2023-12-29 11:37:41
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Hamas Health Ministry announces new death toll of 21,507
The Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health announced Friday that Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip had left 21,507 dead since the war began on October 7. This toll includes 187 people killed in the last 24 hours, said the ministry, which also reported 55,915 injured since October 7.
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UNRWA says one of its convoys was targeted by Israeli army
The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that the Israeli army had fired on one of its aid convoys in the Gaza Strip, without reporting any casualties.
He denounced the fact that humanitarian workers were “themselves displaced, killed”, also recalling that “the traumatized” and “exhausted” population is crowded onto “an increasingly small plot of land”. “Three levels of inspections before trucks can enter. Confusion and long queues. An increasingly long list of rejected products,” he also regretted. Warning of “an impossible situation for the population of Gaza and for those who come to their aid”, Martin Griffiths insisted: “the fighting must stop”.
#Gaza – Israeli soldiers fired at an aid convoy as it returned from Northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli Army – our international convoy leader and his team were not injured but one vehicle sustained damage – aid workers should never be a target.@UNRWA
— Thomas White (@TomWhiteGaza) December 29, 2023
03:23
Israeli strikes on Gaza, Hamas discusses ceasefire in Egypt
The Israeli army bombs the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday while a Hamas delegation is expected in Egypt to discuss a ceasefire project also providing for the release of hostages in the hands of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, Israeli forces increased strikes in the Gaza Strip, particularly on Rafah, where Palestinians rushed into piles of rubble in search of survivors.
And south of Jerusalem, a Palestinian injured two Israelis in a stabbing attack before being shot dead himself, according to police and rescuers, with Hamas hailing a “heroic operation” carried out in “response” to the situation in Gaza.
A Hamas delegation is expected in Cairo on Friday to discuss a three-step Egyptian plan that provides for renewable truces, staggered releases of Palestinian hostages and prisoners and, ultimately, a ceasefire ending hostilities .
03:22
US Navy shoots down drone and ballistic missile fired by Houthis in Red Sea
The US Navy on Thursday shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the southern Red Sea, the US Middle East Command (Centcom) said.
“None of the 18 ships in the area were damaged, and no injuries were reported,” Centcom said on attack carried out by the Houthis against international ships since October 19.
03:21
In New York, a symbolic funeral procession for a ceasefire in Gaza
Dressed in black, holding fake babies swaddled, hundreds of demonstrators took part in a symbolic funeral procession on Thursday in the emblematic avenues of New York, to demand a cease-fire and an end to the devastating Israeli bombings in Gaza.
To the sound of drums, the procession silently followed a “Ceasefire now” banner to Times Square, one of the beating hearts of Manhattan, an area known for its giant screens and very popular with tourists. Demonstrators also held photos depicting Palestinian children who died in Gaza.
03:20
Israel strikes near Damascus
An Israeli strike targeted the area around Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Thursday, the Syrian Defense Ministry and state media announced, in a context marked by the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“At approximately 11:05 p.m. (9:05 p.m. in Switzerland) today, the Israeli enemy carried out airstrikes from the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting targets in the southern region,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. a press release, without mentioning any victims. “Our air defense intercepts hostile targets in the vicinity of Damascus,” the official Syrian agency SANA wrote earlier. “An Israeli attack targeted the surroundings of the capital Damascus,” state television added.
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