Israel's War on Gaza: Key Events, Day 169

 

Israel's War on Gaza: Key Events, Day 169

During the five-day blockade of the hospital by Israel, at least three patients have died at Al-Shifa Hospital.

Combat and Humanitarian crises

• According to Wafa news agency, Israeli airstrikes are continuously bombarding the besieged al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Israeli soldiers also clashed with Palestinian fighters in the hospital premises.

• Hospital sources told Wafa that at least three patients have died in the hospital due to a lack of medical supplies as Israel has blocked the flow of supplies for five days.

• Al-Shafa was raided for the first time last November amid strong criticism from the international community. Israeli forces said they had uncovered tunnels, which they claimed were used by Hamas as command and control centers. Hamas and medical staff reject that the hospital is being used for military purposes and sheltering fighters.

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• The bodies of five Palestinians, including four children, were recovered from the rubble of a two-story house located between the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis. This house was bombed on Friday morning.

• At least 10 people have been killed as a result of shelling on a family's house in the northwest of Gaza City. Three people were also killed in the targeted missile attacks that targeted the neighborhood of Khan Yunis.

• Attacks continue on Rafah in southern Gaza, the last refuge of the enclave's 1.5 million displaced people. At least eight people were killed in airstrikes on residential houses in Nasr neighborhood in the north of the city on Friday morning.

• At least 82 people were killed and 110 injured in the Gaza Strip yesterday. According to Wafa, Gaza's health ministry put the death toll at 32,070, while 74,298 people have been injured since October 7.

Diplomacy and Regional Tensions

• A UN Security Council vote on a new resolution calling on Israel to end its deadly attacks on Gaza has been postponed until Monday.

• Russia and China Vetoed An earlier document drafted by the United States called for a six-week pause in fighting that could potentially be extended, but did not explicitly call for a cease-fire. Through the holy month of Ramadan the new draft will call for an immediate ceasefire.

• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Rafah on Saturday to reiterate his call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war.

• Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken left the Middle East without fulfilling promises to halt operations in Rafah as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Washington's appeals to halt the planned ground offensive.

• Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Called America on suspending arms transfers to Israel. In a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, the progressive Democrat condemned Israel's attacks and refusal to allow more aid to Gaza. He described the situation in Gaza as "blatant genocide".

• The US military has said it has targeted Yemen's Houthi rebels' storage facilities. The Houthis say the attacks were carried out in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, but that the bombing will not stop their attacks on American and Israeli ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis say they are targeting these ships in response to Israel's war on Gaza.

• An opposition MP in the UK has urged British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to publish any legal advice he receives on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in Gaza. Cameron is obliged to advise the country's Department of Business and Trade to stop trading with Israel if it is found to be violating international humanitarian law.

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Violence, Land Seizure in Occupied West Bank

• Israel has set aside 800 hectares (1,977 acres) of the occupied West Bank as "state land," the country's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Friday, paving the way for the construction of government-backed settlements there. has gone All settlements in the West Bank, and land occupations as declared by Smutrich, are illegal under international law.

• Last August, Umayd al-Jaghoub, an unarmed Palestinian youth shot in the back of the head by Israeli forces, died of his injuries. His death has sparked widespread outrage in the West Bank.

• Israeli forces are conducting an engineering survey in preparation for demolishing a house owned by Mujahid Barakat Mansour, a Palestinian man accused of shooting at a bus carrying Israeli settlers.

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• Demolishing the homes of Palestinians "suspected of attacking" Israelis is a longstanding Israeli practice. Human rights groups say that thousands of Palestinians have lost their homes due to Israel's demolition policy."collective punishment" This can fall under the category of war crimes.