Rising Civilian Toll and Diplomatic Tensions
Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed not less than 16 folks in Gaza, together with 12 in a single assault on a tent sheltering displaced residents, in response to the territory’s civil protection company.
On Tuesday, one other 27 folks have been killed in southern Gaza close to a GHF help website, the place Israeli troops opened hearth. The Israeli navy has mentioned the incident is below investigation.
Stress on the Safety Council has grown in current weeks, with either side buying and selling accusations over the battle’s toll on civilians.
Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour urged Council members to behave. “All of us will likely be judged by historical past as to how a lot now we have completed so as to cease this crime in opposition to the Palestinian folks,” he mentioned Tuesday.
Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, blasted the decision as unhelpful and politically motivated.
“This decision doesn’t advance humanitarian aid. It undermines it. It ignores a working system in favor of political agendas,” Danon mentioned in remarks ready for the Council. “It ignores the one celebration nonetheless endangering civilians in Gaza: Hamas.”
