Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 230th day, has killed 35,800 Palestinians —predominantly babies, children, and women — and wounded over 80,200, with an estimated 10,000+ residents said to be buried under debris of bombed homes.At least 91 people have been killed and 210 injured by Israeli attacks in Gaza in the last 24 hours. / Photo: AAThe Palestinian death toll has mounted to 35,800 amid relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza since last Oct.
"@WHO reports communicable diseases, including diarrhoea and suspected hepatitis A, are on the rise in #Gaza," UNRWA wrote on X. Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been attempting over months of stop-start talks to strike a phased agreement between Israel and Hamas that would lead to a truce in Gaza and the gradual release of Israeli hostages held in the territory.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said in a statement that she had received allegations of people being beaten, kept in cells blindfolded and handcuffed for long periods.Israel will not be deterred from pursuing its war on Gaza, an Israeli government spokesperson has said ahead of an International Court of Justice decision on South Africa's request for an order to halt military actions in the besieged enclave.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the War Cabinet ordered the negotiating team “to continue negotiations for the return of the hostages.” "We hear explosions and we see black smoke coming up from the areas where the army has invaded. It was another very difficult night," he told Reuters via a chat app.The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday May 24 on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza, it said.
The attack targeted a highway between the towns of KafrDajjal and Nabatieh, the state-run National News Agency reported.Since October 7, Israel has killed at least 148 journalists in Gaza who have been reporting on the war — mostly Palestinians, as international reporters have been barred from entering the besieged enclaveThe death toll of Palestinians from the Israeli incursion in Jenin, the northern occupied West Bank, rose to 12 in addition to 25 others injured.
The nine Palestinians, including children and women, were killed in the Israeli air strike on the school that was sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Daraj neighborhood, and their bodies were brought to the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, a medical source told Anadolu.