At least 17,000 children are “unaccompanied or separated” of their families in the Gaza Strip, the UN warned on Friday February 2. According to UNICEF, more than a million children in the Gaza Strip, “almost all”need mental health help. “They show symptoms such as extremely high levels of anxiety, loss of appetite, they cannot sleep, they have emotional outbursts or panic every time they hear the bombings”said a Unicef spokesperson. Follow our live stream.
At least three pro-Iranian fighters killed in Syria in Israeli strike. Among the victims of this attack which targeted “a site belonging to Lebanese Hezbollah”are located “an Iranian and an Iraqi”, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Friday. Questioned by AFP, the Israeli army responded “do not comment on information from foreign media”.
Fighting continues in Khan Younes. During the night, witnesses reported Israeli raids in the center and south of the Palestinian enclave, particularly in the territory’s second city where Israeli operations have been concentrated in recent weeks.
A demonstration in Tel Aviv to free the hostages. The mobilization took place Thursday evening, after Hamas gave a “first positive confirmation” to a proposal for a humanitarian pause in Gaza and the release of hostages, a solution “approved” also by Israel, according to Qatar, which is acting as mediator in these negotiations.