Foreign minister says Israel ‘fighting the war of the free world’
Gideon Saar, addressing a news conference in West Jerusalem alongside his EU counterpart Kaja Kallas, says it’s “only natural” for Israel to expect European support.
“We are now fighting the war of the free world,” he’s quoted by The Times of Israel as saying. “Iran, Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah attack us because we are nearby. But make no mistake, the war is against Western civilization – against its values and its ways of life.”
Saar also said the ramming and shooting attack that took place near Haifa is the result of “ongoing incitement” on the part of the Palestinian Authority.
The war of oppression you mean, you're fighting against the free world, destroying international law and human rights law.
At least 61 people killed in Gaza in one day
Gaza’s death toll since the start of Israel’s war has reached 50,082, with 113,408 others wounded, the Health Ministry says. At least 61 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, and four bodies recovered from the debris, according to the ministry.
There were 134 wounded victims admitted to Gaza hospitals over the last day. “A number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defence crews,” a ministry statement said.
Israeli forces open fire on ‘safe zone’ encampment in south Gaza
In the past hour, we’ve received reports that the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the southern part of the Gaza Strip has been bombed by Israeli artillery from Rafah city.
Witnesses say there’s been an advance by Israeli troops on the al-Mawasi camp on the coast, where Israel’s army ordered Rafah residents to flee to yesterday. They are opening fire and spreading fear and panic among the thousands of displaced Palestinians there.
Al-Mawasi has been designated “a safe humanitarian zone” for civilians by Israel’s military.
Attacks also continue unabated elsewhere, particularly in northern Gaza City. In the last hour, we received confirmation that a group of civilians was attacked and four people were killed in an Israeli air raid there.
