2023-11-06 07:11:38
Cover image: Israeli bombings on Gaza City, November 5, 2023. Abed Khaled / AP
The Israeli army announced on Sunday November 5 a campaign of strikes « significant » in the Gaza Strip, Who “will continue tonight and in the days to come”, said army spokesperson Daniel Hagari. According to him, troops operating in the Palestinian territory have cut Gaza in two: “South Gaza and North Gaza”.The Hamas government claimed that Israel was carrying out “intense bombardments” around several hospitals, including Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in Gaza.The Israeli army, once again accusing Hamas of using hospitals in the war, published images showing – among other things – according to it, Hamas members firing from a hospital in Gaza. The Hamas government has categorically denied these allegations, accusing Israel of using them as a pretext to target hospitals.Phone and internet lines in Gaza have been cut by Israel, for the third time since October 7, according to the Palestinian operator Paltel. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it had lost contact with its teams in Gaza.Faced with a toll that grows higher by the day, the leaders of the main UN agencies published a rare joint statement on Sunday evening to express their indignation. “We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. It’s been thirty days. Enough is enough. This must stop now”they wrote, also calling on Hamas to release the more than 240 hostages taken to the Gaza Strip on October 7 after its attack on Israeli soil which sparked the war.Israel will allow “another passage for civilians from northern Gaza and Gaza City to the south”assured the army spokesperson, while 300,000 to 400,000 people are still believed to be in the north of the territory where the humanitarian situation is considered catastrophic.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned against “forced displacement” Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank. According to the United Nations, more than 1.5 million people have been displaced inside the Gaza Strip.Antony Blinken then traveled to Cyprus, where he discussed the creation “of a maritime corridor”, proposed by the Eastern Mediterranean island to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.Visiting Turkey on Monday, the head of American diplomacy will not be received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish president accuses the West of applying a policy of double standards in the region and of losing its moral authority. And he cut all contacts with the Israeli authorities and recalled Ankara’s ambassador to Israel as a sign of protest.The King of Jordan announced the airdrop of emergency medical aid to Gaza early Monday morning, intended for a Jordanian field hospital, adding: “It is our duty to help our wounded brothers and sisters”on X.Since the start of the conflict on October 7, 9,770 people, mainly civilians including 4,800 children, have been killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip., according to the latest assessment on Saturday of the Hamas government, which has been in power there since 2007. In the West Bank, more than 150 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Authority, were killed by fire from Israeli soldiers or settlers. Hamas’ attack on Israel killed 1,400 people.
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