Jakarta –
Israel bombarded Gaza with airstrikes on Monday (10/23) morning. A number of warplanes also struck southern Lebanon on Sunday evening (22/10). The attack took place as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with his generals and war cabinet to analyze the escalating conflict.
Israeli attacks were concentrated in the central and northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. An airstrike on a house near the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza killed several Palestinians and injured many others.
Health authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza say at least 4,600 people have been killed in Israeli bombings over the past two weeks, launched after the Hamas militant group’s Oct. 7 attack on communities in southern Israel, which killed 1,400 people and kidnapped 212 people in Gaza as hostages. .
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who lives abroad, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian communicated by telephone on Sunday (10/22) evening, discussing ways to end Israel’s “brutal crimes” in Gaza, Hamas said in a statement.
Israel has also gathered its tanks and troops near the border fence around Gaza, in what it sees as preparation for a ground invasion aimed at crushing Hamas.
Biden discusses conflict with Western allies
US President Joe Biden also discussed the war between Israel and Hamas with Western leaders, the White House said.
The White House said Biden spoke with leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy.
“The leaders reaffirmed their support for Israel and its right to defend itself against terrorism, and called for respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians,” the White House said in a statement about the negotiations .
The leaders also discussed their own citizens caught in the war between Israel and Hamas, “especially those who want to leave Gaza.”
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in various countries, pro-Israeli actions in Berlin
Around 12,000 people took part on Sunday (22/10) in an action in support of Palestine in Brussels. They called on the European Union to advocate for a ceasefire and an end to Israel’s closure of the Gaza Strip.
Protesters carried signs with slogans such as “Stop the attacks” and “Free Palestine.”
In France, Paris hosted pro-Palestinian protests for the first time, after organizers publicly condemned the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,400 people.
According to police reports, around 15,000 people were also present at Republic Square to express solidarity with the Palestinians and call for a ceasefire.
Several thousand people also gathered on Sunday (10/22) in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, for a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
“The city that suffered the longest siege in modern history, Sarajevo, has the right to stand firm against Gaza today,” Sarajevo Mayor Benjamina Karic told the crowd outside Gaza City Hall. city.
“We know what it’s like when there’s no water, there’s no food, we know what it’s like when children are killed,” he said through tears .
In Berlin, more than 10,000 people took part in a demonstration in support of Israel on Sunday (22/10).
The second humanitarian convoy enters the Gaza Strip
A second convoy of humanitarian aid trucks has begun the process of crossing into the Gaza Strip, several news agencies reported.
Some 17 humanitarian trucks were allowed to enter the Gaza Strip via Egypt’s Rafah crossing on Sunday (10/22), Egyptian state media reported.
The AFP news agency described how the first trucks filled with fuel entered the Palestinian territory on Sunday (22/10) since the attack two weeks ago.
Six other trucks filled with fuel to power the generators of two hospitals in the Gaza Strip also crossed the border from Egypt, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and officials told AFP. Egyptian media.
Cindy McCain, director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), told ABC that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was now worsening. He called for humanitarian agencies to be given secure access to enter the Palestinian territories, which he said are war zones.
kp/ha/hp (AFP, Reuters, AP)
Watch the video “Israel attacks Gaza in 24 hours: 400 people killed, 320 points attacked”:
(pooh)
“Professional communicator. General music practitioner. Passionate organizer. Evil twitter fan.”
