“SECOND GAZA”
Quickly after the battle started, when Hamas militants from Gaza attacked southern Israel on Oct 7, Israel advised Palestinians in northern Gaza to maneuver to “secure zones” additional south equivalent to Rafah.
Round 1.5 million of Gaza’s 2.4 million folks at the moment are estimated to be sheltering within the metropolis.
Nonetheless, Israel has for 2 months threatened to invade town in its mission to destroy Hamas.
The G7 group of developed economies stated on Friday that it opposed a “full-scale navy operation” there, fearing “catastrophic penalties” for Rafah’s civilians.
Violence has additionally flared within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, the place a two-year surge in clashes has additional escalated because the battle broke out.
The Palestinian Crimson Crescent stated on Saturday that not less than 14 folks have been killed throughout an Israeli raid on a refugee camp within the northern West Financial institution.
The Israeli military stated it killed 10 militants in the course of the operation at Nur Shams camp, which began on Thursday.
A camp resident who declined to present his identify stated the West Financial institution had turn out to be a “second Gaza”.
“That is the primary time in our historical past that we’ve got seen such destruction, such devastation,” the grey-bearded man advised AFP.
Individually, Israeli forces shot useless two Palestinian youngsters close to the West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron, the Palestinian well being ministry stated on Sunday, bringing to not less than 483 the variety of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops and settlers within the West Financial institution since Oct 7, in response to ministry knowledge.
The Israeli military stated the 2 assailants had tried to stab and shoot troops close to the village of Beit Einun.
In line with the Shin Wager inner safety company, not less than 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian assaults within the West Financial institution because the Gaza battle began.
