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[Live] The Gaza Strip relentlessly bombed, UNRWA donors gathered at the UN

Intense fighting rages this Tuesday, January 30 throughout the Gaza Strip, but especially in Khan Younes, the main city in the South, at a time when the head of the UN is working behind the scenes to try to convince scalded donors to maintain their support for the Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) in the midst of a crisis.

Palestinians collect bodies after an Israeli attack in Zuweida, in the central Gaza Strip, Monday January 29, 2024. AP - Adel Hana

By: Internet Editorial

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What you must remember : 

■ The town of

 Khan Younes,

 in the south of the 

Gaza

Strip , has been bombarded relentlessly for weeks. Hospitals, under pressure, are at the center of concerns. The Israeli army also continues its

deadly raids in the occupied West Bank.

■ Fears of a further

extension of the conflict

resurfaced after the death of three American soldiers killed in Jordan in a drone attack this weekend, blamed by Washington on pro-Iran groups, against a backdrop of tensions in Yemen, in the Red Sea, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

■ The

head of the UN will receive this Tuesday in New York the “main donors” of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees

(UNRWA), 12 of whose employees are accused of being involved in the Hamas attack on October 7 in Israel, Antonio Guterres' spokesperson announced Monday.

■

Negotiations continue with a view to a truce

. A framework for a truce accompanied by new releases of hostages will be transmitted to Hamas, the Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahmane Al-Thani, announced Monday in Washington.

■ According to the latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, Monday January 29, 

26,637 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 65,387 injured.

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5:00 a.m.: Bombings across the entire Gaza Strip

During the night from Monday to Tuesday, witnesses reported Israeli strikes in several areas of the south and center of the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian Red Crescent of artillery fire around the al-Gaza hospital. Amal of Khan Younes. “ 

In recent weeks, our operations have focused on Khan Younes (...) which is the Hamas capital for southern Gaza 

,” Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said, reporting “ 

more than 2,000 terrorists eliminated

 ” in this city. The Hamas Ministry of Health counted at least 128 deaths from Monday evening to Tuesday morning, including “dozens 

”

 in Khan Younes, where the situation remains critical in the main local hospitals.

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