Israel's war on Gaza — now in its 143rd day — has killed at least 29,782 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and wounded 69,879 others.Meanwhile, the Israeli military claims its fighter jets struck Hezbollah air defences in Lebanon's Beqaa valley in response to the downing of one of its drones.
"Human Rights Council should do what it should: to address the gross violation of human rights, including in Gaza … including in Palestine," said Retno Marsudi, addressing the council in Geneva. He also said that US President Joe Biden’s support of Israel seems to be losing him votes among the young Democratic base.
Expressing Ankara's position regarding the situation in Palestine, Yildiz said Türkiye is"deeply concerned" with the unilateral policies and practices of Israel, which"violates the status quo in Haram al Sharif .
Francis also implored to donors to uphold and sustain their contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to discharge its mandated responsibilities to the Palestinians. It stopped short of ordering an end to its military offensive that has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe in the tiny Palestinian enclave. Israel vehemently denies the charges against it, saying it is fighting a war in self-defense.A full-scale Israeli military offesnive in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programmes in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains"completely insufficient", the UN chief warned.
Israel's new wave of attacks brings the death toll to 29,782 Palestinians and 70,043 injured since the beginning of Israel's military onslaught on Gaza on October 7.The international community calls on Israel to allow aid into the region. President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Shtayyeh and his government's resignation, tendered Monday.The Israeli army said that an officer and four soldiers were seriously injured during fighting in northern and southern Gaza.
Gaza City was overrun by Israeli forces in the first stages of the war and has seen renewed incursions against Palestinian resistance groups. Foreign governments and aid organisations have repeatedly expressed fears that such an offensive will inflict mass civilian casualties in Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians -- most of them displaced from other areas -- have converged.Israel's military"presented the War Cabinet with a plan for evacuating the population from areas of fighting in Gaza, and with the upcoming operational plan", a statement in Hebrew from Netayahu's office said Monday.