its assets in New Zealand.
• In a statement, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of New Zealand stated, “We have unequivocally condemned the terrorist attacks by Hamas in October 2023. They were brutal.”
• Humanitarian aid will not end, Luxon insisted, adding that the designation was about Hamas and “is not an attack on the Palestinian people in Gaza as well as the world.”
• “New Zealand will continue to support Gazan civilians with development and humanitarian aid despite the designation.”

“Mass murder of kids in slow motion,” according to NGO

• According to Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children International, “what we are seeing in Gaza right now is the mass killing of children in slow motion.” 
• According to the Gaza Health Ministry, six children in north Gaza passed away at the Kamal Adwan as well as al-Shifa hospitals from malnourishment and dehydration, while other children are in serious condition. 
• Gaza’s whole healthcare system is failing, according to Doctors Without Borders, which declares, “Healthcare has been attacked, it’s collapsing.” 
• More humanitarian crossings into Gaza are “a matter of life and death,” according to USAID head Samantha Power. 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,954 fatalities and 70,325 injuries since October 7. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

Palestine demands that Israel pay for the restoration of Gaza.

• According to TRT World, the Palestinian Authority has requested that Israel show a stronger commitment to upholding the two-state solution and shoulder the financial responsibility of rebuilding Gaza.
• Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said, “Israel must be held responsible for the devastation as well as casualties in the Gaza Strip alongside assume the duties for its reconstruction,” during a meeting in Ramallah with Tsuji Kiyoto, the state minister of foreign affairs for Japan.
• Following his resignation on Monday, Shtayyeh’s administration will act as a caretaker until a new one can be constituted.
• Israel “perpetrates severe atrocities towards the Palestinian people, promotes racism as well as behaves as if it is immune to lawful consequences,” according to Shtayyeh, who also denounced Israel’s activities.

US demands access and announces $53 million in fresh aid to Palestine

• According to AFP, the US Secretary of International Relief and Development begged for protection for relief workers in Gaza as the country offered an additional $53 million in humanitarian aid for Palestinians.
• The World Food Programme and non-governmental organizations would get the money, according to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), despite criticism from Israel and other Western nations towards the UN refugee agency in besieged Gaza.
• USAID Administrator Samantha Power declared in a video announcing the help that it “has to reach people in need” while in Jordan.
• “Those who are providing aid in Gaza must be protected because they are risking their lives to provide food to those who are in extreme need,” she declared.
• She did not identify Israel or Hamas, the group in charge of Gaza, but instead stated, “They have to know that they can do their duties without getting shot at and killed.”

As Israel refuses relief, thousands are at risk of dying in a matter of days.

• Humanitarian supply convoys are facing gunfire, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, and humanitarian organizations are “systemically denied access” to both north and south of Gaza. 
• According to a top UN humanitarian aid official, 25% of Gaza’s population, or at least 576,000 people, are just one step away from starvation. 
• According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, if more help does not reach the Gaza Strip, “escalating famine” that might “kill thousands” in a matter of days will cause youngsters to die from dehydration. 
• US President Joe Biden urges Congress to approve a financing plan that would permanently sever US support to the UN organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and “help Israel defend itself.” 
• Since October 7, Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,878 deaths and 70,215 injuries, the majority of them women and children. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

Israel kills three during raids into the occupied West Bank.

• Israeli forces launched a raid into the occupied West Bank, resulting in three fatalities and three injuries. The Wafa news agency said that there had also been intense fighting at the Al-Far’a refugee camp. 
• In a brief statement, US President Joe Biden expressed optimism to reporters that “by next Monday we will have a ceasefire.” “According to my national security adviser, we are close, but not quite there,” stated Biden. 
• Following gunfire from Israeli soldiers against those awaiting assistance, medical professionals at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital are tending to victims on the ground. 
• The Biden administration has come under fire from Hamas for permitting the siege of Gaza, claiming that the region’s starvation “is a disgrace to humankind that time will not erase.” 
• Israeli assaults on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,782 fatalities and 70,043 injuries since October 7. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

“Man-made disaster” as food help is blocked by Israel

• According to Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the organization’s final opportunity to provide relief to northern Gaza was on January 23. He characterizes the “looming famine” as a “man-made disaster.” 
• If a compromise involving detainees is achieved, Netanyahu adds, the military operation in Rafah “will be delayed somewhat,” but it “will happen” nevertheless. 
• On Monday, Israel is scheduled to submit a report to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) detailing its advancements in carrying out the directive from the highest UN court to prevent genocide in Gaza. 
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,692 Palestinian deaths and 69,879 injuries. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

G20 expresses widespread support for the Middle East two-state solution.

