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UN chief Antonio Guterres says Gaza is experiencing the “worst level of death and destruction” he has seen in his lifetime and calls on the international community not to be “intimidated” by Israel.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 65,208 people and wounded 166,271 since October 2023. Thousands more are believed to be buried under the rubble. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.
The death toll from Israeli attacks since October 2023 has risen to 65,208. Another 166,271 people have been wounded.
Since March 18, when Israel broke the ceasefire, 12,653 people have been killed and 54,230 wounded.
At least four aid seekers have been killed and 18 wounded in the last 24 hours.
A total of 2,518 Palestinian aid seekers have been killed and more than 18,449 wounded.
Since the IPC declared famine in Gaza, 164 deaths have been recorded, including those of 32 children.It feels futile to celebrate the UN General Assembly vote where 142 member states backed “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The same resolution, rejected by just 12 states including Israel and the US, also called on Hamas to free all captives, end its rule in Gaza, and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, in line with the objective of establishing a sovereign and independent Palestinian state.
Gaza is still smouldering, and Palestinian communities are being systematically erased in the occupied West Bank. So how does it make sense to talk about a Palestinian state? Who, or what, would such a state serve?
As we’ve reported earlier, at least two children have been killed by Israeli forces in a strike on a school-turned-shelter west of Gaza City.
Ibrahim Arheem, a Palestinian boy who was there, told Al Jazeera that those sheltering there “woke up to the sound of a strike”.
“We found the tent on fire, with many dead, including children and women. We started moving them ourselves and trying to put out the fire. There was no medical assistance or anything. We had to carry them on stretchers to the Red Crescent Hospital,” he said.