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13-12-2023
UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: UN expert warns “every single Palestinian in Gaza is going hungry” as Israel continues its deadly bombardment of the enclave.
Media denounces the killing of its journalist Anas al-Shifa’s 65-year-old father in an Israeli attack on home in northern Gaza.
Israel says will screen humanitarian aid at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing but supplies will still only enter Gaza via Egypt’s Rafah.
More than 18,200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardment since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel stands at 1,147.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the comment in a call with Israeli war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz on Monday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
Blinken and Gantz also discussed “ongoing efforts to facilitate the safe return of all remaining hostages, further increase levels of humanitarian assistance, and prevent the conflict from expanding”, Miller said in a statement.
“Secretary Blinken stressed the urgent need for affirmative steps to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank and reiterated that Israel must take all possible measures to avoid civilian harm.”
The US has resisted calls to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, instead saying that it is pushing Israel, its top ally in the Middle East to minimize civilian casualties; More than 18,200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began.
The pastor of a church in Bethlehem has told journalists who attended his service on Sunday to “spread the message”, behind a manger displaying a Christmas nativity scene with baby Jesus lying on a pile of rubble.
“This manger points to the painful and horrifying reality that exists in Gaza today, where a child is killed every 15 minutes,” said Munther Isaac, the pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church.
“We want an end to the genocide that is taking place in Gaza,” Isaac added in a post on X.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says it is “deeply saddened” by the killing of the father of a journalist Anas al-Sharif in an Israeli attack in northern Gaza.
“CPJ is deeply alarmed by the pattern of journalists in Gaza reporting receiving threats, and subsequently, their family members being killed,” the group’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator Sherif Mansour said in a statement.
“The killing of the family members of journalists in Gaza is making it almost impossible for the journalists to continue reporting, as the risk now extends beyond them also to include their beloved ones.” (Int’l News Desk)
