Well being officers say no less than 92 individuals have been killed in a single day by Israeli assaults, together with on a kindergarten in Rafah.
Right here’s how issues stand on Sunday, February 4, 2024:
Humanitarian disaster in Gaza
- At the very least 92 individuals have been killed in a single day within the besieged strip’s southern metropolis of Rafah, the place displaced Palestinians have been sheltering, Gaza’s Well being Ministry mentioned.
- At the very least two youngsters have been killed within the assault as Israeli forces hit a kindergarten, the Palestinian Wafa information company reported.
- Considerations over a possible Israeli floor incursion into Rafah have mounted in latest days, with a whole lot of hundreds of displaced in search of refuge from the preventing there in makeshift shelters and encampments.
- A strike on a gas tank close to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis killed one individual and broken hospital buildings, Wafa reported.
- Israeli troopers proceed to movie themselves committing crimes even after an ICJ ruling ordering Israel to take motion to stop genocide in Gaza, the Bisan Analysis and Improvement Heart mentioned.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned he desires to see allegations that workers from the United Nations company for Palestinian refugees participated in Hamas’s October 7 assaults “absolutely examined”, however individuals in Gaza shouldn’t be left “actually ravenous”.
- Since October 7, no less than 27,238 individuals have been killed and 66,452 wounded in Israeli assaults on Gaza. The revised dying toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas assaults stands at 1,139.
Regional tensions and diplomacy
- The USA and the UK have issued a joint assertion saying their militaries – with assist from allies together with Australia, Bahrain and Canada – hit 36 Houthi targets in 13 places throughout Yemen.
- Separate from its air strikes on Yemen, the US army says it shot down six Houthi antiship missiles as they have been getting ready to launch in opposition to vessels within the Purple Sea.
- The UN Safety Council is predicted to carry an emergency assembly on Monday to handle the US’s latest air strikes on Iraq and Syria.
- Iran says the US assaults inside Iraq and Syria are a “strategic error” that can solely add to tensions and instability within the Center East.
- On negotiations for the discharge of captives and a ceasefire in Gaza, a prime Hamas official in Lebanon mentioned the Palestinian group wanted extra time to “announce our place” on a proposed framework.
Occupied West Financial institution
- Israeli forces proceed with their almost every day raids throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
- In a single day, Israeli troopers stormed Beita within the south of Nablus, Arrabeh within the south of Jenin, the Shu’fats refugee camp in northern Jerusalem, and Qaffin within the north of Tulkarem.
