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[Live] Gaza intensely bombed, aid to UNRWA suspended by several countries

Intense Israeli bombardments continue in the Gaza Strip this Monday, January 29 and tensions remain in the occupied West Bank. The humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave is increasingly dire, and nine countries have so far suspended all future funding to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

A unit of Israeli soldiers returns with its tanks to the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, after spending months in the Palestinian territory, on January 28, 2024. AFP - MENAHEM KAHANA

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What you must remember :

■ The town of

 Khan Younes,

 in the south of the Gaza Strip, is bombarded relentlessly. Hospitals, under pressure, are at the center of concerns.

Three American soldiers were killed

and more than 30 injured in a drone attack in Jordan, against which American President Joe Biden promised to respond on Sunday by targeting pro-Iran groups.

■ The

International Court of Justice

(ICJ) declared on Friday that Israel must prevent any possible

act of “genocide”

 in Gaza.

■ Shortly after,

UNRWA

 announced it was separating from “several” employees

accused by Israel of being linked to the October 7 attack.

In response, the United States and several other states announced the temporary suspension of funding to the UN agency.

■ According to the Hamas Ministry of Health on January 28, 

26,422 people have been killed in Gaza 

since the start of the war on October 7. The majority of the dead are women, adolescents and children. There are more than 65,000 injured.

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5:10 a.m.: Four men executed in Iran for spying for Israel

Four men were hanged this Monday at dawn in Iran after being sentenced to death for having cooperated with Israeli spy services in a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, the agency announced. justice. The four accused were arrested on July 23, 2022 while they were preparing an operation against a Defense Ministry center in Isfahan, a large city in central Iran, on behalf of the Mossad, said the Mizan Online agency. of the judicial authority.

5:00 a.m.: Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian near Jenin

Israeli forces shot dead a man in the town of Yamoun, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, this morning. Violent clashes and explosions were reported in Jenin on Sunday evening after the Israeli army stormed the city, carried out raids and destroyed infrastructure. Footage verified by Al Jazeera's Sanad verification unit also shows Israeli soldiers punching a man - believed to be a Palestinian Red Crescent Society paramedic - as he raises his hands in the air.

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