Photo: Sending food parcels to the Khan Younis training center, October 31, 2023 © UNRWA
Israel continued to heavily shell areas of Gaza on Monday, with at least 10 Palestinians killed in an attack on Beit Lahia in the northern Strip, as well as buildings blown up in the Jabalia refugee camp, which has been under siege for more than 'one month.
Another Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Al-Musaddar in the central Gaza Strip early Monday.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency said indiscriminate artillery fire took place in Absan al-Kabira, south of Khan Younis, and witnesses said residents feared it was gunfire. a prelude to a new land incursion into the region.
Three separate Israeli attacks on Sunday killed at least 47 Palestinians and injured more than 108 others, according to Wafa.
The strikes in the enclave come as the director of Gaza's health ministry, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, announced that medical staff had found that Israeli forces were using “internationally banned weapons” that were causing “vaporization » bodies in the Gaza Strip.
The deadly attacks have worsened the already dire conditions and lack of resources and medical facilities in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) also announced that it would halt aid deliveries through the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Gaza due to continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian convoys. 'help.
Medical staff in Gaza have repeatedly stated that they are no longer able to recover bodies or provide proper care to victims due to continued Israeli attacks.
According to Al-Jazeera, the Israeli army also targeted agricultural plots, showing that it was continuing its ground military offensive.
Aid delivery proposal
Meanwhile, Fatah, which partly governs the occupied West Bank, announced that it was in discussions with Hamas in Cairo over a proposal put forward by Egypt on reopening the Rafah crossing.
According to the Anadolu Agency, Fatah official Abdullah Abdullah said they were “eager to immediately end the Israeli war against the Gaza Strip, speed up the delivery of aid and begin reconstruction”.
Abdullah said the discussions focused on the Palestinian Authority's management of the Rafah crossing, which is between Gaza and Egypt, on the Palestinian side.
This crossing point, which is one of the most important for the delivery of vital aid, has been closed since Israeli forces forcibly occupied and attacked the Palestinian side in May.
Egypt is also due to host later today [du lundi] a conference focused on the humanitarian response in Gaza.
Egyptian media reported that UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed and ministers from across the Middle East are expected to attend.
“The event will focus on the political, security and humanitarian aspects of the situation in Gaza, with a particular focus on supporting UNRWA operations,” Egyptian newspaper Ahram Online reported.
Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 44,429 Palestinians and injured more than 105,250 others since October 7, 2023. Israeli attacks have razed entire neighborhoods and knocked out most health facilities.
Translation: AFPS
