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The war between Israel and Hamas has left 40,939 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to a new report released on Saturday, September 7, by the Palestinian Islamist movement’s health ministry. On the Israeli side, 1,205 people died – also mostly civilians – during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, according to a count by Agence France-Presse (AFP) based on official Israeli sources. According to the Israeli army, 706 Israeli soldiers have also been killed since then.
Additionally, of the 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 2023, 64 are still being held in Gaza along with the bodies of 33 other hostages declared dead by the army.
The war enters its 12the months without any sign of respite
Almost twelve months of war in the Gaza Strip and no hope of a quick truce or the release of the hostages. “Eleven months. Enough! No one can take this anymore. Humanity must prevail. Ceasefire now!”wrote on X the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini.
Despite multiple attempts by international mediators – the United States, Qatar, Egypt – the belligerents remain inflexible and accuse each other of blocking any agreement.
Negotiations have stalled in recent weeks over several issues: the Philadelphia Corridor, a 15-kilometer-long area on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, which Israel wants to retain control of; as well as the number and identity of Palestinian prisoners to be released by the Jewish state in exchange for the hostages.
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Gaza Strip pounded by army
Early Saturday, several airstrikes and artillery bombardments rocked the Palestinian territory, according to AFP journalists on the ground.
At least 16 Palestinians have died, including children, in Jabalia and Gaza City (north) as well as in Nousseirat and Bureij, in the center of the enclave, according to rescuers. In Jabalia, a makeshift tent set up in a school sheltering displaced people was hit. Traces of blood on a mattress or on the floor, belongings destroyed or scattered, the tent was set on fire, show images taken by AFP.
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Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, which seized power in Gaza in 2007 and is considered a terrorist movement by the United States and the European Union.
Family of Activist Killed in West Bank Accuses Israel
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American activist, was killed Friday in the West Bank during a protest in Beita against the expansion of Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law. Washington deplored the death “tragic” and Ankara condemned a “barbaric intervention by Israel”.
On Saturday, her family accused the Israeli army of shooting her dead and demanded a “independent investigation”The army acknowledged opening fire in the area and said “to examine reports that a foreign national was killed”.
In the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, the army withdrew from Jenin after an operation marked by the destruction of infrastructure, which has left 36 Palestinians dead since August 28, according to the UN.
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