Gaza power plant goes out of service
Officials in Gaza say the enclave faces humanitarian catastrophe with the power plant shutting down completely due to the depletion of fuel. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz agree to form emergency unity government and war cabinet after Hamas’s surprise attack. The sole power plant in Gaza is out of service due to a lack of fuel, threatening to stretch over-capacity medical facilities even further.
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, says Israeli attacks have killed nine UN staffers since Saturday.
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has begun rationing and directing its limited power to emergency services to save as many injured people as possible.
British Airways suspends flights to Tel Aviv
A spokesperson for British Airways says the airline was suspending flights to Tel Aviv after a flight bound to the Israeli city was diverted and headed back to London.
UK foreign secretary scrambles for safety as raid sirens sound
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly was seen running into a building in Israel as a siren sounded in a video clip posted on X by the Israeli foreign ministry. The siren warned of incoming Hamas rocket fire and went off during his visit to Ofakim in southern Israel. Britain, along with its Western allies, has expressed steadfast support for Israel and condemned the attacks by Hamas as usual.
We are seeing the ‘dehumanisation of Palestinians’: Professor
Abdullah al-Arian, a history professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, says the events unfolding in Gaza now are rooted in the “dehumanisation of Palestinians”. “The idea that the entire population is somehow guilty of something and therefore deserving of this,” al-Arian explained.
He also warned that the conflict had entered “unprecedented waters”.