• After a conference of top diplomats, host Brazil stated that the G20 countries generally support a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis, increasing pressure on Israel to recognize an independent Palestinian state, according to AFP.
• The statement from the G20 foreign ministers’ summit in Rio de Janeiro was released the day after the Israeli parliament overwhelmingly approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to resist any “unilateral” recognition of a state by the Palestinians.
• Brazil’s top diplomat, Mauro Vieira, informed reporters at the end of the two-day summit that the Group of 20 major countries expressed “virtual consensus for the idea of two states as the only feasible solution” to the conflict, which is over four months into Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip.
• “Vieira didn’t just say ‘unanimity’ because not all speakers addressed the issue,” an AFP source from the Brazilian foreign ministry stated. He stated that “a lot” of ministers “voiced support” for a two-state solution, out of all those who addressed the matter.
• Leading officials attended the discussion, including EU foreign policy leader Josep Borrell, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Local authorities report central Gaza ‘massacre’

• At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli army bombardment of residential buildings in central Gaza, according to local authorities, who also blame the US government for the “ongoing crimes” in addition to Israel. 
• The government media office in Gaza declared, “We call on the nations that are free to put an immediate stop to this war of genocide that the Israeli army continues to wage against civilians.” 
• UNRWA, the UN organization for Palestinian refugees, claims it has reached a “breaking point” amid “unprecedented humanitarian needs in Gaza” as a result of Western donors blocking funding. 
• According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, Israeli forces have returned to the besieged Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after momentarily leaving due to the hospital’s worsening conditions. 
• Since October 7, Israeli bombardment on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,410 Palestinian deaths and 69,465 injuries. 1,139 people are now officially dead in Israel as a result of the strikes on October 7. 

WHO chairman declares Gaza Strip to be a “death zone” now.

• World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus claims that the “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation in Gaza is getting worse and that “Gaza has become a death zone.” 
• As the Israeli siege enters its thirty-first day, the Palestine Red Crescent Society issues a grim warning about the conditions at Khan Younis’ al-Amal Hospital. 
• Six staff members were injured and two staff members died in an Israeli attack on an MSF shelter in al-Mawasi, which left Doctors Without Borders (also known as Médecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) “outraged.” 
• Ismail al-Thawabteh, head of Gaza’s government media office, claims that for the previous three weeks, residents in the northern Gaza Strip have only been able to eat animal feed. 
• According to the Health Ministry, since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,313 Palestinian deaths and 69,333 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7. 

US denounced for vetoing the UN resolution on a ceasefire

• Riyad Mansour, the UN representative for Palestine, said, “The message given to Israel through its veto is that it remains able to get away with murder.” 
• According to Algeria’s UN ambassador, Amar Bendjama, dismissing a UN Security Council (UNSC) ceasefire resolution indicates “approval of starvation as a means of war.” 
• As the US vetoes the resolution, which was backed by 13 of the 15 UNSC members, Save the Children’s director for the occupied Palestinian territories, Jason Lee, says, “We are shocked upon learning of this new low in an obviously deep pit of mistakes from the international community.” 
• According to the media office of the Gaza administration, eliminating World Food Programme (WFP) supplies to northern Gaza would be a “death sentence” for 750,000 people. 
• According to the Health Ministry, since October 7, Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 29,195 Palestinian deaths and 69,170 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7. 

Palestinians in Gaza who are waiting for food aid are killed and injured by Israeli soldiers.

