Israel’s attack on Gaza October 11, 2023 Portal/Saleh Salem
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New bombers from Israel hit the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Tuesday 17th. Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis and Rafah killed at least 80 people, according to Portal. The IsraeliPalestinian conflict has been ongoing since October 7th.
At around 6 a.m., Gaza’s Interior Ministry reported that at least 49 people had been killed in the bombings. At 9:30 a.m. the number was updated to 80 victims of the overnight attacks. The World Health Organization (WHO) had previously said that there had been 2,800 deaths and 11,000 injuries in Gaza since the conflict began.
According to Khaleej Times, Israel ordered civilians in Khan Younis and Rafah to seek refuge because of the attacks planned for this Tuesday. The Rafah region is home to thousands of people seeking to flee Gaza as it is the only border crossing with Egypt.
Now the United States is trying to conduct a diplomatic mission so that humanitarian aid reaches the people of Gaza. Joe Biden is expected to travel to Tel Aviv, Israel, this Wednesday, the 18th, where he will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In addition, the US President will also travel to Amman, Jordan, where he will meet the country’s King Abdullah II, as well as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The idea is that there will be humanitarian assistance for civilians leaving Gaza.
Images of the destruction in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip (October 16, 2023)
Photo: Portal
Understand the main points of the war between Israel and Hamas;
- Hamas is a military, political and social organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, when it won the Palestinian parliamentary elections. The group is considered a terrorist organization by European Union countries and the United States;
- The Gaza Strip has been under an intensive land, air and sea blockade since 2007, with restrictions on imports of basic goods, and is considered an “openair prison” by analysts, researchers and human rights organizations;
- Since 1948, Palestinians have been demanding the creation of their state (which includes the West Bank).
- On October 7, Hamas carried out the largest wave of attacks against Israel, resulting in 1,400 Israeli deaths;
- Benjamin Netanyahu declares war on Hamas and speaks of the group’s destruction;
- Israel tightens the blockade of Gaza by cutting off electricity, fuel and water supplies, creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza;
- Hamas threatens to kill Israeli hostages in retaliation for Israeli military response;
- Israel prepares land invasion of Gaza;
- Organizations warn of the risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. With hospitals and morgues overcrowded, Palestinians are using ice cream trucks and food coolers to store corpses.
- In ten days of conflict, 2,880 Palestinians died and another 11,000 were injured. On the Israeli side there are 1,400 dead and 4,121 injured;
- 3 Brazilians died: Ranani Glazer, Bruna Valeanu and Karla Mendes;
- 1 million Palestinians left their homes to seek refuge in the southern Gaza Strip; The total population of the Gaza Strip is 2.3 million, of which 47% are children
- The government has already repatriated 915 Brazilians as part of Operation Returning in Peace;
- Brazil concludes an agreement on a ceasefire and the creation of a humanitarian corridor, which will be presented at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
Source: Redação Terra