More than 1,000 Palestinians killed in West Bank since Gaza war began: UNThe UN’s human rights office is reporting that at least 1,001 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops and settlers in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023.
Approximately one in five of those killed – 213 in total – have been children, the UN found.
Civil Defence condemns Israeli attack on civilian car east of Gaza City as ‘massacre’Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, says a “new massacre” has been committed by Israel in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
In a statement, Basal said Israeli forces had targeted a car carrying 11 members of the Shaaban family, including seven children and two women, after they advanced east of the city and crossed the yellow line where Israeli forces are stationed.
“They could have been warned or dealt with in a way that would not have led to death, but what happened confirms that the occupation remains bloodthirsty and determined to commit crimes against innocent civilians,” Basal said.
More than 280 Palestinian bodies recovered from rubble: Gaza’s civil defenceMahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the rescue agency, says about 10,000 Palestinians are believed to be buried under the destruction of Israel’s two-year bombardment.
“Civil Defence teams are working around the clock in extremely difficult conditions, but they are in dire need of advanced and heavy equipment to accomplish their tasks,” Basal said in a statement shared on Telegram.
He said the agency receives dozens of appeals each day from Palestinian families asking for the bodies of their loved-ones to be recovered from the rubble.
“We have submitted to all international organisations lists of our urgent needs and the technical requirements necessary for the recovery operations,” he added.
Israeli soldiers open fire at olive pickers in south Lebanon: ReportLebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli soldiers fired shots at people picking olives, who were accompanied by Lebanese army troops and UN peacekeepers, outside the border town of Aitaroun.
The agency said there were no casualties in the incident.
Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah member in southern LebanonThe Israeli military says its forces carried out an attack in southern Lebanon’s Kherbet Selem area earlier today, killing “a terrorist who took part in Hezbollah’s attempts to reestablish its military capabilities”.
The army also said in a statement published on Telegram that a day earlier, the Israeli troops dismantled “a Hezbollah military structure that posed a threat” to them in the Yaroun area, also in southern Lebanon.
Israel claims to have attacked ‘terrorists’ in southern GazaThe Israeli military says it identified “several terrorists” exiting a tunnel shaft in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis area who were approaching Israeli soldiers.
According to a statement on Telegram, the army said the “terrorists were struck, in accordance with the agreement”.
It added that earlier today, several other alleged “terrorists” were identified leaving a tunnel shaft and fired towards troops in the area, but caused no casualties.
UNRWA calls for shelter supplies to be allowed into GazaThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says it has enough shelter supplies for 1.3 million people in Gaza, but they are being blocked from entering the enclave.
“UNRWA has what’s needed – sitting just a few hours’ drive away – and has the teams and infrastructure to distribute it,” the agency said on X.
As we’ve been reporting, many of the tens of thousands of Palestinians who returned to northern Gaza when the ceasefire took hold have found their homes and neighbourhoods completely destroyed by the Israeli bombardment.
The UN’s humanitarian chief said last week that the global body hopes to bring thousands of tents into Gaza to help displaced families and those who do not have adequate shelter. Tom Fletcher said it was particularly important to scale up the response before the upcoming rainy season.
The UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing last week also called for Israel to allow the urgent entry of tents and mobile homes to help Palestinians across the territory.
“Even immediate relief and aid to the people of Gaza is not possible unless Israel stops controlling all the entry points. That is essential,” Balakrishnan Rajagopal told Al Jazeera.
‘UN died in Gaza’ as it failed to stop children dying of starvation: UN expertMichael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, says “the UN died in Gaza” when two Palestinian children – two-month-old Mahmoud Fattouh and Yazan al-Kafarneh, 10 – died of starvation in February and March last year.
Speaking during a UN General Assembly committee hearing in New York City, Fakhri said, “These were the first children to have reportedly been killed by malnutrition, dehydration and hunger during Israel’s recent starvation campaign in Gaza,”
“When a parent is helplessly holding their starving child in their arms, looking into their child’s eyes, who is dying from hunger, it indicates an entire society is under attack, and that famine is taking hold. Every time any child dies from hunger, dehydration and malnutrition, the world slips more into the abyss,” the UN expert said.
“You have listened to Israel announce its genocidal intentions, and witnessed Israel’s genocidal actions against the Palestinian people in Gaza. You have witnessed Israel conduct the fastest starvation campaign in modern history. Even with this current ceasefire, Israel’s starvation campaign continues. Israel’s genocide, occupation and Nakba in Palestine has not ended,” Fakhri added.
He called on the General Assembly to pass a resolution recommending UN peacekeepers accompany humanitarian convoys into Gaza. “If peacekeepers are not used to stop starvation and genocide, then what else are we doing here?”
Olive pickers assualted by Israeli settlers in West Bank’s Aqraba, FarkhaIsraeli settlers attacked olive pickers in the towns of Aqraba, south of Nablus, and Farkha, south of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
Mustafa Hammad, head of the Farkha village council, told the Wafa news agency that a farmer had been picking olives with his wife and son when he was attacked and severely beaten by settlers.
The farmer was later transferred to Salfit Governmental Hospital for treatment.
Hammad explained that settlers had forced the farmer’s family off their land last week and returned this week.
At the same time, in Aqraba, settlers targeted farmers looking after their olive fields and forced them off their lands, local sources told Wafa.
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