- More than 81 people have been killed and 93 wounded in Gaza in 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
- Israel has dismissed Hamas’s ceasefire demands as “delusional” after the group said it was sticking to its original proposal calling for Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire.
- The Israeli military has bombed a house in Rafah, killing at least 18 people, including nine children.
- Leaders worldwide have welcomed a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, while the UN chief Guterres says it must be implemented.
- At least 32,414 Palestinians have been killed and 74,787 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive.
US sanctions facilitators for Houthis, Hezbollah, Quds ForceThe US treasury department has issued sanctions targeting finance and trade facilitators for these groups, which include six entities, one individual and two tankers.“This action, the sixth round of sanctions targeting the network of Iran-based, IRGC-QF-backed Houthi financial facilitator Sa’id al-Jamal since December 2023, represents yet another step in a concerted campaign to disrupt IRGC-QF finances and its support to terrorist proxies such as the Houthis,” the treasury said in a statement.Click here to share on social media
- Israel slams Colombia’s call to break ties if UN resolution not respectedIsrael has criticised Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro after he called on the international community to break diplomatic relations if the Israeli government fails to comply with the ceasefire resolution on Gaza adopted by the UN Security Council on Monday.Petro’s “support of the Hamas terrorists” is a “disgrace to the Colombian people,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on X.“Israel will continue to protect its citizens and will not give in to any pressure,” it said.Click here to share on social media
- Reporting from Rafah, southern GazaThe humanitarian situation across many areas of Gaza remains dire, despite the UN resolution and the calls for Israel to open border crossings to let aid in.People are running extremely low on food and are fighting to take the little aid available. One man even drowned trying to retrieve airdropped aid from the sea.Some residents are saying that even animal feed has been running out in parts of Gaza.The most critical situation is at al-Shifa Hospital, where Israeli tanks ran over some of the bodies the deceased. People are forced to remain in the hospital as battles rage in the surrounding area.Click here to share on social media
- Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editorI think what is slowly developing is global isolation and condemnation for Israel, it’s developing into a situation where it could become a pariah state.Go back to apartheid in South Africa – that country was eventually suspended from the United Nations, for 20 years it wasn’t even let to take part in UN activities.And I think it’s that sort of isolation and global disdain that Israel might be facing, and it’s exactly that that this weekend the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Prime Minister Netanyahu of when he talked about the possible Rafah offensive.He said Israel is facing global condemnation and a real tarnishing of its reputation long term.Click here to share on social media
- Security forces break up protest outside Israeli embassy in AmmanThousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Jordan’s capital for a second day, demanding the Jordanian government to end its peace agreement with Israel.Security forces broke up the demonstration with tear gas.Watch our video report below:Play VideoVideo Duration 01 minutes 59 seconds01:59Jordanian forces violently break up protests outside Israel embassyClick here to share on social media
- Israel has ‘state policy of genocidal violence against Palestinians’: AlbaneseMore from the UN special rapporteur’s speech at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.Albanese says that her report found “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.“Israel has committed three acts of genocide causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent birth within the group,” Albanese
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