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SvennoJ on 01 March 2024
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At least 17 killed as Israeli warplanes bomb three houses in Gaza: Reports

The Palestinian state news agency, Wafa, is reporting that at least 17 people have been killed in Israeli jet fighter attacks on three residential buildings in the Gaza Strip’s Deir el-Balah area and the Jabalia refugee camp.

According to Wafa and our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, 15 people were reported killed and dozens wounded in attacks on two houses located east of Deir el-Balah. Another two people were reported killed in the bombing of a house in Jabalia, where at least 70 people were sheltering, Wafa reports.

Wafa also said that rescue crews will try to determine by tomorrow how many of the residents of the house in Jabalia are trapped beneath the rubble.

Martyrs and the injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted two homes and a mosque in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

Teenager shot dead as Israeli forces continue night raids in occupied West Bank: Report

Israel forces have killed a Palestinian teenager in a village west of Ramallah during night raids and house searches across the occupied West Bank. The slain 16-year-old was identified as Muhammad Murad al-Deek, according to the Wafa news agency, who was reportedly shot dead when the Israeli military stormed Kafr Nima village in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Palestine’s Red Crescent Society said an emergency crew attempted to save the life of a victim who sustained gunshot wounds to the head in Kafr Nima.

Israeli military raids were also reported in the following villages, towns and cities:

  • A young man was arrested during raids on Qalqilya city and the town of Azzun to the east – it was the sixth consecutive night that the town has been raided by the Israeli military.
  • Hebron city and the towns of Bani Naim, Yatta and Tarqumiyah in Hebron’s governorate, and as-Samu south of Hebron where a vehicle was also seized.
  • Sanur town, south of Jenin city, where Israeli soldiers seized the contents of a printing plant.
  • Live bullets and sound bombs were used by Israeli forces when confronted by Palestinian youths resisting a raid on the town of Jaba, south of Jenin. Raids were also carried out on the towns of Arraba and Silat ad-Dhahr, also south of Jenin, and Israeli forces entered the villages of al-Jalama, Arbouna, Faqqua, and Deir Ghazala.





Biden, Italy’s Meloni reiterate support for Israel’s right to ‘self-defence’

US President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have reiterated their support for Israel’s right to ‘self-defence’ and discussed the urgent need for more aid in Gaza during a meeting at the White House.


Palestinians gather in a street destroyed by Israeli bombardments as humanitarian aid supplies are airdropped in Gaza City on March 1

“The leaders discussed developments in the Middle East, including the importance of preventing regional escalation. They reaffirmed their commitment to Israel’s right to self-defence consistent with international law and underscored the urgent need to increase deliveries of life-saving humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza,” the White House said in a statement on Friday.

Biden and Meloni also talked about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the G7, which Italy is leading as the current chair.