Israel's attacks on Gaza continue to intesify for 43 straight days, 12,000 Palestinians killed
18 Nov 2023 11:09am
Gaza - Xinhua Photo
Additionally, more than 30,000 others have been injured, reported Anadolu Agency.
An Israeli blockade has also cut Gaza off from fuel, electricity and water supplies, and reduced aid deliveries to a trickle.
"Innocent civilians, including thousands of children, have died in the past weeks,” European Union (UN) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. "One horror does not justify another.”
After claiming that the main headquarters of Hamas, was underneath it, Israel occupied the Al-Shifa Medical Complex. But other than rusty weapons and several cameras it claimed to have found in the building, Israel did not present any evidence for its claims, which sparked criticism.
United Nations (UN) rapporteurs reported that Israel committed "genocide" with its serious violations against Palestinians in Gaza.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said Gaza has turned from the world's largest open-air prison into its largest open cemetery due to Israel's ongoing blockade and intense attacks.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said Palestinians will not accept Israel's attempts to occupy Gaza or separate it from the West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Israeli tanks surrounded the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the north of Gaza and teams could not reach the wounded in the area.
There were scores of deaths and injuries from an Israeli air strike Friday that targeted the central and southern parts of Gaza.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gaza, Israeli helicopters and planes attacked houses in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south of Gaza.
The government in Gaza announced that more than 7,000 displaced people, patients and medical staff at the Al-Shifa Hospital, besieged by Israel, are facing death because of a lack of water and food.
‘There is no water, food or milk for children in the Al-Shifa Hospital where 650 patients and approximately 7,000 displaced people are sheltered," said the government's media office.
The Israeli army raided the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the north of the West Bank with dozens of military vehicles, according to the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA.
In attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers on the Jenin refugee camp, three Palestinians were killed and nine were injured.
Continuing restrictions around the Al-Aqsa complex, Israeli police prevented Palestinians from performing Friday prayers in the mosque.
Israeli forces also detained 47 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
"Israeli forces continued detention raids against Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club. "The number of Palestinians detained in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Oct 7 reached 2,800.”
The Palestinian Statistics Centre stated that there are still 807,000 Palestinians who have not left their homes in Gaza and Northern Gaza cities, which were exposed to intense attacks by the Israeli army.
Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Israel's expansion of its occupation of the Gaza Strip toward the south poses "great risks,” noting that the protection of civilians is the first priority.
"The only solution now is to stop the war," he said.
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