Israeli aggression on besieged Gaza — now in its 32nd day — has killed at least 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children and 2,719 women.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says neither Israel nor Hamas would govern Gaza once the ongoing war is over. / Photo: Reuters
"It has been a month of intense bombardment in Gaza. 10,000 people have died. Over 4,000 of them were children," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, asking:"How long will this human catastrophe last?" 1558 GMT — Palestinian envoy to UK flays world's silence over Israeli attacks, fears 2nd 'Nakba' in Gaza
Authorities in Gaza said a large number of people were killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes on a residential neighbourhood in the central city of Deir al Balah. International institutions and non-governmental organisations operating in Gaza are also due to attend.Hamas has said that Israel had obstructed the release of 12 foreigners held by the Palestinian resistance group in Gaza.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson Jens Laerke shared a video of the commemoration on social media platform X, writing:"A solemn and profoundly sad moment at UN Geneva today, honouring our UNRWA colleagues killed in Gaza." The UN is trying"to do more" to establish a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel has continued relentless attacks for a month now, the international body's director of information services said.
The Israeli army said it hit two targets inside the Lebanese territory, including a military post of the Hezbollah group. No official data has yet been released on the scale of the economic losses as a result of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, where unemployment stood at 46 percent even before the attacks commenced on October 7, while 80 percent of its population was dependent on humanitarian aid.Two more Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli forces' intensified attacks on civilians in Gaza, bringing the total number of journalists killed since October 7 to 49.
Turk is in Cairo on Tuesday and will visit Rafah, located on the border with Gaza, on Wednesday, before he travels to the Jordanian capital of Amman on Thursday, his office said.The United Arab Emirates is to set up a field hospital in Gaza, official media said after the number of people killed in Israeli bombardments passed 10,000.
According to a previous statement, the number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank since October 7 has exceeded 2,200.China and the United Arab Emirates have demanded the UN Security Council adopt an"actionable" resolution on Palestine. Russia's foreign ministry has said that a statement by an Israeli junior minister who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza had raised many questions.
Lulls in the fighting are being sought to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and the release of some of the estimated 240 hostages that Hamas seized when it initiated Operation Al Aqsa Flood on October 7, a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea and air.The UN Security Council failed again to agree on a resolution on the monthlong Israeli assault on Gaza.
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