UN experts say they “remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide” amid Israel’s unrelenting attacks on the Gaza Strip. Fierce fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters is reported in northern Gaza and Gaza City as bombardment of the besieged enclave intensifies.
As Israeli attacks on Gaza continue unabated, with Hamas fighters getting just modest armed support from Lebanon-based Hezbollah, another, somewhat unexpected ally has stepped in to help the Palestinian armed group: the Houthis
Cross-border fighting along the Israel-Lebanon border has increased – with an Israeli town and military positions hit in northern Israel and Israel’s military attack fighters in Lebanon – ahead of a speech tomorrow by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
US top diplomat Antony Blinken is expected to push for “a series of brief cessations of military operations in Gaza” during a visit to Israel tomorrow, White House officials say.
Israeli bombing has killed at least 29 people and injured dozens more in the third attack on Jabalia refugee camp in as many days; at least 15 people have been killed in an attack on the Bureij refugee camp.
A group of UN experts has warned that Palestinians face a “grave risk of genocide” as Israel’s unrelenting bombardments of Gaza continue.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the Israeli offensive in northern Gaza “is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid to about 300,000 displaced people”.