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October 25, 2023
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18:55 Iván Muñoz Petro defends Guterres from criticism: “Telling the truth is not a reason to resign”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has defended United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres from Israel’s criticism, ensuring that “he enjoys our full support and solidarity. Telling the truth is not a reason to resign.” Israel must abide by the resolutions of the United Nations,” he said.
“The international legal order must be preserved and is the basis of peace,” emphasized President Petro in his official X report.
18:30 Iván Muñoz The United Nations denounces “severe” damage to a school in southern Gaza, raising the number of dead workers to 38
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has reported an attack on a school in the southern Gaza Strip that killed at least one person, bringing the number of temporary workers killed to 38.
Since October 7, at least 41 UNRWA facilities have been the victims of some kind of attack, although these are sites theoretically protected by international law because they have become key refuge points.
The authority, which has not clarified the details of this incident, has confirmed one death and 44 injured, including nine children, in this case.
17:49 Iván Muñoz Macron will send an aid ship to hospitals in the Gaza Strip
French President Emmanuel Macron announced this Wednesday that he would send a ship in the next 48 hours to support hospitals in Gaza and that a French plane would arrive in Egypt this Thursday deliver medical care via the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Egyptian Sinai with the Gaza Strip, into the Palestinian enclave.
“I have decided to send a ship from our national navy, which will arrive soon supply hospitals in the Gaza Strip and that he will leave Toulon in the next 48 hours,” Macron said at Cairo’s Ittihadiya Palace after meeting his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al Sisi.
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17:35 Iván Muñoz Israel will wait for the US to deploy missile defense systems before invading the Gaza Strip
Israel will delay the invasion of Gaza until the United States sends anti-missile missiles to the region, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing American and Israeli officials. Jerusalem would have given in to a Pentagon request to protect American troops from attacks in Gaza and other regions.
Washington plans to deploy almost one Dozen air defense systems in the region. This includes parts destined for US troops in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. All this equipment will continue to serve to protect American and Israeli units from missiles and missiles.
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16:58 Gaza’s Health Ministry speaks of a “total collapse” due to fuel shortages, injuries and bombings
Gaza’s Health Ministry, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, declared the “complete collapse” of Gaza’s health system due to fuel shortages and Israeli bombings.
The ministry announced thisHealth facilities no longer function and that the hospitals that remain open will no longer be able to offer their services.
He added that there are currently “more than 7,000” sick and injured people in need of urgent treatment who cannot be cared for by Gaza’s health services.
The ministry criticized that “the international community has not and has not fulfilled its obligations”. responded to his appeals “seriously”. Warning about the overload of the health system. He explained that due to the current situation in the enclave, they had to convert hospitals into emergency shelters and that their corridors and rooms were full of displaced people, making it difficult to provide adequate healthcare and exposing patients to infections.
16:32 Iván Muñoz Israel rejects Erdogan’s statement that Hamas is not a terrorist organization
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat said he “fully rejects” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “harsh words” about Hamas, assuring that it is not a terrorist organization.
“Hamas is a despicable terrorist organization, worse than ISISwho brutally and deliberately murders babies, children, women and the elderly, takes civilians hostage and uses his own people as human shields,” Haiat said.
“Not even the Turkish president’s attempt to defend the terrorist organization and his inciting words will change the horrors that the whole world has seen and the clear fact: Hamas is the same as ISIS,” he added.
16:19 Iván Muñoz UNRWA forced to “make decisions” if fuel does not reach Gaza
This was announced by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). will be forced to “make some very difficult decisions” if the fuel does not enter the Gaza Strip via Rafah this Wednesday. UNRWA had previously warned that it would be forced to suspend operations on Wednesday evening if fuel was not delivered as part of an aid convoy.
UNRWA also warned that it needed to be more selective about where and how often to deliver aid, insisting that fuel was needed for vehicles distributing aid to other UN agencies operating in Gaza.
16:08 Iván Muñoz Brussels confirms that 54 tons of European humanitarian aid is already in the Gaza Strip
The European Commission confirms that the 54 tons of European humanitarian aid sent to Egypt are already in the Gaza Strip. As stated by Brussels, the Initial supplies include water, food, shelter and sanitation materials and has arrived in the Gaza Strip thanks to the humanitarian convoys that have entered the enclave in recent days.
The EU will continue the “air bridge” project to achieve gradual entry into the Gaza Strip from the Rafah border crossing. “We will continue to work to provide more help to people in need,” he said after the first two European deliveries last week.
A change is coming to the Gaza Strip this Monday from the Rafah border crossing. Portal
15:41 Iván Muñoz Omán recognizes Hamas as a “resistance movement”.
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi said his country recognized Hamas as a “resistance movement.” not as a terrorist organizationand called for a political solution to end the escalation of violence in Gaza.
At a meeting with European media Albusaidi advocated a two-state solution -Israel and Palestine- to end a situation that began 70 years ago.
“Violence has never led to a solution” and “we continue to demand a political solution,” he stressed, because – he said – “extremism begets violence and violence begets more extremism.”
“Hamas is a resistance movement against the Israeli occupation” and the Palestinians have been “under siege” for years, which has led to violence, emphasized Albusaidi. “We don’t believe in a military solution and we don’t support it,” he said.
