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Israeli forces kill 18, including two at aid distribution point, Gaza civil defense says
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed at least 18 people on Tuesday, including two women who were shot near an aid distribution point in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The war since October 2023 has created dire humanitarian conditions for Gaza's population of more than two million, displacing most residents at least once and triggering severe shortages of food and other essentials. The civil defense agency told AFP on Tuesday that its 'crews have transported at least 18 martyrs and dozens of wounded since dawn,' most of them following Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip. One strike hit a tent in Gaza City housing displaced Palestinians, killing six people, according to the civil defense agency. In the southern area of Rafah, two women were killed by Israeli fire near an aid distribution point, the agency said, adding that 13 people were wounded in the incident. Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by the civil defense agency and other parties. The United Nations said that at least 875 have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May -- when Israel eased a two-month aid blockade -- with most killed near sites run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. On the outskirts of Gaza City on Tuesday, AFP footage from Al-Shati refugee camp showed Palestinians searching for survivors through the rubble of a family home hit in a strike that the civil defense said killed five people. Jihad Omar, who was using his bare hands to dig through the concrete ruins, said he was looking for two children. 'Every day, we bury children, women and elderly people. Homes collapse on the heads of their residents,' the 48-year-old told AFP. 'Find a solution,' he said. 'Let us raise those (children) who remain. We barely have any left.' Hamas meanwhile announced the Israeli 'assassination' of a member of its political leadership, Muhammad Faraj al-Ghoul, who once served as a minister in the group's Gaza government. Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military its forces had targeted 'several Hamas members in the Al-Shati area,' without offering further details. It did not comment on the other strikes reported by the civil defense agency, but said in a statement that troops had 'dismantled a terrorist tunnel' in the Khan Younis area, in southern Gaza. The war was triggered by a Hamas attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Out of 251 hostages taken by Palestinian militants that day, 49 are still being held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's military offensive, now in its 22nd month, has killed at least 58,479 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
Al Arabiya
an hour ago
- Al Arabiya
Syria says it holds Israel responsible for attacks in the south
Syria's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel holds full responsibility for the latest attacks on southern Syria and the consequences. The ministry said it is keen to protect all Syrian citizens without exception, including the Druze minority. Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southwestern Syria for a second day on Tuesday, vowing to keep the area demilitarized and to protect the Druze minority.
Arab News
3 hours ago
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At SCO summit, Pakistan slams Israel for using ‘aggression as tool of policy' in Middle East
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, on Tuesday criticized Israel for using 'aggression as a tool of policy' in the Middle East, condemning Israeli military actions against regional states and demanding an end to its 20-month war on Gaza. Dar said this while addressing a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), which came in the backdrop of heightened tensions in South Asia and the Middle East, particularly after the Pakistan-India conflict and Israeli military actions against several Gulf countries. Israel's war on Gaza, which began after Oct. 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, over half of them women and children, according to the Palestinian health ministry. On Tuesday, the UN rights office said it had recorded at least 875 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza. Speaking at the CFM meeting, Dar said Pakistan was seriously concerned at the trends of using aggression as a tool of policy, emphasizing the resolution of disputes through peaceful means and according to the principles of international law, justice and fairness. 'Israel has shown a reckless disregard for international norms and humanity through its relentless and disproportionate use of force in Gaza resulting in the death of tens of thousands of civilians causing the worst humanitarian crisis in Gaza,' he said. 'We call for immediate halt to Israel's atrocities.' Dar said the only viable remedy to the Palestine dispute was the realization of the two-state solution, which includes the establishment of Palestine as a viable, secure and contiguous state on the basis of pre-1967 borders. He also condemned the 'unjustified and illegitimate aggression' by Israel against Iran and the United States (US) strikes on its nuclear facilities. 'Such illegal actions directed against SCO member states are unacceptable,' Dar said. The 12-day war between Iran and Israel, which began on June 13 Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and military leadership, killed around 1,000 Iranians and more than two dozen Israelis. The SCO, comprising China, Russia, Pakistan, India, Iran, Belarus and Central Asian states, is seen by some Western analysts as a regional grouping by Beijing and Moscow to counter United States influence in Asia. The CFM meeting, a key diplomatic gathering aimed at preparing the groundwork for the upcoming SCO Leaders' Summit later this year, was convened to review progress on multilateral cooperation and set the agenda for endorsement by heads of state.
