SvennoJ on 18 October 2024
Main headlines for October 18th
- Hamas has confirmed that its leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in combat with Israeli forces in Gaza, saying he died defending Palestine until the last moments of his life.
- At least 33 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza.
- Mohamad Salha, a doctor treating those injured in the attack in a hospital in northern Gaza, told Al Jazeera that of the more than 70 wounded people being treated at his facility, the majority are women and children.
- The Israeli military has carried out several more deadly attacks across Gaza, including strikes on a house in the Maghazi camp, which killed five people, and a drone attack in Gaza City, which killed four.
- At least five Palestinians have been killed and others injured in Israeli strikes on the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
- The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri has released a report detailing Israel’s starvation campaign in Gaza, calling Israel’s rules around the entry of aid “opaque and absurd”.
- US President Joe Biden has said there is a possibility of working towards a ceasefire in Lebanon, but it will be harder to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
- US publication Politico reports that the Belgian prosecutor’s office says it has launched an investigation into possible war crimes committed by a Belgian soldier fighting for Israel in Gaza.
