Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP) – International denunciations grew over Israeli decision on Saturday. Gaza city military acquisitionalthough it seemed to change quickly on the ground of the territory, 22 Months of War.
Health officials said 11 Palestinians seeking assistance were shot and killed, while 11 adults have died of malnutrition-related causes in the past 24 hours.
US special envoy Steve Witkov was expected to meet with the Spanish Qatar prime minister on Saturday to discuss new proposals to end the war.
Mediators Egypt and Qatar are preparing a new ceasefire framework that includes the release of all hostages (death and living) in exchange for the end of the war and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, two Arab authorities told The Associated Press.
“Closing the country”
The hostage families were once again pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in new horrors about the remaining 50 hostages. It is thought to be alive And I’m struggling.
As the attack progresses, “life will be murdered, and those who fall will be lost forever,” said Einav Zangarkar, whose son Mathan is being held in Gaza.
She appeared to be calling on Israelis, including powerful Histador trade unions, to help save the nation, and calling for a general strike to “close the country.”
A joint statement by nine countries, including Germany, the UK, France and Canada, said it would exacerbate the “devastating humanitarian situation” and “strongly reject” Israel’s decision to large-scale military operations. They said attempts to annex or settle Gaza violated international law.
Another statement by more than 20 countries, including ceasefire mediators Egypt and Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates called Israel’s decision “a dangerous and unacceptable escalation.” Meanwhile, Russia said Israeli plans would exacerbate “already very dramatic situation” in Gaza.
The UN Security Council planned an emergency meeting on Sunday. And Germany says it won’t allow anything Exporting military equipment Israel can be used in Gaza until further notice.
He was killed while seeking assistance
Officials at Nasser and AWDA Hospital said Israeli forces killed at least 11 people in southern Gaza and central Gaza. Some were waiting for aid truck, while others were approaching the point of distribution of aid.
Israeli forces refused to fire the fire, saying they were unaware of the incident. The military secured a route to an Israeli-backed, US-backed distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Two witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces fired fire at a crowd approaching the GHF distribution site on foot in the Netsarim Corridor, a military zone bisecting Gaza. One witness, Ramadan Gaibar, said that snipers and tanks fired at their aids and forced them to retreat.
At Deial Balau in central Gaza, some aiders supported the latest in aviation. Hundreds of people were rushing to get what they could, but many were called degradation of the process. Aid groups call it an airdrop that is expensive, inadequate and potentially dangerous for people on the ground.
Israeli forces said at least 106 aid packages were aired on Saturday as Italy and Greece joined the multicountry effort for the first time. Footage from the Italian Ministry of Defense showed not only the package parachutes over Gaza, but also the dry, devastated landscape below.
Barefoot children collected rice, pasta and lentils that had spilled on the ground from the package.
“This way it’s not for humans, it’s for animals,” said Mahmoud Hauila, one man on the scene.
Without giving evidence, Israel claims Hamas systematically diverts aid from existing, unpublished systems and denys it. The system requires that many of the trucks waiting outside Gaza be safely permitted not only to the territory but also to destinations within it for distribution.
In Gaza, when temperatures exceeded 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius), families incited with cardboard and metal trays and slept on the ground outside their tents.
“My children cry day and night. My son hurts the body because of the heat,” said Nida Abu Hamad, who drove away family shelter in Gaza city.
More deaths from hunger
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said the number of new adult deaths from malnutrition-related causes over the past 24 hours has reached 114 since they began counting such deaths in June. He said that since the war began with a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, 98 children have been killed from malnutrition-related causes, with extremists killing around 1,200 and acquiring 251 people.
Israel “put the Palestinians in the way until they voluntarily abandoned the land,” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a news conference in Egypt.
Tolls from hunger are not included in the death tolls in the 61,300 Palestinian province during the war. The ministry, part of Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals, does not distinguish fighter jets from civilians, but says that about half of the deaths were women and children. The United Nations and independent experts consider it the most reliable source of information on victims of war.
Israel has challenged the province’s figures, but it does not provide itself.
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Sam Metz reported from Jerusalem and reported Sammy Magiddy of Cairo. Sam Mednick of Tel Aviv, and Matthew Lee of Israel and Washington, contributed to this report.
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