• Witnesses and images show that Israeli forces opened fire on frantic crowds in northern Gaza, where they were waiting for food aid, killing at least one Palestinian man and wounding numerous others.
• Witnesses who tweeted pictures of a man with a head wound sprawled on the ground claimed that at least one person had died in the incident.
• According to the Wafa news agency, the incident also resulted in at least ten other injuries.
• Al Jazeera was informed by witnesses and victims that the Israeli operation was unjustified.
• One individual who had been sent to the hospital on short notice claimed, “I went down.” “I don’t know what happened, but I heard gunshots at that moment.”
• Another individual claimed that he merely visited the area to purchase flour.
• “We desire to feed our kids… similar to everyone else, so we headed to the store to get flour. But after that, tanks approached us, shots were fired, and shells were launched at us,” he claimed.
• In the midst of a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza—where the UN has warned of a famine-like situation impacting over 2.3 million people—this bombing is the second of its type in as many days.
• Israel, which controls Gaza’s access crossings, has refused to let in further aid despite the dire circumstances.
• On Monday, a number of UN agencies issued warnings that there could be a “explosion” in child fatalities in Gaza due to the “alarming” scarcity of food and water as well as an increase of disease.
• The Gaza Strip is about to face a nutrition crisis, as we have been warning for weeks, according to Ted Chain, UNICEF’s deputy executive director for humanitarian assistance.
• “If the conflict doesn’t end now, the nutrition of children will continue to decline, which could have an impact on future generations and result in avoidable deaths or health issues that will affect the young people of Gaza for the remaining years of their lives.”
• Since October 7, Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of at least 29,092 Palestinians, the majority of whom were women and children, in accordance to the Palestinian Health Ministry. There have been 69,028 additional injuries.

Hearings on the Israeli occupation of Palestine will start live at the ICJ.

• Historic hearings examining the legitimacy of Israel’s 57-year colonization of the Palestinian lands are scheduled to begin by the UN’s top court. 
• 52 nations and three organizations will present their cases to the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the legal ramifications of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.
• The week-long events coincide with Israel’s ongoing destructive attack on Gaza.

Israeli FM: Israel will permit freedom of prayer at Al-Aqsa throughout Ramadan.

• According to Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the government will provide freedom of expression at Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Al Jazeera.
• In statements to public Reshet Bet radio, he stated, “Any restrictions enforced will be for privacy reasons.”

Israel decides to launch its attack on Gaza’s Rafah during Ramadan.

• According to AFP, Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has stated that if Hamas has not released the last prisoners held in Gaza by the beginning of Ramadan, Israel will begin its long-threatened attack against Rafah the following month.
• “If by Ramadan our hostages are not residence, the fighting will continue all around, including the Rafah area,” retired military chief of staff Gantz said to a gathering of American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. “The world needs to know, and Hamas leaders must know.”
• We anticipate that Ramadan will start on March 10. The bulk of the 1.7 million Palestinians who have been forced to flee their city have taken sanctuary there; the Israeli government has not yet given a timeframe for when it intends to launch its attack.
• Gantz continued, saying that in order to facilitate an evacuation and “minimize the civilian fatalities as much as possible,” an offensive would be conducted out in an organized way and in consultation with Egyptians and Americans. However, it’s still unclear where in the restricted Gaza Strip inhabitants can relocate safely.
• The remarks follow weeks of ceasefire negotiations that have not resulted in a resolution, with Qatar—a major mediator—acknowledging over the weekend that the chances of an agreement are dwindling.

Food vans are encircled as Gaza’s hunger grows.

• Hundreds of Palestinians are seen in Gaza City running toward aid vehicles in video that Al Jazeera was able to confirm, but they quickly flee when Israeli forces begin firing on them.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry says an eighth person has died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after the Israeli military cut electricity and oxygen supplies.
• Starting on Monday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear testimony from the State of Palestine about Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
• Israeli bombings on Gaza have claimed the lives of at least 127 individuals in the last twenty-four hours. Since October 7, Israeli shelling has resulted in at least 28,985 Palestinian deaths and 68,883 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7.

The Palestine football team plays a “Freedom Cup” match against South Africa.

• In a solidarity game known as the “Freedom Cup,” the Palestinian national football team took on the Invitation XI team of South Africa on Sunday at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In a match that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stated was being conducted to “signify our solidarity as the people of South Africa for the effort of the Palestinians,” thousands of spectators watched Palestine defeat South Africa 1-0.
• He addressed the assembly, saying, “The people of Palestine are supported by the majority of people in the nation and the government of South Africa.”

Israel opposes “dictates,” according to Netanyahu.

