From the UNSC meeting today (Friday)
"One would have hoped that saving Palestinian children’s lives would be met with the same urgency to act and to provide protection granted to shipping lanes." - Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour at #UNSC pic.twitter.com/gDPMtnzvaA
— Rohan Talbot (@rohantalbot) January 12, 2024
Interview with Eylon Levy asked whether Israel would abide by potential court ruling
"We fully expect the court to throw out this spurious claim"
"I cannot imagine a world in which an international court of justice would tell us to abandon women children"
Interview at 5:02
He just can't possibly imagine not being the victim is basically what it is.
so I think perhaps the most significant thing beyond the obvious which is what you're stating these were all heard charges of genocide in an open court that technically does have jurisdiction over all countries in the world on a more practical level it's going to put a lot of pressure on America's allies to answer the question of if they think the United States is in charge of the world or international law is
Meanwhile the war and siege goes on
UN sounds alarm over Israel’s increased restrictions on northern Gaza aid missions
According to the latest Gaza situation report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), denial of access by Israel to northern Gaza resulted in just 21 percent of all planned food, water and medicine supplies reaching that part of the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Israel has severely restricted humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza since the start of the new year compared with December, the UN reports.
“The rate of access denials for missions to the north of Wadi Gaza seen as of 12 January 2024 presents a significant deterioration when compared with those of December 2023, where more than 70 percent [13 out of 18] of planned UN missions to the north were coordinated and undertaken,” UNOCHA said.
“Every day of assistance missed results in lost lives and suffering for hundreds of thousands of people who remain in northern Gaza,” it said.
In a 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday, a further 151 Palestinians were killed and almost 250 injured in Israeli attacks from air, land and sea on the Gaza Strip, the UN also reports.
More Israeli military raids across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have conducted raids across the occupied West Bank overnight, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, storming and searching homes in:
- Qalqilya city
- Bethlehem city
- The towns of Surif and Idhna in Hebron
- Qabalan and Beita town, and the village of Yatma, in the south of Nablus
Three teenagers killed near illegal settlement in occupied West Bank: Wafa
The Palestinian state news agency, Wafa, has identified the three Palestinians killed earlier near the illegal “Adora” settlement in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The three killed were 19-year-old Ismail Ahmed Yousef Abu Jahisha and his cousin Mahmoud Arafat Yousef Abu Jahisha, 16, as well as Adi Isma’in Yousef, also 16. Wafa said the three were shot near the illegal settlement, appearing to contradict reports that the three had “infiltrated” the settlement.
US officials confirm new attack on Houthi forces in Yemen
Reuters news agency is citing two US officials as confirming that the US military has carried out new strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
A Houthi-run television channel is reporting that a airstrikes have hit Yemen's capital, Sanaa. “The American-British enemy is targeting the capital, Sanaa, with a number of airstrikes,” the Houthi-run Al-Masirah news network announced early on Saturday, local time.
The US carried out further strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen, according to a US official, one day after launching a coordinated multi-nation attack on nearly 30 Houthi positions. The additional strikes carried out Friday night (Eastern Time) were much smaller in scope than the previous night. They targeted a radar facility used by the Houthis, the official said.
The Houthis had fired at least one anti-ship ballistic missile towards a commercial vessel earlier Friday.
