US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Tel Aviv, Israel (October 18, 2023)
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You US urged Israel for an immediate increase Humanitarian aid in Gazaamid growing outrage over the human cost of Israel’s threeweek bombing of the Gaza Strip.
In talks with the leaders of Egypt and Israel this Sunday, the 29th, President of the United States Joe Biden reiterated “the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of the civilian population in Gaza” , he reported to Portal.
Biden, who showed unwavering support for Israel’s right to selfdefense after the Oct. 7 attacks, now appears to be giving in to international pressure amid rising Palestinian deaths and the humanitarian collapse in Gaza.
Looting from warehouses
The request comes after a series of lootings of warehouses and food distribution centers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza this Sunday, 29, 2017. The organization began warning of the “collapse of public order” in the Gaza Strip amid shortages of food, medicine and drinking water.
“Thousands of people broke into several UNRWA warehouses and distribution centers in the central and southern Gaza Strip. It is a worrying sign that public order is beginning to collapse after three weeks of war and a strict siege on the Gaza Strip. People are scared, frustrated and…” “I am desperate,” said UNRWA Gaza chief Thomas White
White House
Earlier, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivansaid Israel has a responsibility to protect the lives of innocent people in Gaza.
“We believe that every hour and every day of this IDF (Israel Defense Forces) military operation, the Israeli government should use all the means at its disposal to distinguish between Hamas terrorists, who are legitimate military targets, and civilians who are not “,” Sullivan told CNN.
Sullivan said that too Netanyahu is responsible for “controlling” extremist Jewish settlers in the Israelioccupied West Bank. “It is completely unacceptable that extremist settler violence against innocent people is occurring in the West Bank,” he said.
Brazilians in Gaza
The Brazilian government reported that the Internet communications in Gaza, which had been disrupted since Friday the 27th, have been restored this Sunday. The Brazilian embassy in the West Bank managed to speak via WhatsApp to all members of the group of around 30 Brazilians who are waiting for the border with Egypt to open so they can return to Brazil.
According to Ambassador Alessandro Candeas, there are reports of problems with access to water and gas as well as the spread of mosquitoes in the Khan Yunis region. Some of the children have flu and eye irritation. “We have found an Arab doctor from Jerusalem who will care for the Brazilians remotely,” the ambassador said. The federal government continues to monitor the situation daily.
Since the beginning of Operation Returning in Peace, launched by the federal government to remove Brazilians from the conflict zone in the Middle East, 1,413 passengers were rescued from Israel. There are 1,410 Brazilians, three Bolivians and 53 pets who returned on eight flights commanded by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
Understand the main points of the war between Israel and Hamas:
- Since the conflict began, more than 8,005 Palestinians have died, including 3,595 children and 2,062 women, and more than 20,000 have been injured; on the Israeli side, 1,405 Israelis died, including 311 soldiers and 57 police officers, and more than 5,431 were injured;
- An estimated 239 people, most of them Israelis, were kidnapped by Hamas and taken to Gaza; only 4 have already been published; however, the exact number of prisoners has changed since the conflict began; Israeli authorities say 40 people are missing in addition to the 239 hostages;
- In the 22 days of the conflict, about 45% of Gaza’s homes were completely or partially destroyed and more than 1.4 million Palestinians were displaced from their homes to other parts of Gaza due to Israel’s evacuation order;
- On the 21st day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) increased bombings of the Gaza Strip and cut off internet and telephone access for Palestinians. The Gaza Strip, which was already without electricity, without fuel and practically without drinking water, also remained incommunicado;
- After weeks of announcing a possible ground invasion of Gaza, Netanyahu authorized a ground operation on October 28 and attacks intensified.
- On October 27, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza; the Palestinian representative to the United Nations had already called for an immediate ceasefire; Texts from Brazil, Russia and the USA have already been vetoed in the UN Security Council; The Brazilian proposal received a single veto from a permanent member from the United States.
- Since the bombings began, human rights organizations and the UN have warned of the risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. With hospitals and morgues overcrowded, Palestinians even used ice cream trucks and food coolers to store corpses.
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- Humanitarian aid did not arrive in Gaza until October 20, 13 days after the conflict began.
- On October 17, the bombing of the AlAhli Baptist Hospital in Gaza claimed at least 500 lives; Israel blamed Islamic Jihad for the bombing. The group denied this; On the 19th, the third oldest church in the world, the Church of São Porfírio in the Gaza Strip, was bombed.
- On October 7, Hamas carried out the largest wave of attacks against Israel, resulting in more than 1,200 deaths; Benjamin Netanyahu, who already pursued policies that promoted the expropriation of Palestinian land in the West Bank, where Hamas has no control, declared war on Hamas and spoke of destroying the group, which would trigger a new wave of attacks on Gaza;
- What is Hamas? Hamas is a military, political and social organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, when it won Palestinian parliamentary elections. The group is considered a terrorist organization by European Union countries and the United States, but not by the United Nations;
- What is the siege of Gaza? The Gaza Strip has been under an intensive land, air and sea blockade since 2007, with restrictions on the import of basic goods, and is considered an “openair prison” by analysts, researchers and human rights organizations;
- Palestinian State: Since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, Palestinians have been demanding the creation of their state (which includes the West Bank).
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With information from Portal.
Source: Redação Terra