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SvennoJ on 01 December 2024
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Main points on Dec 1st

  • Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians in an attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, and four others in a raid on the occupied West Bank village of Sir.
  • Dr Munir al-Bursh, the director of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces are using “internationally prohibited weapons” in the enclave, which causes entire bodies to “vaporise”.
  • UNRWA suspended aid deliveries through the central Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing between Gaza and Israel, citing a worsening security situation. Al Jazeera’s correspondents on the ground say the groups attacking the aid trucks are supported by Israel.
  • US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told US media that the White House is working on a ceasefire and captive release deal for Gaza but the agreement is “not there yet”.
  • Hezbollah’s ceasefire with Israel has largely held despite the Israeli military launching fresh attacks on southern Lebanon and claiming the killing of several of the Lebanese armed group’s fighters there.
  • Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed attacks on a US warship and three supply vessels, hours after launching what it called a hypersonic missile at central Israel.

UN condemns attacks on aid workers, the ‘last lifeline’ in Gaza

Muhannad Hadi, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, has called for accountability after Israeli forces killed four more humanitarian workers in Gaza on Saturday.

The victims included three staff members from World Central Kitchen, who were killed in an attack on their vehicle in southern Khan Younis. A staff member for Save the Children was killed in a separate air strike.

“Humanitarian workers in Gaza represent the last lifeline for over two million Palestinians who are enduring unimaginable conditions,” Hadi said, noting that more than 330 humanitarian workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.

“Their work is not just critical; it is indispensable,” he said.

GCC denounces Israel’s ‘genocide, ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have reiterated their calls for an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip following their meeting in Kuwait on Sunday.

They welcomed the ICC’s arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and said they rejected the description of Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip as self-defence.

The leaders also “condemned in the strongest terms the shocking and horrific crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a genocide and ethnic cleansing agenda, including the killing of civilians, torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances, forced displacement, and looting”.