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SvennoJ on 13 August 2024
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Flour sent by Ukraine enters Gaza Strip

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the 1,000 tonnes of flour Kyiv sent to Gaza with the help of the World Food Programme has arrived in the besieged coastal enclave.

“Bread baked from this flour is being distributed to families in need. It will be enough to feed 100,000 people for a month,” the ministry said on X.



Despite Israel’s claims of control, rocket hits near Tel Aviv from northern Gaza

The Israeli military said that one of the rockets landed in the maritime area in central Israel, meaning that the projectile that was launched from Gaza hit the sea off of central Israel.

It just goes to show that more than 10 months into the war, Hamas and other Palestinian groups still have the capabilities to fire rockets from northern Gaza.

This is an area that the Israeli army said they reached near full operational and military control over many, many months ago.

And after the ground invasion started at the end of October, they said they were making very strategic gains and military actions. But this shows that 10 months later, the reality on the ground is much different.


Hamas releases video of Tel Aviv rocket strike, claims more attacks

Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has released a video showing its fighters preparing the two rockets that were fired at Tel Aviv earlier today.

The video shows the long-range rockets, which the Israeli military said did not make impact inside Israel, being prepared with makeshift launchers.

The group also said its fighters launched a barrage of mortar shells at Israeli forces in the eastern part of Khan Younis and destroyed a Merkava tank using a planted explosive device in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood west of Rafah.


Israeli military issues more evacuation orders for Khan Younis

The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians living in more areas of battered Khan Younis in southern Gaza to immediately evacuate as it prepares to “act forcefully”.

Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, has released an updated version of the colour-coded map of Gaza that orders the evacuation of more “blocks” designated by the Israeli military.


Israel closes Rafah aid route after alleged Hamas attack

The Israeli military says it has temporarily closed a route in Rafah, which is used to deliver humanitarian aid, after claiming that Hamas fighters opened fire in the area.

It said the area “has become an active combat zone” but did not provide any further details.

This comes after Hamas fired two rockets at Tel Aviv, with the Israeli military saying one fell in the sea off the central city and the other did not reach Israel.

The UN and international aid organisations continue to report that the Israeli military regularly and significantly hampers the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and that the aid that has come through Rafah bordering Egypt has been far lower than needs in the enclave.

Rafah is at the opposite end of Gaza compared to Tel Aviv. Surely the rockets weren't fired from Rafah... Just any excuse will do to hamper aid coming in.


At least 115 babies born and killed amid Israel’s ‘genocide’

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 115 babies who were born after Israel’s latest assault on the enclave began have now been killed. The latest to be killed by Israeli forces are four-day-old twins who were born on August 9. They have been identified as Aisel and Aisar Abu al-Qumssan.

They all “lived short moments before their lives were lost by the bombardment and the aggression”, the ministry said in a statement.

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