Thursday, January 18, 2024

Israel kills at least 10 in West Bank while Gaza toll hits 24,448

from Daily Sabah

 A Palestinian man and children inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine, Jan. 17, 2024. (Reuters Photo)

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks jumped to 24,448 on Wednesday, according to the enclave's Health Ministry.

The ministry in a statement said 61,504 others were also injured, adding that Israeli forces committed 16 massacres across the coastal territory in the last 24 hours, leaving 163 people dead and 350 others wounded.

"Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers can't reach them," the ministry said.

About 85% of Gazans have been displaced by the Israeli onslaught, while all of them are food insecure, according to the U.N.

Hundreds of thousands of people are living without shelter, and ⁠less than half of aid trucks are entering the territory than before the start of the conflict.

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday reiterated his call for a humanitarian cease-fire to ensure sufficient aid gets to where it is needed, and to facilitate the release of hostages.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli strikes killed seven people near two refugee camps, emergency services and the army said, as violence in the territory sees no let-up.wes

The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli strike killed four people inside the Tulkarem camp early in the morning...

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