• After speaking with US President Joe Biden on the phone for forty minutes, the Israeli prime minister made his remarks.
• Netanyahu added that since a Palestinian state would be a “huge reward to unprecedented terrorism,” Israel will “continue to fight for the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.”
• Israeli forces storm Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after weeks of besieging the medical centre in what local authorities called another “war crime” against Palestinians.
• According to the US, an Israeli attack on the southern Gaza city of Rafah would be a “disaster” “under current circumstances,” since there is no plan in place to safeguard the residents jammed into the area.
• Since October 7, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 28,663 Palestinian deaths and 68,395 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7.

Israel kills “too many” people, according to the Italian FM

• Antonio Tajani, the foreign minister of Italy, claims that Israel is murdering far too many people in Gaza.
• Tajani stated to Italian TV station Canale 5 that “too many civilian victims” are being caused by Israel’s operation in the besieged zone.
• Even yet, the minister stated that although the Israeli reaction to the strikes on October 7th, which were spearheaded by Hamas, went “beyond proportionality” in certain instances, it did not in any way qualify as “genocide.”

Israeli forces take over Nasser Hospital; gun and tank fire injures numerous people.

• The Israeli invasion force granted the Nasser Hospital’s inmates until seven in the morning to leave. Israeli troops are inside the facility as of this morning’s early hours. Heavy machine gun and tank fire is occurring at the same moment.
• Targeted areas included the emergency room, maternity ward, and orthopaedics unit. Numerous people have been hurt in attacks, with some suffering multiple injuries. In the southern part of Gaza, this is the biggest hospital. It is currently totally non-functional. All the medical personnel were gathered together and had their hands bound behind their backs.
• Palestinians were instructed to arrive to military checkpoints in groups of five, including medical professionals, nurses, and injured individuals. There were many young individuals in detention.

Israeli minister: We will “never agree” to a peace plan involving two states.

• The far-right finance minister of Israel disapproved of a proposed US framework peace agreement that supports a two-state resolution.
• “Under no circumstances will we consent to this plan that essentially claims the Palestinians should get a prize for the horrific atrocity they committed against us: a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem,” Bezalel Smotrich said on X.
• “The lesson is that killing Israeli citizens is profitable.”
• Smotrich also insisted that the security cabinet, which is scheduled to meet later today, take a stance against the imposition of sanctions on illegal settlers and the creation of a Palestinian state.

The Nuseirat refugee camp and Deir el-Balah are the destinations of those departing Rafah: UN

• In addition to the prospect of an Israeli ground invasion and airstrikes, the newest report from the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) indicates that people are fleeing Rafah due to the overcrowding in the packed metropolis in southern Gaza.
• According to OCHA, those fleeing Rafah are making their way to the Nuseirat refugee camp and Deir el-Balah.

Israeli bombardment of Nasser Hospital claimed one life.

• The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, was shelled by the Israeli forces, resulting in one fatality and other serious injuries.
• According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces invaded the hospital compound and began fire in addition to blasting the orthopaedic department of the hospital. In an effort to flee the hospital and travel to Rafah, doctors, nurses, and fled Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces, according to Wafa.

Israel-Hezbollah cross-border shooting becoming more intense

• Following orders from Israeli forces for hundreds of people to leave, dozens of stranded individuals escape Nasser Hospital amid deadly sniper assaults.
• After “deep” missile strikes in southern Lebanon that leave one person dead and eight others injured, Israel undertakes a “extensive wave of attacks.” Hezbollah in Lebanon claims that an Israeli counterattack killed one of its men.
• Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN, denounces an Israeli drone strike that critically injured two journalists in Gaza.

No truce agreement yet as Rafah waits for progress

• According to US and Israeli sources speaking to Israel’s Walla news portal, the “main gap” in the ongoing peace talks is the quantity of Palestinian inmates that Hamas wants released.
• The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has received South Africa’s request for it to intervene in Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah.
• As Israel demands for the evacuation of the medical facility, Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF, has appealed for safe passage for anyone who desire to leave Nasser Hospital. Three individuals have been killed at the Khan Younis hospital by Israeli snipers, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
• Since October 7, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have resulted in at least 28,473 Palestinian deaths and 68,146 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7.

Key events list, day 130

As the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza worsens, Israel is coming under increasing pressure from the international community to accept a ceasefire.

