Five more children are among dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on central and southern Gaza over the past 24 hours.
from thefreeonline on 17 June 2024 by Lyndal Rowlands and Urooba Jamal at Al Jazeera
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Houthis attack two more ships and UYS Destroyer in the Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi group said they attacked two ships along with an American destroyer in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea.
The militia fired ballistic missiles at the US destroyer and at a ship called the Captain Paris. Drones were launched at a vessel named the Happy Condor, according to Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree.
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“The three operations achieved their goals successfully,” said Saree, adding attacks will continue to “achieve victory for the Palestinian people and to respond to the American-British aggression”.
How Yemen’s Ansarallah led coalition government («the Houthis») upholds international law while the USA constantly breaches it. pic.twitter.com/x8DgLn3LCA— tim anderson (@timand2037) January 21, 2024
Early today, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a vessel 40 nautical miles south of Yemen’s al-Mukha reported two explosions nearby. The ship and its crew were safe and continued their journey.
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Another Israeli soldier killed in southern Gaza battles
The Israeli army announced the death of another soldier during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip.
The statement comes after eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in a Hamas ambush and two others died in the north on Saturday.
According to the army, the number of troops killed since the beginning of the war on October 7 has risen to 662, including 311 in ground battles that started on October 27.
It also says 3,841 soldiers have been wounded including 1,940 in ground combat.
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‘Unacceptable’: Netanyahu opposes military ‘pauses’ for Gaza aid
(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesrerday reaffirmed his policy of starving the Gaza population to death.)
He opposed plans announced by the military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave.
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The military had announced the daily pauses from 05:00 GMT until 16:00 GMT in the area from the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards.
Netanyahu’s opposition to the tactical pauses underlined political tensions over the issue of aid coming into Gaza, where international organisations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis and looming famine.
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Eid in Gaza: ‘Sadness, severe pain and suffering’
In southern Khan Younis city, Majdi Abdul Raouf spent 4,500 shekels ($1,200) – a small fortune for most people in impoverished Gaza – on a sheep to sacrifice.
“I was determined on buying it despite the high prices to perform these rituals and bring some joy and happiness to the children in the displacement camp,” said Abdul Raouf, 60, who fled his home in Rafah.
“There is sadness, severe pain and suffering, but I insisted on having a different kind of day.”
Many people were forced to spend the holiday without their loved ones, either killed or displaced during Israel’s war on the coastal enclave.
Grieving families on Sunday flocked to cemeteries and other makeshift burial sites, where wooden planks marked the graves. “I feel comfort here,” said Khalil Diab Essbiah at the cemetery where his two children are buried after they were killed in the war.
Israeli settlers torch village and attack Palestinian vehicles in the occupied West Bank
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian land in the village of Burqa and attacked residents’ vehicles east of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
Security sources also said settlers attacked Palestinian automobiles travelling along the bypass road leading to the northern entrance of al-Bireh city and threw stones, the news agency Wafa reported.
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has increased since Israel’s war on Gaza began last October.
Israel war on Gaza live: Israeli army ‘urgently needs’ more soldiers
By Lyndal Rowlands and Alastair Mccready Published On 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024
- The Israeli army is setting up a division of retirement-age reservists due to “urgent need”.
- Five more children are among dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on central and southern Gaza over the past 24 hours.
- Israeli government considering sanctioning the PA and countries that recognise Palestine.
- Israel’s military warned that cross-border between Hezbollah and Israel could trigger a wider conflagration.
- An Israeli soldier has been killed after a booby-trapped building blew up in southern Gaza, a day after 10 others died in attacks.
- At least 37,337 people have been killed and 85,299 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
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