- At least 165 Palestinians have been killed and 250 injured in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
- At least 14 people have been detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in overnight raids, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement.
- South Africa has initiated war crimes proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying operations in Gaza amount to “genocide”.
- In Gaza, at least 21,672 people have been killed and 56.165 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at 1,139.
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100,000 people moved into Rafah in last few days: UN
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said it estimates that at least 100,000 people have moved into Rafah, the city located as far south in the Gaza Strip in the last few days.
This took place as Israeli shelling and air strikes intensified in and around Khan Younis and elsewhere.
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Monitor says 19 fighters killed in Syria strikes
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said “19 pro-Iranian fighters, including four Syrians, and six Iraqis, were killed and more than 18 were wounded” in at least nine airstrikes overnight near the Iraqi border.
The strikes were “likely” launched by Israel the monitor said.
The Syrian defense ministry said Israel struck the city of Aleppo in separate strikes today.
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‘End the occupation’: Solution is not just more aid – NGO
The CEO of ANERA – the American Near East Refugee Aid – says the war in Gaza does not just require more work to get aid in but more importantly a ceasefire and end of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
ANERA is an NGO that helps refugees and vulnerable communities in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.
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Israel says struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon
Israel’s military says it struck three “terrorist squads” in southern Lebanon as well as Hezbollah’s “operational infrastructure”.
Hezbollah claimed eight attacks on Israel on Saturday as cross-border fighting continues.
The attacks follow a series of attacks by Hezbollah on Israeli posts close to the border. The border area between Lebanon and Israel has seen escalating exchanges of fire since the Israeli-Gaza war began on October 7.
The recent rise in violence between Israel and Hezbollah has been largely confined to the border area, although Israel has conducted limited air raids deeper into Lebanese territory.
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Israel targets Syria’s Aleppo with air raids
Israeli warplanes targeted sites in the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the Syrian defence ministry.
“Israel carried out an aerial aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, targeting a number of points south of the city of Aleppo,” a statement said.
The Israeli military did not immediately confirm the attack.
Last week, an Israeli air raid outside the Syrian capital Damascus killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The attacks come amid fears Israel’s war on Gaza could expand into a wider regional conflict, pulling in Iran-backed groups such as Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
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Displaced Palestinians shelter in tents in Rafah
Volunteers build tents at a displacement camp [Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency] 
Displaced Palestinians set up shelters after leaving their homes because of Israeli attacks that continue in Rafah [Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency] 
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Qassam targets Israeli soldiers and military vehicles
Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters targeted:
- Two Israeli military jeeps and the soldiers manning the vehicles in Sheikh Ijlin neighbourhood in southern Gaza City.
- A group of soldiers and military vehicles with mortar shells east of the town of Khuza’a in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Eight Israeli tanks with Yasin-105 shells in the Gaza Old City districts of Tuffah and Daraj.
- A group of soldiers and military vehicles with mortar shells east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/30/israel-hamas-war-live-un-aid-chief-decries-israeli-attack-on-relief-convoy
