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Israel–Hamas War: Palestinians report Israeli strike on school; Blinken to meet Arab leaders
GAZA: Palestinians reported a lethal Israeli strike on a Gaza Metropolis space faculty serving as a shelter on Saturday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on account of hear Arab calls for for a ceasefire in a gathering in Jordan.
Witnesses mentioned the strike hit Al-Fakhoura faculty in Jabalia, the place 1000’s of evacuees had been dwelling. At the least 15 individuals died and dozens extra had been wounded, mentioned Mohammad Abu Selmeyah, an official within the well being ministry within the Hamas-run enclave.
Juliette Touma, director of communication for the U.N.Palestinian refugee company (UNRWA), confirmed to Reuters that the U.N-run faculty had been hit. She mentioned there have been youngsters among the many casualties, however that UNRWA had not but been capable of confirm the precise loss of life toll.
“At the least one strike hit the schoolyard the place there have been tents for displaced households. One other strike hit inside the varsity the place ladies had been baking bread,” Touma mentioned by telephone.
Reuters photos of the aftermath confirmed damaged furnishings and different belongings mendacity on the bottom, patches of blood and folks crying.
“Individuals had been making ready breakfast, when all of a sudden bombing began,” one man mentioned in video footage obtained by Reuters.
“I discovered my two ladies, one among them was martyred and her head was hit, the second was wounded in her leg… the opposite lady as effectively was wounded with shrapnel.”
The ministry of well being in Gaza mentioned one other Israeli missile strike killed two ladies on the door of the Nasser Youngsters Hospital. A number of extra individuals had been injured, it mentioned.
The Israeli navy had no speedy touch upon both incident.
Israel‘s floor forces encircled Gaza Metropolis on Thursday after stepping up a bombing marketing campaign it says goals at wiping out Hamas, after the militant group killed 1,400 individuals and took greater than 240 hostage in an Oct. 7 assault in southern Israel.
Gaza well being officers mentioned on Saturday that greater than 9,488 Palestinians have been killed thus far within the Israeli assault.
Israel final month ordered all civilians to depart the northern a part of the Gaza Strip, together with Gaza Metropolis the place it says Hamas militants are hiding in tunnels, and head to the south of the enclave.
It has continued to bomb the entire enclave, saying the militants are hiding amongst civilians, and many individuals have stayed within the north, the place they are saying they now really feel trapped.
The navy mentioned it could allow Palestinians to journey on a principal Gaza Strip freeway, the Salah a-Din street, on Saturday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. (1100 GMT and 1400). “If you happen to care about your self and your family members, heed our instruction to move south,” it mentioned in a social media publish in Arabic.
US Particular Envoy David Satterfield mentioned in Amman that between 800,000 to 1,000,000 individuals have already moved to the south of the Gaza Strip, whereas 350,000-400,000 stay in northern Gaza Metropolis and its environs.
Palestinians had been looking out within the rubble for survivors of an Israeli airstrike within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis.
“We’re steadfast in Gaza, even when just one citizen is left, from there the state will begin once more,” 65-year outdated Palestinian Harb Al-Barqy mentioned.
BLINKEN HEARS CEASEFIRE DEMANDS
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati emphasised the urgency of a ceasefire in Gaza when he met Blinken in Amman on Saturday, Lebanon state information company mentioned.
Blinken, in flip, emphasised his efforts to halt navy operations for humanitarian causes and to deal with the problem of prisoners.
The Israeli navy mentioned it was placing what it described as “a lot of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon” following hearth from there, a part of the largest flareup since 2006.
Lebanon’s highly effective Hezbollah group is backed by Iran, as is Hamas. Its chief on Friday warned that battle might unfold if Israel continued bombing Gaza.
Saturday Blinken can be on account of meet the Saudi, Qatari, Emirati and Egyptian overseas ministers, in addition to Palestinian representatives in Amman, the Jordanian overseas ministry mentioned.
The Arab leaders will stress the “Arab stance calling for a direct ceasefire, delivering humanitarian assist and methods of ending the damaging deterioration that threatens the safety of the area”, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Washington has maintained strong navy and political help for Israel, whereas calling on its ally to take steps to keep away from civilian deaths and tackle Gaza’s humanitarian disaster.
