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21-01-2024
JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Footage and witness accounts shared with Al Jazeera reveal how Israeli forces carried out summary executions in Gaza last month.
UN Women’s agency warns of “generational trauma” on Palestinians as figures show “two mothers killed every hour” in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israel raids have continued across occupied West Bank where 369 Palestinians have been killed since October 7.
UN report says Israel approved only seven of 29 humanitarian aid missions to the northern Gaza Strip in the first half of January and denied 95 percent of fuel and medicine delivery attempts to the area.
At least 24,927 people killed and 62,300 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attack stands at 1,139.
The Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry says a ceasefire is needed, and not just statements warning of the extent of the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the ministry said that the mission of international officials, the United Nations, and the international community is not limited to publishing more statistics about Palestinian victims. Nor are these bodies restricted to warning about the humanitarian catastrophe, expressing their concerns, and “directing demands to the occupying state that does not listen”.
“They must assume their legal responsibilities. The moral imperative is to cease fire immediately and take the necessary practical measures to protect civilians and secure their basic needs,” the ministry said.
Before the war, open source intelligence (OSINT) in journalism was already well established, bringing new rigour to reporting of events in places like Cameroon, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. In Gaza, the trend has peaked but the war has also presented new challenges for the rapidly expanding field.
Israeli airstrikes continue to rain down on Gaza as intense fighting continues in Khan Younis and near Nasser Hospital.
There were a series of Israeli raids across the occupied West Bank, including in Bethlehem and towns near Qalqilya city, during which arrests were made, and civilian infrastructure was destroyed by the Israeli military.
The Department of State confirms the death of a US citizen in the occupied West Bank, says it is investigating.
Relatives of Israelis held captive in Gaza rally outside the private residence of Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding he reach a deal with Hamas for the release of their loved ones.
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has accused Israel of having “created” and “financed” Hamas. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
