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16-01-2024
GAZA CITY: Israeli attacks continue unabated overnight martyring and wounding dozens of civilians in northern, central and southern Gaza.
US aircraft shoot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis at an American destroyer in the Red Sea.
Numerous overnight raids on the occupied West Bank with two Palestinian teenagers shot dead and dozens of students arrested.
At least 24,100 people killed and more than 60,800 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
The World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the World Food Program (WFP) say desperate conditions in Gaza are preventing enough aid from reaching the starving population.
To bring in more resources, the agencies say, there must be;
More entry routes (compared to only two currently).
More trucks allowed through the border every day.
Fewer restrictions on aid workers’ movement.
Safety guarantees for those distributing aid.
“People in Gaza risk dying of hunger just miles from trucks filled with food”, warned WFP’s Executive Director Cindy McCain. “Every hour lost puts countless lives at risk. We can keep famine at bay but only if we can deliver sufficient supplies and have safe access to everyone in need, wherever they are.”
China’s Foreign Ministry says its proposal for a conference to achieve a roadmap for the future of Palestinians must produce “binding” results to be effective.
“As for the timing and venue of the conference and where it will be hosted, I think it needs to be determined by all parties through consultation,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a news conference in Beijing.
“China also welcomes the active role of the United Nations in this regard,” she said.
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, called for a decisive peace conference to achieve a timetable to implement a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Israeli Reserve Major-General Yitzhak Barik called on the army to devote all its resources to rescuing captives held by Hamas and bringing them back alive while reducing the intensity of fighting in Gaza.
“Take the troops out of Khan Younis, stop the situation in which two or three people (captives) are killed every day … and operate with precise intelligence planes or surgical raids,” Barik said in an interview with Israeli media outlet News 13.
“If we don’t get the abductees alive it will not be forgiven.”
Of about 240 people seized, half were released in a November truce. Israel says 132 remain in Gaza and 25 have died in captivity. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
