May 12, 2024
Israeli military opens new border in Gaza Strip
The Israeli military announced it had opened a new border for humanitarian aid. Gaza Strip In conjunction with the United States.
The crossing, known as West Erez, opened in the northern part of the Palestinian territory.
This comes at a time when a key gateway to aid remains closed.
Earlier this week, Israeli forces took control of the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza, forcing it to close.
The Israeli military said it was engaging Hamas militants near an intersection east of Rafah.
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May 12, 2024
Egypt supports South Africa’s case against Israel at World Court
Egypt He said he would join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel. International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said the move was due to “the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians.”
In December, South Africa filed a lawsuit with the ICJ alleging that Israel was guilty of genocide in the Gaza Strip, an accusation Israel rejected as “baseless.”
of ICJ orders Israel In January, it called for all possible measures to be taken to stop the military’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. He also instructed Israel to take measures to protect Palestinian civilians from further harm and to allow the flow of humanitarian aid into the territory, taking into account the broader case.
Egypt, along with the United States and Qatar, acted as intermediaries between Israel and Hamas.
But negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement stalled earlier this week amid Israeli military action in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Israel took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, and the operation halted humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza through the facility.
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May 12, 2024
Blinken says Israel lacks ‘credible plan’ to protect Rafah civilians
we Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of escalating Israeli attacks in Rafah.
He told US network ABC News on Sunday that Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect the more than 1 million displaced civilians.
Blinken said U.S. President Joe Biden told Israel that “if Israel launches this large-scale military operation against Rafah, there are certain systems that we will not support or supply for that operation.” “Yes,” he said.
The president has repeatedly warned against the operation and said the United States would cut off supplies of artillery shells and other weapons if it went ahead.
“We have great concerns about how they will be used,” Blinken continued. Israel “needs to have a clear and credible plan to protect civilians, and we haven’t seen it yet,” Blinken said.
In a separate interview with US network CBS News, he said Israel “may have some success in the early stages, but it could come at an incredible cost to civilians.”
Blinken warned that without a withdrawal from Gaza and a postwar governance plan, Israel “will remain responsible for an enduring insurgency.”
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel could become “self-reliant” despite US warnings.
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May 12, 2024
Two doctors killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, authorities say
Accident in which two doctors died Israeli airstrike The Gaza Civil Defense Agency made the announcement Sunday in the Palestinian city of Deir Al-Balah.
“The bodies of Dr. Mohammad Nimr Khazat and his son, Dr. Youssef, have been recovered.” [after they were killed] “This is due to an Israeli military raid on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip,” the official said.
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May 12, 2024
Death toll of Palestinians in Gaza exceeds 35,000 — Ministry of Health
Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
At least 63 people were killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from Israeli shelling and attacks in the Gaza Strip to at least 35,034, the ministry said in a statement.
The United Nations and several humanitarian organizations consider casualty figures to be largely reliable.
Israeli army begins ground operations The outbreak occurred in the Gaza Strip after Hamas and other extremist groups attacked southern Israel on October 7 last year, resulting in the deaths of around 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Another 250 people were taken hostage.
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May 12, 2024
Israeli report on heavy fighting in northern Gaza
Israeli media reported that the country’s military was engaged in heavy fighting with armed Palestinian militants in the north. Gaza Strip.
of Haaretz The newspaper reported that the Israeli military confirmed that troops from the 98th Brigade raided Jabaliya overnight into Sunday.
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari earlier said warplanes struck targets in the densely populated area of Jabaliya, a former refugee camp., after civilians there were told to evacuate.
of era of israel On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had asked an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 Palestinians in the Jabaliya area to leave.
Extremist group Hamas designated as a terrorist organization by the US and Germany and Other reporters cited violent clashes between fighters and Israeli forces in the Jabaliya area, about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) north of Gaza City.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) expressed “extreme concern” over calls for evacuation in both Jabariya and Rafah in the south.
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May 12, 2024
Guterres calls for ceasefire, hostage release, surge in aid to Gaza
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations It called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the return of hostages and a “surge” in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.
“I reiterate my call, and the world’s call, for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and an immediate increase in humanitarian aid. But a ceasefire is only the beginning. “It’s going to be a long road because of the devastation and trauma of this war,” Guterres said in a video address Sunday at an international donor conference in Kuwait.
Despite international concerns over Israeli military incursions into the eastern Gaza Strip, Israeli attacks on Gaza continued Sunday after an evacuation order was extended to Rafah, effectively cutting off a major aid route. It was done.
“The war in Gaza has caused horrific human suffering, destroying lives and tearing families apart, leaving untold numbers of people homeless, hungry and traumatized,” Guterres said.
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