AGI – None of that Hostages in the hands of Hamas it will leave the Palestinian territory alive if the demands of the Islamic movement are not met. Threats to which the Israeli authorities responded by intensifying fighting. The war will last “as long as necessary to ensure that Hamas can never harm our people again,” said Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy.
In Gaza About 137 hostages remainsaid Israel, while the war had already caused nearly 18,000 deaths among Palestinians and 98 among Jewish state forces. Qatar, the main mediator between the two sides, assured that efforts for a new ceasefire and further releases of hostages “will continue” but warned that Israeli bombing would “reduce” the possibilities.
The Islamic movement said Israel launched a series of “very violent attacks” against the southern city on Sunday morning Khan Younis and the highway connecting the city to Rafah on the border with Egypt. The Israeli army reported hitting more than 250 targets in 24 hours, including Hamas centers and tunnel entrances in the southern Gaza Strip. According to both sides, the clashes between Palestinian soldiers and militiamen are concentrated primarily in the Khan Younis region in the south and on Jabaliya and Gaza City in the north. Hamas, for its part, continued to fire rockets at Israel; The vast majority were intercepted.
Guterres fears a “catastrophe”
The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres He warned that “the situation is rapidly evolving towards a catastrophe” that could have “irreversible” consequences for the Palestinians and the region. He also denounced the United Nations' “paralysis” in the face of war after the United States vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He expressed his “dissatisfaction” to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia had voted in favor and asked the militiamen that it was over for Hamas and it was time to surrender. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov He recalled that Russia “strongly condemned” the October 7 “terrorist attack” but “does not believe that it is acceptable to use this event to inflict collective punishment on millions of Palestinians.” According to the United Nations Children's Fund, almost 1.9 million of the 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip are displaced, almost a million of whom are children.
World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the “health impact of the conflict is catastrophic” and warned the health system is “on its knees and collapsing.” The WHO, which adopted a resolution on Sunday calling for the “immediate, continuous and unimpeded provision of humanitarian assistance,” and other NGOs are warning of the spread of disease due to overcrowding and a lack of basic services.
Most of the displaced people, prevented from leaving the area, fled south, turning the town of Rafah into a large camp. The director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, denounced the forced relocation of Gazans to Egypt in an article published in the Los Angeles Times. “If we continue on this path, Gaza will no longer be a land for Palestinians,” he wrote.
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