Most of the information on the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza this Thursday, January 2.
At least 43 Palestinians killed in Gaza in Israeli strikes, including Hamas police chief
Israeli strikes killed at least 43 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to authorities in the Hamas-led enclave. Eleven of them were in a tent camp in the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, west of the town of Khan Yunis. Among the victims are Hamas police chief Mahmoud Salah and his assistant Hussam Shahwan. Other airstrikes killed at least 26 Palestinians, including six at the Interior Ministry headquarters in Khan Yunis and others in the Jabalia, Shati and Maghazi refugee camps. Asked about the death toll, an Israeli army spokesperson said the IDF had taken “all possible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians.” These attacks took place the day before, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to intensify its strikes on Gaza if Hamas continued to fire rockets at Israel. The total toll in the enclave stood this Thursday at 45,581 dead and 108,438 injured since the start of the war, according to the Hamas government's Ministry of Health.
736 humanitarian personnel killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7, 2023
According to a statement from the media office of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, and relayed by Al Jazeera, 736 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the conflict on October 7, 2023. The statement claims that “This escalation is part of a deliberate plan by the Israeli occupation to create an administrative and governmental vacuum and spread chaos and insecurity in the Gaza Strip.”
Spanish MSF President Accuses Israel's Allies of Allowing 'Gaza to Be Destroyed with Impunity'
Paula Gil, the Spanish president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), expressed concern this Thursday to see the humanitarian situation rapidly deteriorating in the ravaged Palestinian territory. “Gaza today is a death trap. Families survive in makeshift shelters made of wood, plastic and mattresses, she pointed out. Now the cold and storms have arrived. How will they face winter in these conditions? Words which echo the declarations of the Hamas Ministry of Health on Sunday December 29: in one week, seven children died of cold in Gaza. For Paula Gill, “All of this doesn’t happen in a vacuum. The hypocrisy and complicity of Israel's allies allow the social fabric of Gaza to be destroyed with impunity.”
UN calls for reversal of PA suspension of Al Jazeera
“We urge the Palestinian Authority to reverse course and respect its obligations under international law,” declared the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights this Thursday, after the decision taken the day before by the Palestinian Authority to suspend the broadcast of Al Jazeera and its activities in the Palestinian Territories. The Palestinian Authority, led by Fatah, accuses him of “disseminating content and reports characterized by disinformation”, “incitement to sedition” and “interference” in its affairs. In recent weeks, clashes have pitted Fatah against groups, most of which are members of the Islamist movement Hamas and Islamic Jihad. According to the Qatari channel, it is a “attempt to hide reality” in the occupied West Bank.
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