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At least 35 people have been killed in Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps following Israeli bombings in central Gaza. An Israeli attack has hit a residential building near the Kuwaiti hospital in southern Gaza, killing at least 20. Israeli soldiers have fired at an aid convoy as it returned from northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli army, according to Thomas White, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza. Israel’s security forces say they have “neutralised” a man who they say stabbed two people in an attack at the Mazmoria checkpoint, south of occupied East Jerusalem. In Gaza, at least 21,320 people have been killed and 55,603 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139. Hapag Lloyd will continue to divert vessels due to recent Red Sea attacks: Report A spokesperson for the German container shipping company, Hapag Lloyd, has informed Reuters news agency that they will continue to divert their vessels around the Suez Canal for security reasons. A recent spate of attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on vessels in the Red Sea has resulted in a number of shipping companies opting for alternative routes. Hapag Lloyd would make another security assessment on January 2, the spokesperson said. Click here to share on social media Israel claims destruction of tunnel shafts, weapons in southern Gaza The Israeli army has posted an update on X regarding its “Operation Oz and Nir”, which was launched in late December and named after the Nir Oz kibbutz, which was attacked by Hamas on October 7. The statement said the forces involved in the operation had “eliminated terrorists, located dozens of tunnel shafts and anti-tank launching positions, as well as many weapons” in the south of the Gaza Strip. Click here to share on social media Skunk water sprayed at worshippers near Al-Aqsa Mosque Laura Khan Reporting from occupied East Jersalem There has been a skunk water truck which has been spraying water towards Palestinians and Muslim worshippers. This produces an awful smell, which has been drifting in the air. People have also been attacked with tear gas grenades. The reason why there are these confrontations is that, since October 7, there have been vast restrictions on Muslims entering the place they revere as the third holiest place in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The Israelis are only allowing people over 45 years old, but even then, they can restrict them. We have only seen about 3,00 to 4,000 worshippers in the past two weeks. Usually, you’d have between 50,000 and 60,000 people praying in the mosque. So there’s been real tension here. Al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyard on December 15, 2023 [Mohammad Hamad/Anadolu Agency] Click Detainee recounts ‘barbaric’ arrests in Deir Abu Mesha’al From the village of Deir Abu Mesha’al near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces detained more than 30 Palestinians overnight, Mohammed Wajeeh, 21, recounts his experience to Al Jazeera. “They were very barbaric in their intervention. [After forcing open the door to the house,] they searched everything. They destroyed the kitchen. They went upstairs and downstairs, [searched] all the closets. They did not leave anything,” Wajeeh said. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim said Israeli forces went door to door arresting Palestinians. They blindfolded them, tied their hands and took them to an open building on the street where they were detained for hours. Wajeeh said they interrogated him about the number of people at his home and seized all their phones. “They said some provoking words, and then they just threw me in the middle of nowhere, and it was very cold, and they asked me to stay there,” he said. Ibrahim said that according to Palestinians, the “main goal of these arrests is to instill fear” in the younger generation. “[It’s] to tell them that if anyone wants to oppose Israel’s occupation, then the result will be arrests and intimidation,” she said. Click here to share on social media Key events on day 84 of the war on Gaza It’s day 84 of the war, and here is where things stand: Gaza’s Ministry of Health has announced 20 patients will be allowed to travel outside the besieged enclave via the Rafah crossing for emergency treatment in Egypt. An Israeli strike has hit a residential building near the Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, killing at least 20 Palestinians, mostly women and children. