2023-11-09 08:36:59
10:08 h
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in raids in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians during two military raids in the southern occupied West Bank, where clashes have broken out. “The occupation forces shot dead two people in Beit Fajar, south of Bethlehem, and in Dura, south of Hebron,” said the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian National Authority, identifying the deceased as Muhamed Farid. Hamdan Thawabta, 51, and Anas Naser Muhamed Abu Atwan, 30.
When Israeli forces stormed near Hebron, violent clashes broke out, “during which occupation soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas bombs at citizens, killing Anas Naser Abu Atwan by gunshot wounds to the chest,” the official news agency reported. Palestinian, Wafa.
In the riots near Bethlehem, at least 19 Palestinians were injured by live bullets, two of them in serious condition, the same source added. When consulted by EFE, the Army has not provided information about these events.
Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, which include mass arrests and the demolition of the family homes of Palestinians accused of terrorism, have become even more violent in the wake of the war that broke out between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7. Since that day, at least 165 West Bank Palestinians, including 45 minors, have been killed by fire from Israeli troops or attacks by Jewish settlers. Additionally, more than 1,600 Palestinians have been injured in the West Bank in that same period.
08:02 h
Nearly 100 UN officials killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
The UN spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, has already put the number of UN officials killed in the Israeli attacks at 99, all from the Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), the largest number of United Nations workers who lose their jobs. life in a conflict in such a short time.
Most of them have died “in their homes, with their families,” specified Dujarric, who acknowledged that when this conflict ends “there will have to be accountability, and we will follow the current UN procedures when its personnel die” in conflicts. .
Regarding Hamas’ accusations that UNRWA may be complicit with Israel in promoting or facilitating the forced displacement of the population, the spokesperson said that this agency “and the UN in general do not collude with anyone: our only interest is to help to the people of Gaza at this horrendous and indescribable moment in their history, and we will continue to do so.”
07:27 h
A Mexican nurse evacuated after weeks in Gaza: “It is indescribable, the attacks are indiscriminate”
Mexican nurse Michelle Ravell, originally from the state of Veracruz and collaborator with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), said this Wednesday in a press conference that Gaza is experiencing “an unprecedented humanitarian crisis” and that she felt “in danger many times.” during the attacks by Israel. Ravell has managed to leave Gaza and reach Mexico after several weeks of attempts.
“It is indescribable what I have experienced these weeks in Gaza. The attacks are indiscriminate. I felt in danger many times and I felt like they were going to kill me,” said Ravell, who has been collaborating with MSF for four years and has participated in other humanitarian missions within the Republic of Mexico and also in South Sudan.
“I have seen boys and girls die in my hands, but not on this magnitude. Is not the same. Each country has its particularity, but Gaza is a massacre,” she stated. “There is no safe place in Gaza. I fear for the lives of my colleagues and for all the people who live there. (…) The attacks are indiscriminate, at any time and in any place. He felt imminent death. “I myself said goodbye to my family,” Ravell admitted.
Before the bombing began, Ravell described Gaza as “an overcrowded and noisy city,” but since October 7, “you couldn’t even hear the birds.” There are already more than 10,000 dead in the Gaza Strip one month after the outbreak of the conflict, which began on October 7 with a surprise attack by the Hamas group that has left more than 1,400 dead in Israel.
There is a lack of electricity, fuel and medical supplies, which has led to respiratory tract infections and intestinal problems. “There is no anesthesia to relieve pain. There are people who are being amputated with paracetamol. The lack of medicines is incredible,” she exclaimed.
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