A month after Palestinian group Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, the nation’s retaliation has now reached the “heart of Gaza City” even as global calls for a ceasefire continue to grow louder. Israel’s massive campaign in Gaza came after the October 7 rocket attack that killed over 1,400 people. In Gaza, the Hamas controlled-government has said over 10,000 Palestinians including children have been in Israel’s relentless bombardment. Currently, the Israel forces are trying to ‘locate and disable’ Hamas’ vast tunnel network under the Palestinian enclave
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Hamas accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of “colluding” with Israel in the “forced displacement” of residents of Gaza.
“UNRWA and its officials bear responsibility for this humanitarian catastrophe, in particular the residents of the Gaza (City) area and north of it” who are following instructions to flee, said Salama Maruf, head of the media bureau of Gaza rulers Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday that combat engineers have uncovered and destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels in Gaza.
The IDF said that in addition to the tunnels, other underground Hamas infrastructure such as command centers were also destroyed.
“The enemy’s preparation for a prolonged stay in the tunnels can be seen based on water and oxygen means found in the tunnels,” the IDF said.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has summoned the Scotland Yard chief for a meeting on Wednesday to hold him “accountable” for policing plans for protests over the coming Remembrance weekend when Britain commemorates its World War martyrs.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has stated that there is no absolute power to ban the right to peaceful protest in the country, and a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict will go ahead on Saturday.
Israeli security forces arrested 37 wanted Palestinians, over 10 of whom are associated with Hamas, in counter-terror raids around Judea and Samaria overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war, over 1,430 wanted persons have been arrested throughout Judea and Samaria in counter-terror raids, of whom more than 900 are associated with Hamas.
Italy will send a hospital ship close to the coast of Gaza to help treat victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Wednesday.
The ship is leaving on Wednesday from the western Italian port of Civitavecchia with 170 staff, including 30 people trained for medical emergencies, the minister said, adding that Italy was also working to send a field hospital to Gaza.
Israel’s war to wipe out Hamas in Gaza is “the war of the free world”, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told EU lawmakers in Brussels.
Cohen also said Israel was attacked not only by Hamas but by other militias in the region that are supported by Iran, which he called “the world number one financer of terror”.
Belgium’s deputy prime minister called on the Belgian government on Wednesday to adopt sanctions against Israel and investigate the bombings of hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza.
“It is time for sanctions against Israel. The rain of bombs is inhumane,” deputy prime minister Petra De Sutter told Nieuwsblad newspaper. “It is clear that Israel does not care about the international demands for a ceasefire,” she said.
The US has asked the Israeli government to distinguish between Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians as Israel intensified its retaliation in the region after Hamas launched a surprise attack on October 7.
“We have raised directly with the Israeli Government about the need to distinguish between Hamas terrorists and Palestinian civilians. This is something that the Secretary has raised directly on his travels. We even laid out that we believe that there are commitments that can be made additionally on dealing with protecting civilian life more effectively, and we’re watching very closely to make sure that happens,” said US State
Ahead of Diwal,i Israel’s ambassador to India has urged Indians to light a ‘Diya of Hope’ for the hostages from his country who are being held by Hamas since last month’s assault.
Mr Gilon posted a video on X and said that just as Lord Ram’s return is celebrated on Diwali by lighting Diyas, a diya (lamp) must be lit in the hope of having our loved ones return.
The widespread and systematic bombardment of housing and civilian infrastructure in Gaza amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, an independent United Nations expert said Wednesday.
A month of Israeli attacks on targets within the Gaza Strip have destroyed or damaged 45 percent of all housing units in the Palestinian territory, Balakrishnan Rajagopal said, warning the destruction comes at a “tremendous cost to human life”.
Israel said it was tightening the “stranglehold” around Hamas in Gaza City as the military operation on Wednesday aimed at smashing the Palestinian militants gathered pace despite ceasefire calls.
The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said the death toll from the war there reached 10,569 on Wednesday, as fighting in the Palestinian territory enters its second month.
The ministry said there were 4,324 children among the dead and 2,823 women, with more than 26,000 more wounded since war broke out on October 7.
An employee of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been killed in Gaza along with several family members, the group said Tuesday. Mohammed Al Ahel, a laboratory technician, was killed in his home in the Shati refugee camp when the area was bombed and his building collapsed, MSF said in a statement.
