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New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Israel invades parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared
DEIR AL-BALAH: Israeli troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors. Deir al-Balah is the only Gaza city that has not seen major ground operations or suffered widespread devastation in 21 months of war, leading to speculation that the Hamas militant group holds large numbers of hostages there. The main group representing hostages' families said it was 'shocked and alarmed' by the incursion and demanded answers from Israeli leaders. Israel claims that the seizure of territory in Gaza is aimed at pressuring Hamas to release hostages, but it is a major point of contention in ongoing ceasefire talks. The UN food agency, meanwhile, accused Israeli forces of firing on a crowd of Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid over the weekend. The Gaza Health Ministry called it one of the deadliest attacks on aid-seekers in the war that has driven the territory to the brink of famine. In the latest sign of international frustration, the United Kingdom, France and 23 other Western-aligned countries issued a statement saying 'the war in Gaza must end now.' They harshly criticized Israel's restrictions on humanitarian aid and called for the release of the 50 hostages remaining in Gaza. Evacuation orders dropped at dawn Associated Press reporters heard explosions and saw smoke rising from parts of the city that were ordered evacuated on Sunday. The Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said it was the first time ground troops had operated in the area. A man living in the evacuation zone, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said Israel dropped pamphlets at dawn ordering people to evacuate. Two hours later, tanks rolled into the area. He said his 62-year-old father, who had spent the night elsewhere, fled from house to house as Israeli forces moved in and saw them flattening structures with bulldozers and tanks. Both men managed to leave the evacuation zone.
L'Orient-Le Jour
a day ago
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Israeli undercover force detains senior Gaza health official, ministry says
An Israeli undercover force detained Marwan al-Hams, a senior Gaza Health Ministry official, outside the field hospital of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, the ministry said. It said that Hams, in charge of field hospitals in the enclave, was on his way to visit the ICRC hospital in the city of Rafah when an Israeli force "abducted" him after opening fire, killing one person and wounding another civilian nearby. Medics said the person killed was a local journalist who was filming an interview with Hams when the incident happened. An ICRC spokesperson said the ICRC hospital had admitted and treated patients injured in the incident but would not comment further on their status in order to protect their privacy. It said it was "very concerned about safety and security" around the field hospital. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel has raided and attacked hospitals across Gaza during the 21-month war in Gaza, accusing Hamas of using them as cover for military operations, an accusation the Palestinian militant group denies. But sending undercover forces to carry out arrests has been rare.
Ammon
a day ago
- Health
- Ammon
At least 14 civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on displacement camp in northern Gaza
Ammon News - At least 14 Palestinians were killed and 25 others injured, including women and children, in an Israeli airstrike targeting tents housing displaced families in the northern area of al-Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City, according to medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital. Doctors confirmed that the victims arrived at the hospital in the early hours of Tuesday following the bombing, which marks yet another deadly attack on civilians amid the ongoing war in the besieged enclave. The strike is part of the broader Israeli military offensive on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, and has so far resulted in 59,029 deaths — the vast majority of whom are women and children — along with 142,135 injuries, according to the latest figures from the Gaza Health Ministry. Many victims remain trapped under rubble or lying in the streets, as relentless airstrikes and the collapse of infrastructure continue to hinder rescue efforts. Heavy bombardments persist across the Gaza Strip, especially in areas densely populated with displaced civilians. The humanitarian situation remains dire, with severe shortages of food, water, and medicine. WAFA
Free Malaysia Today
a day ago
- Free Malaysia Today
At least 32 killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid in Gaza
The UN has recorded at least 875 killings within the past six weeks in the vicinity of aid sites and food convoys in Gaza. (EPA Images pic) GAZA : At least 32 people were killed by Israeli fire while they were on their way to an aid distribution site in Gaza at dawn on Saturday, according to the Gaza health ministry and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it had fired warning shots at suspects who approached its troops after they did not heed calls to stop, about a kilometre away from an aid distribution site that was not active at the time. Gaza resident Mohammed al-Khalidi said he was in the group approaching the site and heard no warnings before the firing began. 'We thought they came out to organise us so we can get aid, suddenly (I) saw the jeeps coming from one side, and the tanks from the other and started shooting at us,' he said. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed group which runs the aid site, said there were no incidents or fatalities there on Saturday and that it has repeatedly warned people not to travel to its distribution points at dark. 'The reported IDF (Israel defence forces) activity resulting in fatalities occurred hours before our sites opened and our understanding is most of the casualties occurred several kilometres away from the nearest GHF site,' it said. The Israeli military said it was reviewing the incident. Deaths near aid sites GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a UN-led system that Israel alleges has let Hamas-led rebels loot aid shipments intended for civilians. Hamas denies the accusation. The UN has called the GHF's model unsafe and a breach of humanitarian impartiality standards, which GHF denies. On Tuesday, the UN rights office in Geneva said it had recorded at least 875 killings within the past six weeks in the vicinity of aid sites and food convoys in Gaza – the majority of them close to GHF distribution points. Most of those deaths were caused by gunfire that locals have blamed on the Israeli military. The military has acknowledged that civilians were harmed, saying that Israeli forces had been issued new instructions with 'lessons learned'. At least 18 more people were killed in other Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, health officials said. The Israeli military said that it had struck militants' weapon depots and sniping posts in a few locations in the enclave. The war began when Hamas-led rebels stormed into Israel on Oct 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza. The Israeli military campaign against Hamas in Gaza has since killed around 58,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians according to health officials, displaced almost the entire population and plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis, leaving much of the territory in ruins. Israel and Hamas are engaged in indirect talks in Qatar aimed at reaching a 60-day ceasefire, though there has been no sign of any imminent breakthrough.
NBC News
2 days ago
- Health
- NBC News
Gaza officials: Dozens killed at food distribution site
Officials from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said at least 100 people were killed when Israeli soldiers fired at a food distribution site. Israel disputed the casualty figures, and said that IDF soldiers fired warning shots to respond to an immediate threat. NBC News' Matt Bradley 21, 2025
