When I see a Palestinian child, a boy or a girl, being pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building, I get a knot in my stomach… So we have a duty to respond, and that’s what we will do.
Antony Blinken
- Blinken further stated that the US and other governments are considering a range of options for the future of Gaza. According to him, these could be international agencies and other countries in the region, but he did not provide further details. “People are very focused on today and not just the next day. But we must now talk about how best to create the conditions for lasting and sustainable peace lasting and sustainable security for both Israelis and Palestinians,” he said.
Siege of Gaza City
The Israeli Armed Forces announced on Thursday evening (02) that they have completely surrounded Gaza City, the enclave where attacks by the extremist group Hamas began on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people in Israeli territory. “Soldiers have completed the siege of Gaza City, the center of the terrorist organization Hamas,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said.
- In response to the statement, Hamas’ armed wing, the Ezzedine alQassam Brigades, said Gaza was a “curse” for Israel and that its soldiers would return home “in black bags.”.
- After nearly four weeks of conflict, the death toll in the Gaza Strip stands at over 9,000, including 3,760 childrenaccording to local authorities.
- The number of children killed in the IsraelHamas conflict is more than six times higher than the 560 casualties recorded by the United Nations (UN) in 19 months of war in Ukraine.
* with Portal and Deutsche Welle