The next operational report from OSHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) has been published – 187 thousand residents of the Gaza Strip have fled their homes, the number of victims on both sides has reached 1,600 and continues to increase. Latest events.
Palestinian militants continue firing rockets at Israel, and Israeli troops carried out intensive strikes on Hamas positions. As of Monday evening, more than 900 Israelis and foreign citizens had died. The Israeli Ministry of Health reports 2,616 injured. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 687 Palestinians were killed and 3,800 were injured.
Seventeen Palestinians, including four children, were killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank, and 295 were injured. Mass displacement in the Gaza Strip has reached 187,518 people over the past 24 hours and is expected to further increase. The UN says the number of temporarily displaced people in the Gaza Strip is the highest since a 50-day escalation of fighting in 2014.
Meanwhile, Hamas said it was ready to negotiate with Israel. writes Reuters – The group is open to discussing a possible truce with Israel because it has “achieved its goals.” In a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, senior official Moussa Abu Marzouq said Hamas was open to “something like that” and “all political dialogues” when asked if the Islamist group was willing to discuss a possible ceasefire.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the Gaza Strip to be besieged: no electricity, no food. He stated that he ordered a complete blockade, including military access to food, quotes Air Force:
“I gave the order – Gaza will be under complete blockade. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel (to Gaza). We are fighting the barbaric (terrorists) and will respond accordingly.”
Human Rights Watch in Israel and Palestine has criticized the Israeli Defense Minister’s call for a “total siege” of the Gaza Strip as a form of “collective punishment” and a “war crime.” The organization’s director, Omar Shakir, called Yoav Gallant’s comments “disgusting” and accused Israel of using the hunger strike as a “weapon of war.”
In a statement, published On the Human Rights Watch website, Shakir also condemned Hamas’ attacks on Israeli communities, saying that “deliberately targeting civilians, indiscriminate attacks, and taking civilians hostage” are also “considered war crimes under international humanitarian law.”
How reports CNN, on the night of October 10, powerful explosions were heard from the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. The publication’s correspondents report from the scene that explosions in the Gaza Strip and a strong roar over the past hour indicate further attacks. According to journalists in Sderot and Ashkelon, fighter jets were also heard flying over the border, with “big flashes” in the sky and “the sound of a very, very strong impact coming from Gaza.” CNN crews also heard drone activity and a helicopter flying near the Gaza border.
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