Main events from January 21st
- At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and dozens, including doctors and nurses, wounded in an Israeli army raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
- Elise Stefanik, US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the ambassador to the United Nations, has told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Israel has a “biblical right” to the entire occupied West Bank.
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 897 aid trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday, the third day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
- Gaza’s civil defence workers have recovered 120 decomposed bodies from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in two days.
- Four people were wounded in a suspected stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, according to reports in Israeli media.
UN says 897 aid trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that 897 aid trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday, as humanitarian assistance continues to surge into the Gaza Strip following months of Israeli restrictions.
Ukraine requests Israel hand over Russian-made weapons seized from Hezbollah: Report
The Times of Israel is reporting that Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel has discussed legislation with Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Sharren Haskel, that would see Jerusalem send Russian-made weapons seized from Hezbollah in Lebanon to Kyiv.
The newspaper said Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk had met with Haskel earlier today and that the Ukrainian Embassy had released a statement after the meeting in which it “expressed hope for a positive resolution of this matter”.
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