Pressmediaofindia
Related Articles
31-10-2025
GAZA STRIP: Israel says it has “resumed enforcing ceasefire” after at least 104 people were killed in strikes across Gaza, including at least 46 children, according to medical sources.
US President Donald Trump says Israel “hit back” after a soldier was “taken out” but claims “nothing is going to jeopardize” the ceasefire. He also says Hamas has “to behave”.
The killings in Gaza come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful” strikes following an exchange of gunfire in Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military later said an Israeli soldier was killed.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,527 people and wounded 170,395 since it began in October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.
Gaza’s Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is still held by Israel
During Israel’s war on Gaza, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, was warned by Israeli soldiers for months in 2024 to take his family and leave his duties but Abu Safiya refused to leave his patients behind, as his colleagues and family said in a documentary.
Then in December as Israeli forces surrounded the hospital, an Israeli officer called Abu Safiya and promised to relocate him and his staff to another hospital but the promise was a lie. Instead, the pediatrician and neonatologist was abducted by Israeli forces.
Ten months later, Abu Safiya is still in detention as Israel has refused to include him in prisoner exchanges. His lawyer said he’s been subjected to torture and inhumane treatment, including long periods in solitary confinement.
Palestinians suffering from shrapnel wounds
We checked with the emergency ward at al-Shifa Hospital, and we were told that many of the (patients) are in very critical condition.
The bombs and drone missiles fired by the Israeli military are packed with shrapnel packed with nails and pieces of metal and when they explode, that flies at very high speed and pierces through bodies.
(Many patients) are bleeding internally; that’s increasing the pressure on medical staff and the fear did not end; there are still drones here in the skies of Gaza City. The kamikaze drones are hovering at a very dangerous, low level, causing panic and fear.
Starmer ‘deeply concerned’ by Israeli strikes
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he is “deeply concerned” by recent Israeli strikes on Gaza that killed more than 100 Palestinians, saying they underlined the fragility of the ceasefire.
Speaking in Parliament, Starmer called on both sides to adhere to the US-backed ceasefire agreement.
“It is the only route to long-term peace for Israelis and Palestinians,” he said.
He said his government was in close contact with the US and regional allies who were pushing for de-escalation.
Starmer added that the “immediate priority remains getting aid in at the speed and the volume needed”.
Meanwhile, the European Union has called on “all parties” to respect the Gaza ceasefire, but a senior EU official went further in slamming Israel’s air strikes on the Palestinian territory.
“We need a chance for peace, not excuses for new strikes,” European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera said in a social media post. (Int’l News Desk)