Gaza’s humanitarian crises

• At least five individuals died on Tuesday in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, and an Israeli bomb in the Brazil neighborhood of Rafah killed four more. With Israel preparing to attack Rafah, which is home to 1.4 million people, the most of whom were driven from other sections of Gaza, there is a rising international chorus demanding for a ceasefire.
• In the meantime, the combat claimed the lives of three Israeli troops and injured two more. They were serving in southern Gaza with the 630th Battalion.
• Ten-year-old Hala Mekdad passed away in the intensive care unit of Nasser Hospital shortly after the hospital’s electricity was turned off over night, as shown in a video posted on the internet by a medical doctor and corroborated by Al Jazeera.
• According to Ashraf al-Qudra, the Gaza Ministry of Health’s spokesman, Israeli snipers have been firing at and killing individuals in the hospital’s yard during the weeks-long siege of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.
• According to the United Nations humanitarian organization OCHA, the bodies of numerous persons who were slain close to Nasser Hospital have apparently been laying on the ground for a few days since it is too dangerous to access them.
• According to Palestinian health officials, over 28,000 people have died. Due to Israeli strikes destroying residential buildings, over 85% of Gaza’s population is now homeless. According to a UN report, almost 10% of children under five suffer from severe malnutrition.

Diplomacy and conflicts in the region

• The international community is putting increasing pressure on Israel to consent to a Hamas ceasefire.
• “Strongly” denouncing “Israel’s offensive against Rafah city in Gaza and its ensuing annihilation and bloodshed of the Palestinian people,” the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement. Over 100 individuals lost their lives as a result of heavy Israeli shelling on Sunday night and Monday morning.
• After two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat stated Cairo threatened to revoke its peace accord with Israel if troops were moved into Rafah, Biden and Netanyahu also spoke.
• In a related development, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the cargo ship that the Houthis of Yemen attacked in the Red Sea was headed for an Iranian port. Despite being hit by two missiles, the ship is “seaworthy with minimal harm and no crew injuries,” according to CENTCOM.

took over the West Bank

• Israel reportedly set a Palestinian truck on fire overnight in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara, according to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
• Additionally, Wafa stated that “unprecedented retaliatory measures” are being applied to about 9,000 Palestinian detainees.
• Wafa claimed, “The Israeli Prison Service has further deprived the inmates of necessities and channels of contact with the outside world, like television and visits from family members.”
• There are currently 517,407 settlers on the West Bank, up from 502,991 a year ago. Following the US’s lead this month, the UK has also imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers who are alleged to have violated Palestinians’ human rights in the West Bank.
• “Israel needs to take more drastic measures and put a stop to settler violence,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron declared when he announced the asset freezes, trip and visa bans against the settlers.

King of Jordan requests a ceasefire during Biden meeting

• The world “cannot afford” Israel’s planned military invasion on Rafah, where over 1.4 million individuals are seeking refuge, as stated by King Abdullah II of Jordan to US President Joe Biden.
• According to Hamas, Israel’s assault of the beleaguered Gaza Strip has resulted in the deaths of three more Israeli prisoners.
• Over the course of a violent night caused by settler activity in the occupied West Bank, Israeli residents shot two Palestinians, set fire to cars, and destroyed property.
• Since October 7, Israel’s bombardment on Gaza have resulted in a total of 28,340 Palestinian deaths and 67,984 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the strikes led by Hamas on October 7.

Israel is preparing a ground invasion while bombarding Rafah in its ongoing conflict on Gaza.

• The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that Israeli air and naval strikes on Rafah overnight resulted in the deaths of at least 67 Palestinians.
• The Israeli army claims to have spent the night freeing two hostages from a home in the Shaboura neighborhood of Rafah.
• As per a senior Hamas leader quoted on the Al-Aqsa news station on Sunday, the negotiations for a captive swap will be “blow up” by Israel’s impending ground onslaught on Rafah.
• A “safety” plan for the over a million Palestinians taking refuge in Rafah would be required in the event of a military ground assault, US President Joe Biden informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Since October 7, the Israeli assault of Gaza has resulted in at least 28,340 Palestinian deaths and 67,984 injuries. 1,139 people have died in Israel as a result of the Hamas strikes on October 7.