Twenty Palestinians have been killed within the early hours of Tuesday in Rafah, whereas UN warns Gaza could possibly be hit by famine between mid-March and Could.
Right here’s how issues stand on Tuesday, March 19, 2024:
Combating and humanitarian disaster
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Twenty Palestinians have been killed within the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Rafah and central components of the Gaza Strip, in line with Palestinian well being officers. No less than six individuals have been killed in an Israeli assault on a home within the Nuseirat refugee camp.
- Israeli forces shelled a home in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Monday, killing not less than eight Palestinians, together with youngsters, the Palestinian information company Wafa mentioned.
- Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, known as for a direct humanitarian ceasefire on Monday after a brand new report warned that northern Gaza could possibly be hit by famine any time between mid-March and Could.
- Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul was launched on Monday after being detained for 12 hours and severely crushed by Israeli forces in Gaza Metropolis’s al-Shifa Hospital.
- In keeping with the White Home, Israel killed a senior Hamas commander Marwan Issa, in an air strike final week.
Diplomacy and regional tensions
- US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed to have their groups meet in Washington, DC to debate “various approaches” to a floor offensive on Rafah, in line with the White Home.
- The US navy’s Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned on Monday it destroyed “seven anti-ship missiles, three unmanned aerial automobiles (UAV), and three weapons storage containers” in assaults on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
- Michael Fakhri, the UN particular rapporteur for the best to meals, has urged the US to do extra to finish the continuing starvation and hunger disaster in Gaza.
- Individually, EU international ministers on Monday “unanimously” accepted sanctions towards violent settlers who harass Palestinians within the occupied West Financial institution.
Violence within the occupied West Financial institution
- The Israeli navy arrested three Palestinians from Qalqilya governorate within the occupied West Financial institution, the Wafa information company reported on Monday.
- Two males have been arrested after Israeli forces stormed their properties within the city of Azzun, whereas a 3rd man was arrested from the city of Kafr Thulth, each east of the town of Qalqilya.
- On Monday, the Israeli navy additionally arrested a person within the Jabal al-Sharif space of Hebron, whereas within the Balata camp, east of the town of Nablus, Palestinian teams have focused a bulldozer with an explosive system following an Israeli raid on the world.
