Daily Archives: 18. November 2023
BREAKING: Israeli air raids have hit the Al-Fakhoora School, run by UNRWA, in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. LIVE updates:
Highway 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Tens of thousands join families of Gaza hostages on final leg of march to Jerusalem
Rally to be held outside Prime Minister’s Office; Gantz, Eizenkot to meet with relatives, who say they received no answer from Netanyahu, Gallant or Dermer: ‘Look us in the eye!’
Israel doesn’t feel US closing window of support for IDF’s Gaza offensive – official
“There have been some public statements that appear as if the US is turning in a different direction, but I don’t think that is the case,” said an Israeli official briefing The Times of Israel this week, referencing the increasing concerns by officials in Washington over the toll the war is taking on Gaza’s civilian population.
The UN reckons that more than 1.5 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes since the start of the war. Imagine 43 million of the UK’s 67 million people becoming refugees in four weeks and then wonder how we would cope.
We could not, of course. Nor can they.
IDF southern command chief: ‘We see clear Hamas presence in all hospitals’
Palestinian terror group Hamas has a “clear presence” in all Gaza hospitals, said Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, head of the IDF Southern Command, on Friday.
Finkelman carried out an assessment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, telling troops, “We see the presence of Hamas in all hospitals, it is a clear presence. They make cynical use of the hospitals, like here in the heart of Shifa.”
#Gaza map update:
(17.11.2023)
The #IDF continues to clear block by block as they push deeper into Gaza City.
They have also made progress in the vicinity of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya.
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #42
– The World Food Programme (WFP) has reported an increase in cases of dehydration and malnutrition and warned about the threat of starvation due to the collapsed food supply chain and insufficient aid delivery. Only 10 per cent of necessary food supplies have entered Gaza since the beginning of the hostilities.
– On 17 November, for the third consecutive day, Israeli troops, accompanied by tanks, operated within the Shifa hospital compound in Gaza city. According to hospital administrators , since 11 November, 40 patients, including four premature babies, have died in the hospital due to the lack of electricity.
Crowds of Palestinians trying to flee southern Gaza can be seen from space.
UNSC adopts Malta’s resolution on Gaza
Approved resolution
The Security Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, (…)
Rejecting forced displacement of the civilian population, including children, in violation of international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law,
Israel renews call for Gazans to flee key southern city
November 18, 2023 1:51 AM UTC Updated ago
Such a move could compel hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled south from the Israeli assault on Gaza City to relocate again, along with residents of Khan Younis, worsening a dire humanitarian crisis.
Khan Younis has a population of more than 400,000.
Israel signals wider offensive in Gaza‘s south
Nov 17, 2023
Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee parts of southern Gaza, residents said Thursday, signaling a possible expansion of their offensive to areas where hundreds of thousands of people who heeded earlier evacuation orders are crowded into U.N.-run shelters and family homes.