Main events from February 3rd
- Thirty-nine people have left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing to get medical treatment.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to begin discussions on the second phase of the ceasefire as he visits Washington, DC for talks with US officials and President Donald Trump.
- Iran has condemned Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, warning it would amount to “ethnic cleansing”.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,498 Palestinians and wounded 111,592 since October 7, 2023, according to the Health Ministry. The Gaza Government Media Office has given a death toll of at least 61,709 people, saying thousands of people who are missing are now presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
Children wait in line to buy bread in Gaza City
Israeli army’s Jenin raids cause shortage of key supplies: Aid group
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, says the blockade caused by Israel’s military operation in Jenin’s refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank is leading to a shortage of key supplies.
“Since the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza, there has been an escalation of extreme violence occurring across the West Bank, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas,” it said in a statement.
“This is unacceptable,” it added, noting that the Israeli army on Sunday destroyed 23 buildings by carrying out several simultaneous attacks in the Jenin refugee camp.
MSF said it has been supporting Jenin’s hospital with fuel and water as well as providing hygiene kits, food and mattresses to residents in the Jenin and Tulkarem camps.
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