AMBULANCE HIT
Gaza well being officers had mentioned 15 individuals had been killed in an Israeli air strike on an ambulance on Friday night that was a part of a convoy carrying injured Palestinians at Gaza’s greatest hospital, al-Shifa.
Israel’s navy mentioned it had recognized and hit an ambulance “being utilized by an Hamas terrorist cell” and that a lot of Hamas fighters had been killed.
The Palestinian well being ministry challenged Israel to offer proof that the ambulance was carrying militants. Israel mentioned it meant to launch further data. It has accused Hamas of concealing command centres and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa, one thing Hamas and the hospital denies.
Gaza’s dwelling circumstances, already dire earlier than the preventing, have deteriorated additional. Meals is scarce, residents have resorted to ingesting salty water, medical providers are collapsing.
Israel’s navy started widespread floor operations every week in the past and in its newest replace it mentioned a mixed tank and fight engineering unit carried out a “pinpoint raid” within the southern Gaza Strip “to map out buildings and neutralise explosives”.
ISRAEL SAYS NO PAUSE UNLESS HOSTAGES ARE FREED
Hamas has ready for a protracted warfare in Gaza and believes it may maintain up Israel’s advance lengthy sufficient to pressure a ceasefire, two sources near the group’s management mentioned. They mentioned it additionally seeks concessions like the discharge of Palestinian prisoners in trade for Israeli hostages.
A senior Biden administration official mentioned on Friday the US had “oblique engagement” geared toward liberating the hostages.
International nationals have been leaving Gaza, however the official mentioned Hamas initially conditioned the discharge of foreigners on wounded Palestinians having the ability to exit as effectively, however one-third of the Palestinians on the record turned out to be Hamas members.
Hamas official Izzat El Reshiq on Saturday urged Arab leaders and folks to strain Israel and america by reducing diplomatic ties, expelling ambassadors and leveraging oil and financial pursuits to help the Gaza Strip’s individuals.
Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and known as for a humanitarian pause in preventing that he mentioned would facilitate work to launch hostages, permit assist into Gaza however not forestall Israel from defending itself.
In a televised tackle, Netanyahu rejected the thought of a pause until hostages had been freed.
Witnesses mentioned the strike hit Al-Fakhoura faculty in Jabalia, the place 1000’s of evacuees had been dwelling. At the least 15 individuals died and dozens extra had been wounded, mentioned Mohammad Abu Selmeyah, an official within the well being ministry within the Hamas-run enclave.
Juliette Touma, director of communication for the U.N.Palestinian refugee company (UNRWA), confirmed to Reuters that the U.N-run faculty had been hit. She mentioned there have been youngsters among the many casualties, however that UNRWA had not but been capable of confirm the precise loss of life toll.
“At the least one strike hit the schoolyard the place there have been tents for displaced households. One other strike hit inside the varsity the place ladies had been baking bread,” Touma mentioned by telephone.
Reuters photos of the aftermath confirmed damaged furnishings and different belongings mendacity on the bottom, patches of blood and folks crying.
“Individuals had been making ready breakfast, when all of a sudden bombing began,” one man mentioned in video footage obtained by Reuters.
“I discovered my two ladies, one among them was martyred and her head was hit, the second was wounded in her leg… the opposite lady as effectively was wounded with shrapnel.”
The ministry of well being in Gaza mentioned one other Israeli missile strike killed two ladies on the door of the Nasser Youngsters Hospital. A number of extra individuals had been injured, it mentioned.
The Israeli navy had no speedy touch upon both incident.
Israel‘s floor forces encircled Gaza Metropolis on Thursday after stepping up a bombing marketing campaign it says goals at wiping out Hamas, after the militant group killed 1,400 individuals and took greater than 240 hostage in an Oct. 7 assault in southern Israel.
Gaza well being officers mentioned on Saturday that greater than 9,488 Palestinians have been killed thus far within the Israeli assault.
Israel final month ordered all civilians to depart the northern a part of the Gaza Strip, together with Gaza Metropolis the place it says Hamas militants are hiding in tunnels, and head to the south of the enclave.
