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SvennoJ on 20 February 2024
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Israeli attacks kill dozens of people across Gaza: Wafa

The Palestinian state news agency Wafa is reporting that dozens of people were killed on Tuesday as a result of Israeli attacks across Gaza.

Some of the deadliest incidents reported by Wafa include:

  • Eight people were killed, children among them, and more were injured when Israeli forces bombed a house in the al-Geneina neighbourhood, east of Rafah in southern Gaza.
  • Six people were killed and others were injured when Israeli tanks fired shells at displaced Palestinians in the Al Mawasi area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that it recovered the bodies of two deceased people and eight wounded from an MSF office in the west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
  • “Dozens” of people were killed and others were injured when the Israeli military bombed several homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City in northern Gaza. Many people remain under the rubble and rescue services are unable to reach them.

MSF says two people killed as Israel bombs shelter in Al Mawasi

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) said the Israeli military has bombed a shelter hosting MSF staff in Al Mawasi near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The medical humanitarian group said that ambulance crews have now reached the site and that at least two family members of its staff have been killed and six people have been injured in the attack.

“We are horrified by what has taken place,” MSF said in a post on X.

Palestinians search for survivors amidst rubble as Israeli bombing persists

Israeli airstrikes have decimated large parts of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, leaving Palestinians searching for survivors under the rubble. As the bombing continues and famine looms, time is ticking for the international community to act to ensure the safety of civilians caught in the middle of the conflict.

Fears of more patient deaths at Nasser Hospital after Israeli siege, raid, mass arrests

In the 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday afternoon, a further 103 Palestinians were reported killed and 142 injured by Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

A least five patients died in intensive care at the besieged Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis because the World Health Organization (WHO) was twice denied permission by Israeli forces from accessing the medical facility to evacuate the seriously ill, the OCHA said in its latest situation report.

According to the OCHA, the WHO reported on Tuesday that it had transferred 32 patients in critical condition from Nasser to three other hospitals in Gaza amid the Israeli siege of the medical facility and a subsequent raid during which hundreds of people were arrested by Israeli forces.

The WHO said it was concerned for the remaining 130 sick and injured patients at Nasser Hospital – which now has no electricity or running water – and the 15 medical staff still working to provide treatment. Further disruption to medical care at Nasser Hospital would lead to more deaths among the sick and injured, the WHO warned.

Red Crescent says Israel continues to detain 12 of its medics

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said that Israel continues to detain 12 members of its staff, including seven who were arrested during an Israeli raid on Al-Amal Hospital nearly two weeks ago. Israel has faced allegations of disappearing medical workers and doctors throughout the current war.

“PRCS expresses deep concern for the safety of its detained teams, whose fate remains unknown, and calls on the international community to urgently intervene to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release our detained teams,” the group said in a social media post.




Clashes reported as Israeli raid on Jenin continues

Israeli forces are destroying infrastructure and firing live rounds in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, as raids on dozens of homes continue in the city in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military said it had targeted a “terrorist cell” with an air strike in Jenin, killing three people. Palestinian armed groups said they had responded by using explosive devices against Israeli military vehicles.

Raids and arrests have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank in the following locations:

  • The Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah
  • The town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit
  • The towns of Beit Ummar and Bani Naim, north and east of Hebron
  • The town of Tammoun, south of Tubas
  • The town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem
  • The town of Beita, south of Nablus

Israeli forces also arrested a minor in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

US Muslim group condemns Israeli soldiers looting Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has described Israeli soldiers’ reported looting of Gaza as a “symptom of genocide and ethnic cleansing”.

“These and other war crimes, which sickeningly seem to be celebrated by the Israeli government, must be condemned by the Biden administration,” said CAIR’s national communications director, Ibrahim Hooper. Israeli soldiers have openly boasted about stealing from homes in Gaza in videos posted on social media.

According to Gaza’s government media office, at least $25 million in cash, gold and valuables were stolen in the first three months of the war.

Israeli soldiers post distressing content out of Gaza

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/20/exp-israel-soldiers-jeremy-diamond-pkg-022009aseg1-cnni-world.cnn

It seems CNN is only doing videos now, don't know how to embed these.

Brazil’s FM says Israeli counterpart ‘lying’ as diplomatic row escalates

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira has said that his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz has made comments that are “outrageous” and “unacceptable in their nature and lying in their content”, as a diplomatic spat between the countries escalates. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initially drew parallels between Israel’s war on Gaza and the Holocaust, saying that what Israel is doing in Gaza is like “when Hitler decided to kill the Jews”.

“How embarrassing. Your comparison is promiscuous, delusional. Shame on Brazil and spit in the face of Brazilian Jews. It’s not too late to learn history and apologize. Until then – you will remain persona non grata in Israel!” Israel Katz said in a post on X.

On Tuesday, Vieira hit back at Israel. “For a foreign ministry to address a head of state from a friendly country in this way is unusual and revolting,” Vieira told reporters at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. “It is a shameful page in the history of Israel’s diplomacy,” Vieira said, adding that Israel tries to create a smokescreen to cover up what is happening in Gaza. Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel and said that it will not be retracting Lula’s comments.

Colombia’s president expresses support for Brazil’s Lula amid spat with Israel

Gustavo Petro has voiced “complete solidarity” with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is feuding with Israel over comments he made comparing Israel’s war on Gaza to the Holocaust.

“I express my complete solidarity to President Lula of Brazil. In Gaza there is a genocide and thousands of children, women and elderly civilians are cowardly murdered,” Petro said in a social media post today. “Lula has only spoken the truth and the truth is defended or barbarism will annihilate us. The entire region must unite to immediately end the violence in Palestine.”