The United Nations has demanded “justice and answers” after the bodies of 15 emergency and aid workers were recovered from a mass grave in Gaza.
The UN will start pulling its workers out of Gaza as the conflict claims a growing number of aid workers,medical personnel and journalists.
Ismail Barhoum was reportedly being treated for wounds when the precision strike hit the hospital,killing him and four others,including a teenage patient,according to reports.
Meanwhile,E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.
Israel warned attacks would increase. Now Hamas says the advance of ground forces in Gaza is a clear sign that Israel has backed out of the truce.
Israel’s surprise assault on Tuesday brought the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war. Now relatives of hostages fear they might not come home at all.
The United Nations says Israel has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza,including by purposely bombing the enclave’s main fertility centre. Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the findings.
An Israeli official said Israel learnt that the US was directly negotiating with Hamas through “other channels”.
Shin Bet has implicitly blamed the country’s political leadership for the October 7 attack,saying it was thwarted in its efforts to act on what it knew.
Most countries do not officially recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital even though it is the site of the Israeli parliament.