Main events on Februari 2nd
- A 51-year-old man died of his wounds after an Israeli sniper shot him in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian media reports.
- Palestinian fighters say they are engaged in clashes with Israeli troops during a raid on the Far’a refugee camp in Tubas in the occupied territory.
- Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to a mosque in the al-Melihat village in the north of the occupied West Bank’s Jericho.
- Former US president Biden hailed the release of Israeli captives by Hamas, claiming credit for the Israel-Hamas truce agreement.
Al-Quds Brigades reports ‘fierce clashes’ in Tubas
We are receiving updates on the previously reported Israeli raid targeting the Far’a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank governorate.
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, says its fighters in the camp have confronted the Israeli forces and engaged in clashes. The fighters’ gunfire on Israeli troops and vehicles caused confirmed causalities, according to the group.
The Wafa news agency earlier reported that Israeli forces launched a raid on the camp and the town of Tammun in Tubas at dawn.
Gaza’s death toll raised to nearly 62,000
Authorities in Gaza have updated the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave to 61,709, having added thousands who are missing and now presumed dead.
‘No surprise’ Gaza death toll has climbed higher: Amnesty chief
The revised death toll for the Gaza Strip will not surprise anyone who has monitored and investigated what has happened over the last 15 months, according to Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International.
She told Al Jazeera that lower figures were enough to trigger a case at the International Court of Justice and an investigation leading to arrest warrants for Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court.
“But it should have triggered reactions from governments around the world much earlier. So, I think the revised death toll will add to the urgency and severity of what has been done against Palestinians of Gaza,” she said.
Callamard said in terms of further legal implications, she does not believe the new number indicating almost 62,000 people killed will have an immediate or direct effect.
“Genocide is not predicated on the number of victims, it is based on the act being committed, including creating conditions of life that are meant to decimate a population, and on the intention,” said Callamard, who heads the international agency that found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
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