UNICEF: Israel bears legal responsibility to allow more aid into Gaza (Getty Images)
The 176th day of the Israeli war on Gaza and the 20th day of Ramadan witnessed a series of developments at various political, field and humanitarian levels.
On this day, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the occupation army committed 8 massacres within 24 hours, claiming 82 martyrs and 90 wounded. The ministry added that the number of war victims since the seventh of last October rose to 32,705 martyrs and 75,190 wounded.
On the field
On the field level, the Al Jazeera correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes bombed the vicinity of the Wadi Gaza Bridge, north of the Central Governorate in the Gaza Strip. The correspondent also reported that the bodies of two martyrs arrived at the Gaza European Hospital following the targeting of Palestinians in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, and that wounded people were injured as a result of shelling and gunfire from the Israeli army west. Khan Younes.
Israeli artillery had targeted the eastern and western areas of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with a “Shawaz” device in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. The brigades said that their resistance killed and wounded the tank crew, and that 3 helicopters landed to evacuate the wounded.
For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades said that its mujahideen engaged in fierce clashes with a special Zionist force in the Taqaddum axis in the “Al-Qarara” area northeast of Khan Yunis. They also targeted a military vehicle with an RPG shell in the Al-Akkad area, west of the city.
The Al-Quds Brigades added that its mujahideen targeted a military vehicle of the occupation army with a "Tandum" shell in the Al-Taqadum axis in the Al-Amal neighborhood in the city of Khan Yunis.
Healing siege
Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation forces continue to besiege Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City for the 13th day in a row.
He added that the Israeli occupation army blew up and burned a large number of citizens' homes in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital.
A number of Palestinians who were able to flee the area reported that there were large numbers of bodies of martyrs lying on the ground, and that the wounded were inside some homes and that ambulance and civil defense crews were unable to reach them.
Those trapped inside Al-Shifa Hospital are suffering from hunger and thirst due to the continued Israeli siege of the hospital.
Israeli recognition
In terms of violations, the Israeli army admitted to killing two Palestinian men and burying their bodies with a bulldozer, after Al Jazeera published a clip containing exclusive pictures of the two killings.
The pictures showed the occupation soldiers bulldozing the bodies of the two martyrs to hide them in the sand and among the garbage, while a number of other Palestinians were watching the operation, whose fate was not known.
Humanitarian situation
In the humanitarian context, a UNICEF spokesman told the American ABS network that Israel bears a legal responsibility to allow more aid to enter Gaza.
He added that the Israeli restrictions cause a small portion of the aid that should reach the Strip to enter, and the UNICEF spokesman stressed that a ceasefire and the delivery of more aid is crucial.
He said that the organization feels frustrated when it sees parents helpless in front of their emaciated children, while the crossing is minutes away, where the aid trucks are located.
For his part, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that thousands of Palestinian patients are still deprived of health care, with only 10 hospitals operating on a limited basis throughout the Gaza Strip.
He explained that there is an urgent need to evacuate about 9,000 patients abroad to receive treatment for chronic diseases such as cancer and dialysis, and pointed out that so far more than 3,400 patients have been referred abroad through the Rafah crossing, about half of whom are wounded. He also called on Israel to speed up approvals. On the evacuation of those in critical condition.
The bank
In the West Bank, which witnesses daily incursions by the occupation forces, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 455 Palestinians were killed by the bullets of the occupation forces since October 7 (Al-Aqsa Flood), including 117 children.
The director of Al-Razi Hospital in the city of Jenin announced on Saturday the death of the boy Mutasim Abed from the town of Qabatiya as a result of his injuries sustained during the occupation army’s storming of the town.
Earth day
Today, Saturday, the Palestinians commemorate the 48th anniversary of Land Day, as the city of Sakhnin in Galilee witnessed a march called by the Supreme Follow-up Committee to commemorate Land Day, with the participation of a number of Palestinians.
The march concluded with a festival in the town of Deir Hanna with the participation of the families of the Land Day martyrs and the leadership of the Palestinian community within the Green Line. Before the start of the march, wreaths were placed on the shrines of martyrs in the town.
Lebanon
In Lebanon, a number of United Nations truce monitoring personnel were injured in southern Lebanon as a result of an explosion that occurred at the border town of Rmeish, while the Israeli army was quick to deny targeting any UNIFIL vehicle in the Rmeish area.
In the first comment on the injuries of United Nations observers in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti told Al Jazeera that the competent authorities in the United Nations forces opened an investigation to find out the circumstances of the explosion and its source.
In this context, Hezbollah announced that it attacked 9 Israeli military sites off the southern border of Lebanon and in the occupied Shebaa Farms. The party explained that it attacked, with marches, the headquarters of the Western Brigade in Yara, and hit the targets accurately.
The party had said that it bombed a building where Israeli soldiers were stationed in the Admit settlement, and the movements of soldiers inside and around the monk’s site.
For his part, the Israeli occupation army spokesman said that it bombed Hezbollah infrastructure and sites in the areas of Taybeh, Naqoura and Kafr Hanin in southern Lebanon.
Negotiations developments
Meanwhile, the Egyptian Cairo News Channel quoted a security source as saying that truce talks between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel will resume tomorrow, Sunday, in Cairo.
Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 12 reported that a delegation including representatives of Mossad, intelligence, and Shin Bet will leave for Cairo tomorrow, Sunday, to discuss the exchange deal with Hamas.
The families of the Israeli prisoners detained in Gaza said in a statement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the main obstacle to seeing our children.
The statement added that Netanyahu's behavior is a crime, and if we do not do everything to remove him, we will not see our children, stressing that they will demand from now his ouster.
Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that a massive protest march took place in the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding early elections.
Three-way meeting
In this context, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Egypt stressed, in a tripartite meeting in Cairo today, the necessity of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint press conference, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the international community still deals with the Palestinian people with unfair standards regarding human rights.
For his part, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi called for a real international movement and the imposition of sanctions on the Israeli government to stop its aggression against the Gaza Strip, and urged the Security Council to take a binding decision in accordance with Chapter Seven that prevents the starvation of the people of Gaza.
As for French Foreign Minister Stephane Ségourney, he said that his country is consulting with other countries regarding a French initiative in the Security Council that includes the criteria for a two-state solution.
Sigourney added that France's goal is to achieve peace, and that it can achieve consensus on its initiative based on its permanent membership in the Security Council.
Source: Al Jazeera