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that not enough aid is entering the Gaza Strip, leaving 40 percent of its population “at risk of famine”. A delegation from Hamas is to visit Cairo to discuss Egypt’s ceasefire plan. Palestinians search for casualties at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip [Arafat Barbakh/Reuters] Click here to share on social medi Galaxy Maritime ‘encouraged’ by reports of imminent release of crew Galaxy Maritime, the owner of the bulk carrier Galaxy Leader, which was hijacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on November 19, says it is encouraged by reports from the Philippines that the release of 17 of its seafarers is imminent. The 25-member crew is from Bulgaria, Mexico, Romania, Ukraine and the Philippines. The company also said it is committed to meeting all the captive seafarers’ repatriation expenses. The Houthis have upended shipping in the Red Sea by using drone and missile attacks and taking control of vessels to show their support for Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza. Yemen’s Houthi rebels use a helicopter to’ take over the Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea off Hodeidah on November 19, 2023 [Houthi Movement via Getty Images] Click Residents of Sderot to remain in hotels during January: Report The Israeli city of Sderot, which is located near the Gaza Strip, is expected to extend its evacuation protocol until the end of January. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the government is set to approve the extension, allowing residents to stay in hotels or find alternative housing. Many residents of Sderot

China’s embassy in Myanmar has asked its citizens to leave a border district in Myanmar as soon as possible, citing security risks. The call on Thursday to evacuate the Laukkai area in the Kokang region, along the countries’ shared border, came as Myanmar’s military government has been battling ethnic minority rebel groups in what has become its biggest challenge since it seized power in a 2021 coup. end of list Clashes have raged since October across Myanmar’s northern Shan State after the Arakan Army (AA), the Mandarin-speaking Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) launched Operation 1027, an offensive against the military. The rebel groups have seized several towns and border hubs vital for trade with China. Myanmar has witnessed its most significant escalation in hostilities across the country since the start of Operation 1027. “The conflicts in Laukkai district of Kokang, northern Myanmar continue, and safety risks have escalated for people stranded there,” the embassy said on Thursday on its WeChat account. “The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar once again reminds Chinese citizens in Laukkai district to evacuate as soon as possible.” The MNDAA has vowed to recapture Laukkai town, which is notorious for gambling, transnational human trafficking and online scams. Advertisement AD This month, Beijing said it had mediated talks between the military and the three armed groups and reached an agreement for a “temporary ceasefire”. China has previously called for an immediate ceasefire in Myanmar’s restive north, where a billion-dollar rail line is planned under Beijing’s $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative. In November, the rebel groups seized the border town of Chinshwehaw, a key conduit for the $1.8bn in annual trade between China and Myanmar. Analysts say Beijing maintains ties with ethnic armed groups in northern Myanmar, some of whom share close ethnic and cultural ties with China and use Chinese currency and phone networks in the territory they control. Beijing is also a major arms supplier and ally of the military, but ties have been strained in recent months over the military’s failure to crack down on online scam compounds in Myanmar that Beijing says target Chinese citizens. Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/28/china-asks-citizens-to-evacuate-myanmar-border-area-over-security-risks

Fifty Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, Khan Younis and Maghazi areas on Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry said The Palestinian Red Crescent says at least 10 people have been killed and 12 injured in an attack near El Amal City Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. Israeli forces raid Ramallah and other cities across the occupied West Bank. The World Health Organization says tens of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing central Gaza and Khan Younis, attempting to escape Israeli attacks. In Gaza, at least 21,110 people have been killed and 55,243 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139. Gaza’s health system needs an urgent international intervention: Doctor Dr Hani Hamada, director of operations at the Ministry of Health and Coordinator of Field Hospitals in Gaza, spoke to Al Jazeera about the health system breakdown in the Gaza Strip. “Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis is now besieged and cannot be reached to provide all services,” Hamada said from the Indonesian field hospital in Rafah. “And in the central area, there is only the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, while the European Hospital is all beds full of cases and waiting lists are high for this purpose.” He said that about 1.6 million people in Rafah need medical care and health services. He added that cancer patients have had scheduled operations interrupted. “The situation is very dangerous and needs rapid and urgent intervention, and we appeal to all international institutions and Arab and foreign countries to save the residents of the Gaza Strip from this fierce Israeli attack.” Click here to share on social media Israel offers new prisoner exchange deal: Report Israel, via the United States, has proposed a new prisoner exchange deal to mediator Qatar, according to Israel’s Channel 13. The deal would first see Israel withdraw