Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack the area Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. At least 20 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were wounded late on Friday by Israeli strikes in Jabalia, which also damaged four nearby homes, medics told Reuters. The death toll is likely to rise,…
More than 100 Israeli soldiers signed a letter saying they’ll refuse to serve in the military unless the government commits to a Gaza ceasefire and secures the release of captives held there, Al Jazeera reports. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the 130 signatories of the letter — addressed to Israeli cabinet ministers and army chief of staff…
Arab and international efforts are ongoing to halt Israeli attacks on Lebanon “despite Israel’s intransigence,” Anadolu reports according to caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. “Some may think that diplomatic efforts have stopped, but this is untrue, we continue to hold required contacts,” Mikati said in a statement released by his office. He affirmed that Lebanon’s friends…
Israel needs to address urgently “catastrophic conditions” among Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and stop “intensifying suffering” by limiting aid deliveries, its ally the United States has told the UN Security Council, Reuters reports. Referring to reports of squalid conditions in south and central Gaza, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: “These catastrophic…
