- Ministry of Health in Gaza says staff digging graves in grounds of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis amid siege; “No one can enter or exit the facility”: UN report.
- Countries and international agencies denounce a reported attack by Israeli tank fire that killed at least 9 people at a UN-run training centre housing displaced people in Khan Younis.
- Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reports Israeli forces have imposed a “complete curfew” around al-Amal Hospital as Israel continues its assault on Khan Younis.
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue a decision on Friday in South Africa’s case against Israel over alleged genocide in Gaza.
- At least 25,700 people have been killed and 63,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
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UK tells Israel: ‘Far more aid’ needs to enter Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more aid trucks must be allowed to enter Gaza and an immediate “humanitarian pause” in fighting is needed.
Cameron, on a visit to the Middle East, announced Britain and Qatar are working together to get more humanitarian relief into Gaza. A first consignment of tents will be flown into Egypt on Thursday before travelling by road to Gaza.
“The scale of suffering in Gaza is unimaginable. More must be done, faster, to help people trapped in this desperate situation,” Cameron said. “We have trebled our assistance for Gaza… But our efforts will only make a difference if aid gets to those who need it most.
“As I said to Netanyahu … far more trucks need to be able to enter Gaza and more crossings need to open. We need an immediate humanitarian pause to get aid in and hostages out, followed by a sustainable ceasefire.”
David Cameron, right, with Benjamin Netanyahu [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] -
Israel says infiltration threat on Lebanon border ‘removed’
The Israeli military says that concerns over an infiltration threat near the settlement of Hanita on the Lebanon border are now over.
“Following reports of the identification of a suspect in the Hanita area on the Lebanese border, after scans by [Israeli military] forces in the area, the fear of infiltration was removed,” the Israeli military wrote on X.
The Israeli military mobilised troops and declared a state of alert in nine settlements near the Lebanese border this morning after reports that armed individuals had infiltrated the country.
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PRCS transports wounded to hospital after Rafah bombing
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says it has transported several people to hospital who were injured by an Israeli air attack on an apartment building in Rafah city in southern Gaza.
At least one person was killed in the strike, which happened at dawn in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.
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Iran president calls for ‘cutting the lifelines’ with Israel
Ebrahim Raisi says the conflict in Gaza shows the United Nations and other world bodies have lost their effectiveness. He called on Muslim countries and other nations to unite for a new “fair world order”.
Raisi demanded the political and economic isolation of Israel, saying “cutting the lifelines” would be an effective way of ending “Israel’s oppression and murders”.
Israel will be the “defeated party” in the war in Gaza, he added.
Ebrahim Raisi meets Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday [Handout: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office via Reuters] -
WATCH: Prisoners’ families allege unjust arrests and interrogated by Israeli army
Since October 7, Israeli forces have arrested more than 6,000 people in the occupied West Bank and placed them in administrative detention without any formal charges or trial.
Israeli forces are increasingly using a policy of arresting the family members of wanted people to pressure them to give them up. Rights groups say this is a form of collective punishment that’s illegal under international human rights law.
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Netanyahu vs Qatar: Relationship over Gaza not ‘problematic’ for years
We need to remind ourselves that any leak from inside the Israeli Prime Minister’s office isn’t usually by chance. It’s leaked for a political reason – what that is you can only question.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been under a lot of pressure domestically and internationally to do more to bring the captives home. Tens of thousands of Israelis are on the streets protesting.
The reaction from Qatar to Netanyahu’s “problematic” accusation is very harsh – this seems to be serving the prime minister’s political career more than working to bring back the captives and save innocent lives.
Also important to remember is Israel and Qatar have a longstanding relationship when it comes to Hamas. Over the years Qatar has brought money into Gaza – at the request and cooperation of the Israelis in particular – to try and keep the situation there from exploding, according to analysts over the years, because of the restrictions and blockade.
A protester flashes a message in Hebrew reading ‘there is no time’ during a rally to release captives in Gaza [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP] -
Israel demolishing buildings to create Gaza buffer zone: Report
The Israeli military demolished hundreds of buildings in Gaza within 1km (0.6 miles) of the fence as it seeks to create a buffer zone, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing a new Hebrew University study.
The study, carried out using satellite-image analysis, shows 40 percent of the 2,824 buildings in Gaza located within 1km of the border have been razed since October 7. “Everything has been flattened. It was mostly agriculture. Now it’s a military zone, a complete no man’s land,” one soldier is quoted as saying.
Near the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a densely populated area that suffered intense bombardment by Israel’s military for weeks, 67 percent of buildings within 1km of Israel’s demarcation have been destroyed.
The move is likely to further strain relations with the US, which has repeatedly warned Israel against any moves resulting in the long-term reduction of Gaza’s territory.
Source:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-9-in-un-shelter-sparking-outrage
