World Meals Programme condemns Israeli forces for firing at one in every of its convoys in Gaza in ‘unacceptable’ incident.
Latest Israeli assaults have killed and injured dozens of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip amid ongoing talks to attain a truce deal within the besieged territory.
Medical sources instructed Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli bombardment injured about 40 individuals north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday. Casualties, together with kids, have been additionally reported within the al-Mawasi space close to Khan Younis.
The Palestinian Civil Defence mentioned that it retrieved the our bodies of three individuals who have been killed in Israeli bombing in Nuseirat and one other particular person in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah.
The Gaza Well being Ministry had mentioned earlier on Monday that not less than 49 individuals have been killed over the earlier 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian dying toll from the warfare to 45,854.
Israel has been killing dozens of Palestinians in Gaza day by day because the warfare broke out in October 2023. It has additionally imposed a suffocating blockade on the territory and displaced practically its complete inhabitants.
Harsh winter situations have added to the woes of Palestinians sheltering in makeshift tents, already contending with starvation and lack of medical care.
The Gaza Authorities Media Workplace mentioned on Monday that eight displaced Palestinians have died attributable to extreme chilly in current weeks, warning that the quantity might rise amid dire situations within the territory.
“We maintain the Israeli occupation absolutely chargeable for the deterioration of humanitarian situations within the Gaza Strip in addition to the American administration and nations which have supported and took part within the genocide,” the workplace mentioned in an announcement.
It referred to as on worldwide organisations and Arab and Muslim nations to urgently intervene to avoid wasting civilians in Gaza.
The World Meals Programme (WFP) on Monday accused Israeli forces of firing at one in every of its convoys a day earlier.
It described the taking pictures, which didn’t end in casualties, as “unacceptable”.
“The World Meals Programme strongly condemns the horrifying incident on January 5, when a clearly marked WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces close to the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, placing the lives of our employees at great threat and leaving the autos immobilised,” WFP mentioned in an announcement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are dealing with arrest warrants by the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC) over alleged warfare crimes in Gaza, together with utilizing “hunger as a technique of warfare”.
Towards the backdrop of the violence and humanitarian disaster in Gaza, diplomatic efforts have continued to succeed in a ceasefire deal that might result in the discharge of Israeli captives held by Hamas and different Palestinian teams.
Hamas officers instructed a number of media retailers on Monday that the group is keen to free 34 Israeli captives within the first stage of the deal that might additionally see the discharge of an unspecified variety of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
It’s unclear how lots of the Israeli captives on the preliminary checklist are nonetheless alive. Hamas has mentioned that Israeli bombardment has killed a number of captives because the begin of the warfare.
Israeli media retailers reported on Monday that Mossad chief David Barnea postponed a visit to Doha to finalise the deal whereas Israel awaits Hamas’s response to a proposal.
Incoming United States President Donald Trump reiterated on Monday that “there could be hell to pay” if the captives aren’t launched by the point he returns to the White Home for a second time period on January 20.