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According to WHO chief Tedros, the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip is no longer operational. The UN Security Council could vote on a resolution on aid deliveries today, according to a report. The developments in the live blog.
According to Hamas, 110 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the north of the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the radical Islamist Palestinian organization wrote of “50 martyrs” as a result of an attack on houses in the settlement of Jabalia. A total of 110 people have been killed in the city since Sunday. The information could not be independently verified.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said five soldiers were killed on Sunday. Accordingly, the number of soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war has risen to 126.
Conflict parties as a source
In the current situation, information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian parties to the conflict cannot be directly verified by an independent body.
Israel has responded to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ allegations that Israel destroyed a hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva accused Tedros on X, formerly Twitter, of not mentioning that the radical Islamist Hamas had set up shop in the Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Before the Israeli army entered the area, a dialogue was held in coordination with the medical teams. The army had allowed a humanitarian window and most of the hospital had been evacuated.
According to the Israeli military, several dozen civilians refused to leave the area despite previous requests and warnings. 90 terrorists were arrested in the area. “Israel also destroyed the terrorists’ infrastructure and found numerous weapons and intelligence documents that were hidden in the incubators in the neonatal ward, among other places,” said the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to visit Israel today. It is expected that he will also talk to the military leadership there about scaling back the intensive ground operations and air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the ministry said previously. The New York Times reported, citing military sources, that Austin would also hold talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Joav Gallant.
The British Maritime Office (UKMTO) says it has received a report of another incident off the coast of Yemen. This occurred near the Bab al-Mandab shipping lane, around 30 nautical miles from the Yemeni port of Mocha. There may have been an explosion in the water near a ship. The Bab al-Mandab connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have declared solidarity with Hamas, have repeatedly attacked ships in the Red Sea. It was initially not clear whether it was an attack this time too.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has complained about the de facto destruction of a hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday on the online platform The hospital is now no longer operational and at least eight patients have died.
Tedros said numerous employees were reportedly arrested after the Israeli army ended a multi-day operation at the hospital. Many patients had to get to safety “at great risk to their health and safety” because ambulances could not reach the hospital. Several patients died due to a lack of medical care, including a nine-year-old child.
In response, Israel accused Tedros of not pointing out that the terrorist organization Hamas was holed up in the hospital. In addition, the Israeli armed forces contacted the medical staff before entering the clinic, the Israeli mission to the UN in Geneva said on X, formerly Twitter. The army allowed a “humanitarian window” and most of the hospital was evacuated.
Conflict parties as a source
In the current situation, information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by the Palestinian and Israeli conflict parties cannot be directly verified by an independent body.
According to a media report, the UN Security Council could vote today on a new resolution to enable aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. The final outcome of the draft depends on final negotiations between the United States – Israel’s ally and veto power in the Council – and the United Arab Emirates, which drafted the text, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
“We have worked constructively and transparently throughout the process to agree on a voteable paper,” the news agency quoted a US official as saying. “The UAE knows exactly what is acceptable and what is not – it is up to them whether they accept it or not.” The US wants to weaken the wording about the cessation of hostilities, diplomatic circles said. The draft text, reported by Reuters, currently calls for an “immediate and permanent cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access.”
Israel says it has discovered the Hamas terrorist militia’s largest tunnel to date. According to the army, two Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip.