Israeli Airstrike At Gaza Hospital: The war between Hamas and Israel continues for the 11th day. Meanwhile, Hamas has made a big claim. On Tuesday (October 17) at around 10:30 pm, Hamas said that Israel carried out an airstrike on Al Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip, in which 500 people died.
According to news agency AP, if this attack is confirmed, it will be the deadliest Israeli air attack since 2008. According to the AP, images from Al Ahli Hospital showed hospital halls on fire, broken glass and mutilated bodies.
A major reason behind hundreds of deaths is that many hospitals in Gaza have become shelters for people. Earlier, the Israeli army had warned people living in northern Gaza to evacuate. Due to this a large number of displacements were seen.
Meanwhile, the sounds of sirens were heard in the Israeli cities Tel Aviv and Ashkelon. Hamas has fired rockets at them. It is noteworthy that Hamas, an extremist organization operating from Gaza Strip, had launched a deadly attack on Southern Israel on October 7, after which war started between the two sides. So far, more than 4,700 people have lost their lives in this war from both sides.
Sporadic attacks are taking place in northern Israel from the Lebanese border.
The war is continuously intensifying. Hamas is getting support from the extremist organization Hezbollah from the Lebanese border. Sporadic attacks are also being carried out by Hezbollah on the Israeli border, to which the Israeli Army is responding.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on the social media platform Taken. An Israeli The civilian was also injured.” Along with this, Israel said that its army has killed 4 terrorists crossing the border from Lebanon.
Joe Biden will reach Israel on Wednesday, made a big statement before the visit
Meanwhile, some countries are talking about mediation. Some countries like India, America, Britain and Ukraine have supported Israel. America is taking keen interest in this war. Its Defense Minister and Foreign Minister have visited Israel in the midst of this war. US President Joe Biden said that he will visit Israel on Wednesday (October 18) to show solidarity in the face of the brutal terrorist attack by Hamas.
Biden has given a big statement through one of his posts on social media. “History has taught us time and again that anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and all hatred are linked,” he wrote.
Israeli Defense Minister said-Hamas has two options…
Let us tell you that in this war, both Hamas and Israel have vowed to destroy each other. On Tuesday (October 17), Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said, “Hamas members have two options – either die at their position or surrender unconditionally.” There is no third option.” Iran’s Foreign Minister has given a big statement. The Iranian Foreign Minister said that pro-Iranian groups in the region may take action against Israel in the coming hours.
How many people have died in this war so far?
In the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, so far about 3300 people have died due to Israeli attacks in Gaza. A large number of those who died are children. At the same time, more than 1400 people have lost their lives due to Hamas attack in Israel. At the same time, hundreds of civilians killed in Hamas attacks are yet to be identified by Israeli forensic teams. The death toll in overnight Israeli air strikes following the attack on Rafah and the bombing of three houses in Khan Younis has increased to 80.
A top Hamas commander killed in Israeli attack
According to news agency AP, the military wing of Hamas has said that one of its top commanders has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip. Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said on Tuesday that top commander Ayman Nofal was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip. Let us tell you that Nofal was the most high profile extremist ever killed in the Israeli bombing in Gaza.
Food crisis deepens
in gaza Stocks of wheat and flour are depleting rapidly, supplies of eggs, bread and vegetables have also been severely reduced. There is a severe shortage of potable water. The water that is left is not potable. Many people have been forced to drink salty water from agricultural wells. Humanitarian workers have said that drinking the water currently available in Gaza poses a risk of disease.
Hospitals in Gaza are facing severe shortages of medical supplies, including emergency, trauma and surgical gear, as well as blood banks. Gaza’s largest hospital is facing dangerously low levels of water, fuel and medicine, leaving doctors struggling to care for patients there. Power cuts and dwindling supplies of fuel for generators have put patients at risk.
World Food Program said- Bus in shops Food stock available for four or five days
Due to the closure of food distribution centers run by the United Nations in Gaza, about 500,000 people are unable to access food rations. The World Food Program has said that in addition to the severe water shortage, food stocks in Gaza are also depleting and stores have only a few days’ supply left.
“There are only four or five days’ worth of food available in stores,” World Food Program spokeswoman Abeer Atefa said. There is enough food in the warehouses to last for about two weeks, but they are difficult to access because they are in Gaza City, where Israel has ordered residents to evacuate.
Israeli mother appeals to free her daughter from the clutches of Hamas
A 21-year-old Israeli girl is also among the approximately 200 people taken hostage by Hamas. On Monday, a video was released by Hamas, in which Israeli girl Mia Schem was seen, whose hand was bandaged. “I didn’t know until yesterday whether she (daughter) was dead or alive… I’m begging the world to bring my child back home,” Karen Scheim, the girl’s mother, told a news conference. “
UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani has condemned such incidents on reports of people being killed in Israeli attacks trying to reach southern Gaza. “The appalling reports that civilians were killed by explosive weapons while attempting to reach southern Gaza must be independently and fully investigated, as must all allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law,” he said. It should be done.
Jordan King said – will not accept Palestinian refugees
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin that neither his country nor Egypt would be ready to take Palestinian refugees. “This is a situation that has to be handled within Gaza and the West Bank… it does not need to be shouldered by others,” he told media on Tuesday. He said that everything needs to be done to prevent the conflict between Israel and Palestinians from escalating further.
Palestinians in Gaza reported intense shelling early Tuesday near the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, where Israel had ordered civilians to take shelter. Thousands of people trying to flee Gaza have gathered in Rafah, which has the region’s only border with Egypt.
WHO said- access is needed to help 11,000 injured in Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it needs urgent access to Gaza to deliver aid and medical supplies as it warns of a long-term humanitarian crisis. According to news agency Reuters, WHO officials said that about half of the 2,800 Palestinians killed were women and children. Another 11,000 people have been injured in Gaza since Israel began retaliatory bombardments following deadly Hamas attacks. The UN held a meeting with decision makers on Tuesday to open access to Gaza as soon as possible. Currently there is no way in or out of Gaza.
Israeli army claims – no humanitarian crisis in Gaza
According to BBC report, Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht has denied that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He said that there is electricity and water in Gaza. “We have no commitment to supply electricity to Hamas… The people who attacked us have already controlled the Gaza Strip for many years,” he said. They have electricity.
Film producer Yusuf Hammash told the condition he saw with his eyes.
According to BBC, filmmaker Youssef Hammash, present in Gaza, works for the Norwegian Refugee Council. He took his family to Khan Yunis in the south at the weekend. He told what he saw with his eyes. He said every family is hosting other families in their homes, but there are still many homeless people on the street, something that Khan Younis has never seen before. He told that every day there are queues of people outside the bakery in the hope of getting food to feed the family. He told that finding things to feed children every day is a daily mission for everyone.
Many of those killed in southern Gaza were refugees from the north
An official in Khan Younis said that this is the area where Israel had asked more than 1 million people living in Gaza City and the north to come. What happened overnight is a very worrying sign. He said Israel killed more than 100 people in three air strikes, most of them refugees from the north.
The situation in Gaza will be a global issue for the world to discuss – IDF
According to news agency Reuters, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said during a news briefing on Tuesday that the situation in the Gaza Strip will be a global issue for international discussion after the planned attack by Israel.
Iran warned Israel
Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has given a big warning to Israel. Khamenei said, “If Israel continues bombing Gaza, no one will be able to stop the Muslims.”
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