its troops from densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip and allow far more aid to enter the enclave, the channel reports. In the second phase, Hamas would release female Israeli captives, including female soldiers and the bodies of dead Israelis, as Israel retreats further into areas to be hashed out via Qatari and US mediation. The media outlet said Hamas has “so far rejected this proposal” as it does not call for a full ceasefire while hostages are exchanged. Click Key events on day 83 of the war on Gaza It’s day 83 of the war, and this is where things stand: A large fire broke out in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah after an Israeli strike targeted tents with displaced people in the Tal az-Zohour neighbourhood. Raids continued all over the occupied West Bank, with fierce clashes reported at al-Manara Square in the centre of Ramallah. At least seven civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in Israeli shelling on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The UN reported that 22 Israeli soldiers were killed over Tuesday and Wednesday in Gaza, bringing the total number of Israeli forces killed in the Palestinian territory to 162 since the outbreak of violence. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Adolf Hitler, drawing parallels between the Gaza war and the genocide in Nazi Germany. More on strike near El Amal Hospital A video from the Palestinian Red Crescent shows the aftermath of a strike near El Amal City Hospital in Khan Younis that killed at least 10. Among those wounded is a child who is seen being rushed into an ambulance for treatment. ‘End unlawful killings’ in occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem: UN tells Israel UN rights chief Volker Turk has said that the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is rapidly deteriorating, citing a new UN report that details Israeli violence in the Palestinian territory. “The use of military tactics and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, arbitrary and discriminatory movement restrictions that affect Palestinians are extremely troubling,” he said in a statement. The statement also said the UN Human Rights Office had verified the deaths of 300 Palestinians from October 7 to December 27 – including 79 children – in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of these, Israeli military forces killed at least 291 Palestinians, illegal Israeli settlers killed eight, and one Palestinian was killed either by Israeli troops or settlers. Prior to October 7, 200 Palestinians had already been killed in the area this year – the highest number in a 10-month period since the UN began keeping records in 2005. Click Wrong munition led to high death toll at Maghazi camp: Report Israel’s military used the wrong type of munition to strike the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza earlier this week, compounding the death toll, The Times of Israel quoted an Israeli military official as saying. “The type of munition did not match the nature of the attack, causing extensive collateral damage which could have been avoided,” said the official. At least 90 people were killed late Sunday when Israel struck the small refugee camp in Deir el-Balah, in one of the war’s deadliest attacks. Palestinians carry away a body out of the rubble of a destroyed building in Maghazi refugee camp [Adel Hana/AP Photo] Click here to share on social media At least one killed in al-Wafiya neighbourhood, Khan Younis An Al Jazeera correspondent has reported that at least one Palestinian has been killed and a number of others injured in an Israeli bombing in the al-Wafiya neighbourhood in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, huge explosions were heard in the northern suburbs of Gaza City amid continued Israeli artillery shelling, a correspondent said. Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks Click here to share on social media

French police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of killing his wife and four children in a scene of “very great violence” on Christmas Day in Paris, according to authorities. Police forced their way into an apartment on Christmas Day and found the bodies of a woman, a baby and three other children aged up to 10, the public prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier said at a press conference on Tuesday. The younger children, both boys, had no knife wounds but looked as though they had been suffocated or drowned. The mother and her two older children, both girls, had been stabbed multiple times, The Guardian reported. The arrested man, who is reported by local media to be the woman’s husband and father of the children, was seen on a security camera footage leaving the apartment at Meaux in the Île-de-France region east of Paris. Meanwhile, a formal investigation has been launched into the incident on two charges, each carrying a life sentence if proven: the “deliberate killing” of youngsters under the age of 15 and the “deliberate killing” of a partner. Bladier said police found a scene with blood everywhere when they broke into the flat on Monday evening after being alerted by a neighbour who was a close friend of the mother, aged 35. None of the victims have been named and Bladier