The WHO draws attention to the devastating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The IDF continues to advance. Developments on the war in Israel in the news ticker.
- message to terrorist militia: Netanyahu calls on Hamas terrorists to surrender
- Accusation of “collective punishment”: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov comments on the war in Israel
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Update from December 10th, 9:31 p.m.: There was an air alert near the borders with Lebanon after the army intercepted a “suspicious air target”. This is reported by the Times of Israel citing the Israeli Defense Forces. There have been several attempted rocket attacks in the past few hours. No further details were initially given.
Netanyahu calls on Hamas terrorists to surrender
Update from December 10th, 8:14 p.m.: Benjamin Netanyahu has called on fighters from the terrorist organization Hamas to lay down their weapons. “It’s over. Don’t die for (Gaza Hamas chief Jihia) Sinwar. Surrender – now.” Israel’s army is in the process of publicly giving the impression that Hamas has faltered.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz However, on Sunday, citing unnamed representatives of the security forces, wrote that of the several hundred Palestinians arrested so far, only around 10 to 15 percent belonged to Hamas or organizations affiliated with it. There can currently be no talk of a mass surrender.
Update from December 10th, 6:35 p.m.: Once again, dark clouds of smoke rise over the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. In addition, several explosions can be heard in the background, according to the news agency Reuters reported. The Israeli armed forces are currently in the process of advancing further south of the Gaza Strip.
War in Israel: WHO draws attention to the devastating situation in the Gaza Strip
Update from December 10th, 5:17 p.m.: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the devastating situation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. “The consequences of the conflict on health are catastrophic,” he said at the start of a special meeting of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva. In the evening, the Council adopted a resolution without a vote that, among other things, calls for an expansion of humanitarian aid deliveries. The USA, Germany and other countries complained that the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7th was not mentioned and condemned in the text.
Update from December 10th, 4:06 p.m: The Israeli Army (IDF) has released new footage showing Golani Infantry Brigade troops fighting against Hamas in the Shejaiya district of Gaza City. According to the Times of Israel The troops there have so far uncovered around 15 tunnel shafts, discovered weapons and killed numerous Hamas fighters in the neighborhood.
In an incident a few days ago, Golani forces encountered a group of armed Hamas fighters who opened fire from a school in Shejaiya, according to the IDF. The school complex was booby-trapped and Hamas terrorists tried to ambush the soldiers, the IDF said. The armed men were killed after a battle.
Israel News: Vladimir Putin condemns “dire” situation for civilians in Gaza Strip
Update from December 10th, 3:29 p.m: Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his telephone conversation that Moscow opposed terrorism but could not support the “dire” situation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The state news agency TASS According to him, the conversation focused on “the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.” Israel’s military response to the Hamas terrorist attack should not have “such dire consequences for the civilian population,” according to a Kremlin statement.
Moscow said it was ready to provide “all possible assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilians and de-escalate the conflict,” stressing that both Russia and Israel want to continue “cooperating,” both in evacuating Russians from Gaza in the liberation of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip.
Update from December 10th, 2:19 p.m: According to its Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Gulf Emirate of Qatar continues to advocate for a ceasefire in the Israel War. “We will not give up,” Al Thani said in Doha today. His country is committed to both the release of all hostages and an end to the bombing of Palestinian civilians.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov comments on the war in Israel
Update from December 10th, 1:31 p.m: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has now said it is unacceptable for Israel to use the October 7 Hamas attack as a justification for “collective punishment” of the Palestinian people. This is what the news agency reports Reuters.
Lavrov therefore called for international observers to be deployed on site. The Israeli military had said it was limiting damage to civilians in the Gaza Strip by identifying safe areas on maps. It blames Hamas for the deaths of civilians and accuses it of using them as human shields. The Islamists reject this and accuse Israel of now waging war against the entire population.
Dozens of Hamas fighters detained in the Gaza Strip: surrender in the war in Israel
Update from December 10th, 12:57 p.m: An Israeli army spokesman has now confirmed that dozens of Hamas members have handed over their weapons to soldiers of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) – Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip appears to be faltering.
Israel relies on bombardment in the Gaza Strip: More than 250 shot at in the war in Israel
First report: Gaza Strip – The Israeli army has continued its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, more than 250 targets were attacked on the ground, from the air and from the sea, the army said on Sunday morning. In the hours before, the troops had destroyed weapons depots, made targeted advances on military installations, destroyed underground tunnels and destroyed attack plans by terrorist cells.
Israel News: Terrorist organization Hamas reports air strikes on Khan Yunis
The army is also pushing ahead with its offensive against the radical Islamic terrorist organization Hamas in the south of the Gaza Strip in the war in Israel. A AFPReporters reported new attacks in the area on Sunday morning. Hamas reported “very heavy airstrikes” on targets near Khan Yunis and on the road toward Rafah.
A source close to Hamas and Islamic Jihad told the news agency AFP, Fighters from both Islamist groups fought “fierce battles” with the Israeli army around Khan Yunis. According to Israel’s Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi, the army “intensified” its offensive there. “We have to increase the pressure,” Halevi said on Saturday evening. Israel’s security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on television that more than 7,000 Hamas fighters had been killed since the war began.
Israel News: Conditions in Gaza “apocalyptic” due to fighting in war in Israel, according to UN
The fighting has displaced around 1.9 million people in the Gaza Strip. Most of them have now fled south. The Rafah region along the border with Egypt became a huge refugee camp. Due to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions in the shelters of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), diseases are spreading there.
“Nearly a million children have been forcibly displaced and are being pushed further south, into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food and protection,” said the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) Middle East director, Adele Khodr. The restrictions and obstacles to aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip amount to a “death sentence” for the children. The aid organization Oxfam called the situation “apocalyptic”. (with news agency material)