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How bad is the humanitarian situation?
The death toll from Israel’s relentless war on Gaza has reached 27,019, with more than 66,139 people injured.
Israeli occupation forces killed a medical staff member of al-Amal hospital near the hospital gates. Meanwhile, an older woman and an infant died due to a shortage of the oxygen they were depending on.
Israeli Occupation Crimes in Gaza
Following the Israeli military’s partial withdrawal, over 30 bodies buried in black bags under the sand were discovered in a UNRWA school in Beit Lahiya, north of the Gaza strip. The bodies were executed at point-blank range while handcuffed and blindfolded.
The burning of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip by Israeli occupation forces is the implementation of orders from their officers leading the fighting, as reported by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz.
What is the economic impact of the war on Gaza?
Gaza's economy shrank by 24% in 2023, nearing its 1994 level, while 79% of Gaza's labor force is unemployed.
Restoring pre-conflict socioeconomic conditions in Gaza will take decades and requires substantial foreign aid, according to a new assessment by the UN.
What is the situation in the West Bank?
Israeli occupation forces have conducted several raids across the occupied West Bank, while violent clashes between Palestinian resistance groups and Israeli forces erupted in Tubas city of the West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 44 Palestinians during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank. Since October 7, Israeli forces have detained at least 6,460 Palestinians in the West Bank.
What are the updates from UNRWA?
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called for the closure of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, "It's time for the international community and the UN itself to understand that UNRWA’s mission must be terminated," Netanyahu told visiting UN delegates.
UNRWA staff were forced to flee Khan Younis due to Israeli bombardment. "We've lost a health clinic, major shelters – facilities that were supporting the people of Khan Younis," says Thomas White, UNRWA’s director in Gaza.
Legal cases against the Genocide
A U.S. federal court dismissed a lawsuit against US President Joe Biden while admitting, "Israel’s military siege in Gaza is intended to eradicate a whole people and therefore plausibly falls within the international prohibition against genocide."
Israelis filed a lawsuit in a US federal court in Washington, demanding that Iran pay compensation for the murders and the physical and mental injuries - "for its responsibility" in the October 7 attack.
About 70 US cities, including Chicago and Seattle, have passed resolutions in relation to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, with most calling for an immediate ceasefire.
What is happening in the region?
The European Union plans to launch a naval mission in the Red Sea within three weeks to help defend cargo ships against attacks by the Ansarallah group in Yemen, said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Yemen’s Ansarallah group carried out a missile attack, targeting a US vessel ship that was heading to the ports of occupied Palestine, while US and UK forces launched at least 7 strikes on Hodeidah city of Yemen.
What is the situation at the Lebanese border?
Lebanese Hezbollah launched two anti-tank missiles at Israeli settlements and outposts, north of Occupied Palestine. More than 500 houses and buildings were damaged by Hezbollah attacks since October 10.
Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, has warned local authorities in northern Israel that power may be lost in the event of a wider conflict with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, as reported by the Institute for the Study of War.
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