It has continued to bomb the entire enclave, saying the militants are hiding amongst civilians, and many individuals have stayed within the north, the place they are saying they now really feel trapped.
The navy mentioned it could allow Palestinians to journey on a principal Gaza Strip freeway, the Salah a-Din street, on Saturday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. (1100 GMT and 1400). “If you happen to care about your self and your family members, heed our instruction to move south,” it mentioned in a social media publish in Arabic.
US Particular Envoy David Satterfield mentioned in Amman that between 800,000 to 1,000,000 individuals have already moved to the south of the Gaza Strip, whereas 350,000-400,000 stay in northern Gaza Metropolis and its environs.
Palestinians had been looking out within the rubble for survivors of an Israeli airstrike within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis.
“We’re steadfast in Gaza, even when just one citizen is left, from there the state will begin once more,” 65-year outdated Palestinian Harb Al-Barqy mentioned.
BLINKEN HEARS CEASEFIRE DEMANDS
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati emphasised the urgency of a ceasefire in Gaza when he met Blinken in Amman on Saturday, Lebanon state information company mentioned.
Blinken, in flip, emphasised his efforts to halt navy operations for humanitarian causes and to deal with the problem of prisoners.
The Israeli navy mentioned it was placing what it described as “a lot of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon” following hearth from there, a part of the largest flareup since 2006.
Lebanon’s highly effective Hezbollah group is backed by Iran, as is Hamas. Its chief on Friday warned that battle might unfold if Israel continued bombing Gaza.
Saturday Blinken can be on account of meet the Saudi, Qatari, Emirati and Egyptian overseas ministers, in addition to Palestinian representatives in Amman, the Jordanian overseas ministry mentioned.
The Arab leaders will stress the “Arab stance calling for a direct ceasefire, delivering humanitarian assist and methods of ending the damaging deterioration that threatens the safety of the area”, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Washington has maintained strong navy and political help for Israel, whereas calling on its ally to take steps to keep away from civilian deaths and tackle Gaza’s humanitarian disaster.
AMBULANCE HIT
Gaza well being officers had mentioned 15 individuals had been killed in an Israeli air strike on an ambulance on Friday night that was a part of a convoy carrying injured Palestinians at Gaza’s greatest hospital, al-Shifa.
Israel’s navy mentioned it had recognized and hit an ambulance “being utilized by an Hamas terrorist cell” and that a lot of Hamas fighters had been killed.
The Palestinian well being ministry challenged Israel to offer proof that the ambulance was carrying militants. Israel mentioned it meant to launch further data. It has accused Hamas of concealing command centres and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa, one thing Hamas and the hospital denies.
Gaza’s dwelling circumstances, already dire earlier than the preventing, have deteriorated additional. Meals is scarce, residents have resorted to ingesting salty water, medical providers are collapsing.
Israel’s navy started widespread floor operations every week in the past and in its newest replace it mentioned a mixed tank and fight engineering unit carried out a “pinpoint raid” within the southern Gaza Strip “to map out buildings and neutralise explosives”.
ISRAEL SAYS NO PAUSE UNLESS HOSTAGES ARE FREED
Hamas has ready for a protracted warfare in Gaza and believes it may maintain up Israel’s advance lengthy sufficient to pressure a ceasefire, two sources near the group’s management mentioned. They mentioned it additionally seeks concessions like the discharge of Palestinian prisoners in trade for Israeli hostages.
A senior Biden administration official mentioned on Friday the US had “oblique engagement” geared toward liberating the hostages.
International nationals have been leaving Gaza, however the official mentioned Hamas initially conditioned the discharge of foreigners on wounded Palestinians having the ability to exit as effectively, however one-third of the Palestinians on the record turned out to be Hamas members.
Hamas official Izzat El Reshiq on Saturday urged Arab leaders and folks to strain Israel and america by reducing diplomatic ties, expelling ambassadors and leveraging oil and financial pursuits to help the Gaza Strip’s individuals.
Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and known as for a humanitarian pause in preventing that he mentioned would facilitate work to launch hostages, permit assist into Gaza however not forestall Israel from defending itself.
In a televised tackle, Netanyahu rejected the thought of a pause until hostages had been freed.
