Hamas says 200 killed in 24 hours of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel pressed on with its offensive specializing in the southern Gaza Strip, with clouds of gray and black smoke rising over Khan Yunis metropolis. AFPTV pictures additionally confirmed black smoke drifting over the north.

The well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza reported 201 deaths up to now 24 hours throughout the territory, updating the dying toll because the begin of the warfare to twenty,258, most of them girls and kids.

Preventing started on October 7 when Hamas militants broke by way of Gaza’s border and killed about 1,140 folks in Israel, principally civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli figures.

Israel in response vowed to destroy Hamas and launched a relentless bombardment and floor invasion of Gaza.

Saturday’s strikes got here after the Safety Council authorized a decision demanding “speedy, secure and unhindered” deliveries of life-saving assist to Gaza “at scale”. 

It additionally known as for the creation of “situations for a sustainable cessation of hostilities”, however didn’t search a direct finish to fight.

Members had wrangled for days over the wording, and it’s nonetheless unclear what if any influence the vote could have on the bottom.

At Washington’s insistence, they toned down some provisions and prevented calling for a ceasefire that may cease the warfare.

The Gaza well being ministry stated dozens of Palestinians have been killed this week and publicly “executed” in northern Gaza.

The Israeli “bloodbath resulted within the dying of dozens” of individuals in Jabalia camp and Jabalia city, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra stated.

When contacted by AFP, the Israeli military didn’t instantly touch upon the allegations however stated it ensures that its “strikes in opposition to navy targets adjust to the provisions of worldwide legislation”.

– Hamas ‘misplaced contact’ with hostage guards –

With 1.9 million Gazans displaced, in accordance with UN figures, out of a inhabitants of two.4 million, many have been pressured into crowded shelters or tents, struggling to search out meals, gasoline, water and medical care.

UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres stated a “humanitarian ceasefire” is the one approach for assist “to be successfully delivered”.

The problem shouldn’t be the variety of assist vehicles, he stated, however “the way in which Israel is conducting this offensive is creating large obstacles” to assist distribution.

Instantly after the UN vote, Israel once more vowed to struggle on till Hamas is “eradicated” and hostages are freed.

“Israel will proceed the warfare in Gaza,” stated Overseas Minister Eli Cohen, insisting it was authorized and simply.

A strike which the Palestinian well being ministry stated killed 4 members of the identical household together with a woman in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Friday focused a Hamas arms procurement official, Israel’s military stated.

It stated Hassan al-Atrash was accountable for weapons buy and manufacturing for the group’s armed wing, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, and helped smuggle arms into Gaza.

Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Hamas armed wing, stated the group had “misplaced contact” with militants tasked with guarding 5 Israeli hostages, out of about 250 captives together with foreigners seized from Israel on October 7.

The 5 hostages embrace three aged males who appeared in a video from captivity, launched by Hamas earlier this week.

“We imagine that these hostages have been killed” in Israeli strikes, Abu Obeida stated with out offering proof. There was no speedy remark from Israel.

Israeli authorities say 129 hostages stay in Gaza.

– Displaced once more –

The Palestinian well being ministry stated on Saturday 18 folks have been killed in a strike on a home on the central Nuseirat refugee camp, and reported others up and down the Gaza Strip.

At Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, males gently led a weeping girl who had seen the our bodies of family. A person crouched down in tears, his hand resting on a black physique bag. Outdoors, others prayed earlier than one other corpse.

“This can be a genocide,” stated Rafat al-Aydi, standing earlier than the our bodies which lay underneath a bush of vivid purple flowers.

Allies, together with the USA which offers Israel with billions of {dollars} in navy assist, have more and more pressured Israel to keep away from civilian casualties.

A one-week truce that Qatar helped mediate, with assist from Egypt and Washington, ended on December 1. It noticed 80 Israeli hostages launched from Gaza captivity in alternate for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

Israel has repeatedly instructed Palestinians to make their method to areas within the tiny territory it says are secure, however even after they do residents say they nonetheless have been bombarded.

World Well being Group chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated a lot of the displaced have been now going “total days and nights with out consuming”, and “famine is looming”.

On Friday hundreds fled central Gaza after a military evacuation order.

It warned residents of Bureij refugee camp to maneuver “for their very own safety” in direction of Deir al-Balah metropolis additional south.

The UN company for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, stated the newest evacuation order would have an effect on greater than 150,000 folks.

“The Israeli military simply orders folks to maneuver into areas the place there are ongoing air strikes,” Thomas White, UNRWA’s Gaza director, wrote on social media.

– Drone strike off India –

Removed from Gaza, a brand new assault on transport Saturday added to fears of a regional escalation.

Maritime companies stated a drone strike broken a service provider ship in waters off Veraval, India. There was no declare of duty.

Missiles from Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who say they act in solidarity with Gaza, have already disrupted Crimson Sea transport.

US Nationwide Safety Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson stated Iran “was deeply concerned in planning the operations in opposition to business vessels within the Crimson Sea”.

However Iranian deputy international minister Ali Bagheri denied the allegations, saying the Huthis act on their “personal choices and capabilities”.

There even have been cross-border squirmishes between Israeli forces and Lebanon’s highly effective Hezbollah motion which, like Hamas, is backed by Iran.

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