2023-10-14 08:49:14
► The death toll in Gaza rises to 1,900, including 614 children
The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip rose to 1,900, the Palestinian health ministry of Hamas said on Friday evening, October 13, after an increase in Israeli bombings on this Palestinian territory controlled by the Islamist movement.
These incessant strikes “cost the lives of 1,900 martyrs including 614 children and 370 women”he said in a statement, adding that 7,696 people had been injured.
► More than 1,300 buildings destroyed in Gaza
More than 1,300 buildings have been completely destroyed in the Gaza Strip, the UN announced on Saturday, after a week of intense bombardment by Israeli forces.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said that 5,540 houses “were destroyed”while nearly 3,750 others were so damaged that they are uninhabitable.
► A senior Hamas military official killed by the Israeli army
A senior military official from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was killed in the past 24 hours by the Israeli air force, a military spokesperson announced on Saturday.
“During an air force operation over the past 24 hours, command bases of the terrorist organization Hamas were hit. During this operation, Mourad Abou Mourad, head of air operations (of Hamas) in Gaza City, responsible for a large part of the deadly offensive launched on Saturday against Israel, was liquidated.said the spokesperson in a press release.
► Several “terrorists” killed during an infiltration attempt from Lebanon
Several “terrorists” were killed Saturday morning during an attempt to infiltrate Israel from Lebanon foiled by the army, an Israeli army spokesperson announced.
“Israeli army soldiers identified a few hours ago a terrorist commando who was trying to enter Israeli territory from Lebanon. A drone targeted this commando and killed several terrorists”said the spokesperson in a press release.
► Josep Borrell considers the order to evacuate Gaza “totally impossible”
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said on Saturday that an Israeli order to evacuate more than a million people from northern Gaza in a single day was “totally impossible to implement”.
Israel ordered Friday to evacuate to the south within 24 hours “all civilians” from Gaza City, ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history last week.
► A mass evacuation from northern Gaza would be “catastrophic”
A mass evacuation from northern Gaza would be “catastrophic”for hospital patients, hospitals in the south are already at full capacity, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated on Friday.
“A mass evacuation would be catastrophic for patients, health personnel and other civilians left behind or caught up in the mass movement”estimated the WHO in a press release.
Importantly, the health ministry’s four hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have already reached or exceeded capacity, and do not have the intensive care capacity and supplies needed to treat the additional patients, the ministry argued. WHO.
► Saudi Arabia “categorically” rejects the evacuation of Gaza
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it rejects “categorically” any displacement of the population of Gaza, condemning the bombing of “defenseless civilians”his strongest criticism of Israel since the attack launched by Hamas.
Riyad “declares its categorical rejection of calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian population from Gaza, and its condemnation of the continued bombardment of defenseless civilians” in this territory, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
► Biden assures that “the humanitarian crisis” in Gaza is “a priority” for him
Joe Biden assured Friday that “it was also a priority (for him) to respond urgently to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza”on the seventh day of the war between Israel and Hamas.
“My teams in the region are working, in communication with the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, other Arab nations and the United Nations, to increase support” humanitarian, said the American president, adding: “We cannot lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians have nothing to do with Hamas. »
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