At least 48 more people are dead in Israel's latest attacks on the Gaza Strip.
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Go on Escalation of tensions in the Gaza Strip. This Thursday By then, 48 people had diedhalf women and children, after that Several tanks opened fire in this area. In view of this situation, the Foreign Ministers of the European Union and the UN I asked for one Stop the fire.
The call for peace from the most important international actors is also in the face of Deterioration of the humanitarian situation and famine which affects a large part of the population.
If Hamas does not release hostages, Israel will attack Rafah during Ramadan
For the first time a member of the Israeli War Cabinet has assured that there are attempts to do so reach a possible ceasefire. This would include the release of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas. If the hostages are not released, Israel will attack Rafah during Ramadan.
There is no international consensus to this conflict. Nowadays the United Nations International Court of Justice is holding a hearing with reports from several countries to determine the legality of the Israeli occupation in the so-called Palestinian territories. China and Iran They sent out their reports on this Thursday.
The legal advisor of the Chinese Foreign Ministry assures that the conflict is the result of decades of “Israeli oppression of the Palestinians” According to Ma Xinmin, this war “has its origins in the ongoing Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.” In this scenario, it has the “Use of force” As a “inalienable right of the Palestinian people“.
For its part, Iran points out that “ongoing war crimes by the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip,” adding United Nations “plays an important role.”
The hearing will take place a day later USA Ask the judges in this trial to do that They will avoid commenting on a possible Israeli withdrawaland claimed that this could have “consequences for both sides of this conflict”.
Why does Israel want to attack Rafah?
While, The bombings don't stop and everything indicates that Israel will carry out its planned ground offensive. Netanyahu claims so They will intervene in Rafah because there are Hamas hostages there. However, more than 1 million people are seeking refuge in the Gaza Strip.
In the area of Rafah thousands of people They live with the rubble after an air offensive destroyed seven buildingsbetween them a mosque and a residential building in which four people died.
The victims of the deceased were not separated from the corpses lying in front of them Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital before they were buried. “They hit a mosque and destroyed the entire neighborhood,” said Marwa Abu Moussa, a neighbor who doesn’t stop clearing debris around her house.
Most people in Rafah have reached this point fleeing the war. Israel says it will evacuate the area before attacking, but it is not clear where the refugees can go. So far, more than 29,000 people have died in the conflict.