said it would be illegal to publish anything that could identify the children, who were aged 10, seven, four and nine months. According to medical documents found at the apartment, the suspect, aged 33, a qualified plumber of French nationality, suffered from depression and psychological problems. In November 2019, the man was arrested for allegedly stabbing the woman six weeks before their third child’s birth. The woman declined pressing charges and help from victim support organisations, leading to the case being dropped due to his frail mental state. Bladier said the woman told police in 2019 that she and her partner had met in school as teenagers and had been together for 14 years, before getting married in October this year. The incident follows the release of French Interior Ministry figures showing that on average one woman in France is murdered by her partner or former partner every three days. Source:https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1142207-french-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-killing-wife-four-children-in-paris

Pakistan-bound container ship from Saudi Arabia came under attack in the Red Sea, with Yemen’s Houthi militia claiming responsibility for targeting the vessel. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has confirmed that one of its container ships was attacked on Tuesday while transiting the southern Red Sea, according to TradeWinds. The Liberia-flagged ship was en route from King Abdullah Port, Saudi Arabia to Karachi, Pakistan. “Currently, all crew are safe with no reported injuries and a thorough assessment of the vessel is being conducted”, the shipping company said in a statement. It added that the company’s priority “remains protecting the lives and safety of our seafarers, and until their safety can be ensured, MSC will continue to reroute vessels booked for Suez transit via the Cape of Good Hope”. MSC said the ship notified a nearby coalition task force warship of the attack and engaged in ‘evasive manoeuvres’. In a statement, Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said: “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against the commercial ship, ‘MSC United’ with appropriate naval missiles.” “The targeting operation of the ship came after the crew refused, for the third time, calls from the naval forces, as well as repeated fiery warning messages”, the Houthi statement added. The development came as US military forces shot down more than a dozen attack drones and several missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthi rebels at shipping in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries,” the Pentagon´s Central Command said in a social media post, describing a barrage of 12 drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land-attack missiles over a period of 10 hours. Earlier, Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile strike on a vessel in the Red Sea and a drone attack toward Israel in solidarity with Gaza. In a statement, the rebels said they “carried out a targeting operation against a commercial ship” they identified as MSC UNITED, and launched a number of “drones against military targets” in southern Israel. The attacks are the latest in a flurry of drone and missile strikes launched by the rebels since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7. The Houthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is battling Hamas fighters. Source:https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1142191-houthis-attack-karachi-bound-ship-in-red-sea

The Israeli army says it has hit 200 targets in Gaza from air, land and sea within the past 24 hours. Large numbers of residential homes in Khan Younis have been destroyed in overnight Israeli army attacks. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed Sigrid Kaag as Gaza’s aid coordinator, but the path ahead for humanitarian relief remains difficult with no breaks in fighting. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli army’s chief of staff, says the war on Gaza will continue for “many months”. In Gaza, at least 20,915 people have been killed and 54,918 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7. The revised death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139. Internet services being slowly restored in Gaza: Paltel “We would like to announce the gradual restoration of telecom services in the central and southern areas of Gaza Strip after a blackout caused by the ongoing aggression,” Palestine Telecommunications Company said in a post on X. On Tuesday, the company said there was a “complete interruption” of telecom services in the enclave. Humanitarian agencies and emergency responders have warned that communication blackouts further limit their already constrained life-saving assistance efforts in the war-torn territory. Click Right-wing settlers angry at Israel’s top commander in West Bank: Report The settlers are angry that the Israeli military has begun detaining some in their community and confiscating guns issued without authorisation, reports Israel’s Channel 12. Some settlers have reportedly suggested the Israeli commander responsible for the operations – Major General Yehuda Fox – can be targeted by invoking a din roder, which is a Jewish religious