Israel’s military says it is advancing further into the Gaza Strip – supported by hundreds of air strikes. Jordan drops medicines by parachute for a hospital. The overview.
Israel says it has reached an important milestone in the fight against the Islamist Hamas. The advance of combat units has now divided the densely populated Gaza Strip in half and the city of Gaza has been encircled in the north, an army spokesman said. This is a crucial step. In total, the Israeli military bombed 450 targets within 24 hours.
To ease the plight of the people of the Gaza Strip, the Jordanian Air Force has dropped medical supplies over the area. In view of the high number of civilian casualties and the critical supply situation in the Gaza Strip, UN organizations are once again calling for a ceasefire.
Ministry: Death toll in Gaza exceeds 10,000
The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 10,022 since the war began a month ago, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. The Ministry of Health said more than 25,000 people were injured. Thousands of women, children and young people were among the dead. The day before, the authorities reported 9,770 deaths. The numbers cannot currently be independently verified.
According to the information, this is by far the largest number of Palestinian deaths during a war in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel’s history, carried out by terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other extremist Palestinian organizations in the border area on October 7th. On the Israeli side there were more than 1,400 deaths in the following days, including many women, children and young people.
UN organizations are again calling for a humanitarian ceasefire
“It is now 30 days. Enough is enough. It must end now,” the UN agencies said. These include the United Nations Emergency Relief Office (OCHA), the Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Children’s Fund (Unicef), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Program (WFP) as well as the aid organizations Care and Save the Children. The humanitarian situation in the coastal area remains devastating. Among other things, fuel, food and drinking water are in short supply. According to UN figures, around 1.5 of the approximately 2.2 million people are on the run.
Jordan drops aid supplies by parachute
Medical supplies and medicines were dropped by parachute over a Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip, the state news agency Petra reported, citing the military. Due to delays in deliveries from Egypt via the Rafah crossing, supplies there are almost exhausted. “It is our duty to help our brothers and sisters who were injured in the war against Gaza,” wrote Jordan’s King Abdullah II on X. According to an Israeli army spokesman, the drop was carried out in coordination with the military.
EU increases humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip
The EU is providing an additional 25 million euros for humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. In total, the commitments increase to 100 million euros, as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced. According to them, work is also being done to increase the number of aid convoys and also to enable transport by ship. A maritime corridor from Cyprus could guarantee lasting aid.
Well-known Palestinian woman arrested
Israel’s military arrested Ahed Tamimi, a well-known Palestinian woman in the region, after threats against Israeli settlers. She is suspected of “inciting acts of violence and inducing terrorist activities,” the army said when asked. According to Israeli media reports, Tamimi is said to have called for the murder of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Instagram about a week ago.
In an Instagram story, the Palestinian wrote: “We are waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank, from Hebron to Jenin – we will slaughter you and you will say that what Hitler did to you was a joke, we will Drink your blood and eat your skulls, come on, we’re waiting for you.” In the Arab world, Tamimi is considered a symbolic figure of resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Washington sends nuclear-capable submarine
The US military says it is now present in the Middle East with a nuclear-capable submarine. On Sunday, an Ohio-class ship arrived in its area of responsibility, the US military’s regional command (Centcom) announced on the X platform. The military did not provide any details about the destination, name or armament of the approximately 170 meter long submarine. The Ohio class are nuclear-capable submarines that the USA has been using since the Cold War, primarily as a deterrent. They can be armed with dozens of conventional Tomahawk cruise missiles.
The broadcaster CNN sees the use of the submarine as a message of deterrence to Iran and its proxies in the region. Such an announcement from the US military is rare, the broadcaster said.
Communications networks in Gaza are working again
A communications network outage in the Gaza Strip was resolved after more than 15 hours. The West Bank-based Palestinian company Paltel said landlines, mobile communications and the Internet began to work “gradually” again on Monday morning. Main lines from Israel had previously been switched off. There was no confirmation of this from the Israeli side.
Source: Stern
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