The essential
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins his fifth trip to the Middle East since the conflict began on October 7. In particular, he must travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The US military "conducted a strike in self-defense" against "a Houthi land attack cruise missile" and then against "four anti-ship cruise missiles, all prepared to be launched against ships in the Red Sea", he said. announced Centcom.
The essentials of the day before
Cutting funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) would be “both disproportionate and dangerous” and “endanger hundreds of thousands of lives”, declared the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell .
Israel continued its strikes on the Gaza Strip and killed more than 120 Palestinians in 24 hours, Hamas said on Sunday.
Houthi rebels vowed on Sunday to retaliate for US and British airstrikes against dozens of targets in Yemen.
On the diplomatic front, negotiations are continuing to achieve a second truce. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to the Middle East on Sunday to support negotiations on a new truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The head of French diplomacy, Stéphane Séjourné, also on a regional tour to work "in favor of a ceasefire", met in Cairo with Egyptian President Abel Fattah al-Sissi and his counterpart Sameh Shoukry.
The Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Sunday a death toll of 27,365 people in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement. In a press release, he reported 127 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Please note: the number of victims is provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health.
The ministry collects information provided by hospitals in the enclave and by the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Gaza Health Ministry does not indicate how the Palestinians were killed, whether by Israeli airstrikes and/or barrages or failed Palestinian rocket attacks. It describes all victims as victims of "Israeli aggression" and also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
During the four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, United Nations agencies regularly cited Health Ministry figures in their reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent also use these figures.
In the aftermath of previous episodes of war, the United Nations Humanitarian Office published casualty figures based on its own research into medical records. The UN figures largely agree with those of the Gaza Ministry of Health, with a few differences.
To learn more about the reports from the Gaza Ministry of Health, click here or here.
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