principle that permits the extrajudicial killing of individuals who imperil others, according to the Israel media. This “may create a concrete threat to the general’s life and allow him to be harmed”, warned the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service, Ronen Bar, in a letter to government leaders. Click here to share on social media Emirate of Sharjah bans New Year’s fireworks to show solidarity with Gaza Sharjah, the UAE’s third-largest emirate by size and population, has banned New Year’s Eve fireworks this year as an expression of solidarity with the people of Gaza. The decision was announced in a Facebook post by Sharjah police, who said the ban was “a sincere expression of solidarity and humanitarian cooperation with our siblings in the Gaza Strip”. They also warned that legal measures would be taken against those violating the ban. Click here to share on social media Israeli army demolishes home in occupied West Bank A Palestinian family’s home has been destroyed by Israeli forces in the village of Masafer Yatta in Hebron. In video footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking team Sanad, bulldozers can be seen demolishing the house of the Alaa al-Nawaja family, which housed seven people. Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank have been reported across the territory today, including in Bethlehem and Ramallah. Click here to share on social media Israeli Deputy attorney general says weapon permits unlawfully issued: Report Israel’s deputy attorney general has accused the National Security Ministry of unlawfully issuing weapons permits to Israeli citizens en masse, reports Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The claim follows reports that the ministry delegated unauthorised people, including cronies and employees of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to issue conditional permits. Within weeks, these “temporary licensing clerks” issued hundreds of thousands of permits, including to Israelis who do not qualify to be gun-owners, said Haaretz. “This behavior is a recipe for disaster,” said one senior security official cited by Haaretz. “They’re handing out guns like candy. Click here to share on social media More on deadly drone attack in occupied West Bank Imran Khan Nur Shams, occupied West Bank Reporting from Nur Shams in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan has more on the deadly overnight drone strike that took place during an Israeli raid. The strike reportedly hit six men, aged between 16 and 29 years old, who were standing, watching the raid. “The drone came from above, and the men simply didn’t stand a chance. This was a deliberate kill shot,” Khan said. “People tried to help them, but for at least an hour and a half, the Israelis wouldn’t allow ambulances to get in. Eventually, they had to pick up the bodies and take them down to where the ambulances were. Of course, at that stage. It was too late. These people were dead.” Al Jazeera also spoke to sources at the local hospital who said an Israeli soldier went into an ambulance and stabbed a man in the neck. He is now being treated in an intensive care unit. Palestinians inspect the remains of a burnt vehicle in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Nur Shams camp [Zain Jaafar/AFP] Click Jordan’s King Abdullah to visit Egypt Jordanian King Abdullah II is on his way to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Royal Hashemite Court announced on X. The pair are also expected to discuss the situation in Gaza and the path towards a ceasefire. On Monday, Egypt announced what is described as a plan to end the war in Gaza, which would see Israel entirely withdraw from the enclave, all captives held by Hamas released, many Palestinian prisoners freed, and a united technocratic Palestinian government installed. A dozen detained by Israeli army in occupied West Bank At least 12 people have been detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in overnight raids, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club said in a statement. The raids took place across the occupied West Bank, including Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Tulkarem, the prisoner rights groups said. The total number of arrests made by Israeli forces since October 7 stands at 4,795, the statement added. Click here to share on social media Southern Lebanon feels like a ‘war zone’ amid daily Israeli attacks Ali Hashem Reporting from Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon This is the first time Bint Jbeil has been hit since 2006. But seven other southern

