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Main events on September 17th

  • The Israeli military killed at least 83 Palestinians across Gaza, including 61 people in Gaza City, where it is pressing ahead with a brutal offensive that has drawn widespread international condemnation.
  • In one attack near al-Shifa Hospital, at least 13 people were killed, according to medical sources. Hamas described the attack as a “full-fledged war crime”.
  • The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said the Israeli military has intensified its use of booby-trapped armoured vehicles loaded with explosives to demolish residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City.
  • The European Commission presented a much-anticipated proposal to suspend trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel in response to Israel’s war on Gaza.
  • The Israeli military killed at least two people in a strike on a car in Baalbek, Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.
  • Campaigners issued a call for European football federations to boycott the Israeli national team and ban Israeli players from domestic competitions in response to its actions in Gaza.
  • United States Senator Bernie Sanders described Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide, becoming the first US senator to do so.