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29-10-2024
CAIRO/ GAZA/ BEIRUT: Israeli forces killed at least 53 people in Gaza and 21 people in Lebanon on Sunday as UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed shock at the “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in besieged northern Gaza.
Egypt has proposed a limited two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israelis for Palestinian prisoners as negotiations to end the yearlong war resumed in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was not looking for war, but would give an “appropriate response” to Israel’s recent attacks, state media reported.
In Gaza, at least 42,924 people have been killed and 100,833 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.
Disagreements between the Israeli defence minister and the prime minister have broken out in the open, with Gallant saying that Israel must make concessions [and] that it must better define the goals of the war.
In a letter he sent right before Israel struck Iran, Gallant said Israel’s goals weren’t very clear.
Of course, Netanyahu responded to that by saying the letter was confusing and that the goals were very clear.
These disagreements are not about the fundamentals. There isn’t really a disagreement between Gallant and Netanyahu about waging the war on Gaza or even the assault on Lebanon. The disagreement is on where to draw the line. And Gallant is echoing the sentiments of the families of the captives, saying that now, perhaps, is the time to reach a ceasefire. He signaled that in his speeches, especially at the memorial for the October 7 attacks, saying that Hamas and Hezbollah have suffered a lot of losses, their capabilities are degraded and now is the time to reach a political solution but for now, there aren’t really any indications on whether Netanyahu has changed his mind or is committed to reaching that deal. And the delegation that went to Doha was not reportedly authorized to make any concessions.
The past 24 hours in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip and Gaza City have been horrifying.
Israeli forces began by targeting at least five houses in Beit Lahiya, where at least dozens of Palestinians remain under the rubble till this point. They also targeted a UN shelter school, where at least nine Palestinians were killed, among them three journalists and a nine-year-old child.
All of this comes amid a 23-day blockade and siege of northern Gaza, where no food and water is entering.
There is also a large number of people who are still trapped under the rubble and no one can reach the northern areas because of this siege on Beit Lahiya, Jabalia and Beit Hanoon.
It’s still escalating, and people are trying to reach out, crying, feeling that they’ve been abandoned & asking for food, water and medicine.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas during a raid on the UNRWA-operated Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank tonight, causing several people to choke, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
In Jenin, Israeli soldiers raided several shops and detained young men on Nazareth Street, Wafa added. The soldiers were also accompanied by a military bulldozer, Wafa said.
Israeli forces have stormed the city of Jericho, the town of Jifna, near Ramallah, and the city of Salfit. (Int’l News Desk)
