The war in the Gaza Strip is a brutal and long -lasting armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas organization, which intensified especially After Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Since then, Israeli forces have been conducting intensive military operation, which led to huge losses among civilians, the destruction of infrastructure and deepening the humanitarian crisis. This conflict has deep political, religious and historical roots.
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Offensive in the west shore
The WAFA Information Agency announced that several Palestinians were attacked with a tear help when the Israeli forces entered the city by byte Furik in the occupied west shore. Witnesses say that a large amount of firearms and tear gas were used during the raid, which led to many suffocation.
Israel attacks the port. He wants to force people to flee
The next Israel's raids were directed towards the port of Gaza, ”says Al Jazera. These air attacks, aimed at expelling people, proved to be very significant because they forced many families to leave these areas due to lack of security.
“The question remains where they can go. Israel ordered them to go to the Al-Mawasi region in the southern part of Gaza, but this area is filled with tents placed very close to each other in a dusty area,” writes the station reporter.
Resettled Palestinians escaping from the northern part of the Gaza StripApaimages / Shutterstock / East News
The data provided by the Palestinian authorities show that over 740,000 people – about 35 percent 2.1 million Gaza population-he is still in the north of the enclave. “However, continuous Israeli attacks force more people to escape,” emphasizes Al Jazera.
The number of fatalities is growing
According to the medical sources of Al Jazera stations, at least 36 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks from dawn, including 19 people in the city of Gaza. Today's number of fatalities also includes two people looking for humanitarian aid, killed by the Israeli army in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. In total, from the beginning of the war, the number of killed residents of the Gaza Strip is to exceed 65,000.
New contract for weapons
“The US is preparing a contract for the supply of weapons to Israel worth almost $ 6 billion,” informs Wall Street Journal. ” The main element of the contract is the delivery of 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters worth $ 3.8 billion, which would almost double the current fleet of Israeli Apache helicopters. In addition, the United States plans to sell an Israeli army of 3250 infantry combat vehicles worth $ 1.9 billion.
The US has blocked a resolution on the suspension of weapons
Meanwhile, the United States once again vetoed a resolution of the UN Security Council demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent suspension of weapons in the Gaza Strip.
The resolution also called for the release of all hostages detained by Hamas terrorists, and also appealed to Israel to abolish restrictions in humanitarian supplies and ensure the safe supply of its population, especially by UN agencies and their partners.
The draft document was presented by 10 unstable members of the Council (Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Gujana, Pakistan, Panama, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia). The USA is one of the five permanent members. Other countries that have this status are: China, France, Russia and Great Britain.
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The scale of damage can be seen in the pictures
Photographic agencies also report on the current situation in the Gaza Zone. The scale of damage is illustrated by photos taken, among others Directly on the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel.
Gaza Zone borderJack Guez / East News
On Friday in front of the UN headquarters in New York there was a protest against military operations in the Gaza Strip. He took part in it, among others British musician Roger Waters. – It is in their power, there in this building. They can do this next week – said a former member of the Pink Floyd group, calling for the US to accept a resolution on the suspension of weapons in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Agency also spoke on Friday for the help of Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), whose volunteers are present in Gaza. “The expression of misery, fear and hunger in the eyes of children is like a slow death for their parents,” said one of the employees of the organization.
Daily limb amputations and raging sepsis
Dr Hassan Al-Shaer, medical director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, who gave an interview for Al Jazera, alerted that the number of deaths among people after amputations increases due to a sepsis caused by severe wounds and a lack of antibiotics.
One of the victims of the Israeli raid is 10-year-old Noor Faraj, who lost both legs in the last hours. – I am still asking every doctors who pass by what I will give my daughter when he wakes up, and everyone replies that there are no antibiotics. The situation is extremely difficult and I feel completely helpless – said Rabab, the girl's mother.
