• It is the 24th day of the war: According to Hamas, over 8,000 Palestinians have died; 1,400 of them were Israelis; 239 hostages in Gaza.
• On the evening of Friday, October 27, Israel launched unprecedented bombings of the Gaza Strip.
• US jets have struck two sites in Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
• Words and acronyms for understanding the conflict: the glossary.
• The history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, explained.
06:06 – Gaza: Unicef, the lack of clean water is on the verge of catastrophe
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council today that clean water in Gaza is rapidly running out. “There is only one desalination plant, which is only operating at 5% capacity,” Russell said, “while all six wastewater treatment plants in Gaza are currently out of service due to a lack of fuel or electricity.” » The lack of clean water and safe sanitation “is imminent “from becoming a catastrophe,” he stressed, warning that “if access to clean water is not urgently restored, more and more civilians, including children, will become ill or die from dehydration or water-borne diseases.”
4:51 a.m. – Gaza: Palestinian sources, about 50 dead in night raids
According to Palestinian sources quoted by local media, about 50 people, including many children, were killed and many more injured in new air strikes by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip tonight. At least 27 people were killed in two attacks on residential buildings in the southern city of Rafah, the Wafa news agency reported. Another 18 people were killed in a bomb attack in the Al Zawaida area and seven in the Al Zaytoun district. Another raid in the northern part of the Gaza Strip left three people dead, including a six-year-old boy. According to Wafa, an increase in the number of victims is expected, and several people are still trapped in the rubble of the bombed buildings.