International Concerns Mount Over Israeli Intensification in Gaza: Stay Informed with Live Updates

2023-12-26 20:26:31

Benjamin Netanyahu’s warnings worry the international community. The Quai d’Orsay is said to be “seriously concerned by the announcement by the Israeli authorities of an intensification and prolongation of the fighting in Gaza”, in a press release published Tuesday, December 26. Paris “strongly reiterates its call for an immediate truce leading to a ceasefire”and demands once once more “concrete measures” from Israel “to protect the lives of the civilian population in Gaza”. Follow our live stream.

The UN appoints its humanitarian aid coordinator in Gaza. Sigrid Kaag, Dutch Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in the outgoing government of Mark Rutte, has been appointed by the UN to be coordinator of humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Gaza, the organization announced on Tuesday December 26 . Sigrid Kaag, who is due to take office on January 8, “facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify shipments of humanitarian aid to Gaza” and will also have the task of putting “establishes a United Nations mechanism to accelerate shipments of humanitarian aid to Gaza through states not parties to the conflict”specified the spokesperson for Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Telephone and internet completely cut off once more in Gaza. The Palestinian telecommunications company, Paltel, announced on Tuesday a new general outage in the Gaza Strip, the fourth since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7. Paltel explains this blackout by “the continuation of the aggression”while the Israeli army continues its offensive begun more than two months ago on the Palestinian enclave.

More than 240 Palestinians killed in 24 hours according to Hamas. Israeli strikes killed 20,915 people in the Gaza Strip and injured 54,918 others, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health – a toll that franceinfo cannot confirm, due to a lack of independent verification on site.

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