The war has consequences beyond Gaza's borders. More than 76,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon almost three months after violence began on the border with Israel, according to new figures from a specialized United Nations agency. The International Organization for Migration assures that almost 81% of displaced people are currently staying with relatives. Only 2% are housed in 14 collective accommodations in the south of the country. The rest of the displaced people have rented apartments or moved into second homes. Follow our live stream.
The Defense Minister presents his plan for Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant unveiled his post-war plans in Gaza on Thursday evening. This plan calls for operations to “continue” until the “return of the hostages,” the “dismantling of Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities,” and the “removal of military threats.” “After the war goals have been achieved, there will no longer be an Israeli civilian presence in the Gaza Strip,” emphasized Yoav Gallant.
The bombings in Gaza continue. Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire on Thursday hit Khan Younes, a large city in southern Gaza that has become the epicenter of the operations. According to the latest unverifiable report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, 22,438 people have been killed since hostilities began, mostly women, teenagers and children.
International condemnation over statements by Israeli ministers. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have strongly condemned statements by two Israeli ministers calling on Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said he was “very concerned” about this and recalled that “international law prohibits the forcible relocation of protected persons within an occupied territory or their expulsion from that territory.”