The main thing to remember

  • The American army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the American Central Command (Centcom) announced on Sunday, which specified that this boat "transports the first equipment necessary for the establishment of a port temporary to deliver vital humanitarian supplies.

  • Joe Biden said on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “doing more harm than good to Israel” through his conduct of the war in Gaza.

The essentials of the day before

  • Israel on Saturday struck one of the largest residential buildings in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, where there are still fears of a ground offensive by the Israeli army.

  • International efforts are accelerating to transport humanitarian aid by sea to the Gaza Strip, threatened with famine and bombarded by Israel, which only allows aid trucks to enter in dribs and drabs.

  • US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the situation "looks difficult" in order to obtain a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip before Ramadan at the start of next week.

  • Paris and Madrid condemned on Friday evening Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, which include the construction of new housing, demanding that Israel reverse its decision.

  • U.S. and allied warships and aircraft shot down 15 drones fired early Saturday into the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels, U.S. Central Command said.

  • The Hamas Health Ministry announced a new toll of 30,960 people killed in Israeli military operations and fighting in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.

With AFP

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 Health Ministry in Gaza 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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