15:24 Iván Muñoz Switzerland is stopping aid to several Israeli and Palestinian NGOs in the Gaza Strip
“The Swiss authorities have announced the temporary suspension of financial aid to eleven NGOs operating in Gaza, including six Palestinian and five Israeli.”until it can be verified whether these organizations are complying with the code of conduct“the Swiss government in view of the “new situation that has prevailed since the attacks of October 7th”.
The ministry stated that this decision “will make it possible.” analyze in detail whether they comply with the anti-discrimination clause “The cooperation activities carried out in the Middle East must be adapted to the new context,” he added.
15:00 Sara de Diego Sánchez gives “my full support” to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Pedro Sanchez believes so A “permanent” ceasefire in Gaza is “urgent” to allow the entry of humanitarian aid and samples “All my support” to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. “Together we must find a diplomatic way to resolve this situation,” he said from Brussels.
14:44 Sara de Diego “Total collapse” of the health system in Gaza
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said this Wednesday “Total collapse” of the health system the Gaza Strip due to fuel shortages and Israeli bombing.
The ministry pointed out that health facilities are no longer functioning and that the hospitals that remain open can no longer offer the same services as before the start of the war.
14:34 Sara de Diego Yolanda Díaz supports Guterres after Israel calls for his resignation, while Belarra sees Netanyahu ‘out of control’
The leader of Sumar, Yolanda DiazHe moved “Support” to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres following Israel’s decision to deny visas to UN officials, and intensified his criticism of the UN’s top official and even called for his resignation.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Social Rights and Secretary General of Podemos said, Ione Belarra, has accused the Israeli Prime Minister of Benjamin Netanyahu is “completely out of control” by declaring the UN “non grata”. For his part, the chairman of the IU and head of the consumer department, Alberto Garzonhas criticized the Israeli government for using “collective punishment” against Palestinians and now allowing “this attitude” at the United Nations because it feels “unpunished.”
14:31 Diego Sunak’s Sara supports specific humanitarian “pause” but not a ceasefire in Gaza
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunaksaid this Wednesday that his government supports him “Specific pauses that are different from a ceasefire” to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“From the beginning, we have said that the first and most important principle is that Israel has the right to defend itself on the basis of international law. Our support for this position is absolute and has not changed,” Sunak said.
14:10 Sara de Diego At least 73 health workers have died as a result of Israeli attacks on health centers in Gaza
At least 73 health professionals have died due to attacks on health centers in the Gaza Strip controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas since Israel began bombing the enclave on October 7.
At least that’s what Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday 25 ambulances were out of service by Israel’s attacks. In addition, due to the destruction of the streets by Israeli bombings, neither the ambulance nor the Strip’s civil defense rescue teams are able to receive the wounded and sick in Gaza.
14:00 Sara de Diego The death toll in Gaza rises to 6,546, 2,704 of whom are children
At least 6,546 Palestinians have died, 2,704 of them childrenAccording to Gaza authorities, an additional 17,000 people were injured by Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip.
In the last few hours there have been 750 deaths, including 344 children, and more than 1,100 injured.
Palestinians pray before a person killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Portal
13:43 Sara de Diego The young Palestinian woman who expressed her desire to “die like a martyr” by sacrificing herself is arrested in Brussels
Belgian police have just announced the arrest of in Brussels a 23-year-old Palestinian who had allegedly expressed his wish the day before “dying like a martyr” by sacrificing himself, reported the local press.
The young man, identified as Mohammed A., was arrested shortly after midday in a hotel in the municipality of Anderlecht. Belgium is currently in the Level 3 of 4 possible attack warnings, indicates that there is a serious threat.
13:37 Sara de Diego More than 930 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank since the war with Hamas began
More of 930 Palestinians in the West Bank were arrested by the Israel Defense Forces since last day 7, when the Islamist group Hamas carried out a terrorist attack on Israeli territory in which 1,400 people died and more than 200 were kidnapped.
A total of 58 Palestinians suspected of belonging to Hamas were arrested in separate raids across the West Bank last night, the Israeli army reported in a statement on Wednesday.
13:19 Sara de Diego Israel is attacking Aleppo airport with rockets for the fourth time in two weeks, according to Syria
Syria accused Israel this Wednesday of launching an attack New rocket attack on Aleppo international airport (Northwest), in the fourth action against this airfield since the start of the Gaza war and hours after Israeli aircraft had already caused eight deaths in another Syrian area.
The airstrike was launched at around 1:25 p.m. local time (10:25 GMT) from a point over the Mediterranean Sea and caused damage to the airport’s runways, which were once again out of service, Syrian state television reported, citing an unidentified military source.
13:11 Sara de Diego They are looking for a young Palestinian in Belgium who threatened to “die like a martyr”
The Belgian authorities confirmed this Wednesday that a 23 year old Palestinian young man is wanted and arrested after he declared his intention to do so “Die like a martyr” in front of the Belgian asylum office.
The young man Applied for asylum I reported to the country’s authorities a few days ago, but did not appear at further appointments to complete the procedure.
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