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First results from South Africa bringing the Genocide case:
WFP says it was able to deliver food assistance to Gaza City
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that it was able to deliver food aid to the centre of Gaza City for the first time in several weeks.
“For the first time in weeks, @WFP was able to deliver crucial food assistance to thousands of people facing catastrophic hunger in the center of #Gaza city,” the groups director in Palestine said in a social media post on Thursday.
“Safe and sustained access is essential to ensure continuous food aid reaches those in need.”
White House official discusses increasing assistance to Gaza with new UN aid coordinator
A White House official discussed efforts to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza with the newly appointed United Nations Gaza aid coordinator on Thursday. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer expressed "strong U.S. support" for Sigrid Kaag and her new role, according to a readout from the White House.
The officials "discussed mutual efforts to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance reaching civilians in Gaza, as well as steps that can more sustainably meet the needs of Gazan civilians in the longer term," the readout said.
Kaag was named to the position in December after it was created through a UN Security Council vote. She was finance minister and deputy prime minister of the Netherlands before resigning her position to join the UN effort in Gaza.
Israeli lawmaker Ahmad Tibi slams remarks by far-right ministers
The Arab Israeli Knesset member Ahmad Tibi spoke out against remarks calling for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
In a social media post, Tibi pointed out that after years of Arab lawmakers being accused by the right of defaming Israel, comments from members of the far-right are being used in a case that has damaged Israel’s international image.
“Here today, [as] Israel is being sued in The Hague, the lawsuit cites countless members of the Knesset,” said Tibi. “And guess how many Arab MKs ‘supporting terrorism and embracing terrorists’ are mentioned there – zero. Only Jewish ministers and judges on the right.”
Meanwhile the IDF is bringing the tunnel systems back in the news, since it's their 'justification' for the heavy bombing
Israeli military says Hamas held Israeli hostages in tunnels found under Khan Younis
The Israel Defense Forces said a tunnel it uncovered beneath the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis was used by Hamas to hold Israeli hostages.
The tunnel was connected to an underground system of other tunnels beneath a civilian area in Khan Younis and had "ventilation systems, electrical supply and plumbing," the IDF said in a statement Thursday. "After investigating the tunnel, it can be confirmed that Israeli hostages had been inside the tunnel," the IDF said. The statement added that Israeli forces found more than 300 tunnel shafts, "some leading to significant tunnels, tactical shafts, and underground areas which are used as weapons storage facilities and combat areas."
CNN cannot independently confirm hostages were held in those tunnels.
Ofcourse the military action in Gaza and the West Bank continues regardless
“In Rafah in the last hour, nine Palestinians have been reported killed after the residential building they were taking refuge in was completely levelled,”
Despite rejecting ICJ case, US has not assessed Israel’s war conduct
Several US officials, including White House national security spokesperson John Kirby, have called South Africa’s filing accusing Israel of violating the UN Genocide Convention “meritless” and “unfounded”.
But last week Kirby told reporters that Washington has not probed the Israeli operations in Gaza for possible rights abuses despite being the chief provider of weapons to Israel. “I am not aware of any kind of formal assessment being done by the United States government to analyse the compliance with international law by our partner Israel,” Kirby said on January 4.
Without such an assessment, it’s unclear how US officials came to the conclusion that the ICJ case against Israel is meritless. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously acknowledged that “far too many Palestinians have been killed” in Gaza.
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