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SvennoJ on 01 May 2024
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Search for survivors after deadly Israeli strike in Gaza City

An Israeli air attack on a house in the centre of Gaza City has killed several people and injured others, the Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources.

People are still searching for bodies and survivors in the ruins of the house in Jalaa Street, Wafa added, with the number of people killed in the attack yet to be confirmed.

‘More trauma and death’ if Israeli assault on Rafah goes ahead, UN aid chief warns

UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths has issued a statement warning that a ground operation on Rafah is “on the immediate horizon” despite the world “appealing to the Israeli authorities for weeks to spare” the Palestinian city.

Israel’s plan to send ground forces into the last civilian refuge in the Gaza Strip – where more than 1 million people fled in search of safety from Israeli attacks – will “spell even more trauma and death”, Griffiths warns.

“We are in a race to stave off hunger and death, and we are losing,” he said.

“For agencies struggling to provide humanitarian aid despite the active hostilities, impassable roads, unexploded ordnance, fuel shortages, delays at checkpoints, and Israeli restrictions, a ground invasion would strike a disastrous blow,” he added.

“The simplest truth is that a ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words. No humanitarian plan can counter that.”

Israeli military arrests three men in Fawwar refugee camp

The Israeli military has arrested three Palestinians during a raid on the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, local media reports.

One of the arrested men, Tariq Abu Hammad, was freed from Israeli detention only days before.

Israeli forces have also arrested a Palestinian man in the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, while they’ve also stormed the city of Qalqilya and the Dheisheh camp in Bethlehem.



At least six arrested in overnight West Bank raids

The Israeli military has carried out another night of raids throughout the occupied West Bank, searching Palestinians’ homes and making arrests, according to the Wafa news agency.

Arrests were carried out in the following areas, with at least six Palestinians, including a minor, taken into Israeli custody:

  • Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, south of Jericho
  • Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem
  • Qalqilya city
  • El-Bireh city




Israeli military strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has said that is has carried out attacks on Hezbollah targets in the Khiam and Kfar Kila areas of southern Lebanon. Posting on X, it added that “terrorist infrastructure” was also struck in the Layda, Al Adisa and Meiss el-Jabal areas of southern Lebanon.

There are no reports of casualties at this time, but we will update you as information comes in.