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14-03-2024
GAZA CITY: Almost 100 people killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks in last 24 hours, health ministry figures show.
Israeli forces also carry out more raids in the occupied West Bank, killing at least four Palestinians – including two minors and destroying infrastructure.
Hezbollah says two of its fighters were killed after Israel launched attacks deep inside Lebanon for a second consecutive day.
Mediator Qatar says Israel and Hamas are not close to a deal to end the fighting and free people being held.
At least 31,272 Palestinians have been killed and 73,024 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 and dozens continue to be held captive.
Palestinian journalists have shared footage documenting people bringing in victims of an Israeli bombing in central Rafah to the Kuwaiti Hospital.
The journalists say an UNRWA aid distribution centre was shelled in Rafah City. The footage, which has been verified by media, shows people being evacuated in vehicles bearing the UNRWA logo.
The 15-year-old accused of carrying out a stabbing attack at a Jerusalem checkpoint has died after being shot by Israeli forces, according to Israeli police.
The suspected attacker allegedly stabbed a military police soldier and a security guard at the checkpoint, before being fired on by a military official.
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has arrived at the Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) to support a police officer set to be questioned over the killing of 13-year-old Rami El Halhuli, who was shot in the chest while playing with fireworks near the Shu’fat refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
“It is outrageous to me that DIPI even dared to invite the fighter here for questioning, it is shameful and disgraceful,” Ben-Gvir was quoted by The Times of Israel as saying in a video posted on X.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Israel’s Jewish population (81 percent) believe Haredi Jews, traditionally excused from military service, should no longer be exempt, according to a survey by the Jewish People Policy Institute.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews are typically referred to in Hebrew as Haredim, which means “those who tremble” in the presence of God to signify they are God-fearing.
The debate regarding the military service of the Haredim, who mainly object to compulsory enlistment to prioritize Torah studies, has escalated amid the conflict in Gaza, during which Israel has called up some 287,000 reservists. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