At least 12 people were killed and 39 were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia, an industrial park official said. According to a statement by Dedy Kurniawan, a spokesperson for the complex, the accident took place around 5:30am at a plant owned by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel in the Morowali Industrial Park located in Central Sulawesi province. “The current number of victims is 51 people. 12 people died in the incident. There are 39 people with minor and serious injuries who are currently receiving medical treatment,” he said. The statement added that seven Indonesians and five foreign workers were killed. Later, Kurniawan told AFP all five foreign workers were Chinese nationals. The official, citing an initial investigation, revealed that the explosion occurred during repair work on a furnace when a flammable liquid ignited and the subsequent blast caused nearby oxygen tanks to explode as well. However, the fire was successfully extinguished on Sunday morning, according to the statement. The firm that runs the industrial park said it was “deeply saddened” by the disaster and said the remains of several identified victims had been flown home, AFP reported. The island is a hub for the mineral-rich country’s production of nickel, which is a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel. Additionally, Beijing’s growing investment has stoked unrest over working conditions at its facilities. Previously, in January, two workers including a Chinese national were killed at a nickel smelting plant in the same industrial park after a riot broke out during a protest over safety conditions and pay. Source:https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1141351-12-killed-39-injured-in-explosion-at-nickel-processing-plant-in-indonesia

RAWALPINDI: A huge fire engulfed a house in Rawalpindi’s Dhamial area after a pipeline of an oil refinery exploded in the residential area on Monday, Geo News reported. No death or injury has been reported so far as the area’s residents were safely evacuated from their homes. Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the affected house. Rescue officials said six emergency vehicles including three fire tenders arrived to douse the fire. More fire tenders were dispatched to the site of the incident, they said. The rescue officials said more than 12 rescue officials were busy in the firefighting operation. They were trying to contain the fire, they maintained. “The fire could not be controlled yet. Rescue and fire brigade personnel are present at the spot. Oil spilled due to a burst in the supply line, efforts to control the fire are underway,” rescue officials said. The officials said the firefighters had contained the fire, however, it re-erupted after it was doused. They said the relevant organisations were told to shut down the oil supply in the pipeline. The pipeline’s bursting has spilled oil in the area’s street spreading malodorous. An additional contingent of police has also been called in the area. Source:https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1141647-fire-engulfs-house-in-rawalpindi-village-after-oil-pipeline-explodes

At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in an air attack on the Maghazi refugee camp, which a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson describes as a “massacre”. Israeli army admits it is fighting a “complex and complicated war” with many soldiers killed. It says at least five dead captives’ bodies retrieved from a tunnel in northern Gaza. More than 20,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. The revised death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139. Many people under the rubble following central Gaza attacks Khalil al-Degran, a spokesman from al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the situation at the hospital following Israeli air attacks on central Gaza overnight, which also targeted al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee camps. Here are his translated comments: A large number of people, both killed and injured, are still under the rubble. The massacres come within the framework of a policy of genocide against our people. Several wounded people lost their lives because there were no supplies to treat them with. We appeal to the world to stop the aggression and send medical and food supplies. Click Recap of the latest developments It’s past 10am (08:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. If you’re just joining us, here are the latest developments in the past few hours: Some 100 people have been killed in the last 12 hours in Gaza, with the vast majority of them women and children. Israeli forces have bombed Aita al-Shaab and its surroundings in southern Lebanon. At least 20 people arrested after Israeli forces storm the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s war cabinet is discussing Egypt’s proposed formula for a truce. Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at a hospital in the central Gaza Strip [Doaa Ruqaa/Reuters] Click Homes raided in Jenin refugee camp Imran Khan Reporting from Jenin refugee camp, occupied West Bank The Israeli army came down here and raided at least 10 houses. They said they were looking for Palestinians to arrest but interestingly enough, they didn’t make any arrests. Israeli forces did call for Palestinian fighters to come out and give themselves up but that didn’t happen either. Residents are telling us that this is simply a campaign of harassment. Jenin refugee camp is now the most raided camp in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces are destroying any symbol of resistance or nationalism in the camp. Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin, West Bank [File: Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo] Click Israel’s war cabinet to discuss Egypt’s truce proposal today Bernard Smith Reporting from Tel Aviv Egypt is reported to have proposed a formula for a truce. They’re proposing seven to 10 days where all civilians would be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. There are a couple of extra elements that might be more challenging for the Israeli government to agree to. There’s another stage that suggests the release of all female soldiers in exchange for Palestinian prisoners – that would get another seven-day ceasefire. And then a month of negotiations to discuss the release of all military personnel held by Hamas in exchange for a lot more prisoners and Israel pulling back to Gaza’s borders. Israel’s war cabinet will continue to discuss that today. But there are a lot of political considerations here in Israel. The cabinet is not particularly united. There’s one minister criticising the government for having a large ground operation instead of air strikes, resulting in the deaths of 17 soldiers since Friday. Click Israeli forces raid town near Nablus, make arrests Israeli forces have stormed the village of Burqa, northwest of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. At least 20 people have been arrested, including senior citizens. Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces carried out several overnight raids, including in the city of Jenin and the Balata refugee camp. Israeli forces have detained more than 4,600 people in the occupied West Bank since October 7. Click ICC slammed for blocking Australian cricketer’s show of support for Gaza The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been slammed for showing a “lack of moral standing” after it refused to allow an Australian cricketer to show on-field support for Gaza where more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks. Australia’s Usman Khawaja had “Freedom is a human right” and “All lives are equal” written on his boots in the colours of the Palestinian flag in a training session ahead of the first match against Pakistan earlier this month. He was not allowed to wear those during the match. “If it had been most other organisations that showed some semblance of consistency with their attitude and behaviour on issues I could claim surprise, but not them. Once again, they show their hypocrisy and lack of moral standing as an organisation,” said former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding. Usman Khawaja [Rui Vieira/AP Photo] Click here to share on social media Israeli air raids hit Aita al-Shaab, Lebanon Videos posted by Lebanese accounts on X show Israeli bombardment on the town of Aita al-Shaab and its surroundings in southern Lebanon a short while ago. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the Israeli army targeted several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon. Translation: “Raids on Aita al-Shaab … Markaba … Mays al-Jabal.” Translation: “This is what the morning looks like in Aita al-Shaab.” Click Women, children among victims of Israeli attacks on central Gaza Hani Mahmoud Reporting from Rafah, southern Gaza There was more death and destruction in the central Gaza Strip overnight concentrated in the Maghazi and Bureij refugee camps. Some 100 people have been killed in the last 12 hours, with the vast majority of them women and children. The bombs fell on homes and buildings … destroying neighbourhoods and infrastructure, such as roads leading in and out of the refugee camps. Since the UN Security Council resolution passed on Friday (boosting aid to Gaza), the scale of air raids has only

Police in Islamabad used force to disperse a protest by Baluchis in the early hours of December 21 after the protesters marched hundreds of kilometers to draw attention to excessive arrests of Baluch men and their mistreatment by police. The woman who led the march, Mahrang Baloch, said on X, formerly Twitter, that she was taken into custody along with other protesters, while several protesters were reportedly injured by police as the protest was dispersed and people were rounded up and placed into transport vehicles. The march “is under attack by the Islamabad police,” Baloch said on X. “I have been arrested along with several women and men by Islamabad police, but remember fascist state, we will defeat you.” Participants in the march posted videos on X showing people, mainly women, marching and decrying alleged brutal police beatings of their sons. Before her own arrest, Baloch said many youths had been arrested and many had been injured by tear gas and violence. “Right now, we are being treated worse than animals. Will the world raise its voice for us against this barbarism?” she said on X. The protesters reached Islamabad nearly a month after setting off from the Turbat district in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province to demand a judicial inquiry into the killing of Balach Maula Bakhsh, who relatives say died in police custody in November. The killing is just one of the crimes that protesters want authorities to investigate. They also accuse Pakistani security agencies of a string of abductions and extrajudicial killings of Baluch men. The authorities reject the allegations. The march passed through the provincial capital, Quetta, before heading toward Islamabad. Source:https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-balochistan-march-protest-police-violence-/32740747.html