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SvennoJ on 03 March 2024
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Israeli strike scatters bodies after hitting Jabalia cemetery

The Israeli military, in the last hours, targeted a cemetery in the Jabalia refugee camp that was recently built by the residents of the repeatedly bombed area in northern Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif confirmed that the cemetery was hit.

Videos and reports from the site indicate that human remains came out of the soil as a result of the explosion, and residents are trying to bury them again at another site.

The video below, posted by Palestinian journalist Momin Abu Owda – and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad – shows the large crater left by the strike, and the shrouded bodies of the dead that were displaced by the explosion.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4D4eBmtuj7/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=31a5ca02-34bf-4359-8751-eb01c90f5129

Hamas: No date set for reaching truce agreement

A senior Hamas source has spoken to Al Jazeera on recent developments in ongoing negotiations to bring about a pause in the fighting in Gaza.

Here are a few key points he made:

  • We are working very seriously to reach an agreement to stop the aggression and intensify the entry of aid and relief.
  • We are working for the return of our people to the areas from which they were displaced, especially in the north, and for a complete withdrawal of the occupation.
  • The movement’s delegation is in Cairo to meet with the Egyptian and Qatari brothers and to present the movement’s vision. Whether or not the occupation delegation arrives in Cairo does not concern us.
  • We have not announced specific dates for reaching an agreement.
  • The occupation conducts field and negotiation battles with confusion and randomness.

 

Israeli soldiers hit in Gaza City: al-Quds Brigades

The armed wing of the Palestine Islamic Jihad says its fighters attacked a group of Israeli soldiers with mortar shells in the Zeitoun neighborhood.

Earlier, we reported that the armed group, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, shot dead an Israeli soldier near the Zeitoun area.

Gaza City resident documents life amid intense fighting

Video posted on Instagram by Palestinian man Hossam Azzam, who lives in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, shows what life is like amid the heavy clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in the area.

The sounds of loud explosions and gunfire can be heard as Azzam sits in the stairwell of his apartment building. The video also shows him crawling through his apartment in an attempt to avoid sniper fire and stray bullets.

The fighting has been raging around him for the last 11 days, he said in his post, during which time he has not had access to food or water.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4DtJdotaYB/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=b3693d2f-b194-44f1-992c-9b4918259321



Risk of famine will increase in Gaza amid aid restrictions: Save the Children

The UK-based charity says families in Gaza are unable to find anything to feed their children. “They’re being forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating leaves out of desperation,” the group said in a post on X.

“The risk of famine will increase so long as the government of Israel continues to impede the entry of aid.”

‘Child deaths we feared’ in Gaza are here: UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that many more children in Gaza will die of dehydration and malnutrition unless there is direct intervention to provide assistance.

“Now, the child deaths we feared are here and are likely to rapidly increase unless the war ends and obstacles to humanitarian relief are immediately resolved,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF regional director for MENA, in a statement.

“The sense of helplessness and despair among parents and doctors in realising that lifesaving aid, just a few kilometres away, is being kept out of reach, must be as unbearable, but worse still are the anguished cries of those babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze. The lives of thousands more babies and children depend on urgent action being taken now.”

At least 15 children have died in the past few days at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City, and the enclave’s health ministry has said it fears for the lives of six remaining children there.

Israel claims incubators delivered into Gaza

Israel has claimed 50 incubators, which are intended for use at hospitals in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, “have entered Gaza this morning”. Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said on X that the incubators are to be delivered to al-Shifa Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, the European Hospital, Nasser Hospital and “Aqsa Hospital”.

All are major hospitals that have been rendered totally or partially defunct by consistent Israeli air and ground attacks.

The COGAT statement comes hours after the Health Ministry in Gaza said at least 15 children have died of dehydration and malnutrition in the past few days at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in central Gaza City.



Months ago the problem already was that they had no power to run the incubators in al-Shifa. Now most of the other hospitals are also destroyed and don't have anyn more fuel to generate electricity. Even if they manage to get the incubators there, what's needed is clean water, baby formula, food, medication, blankets, fuel for electricity.

An estimated 180 mothers a day are giving birth in war-torn Gaza each day, according to UNICEF. "These women are unable to access the emergency obstetric services they need to give birth safely and care for their newborns,” Ammar said.Jan 26, 2024

Bringing a couple incubators to nearly destroyed hospitals is completely tone deaf. But it will look good on Fox News.



GCC calls for Palestinian state with 1967 borders

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have once more called for the establishment of a Palestinian state during their latest ministerial meeting in Riyadh. A statement carried by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who chaired the event, said the Arab member nations want to see an “independent State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital”.

They promised to continue pushing for a lasting peace that would include “the Palestinian people obtaining all their legitimate rights approved by international bodies”. Israel continues to oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.