The rain fall on Loop, giving respite and at the same time condemning the thirsty survivors among its population. The beleaguered Strip receives the gift of water from the heavens over a land empty of homes. Torrents of water fall forcefully on the rubble in an enclave with 45% of its houses damaged and some 41,000 completely destroyed, according to the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs. Among these first signs of the tragic winter ahead, positive news has arrived from the hospital to Shifa, the largest in Gaza subjected to Israeli violence for weeks. During this Sunday, a group of workers from the United Nations and the Palestinian Crescent evacuated the 31 premature babies who remained inside, along with the members of the medical staff and their families.
Meanwhile, in Israel, the first timid dissonant voices against the official account of the Israeli Army. The Israeli media raises some doubts among its readers. He Jerusalem Post questioned the version that Al Shifa was the location of the Hamas headquarters not having been able to find significant evidence of this once the building was conquered. This Sunday the Israeli Army published a video claiming to have found part of the tunnel network under the hospital complex. Furthermore, a report by Israeli security forces cited by the Hebrew press has confirmed that several Israeli military helicopters Not only did they shoot at Hamas militants on October 7, but they also took the lives of civilians who participated in the New Festival, where more than 350 people died. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, The information is based on the testimony of Hamas militiamen who were arrested that day and who have confessed that They were not planning to attack the festival.
Hostage agreement
In Gaza, the weather has given no respite to the attacks. As the alarms of international organizations increase over the risk of widespread famine which is already emerging among the Gazan population, at least 31 people have died in Israeli bombings of the Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps this Sunday. Among the fatalities are two journalists. Their losses turn off thousands of eyes around the world and add to the 60 journalists murdered for Israel in the 44 days of conflict. Some of them have been directly attacked for their profession. Israeli forces have also shot dead two people, including a disabled man, during raids on the occupied West Bank. There are already 153 Palestinians murdered, including 53 children, in the territories since October 7.
Israel and Hamas are negotiating with USA a pause in fighting in Gaza to free some of the 239 hostages kidnapped by Hamas that tragic Saturday. According to him Washington Postthey would have reached an agreement to give a ceasefire during five days, but the White House has denied that the pact has already been formalized. The families of the captives completed a 73-kilometer march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem this weekend to put pressure on their leaders and that they act to return their loved ones soon. “It is a fact that the government is not doing anything to bring my daughter and my wife back home,” he denounces Hen Avigdoriwho has nine relatives held captive in Gaza, to EL PERIÓDICO.
Hijacking of a cargo ship in the Red Sea
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Furthermore, an incident in the Red Sea has caused the entire region Hold your breath this Sunday. The Yemen Houthis have announced that they have taken control of a Israeli owned boat in the south of the Red Sea. Israel has described the incident as a “Iranian act of terrorism” with consequences for international maritime security. At least 22 people were aboard the Galaxy Leader, which was heading from Turkey to India. The Houthi movement, financed by Iran, has announced the start of operations to attack Israeli flagged ships. It remains to be seen how far this aggression can escalate in waters that reach the Israeli coast.
The situation in Gaza remains extremely critical. At least 16,413 people have died since the beginning of one of the most aggressive Israeli campaigns on the enclave. Some 6,911 are children. Furthermore, it is estimated that there are other 6,000 Gazans missing under the rubble or whose bodies are lying in the street without anyone being able to pick them up. It is believed that most of them would have died, although perhaps many of them would have been saved if the emergency equipment they would have had access to them. Without functional hospitals to treat the wounded and sick, many Palestinians try to find shelter in these buildings and in UN schools, which Israel has not hesitated to attack. With its bombings, for 44 days Israel has blown up the entire international legality and the laws of war.