READ BACK ISRAEL. Hamas leader: “Settlement in Gaza without Hamas is a delusion” – Biden receives families of American hostages | Abroad

The death toll at UN locations in the Gaza Strip is approaching three hundred. The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) says that since the outbreak of war between terrorist group Hamas and Israel 156 incidents to have registered where the locations suffered damage. This includes bombings in the area.

About 1.3 million displaced people currently reside in UNRWA sites, including health centers and schools. It The death toll is estimated at at least 288 and the number of wounded at almost a thousand. The war also killed 135 UN agency employees.

Since the outbreak of the war on October 7, a total of around 1.9 million Gazans have been displaced, more than 85 percent of the population. According to UNRWA, some people have already fled the ongoing violence several times.

Seven people were killed in an Israeli raid on the West Bank on Tuesday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced this. It Israeli army said in his own words an operation out against one explosives factory.

On Tuesday, the Palestinian ministry reported six deaths in the operation in the Jenin region in the north. But that happened on Wednesday dead of a thirteen year old boy at, because Israeli troops him the access to the hospital had preventedthe ministry said.

The Israeli army claimed to have seized “approximately thirty weapons, ammunition and military equipment” but did not comment on the number of casualties.

“The armed forces dismantled six explosives laboratories, underground tunnels, four observation command centers and explosives,” the army said in a statement.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh thinks a settlement in the Gaza Strip without Hamas is a “delusion”. “But I am open to all ideas and initiatives that could put an end to Israel’s aggression,” he said in a TV speech.

For the Israeli Prime Minister, there can be no role for Hamas in the future of Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized once again that Israel will not stop until Hamas is defeated. “We will continue until the end and nothing less than that.”

Netanyahu has previously said that he wants Israel to retain military responsibility for Gaza after the war. However, it is still unclear exactly how he envisions the administrative division.

US President Joe Biden has received at the White House the families of fellow countrymen held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization is probably still holding about eight American citizens.

“It was a great meeting“, responded Jonathan Dekel-Chen (one of the family members; ed.) after the conversation. “I think we all walked out with the feeling that we, as families of American-Israeli hostages no better friend could have in the White House then President Biden.” The president previously spoke to the families by telephone, but now met them in real life.

According to Israel, Hamas still holds about 135 hostages. Because the fighting has flared up again, there appears to be no prospect of a release for the time being. Biden urged the leaders of Israel and Qatar, among others, to release US citizens as quickly as possible.

UNICEF, the United Nations children’s rights agency, says the war in the Gaza Strip is having an impact on the daily lives of children in Lebanon. Their schools are often closed as a result of the conflict, it is said.

Dozens of schools in southern Lebanon have been forced to close since violence erupted in the Gaza Strip on October 7. The schools are often used to accommodate refugees. Violence has also flared up at the border between Israel and Lebanon since then. About 6,000 students in the border region can no longer go to school. According to UNICEF, some schools in the border region are open, but few children are present.

“This terrible crisis is affecting the childhood of hundreds of thousands of young people. The severity of the crisis is shattering their childhood dreams, leaving them without education, happiness and prospects for a good future,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF delegate in Lebanon. “The daily suffering of children must stop.”