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The dead in Gaza from Israeli attacks approach 17,000, and 70% are women and children
The deaths in Gaza due to Israel’s attacks exceed 16,800 since the start of the war, the Strip’s Ministry of Health reported today, while in the last few hours there have been dozens of deaths due to constant Israeli bombings. Since the outbreak of the war two months ago, on October 7, the confirmed deaths in the Strip due to Israeli attacks are 16,827, 70 of them women and children, reported the Ministry of Health of the enclave, controlled by Hamas.
Albares transfers to Iraq the proposal for the recognition of the two States as a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict
Albares has announced through social networks that he has had a conversation with the Foreign Minister of Iraq, Fuad Hussein, “to discuss our bilateral relations and the situation in the region.” “I have conveyed Spain’s support for the stability of Iraq and the commitment to peace in the Middle East and the materialization of the two-state solution,” he explained.
Israel claims to have destroyed Hezbollah positions in Lebanon from the air
Israeli fighter jets destroyed positions of the Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli Army reported this Thursday. The Israeli Air Force attacked “terrorist infrastructure, launch sites, military positions (…) of the terrorist organization,” the Army said in a statement. The Israeli forces thus responded to the launching of projectiles from Lebanon into Israel, he stressed.
Netanyahu assures that they are already close to the Hamas leader’s home
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured that his troops have already achieved fence Sinwar’s homethe leader of Hamas: “His house may not be his fortress and he can escape, but it is only a matter of time before we catch him,” he explained.
Amnesty calls for investigating the attack on journalists in Lebanon as a “war crime”
Amnesty International (AI) asked this Thursday that “be investigated as a war crime“an attack by the Israeli Army in southern Lebanon that on October 13 caused the death of a Reuters journalist and the wounding of six other journalists. In a statement, AI said that has verified more than 100 videos and photosanalyzed fragments of weapons from the scene and interviewed nine witnesses about “the Israeli attacks against a group of seven journalists”, and that “they were probably a direct attack against civilians that should be investigated as a war crime.”
Israel destroys one of the oldest mosques in the Gaza Strip
Israeli bombings destroyed the old mosque of Otman Bin Qashqar, one of the oldest Muslim temples in Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The mosque “was bombed today by Israeli warplanes, which also caused casualties and damage to nearby homes,” the same media said.
As detailed, the building, located in the Old City of Gaza, was built around the year 1220. “Despite its small area,” it was among the “oldest” mosques and archaeological sites in the Strip and was adjacent to the Al Omari Grand Mosque, which “was also destroyed” in the war. According to Wafa, since the conflict began on October 7 between Israel and Hamas, Israeli attacks have ended important part of historical monuments and cultural heritage of Gaza.
Borrell asks the EU to support Guterres’ request: ceasefire and article 99
The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrellhas asked the members of the European Union and its partners in the UN Security Council to support the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, after he invoked the article 99 of the Charter of the organization for the humanitarian situation in the Middle East.
“I call on EU members of the UN Security Council and like-minded partners to support Guterres’ call. The Security Council must act immediately to avoid a total collapse of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. I also ask Israel to allow all UN Agencies, including its humanitarian coordinator, Lynn Hastings, to provide urgent support to civilians in Gaza,” Borrell posted on his X social network account, formerly Twitter.
António Guterres invokes article 99 of the UN Charter and Israel responds: “Its mandate is a danger to peace”
Two months after the explosion conflict between Israel and HamasUN Secretary-General António Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time since taking office in 2017. In response, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Eli Cohenreacted by criticizing the secretary general, who considers “a danger to world peace“.
“Guterres’ mandate is a danger to world peace. His request to activate Article 99 and the call for a ceasefire in Gaza constitutes support for the terrorist organization Hamas and an endorsement of the murder of the elderly, the kidnapping of babies and the rape of women,” Cohen said on X (formerly Twitter). “Anyone who supports world peace must support the liberation of Gaza from Hamas,” he added.
