Israel increasingly reduces humanitarian zones in Gaza | Nearly 40,000 people have died since the war began

A final death toll from Saturday’s attack on a school in the capital Gaza City is pending, with the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza approaching 40,000.Hamas said about 100 people were killed. At the same time, South Khan Younis Israel again reduced the size of the humanitarian zone Thousands of people have gathered in it. Despite domestic criticism and renewed pressure to reach a ceasefire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist on continuing the war “until victory is achieved”.

Kazan officials said A quarter of the 40,000 dead Palestinians were between the ages of 18 and 29.. On the occasion of International Youth Day, which is celebrated this Monday, the local authorities condemned 24 percent of those who died in the 10-month war were youths between the ages of 18 and 29. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that 26 percent were men and 22 percent were women.

The siege of Khan Yunis continues

Throughout Sunday, attacks continued against the entire area, leaving at least 22 dead. The attacks particularly affected the southern city of Khan Younis, where the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of several areas of the designated humanitarian zone in the north of the city, further reducing the enclave’s safe haven two days later. Launching a new ground assault on the city.

In Mawasi, a humanitarian zone west of the city, more people are huddled in tents on the beach, with worsening humanitarian conditions in light of new evacuation orders. “The area you are in is considered a dangerous war zone”Israel’s military spokesman said on social media Don’t hesitateWhen he called for the evacuation of the Al Jala neighborhood.

Khan Younis has historically been a stronghold of Palestinian militants in Gaza, and in recent days, the army has again ordered the evacuation of Al Salqa, Al Qarara, Bani Suhaila, Abasan, Khirbet Khuza, and several other areas in the east and northeast. city. On August 4, Israel ordered the evacuation of areas southeast of the city, after an incursion in late July left around 300 dead.

Dissatisfaction with Netanyahu

In both Khan Younis and Gaza City, the army has been carrying out attacks against Palestinian militants on territories it has already neutralized, prompting growing criticism among Israeli communities, even within military circles, according to an article in a local newspaper. Yedioth Ahronoth. “Target success,” Benjamin Netanyahu insisted this Sunday, adding that Israeli soldiers were “systematically destroying Hamas with the aim of freeing hostages and destroying military and government capabilities.”

Players interviewed Yedioth Ahronoth They criticize the Israeli government for not setting a “long-term objective” in the war in Gaza and the current situation as “stagnation”. For its part, the military statement gave assurances this Sunday In the last 24 hours, the armed forces have attacked about 30 targets in the Gaza StripBetween the militants, weapons depots and rocket launchers, not to mention the bombardment against al-Tabain.

Emergency services were still active Sunday in Gaza City, north of the Strip, after a bomb attack the day before killed at least 93 people, including many women and children, the territory’s civil defense unit said. “It will take two more days to identify the dismembered bodies,” said Mahmud Basal, a spokesman for the administration. The Israeli military said the establishment served as a base for Hamas and Islamic Jihad to launch attacks against their soldiers and indicated that it had killed “at least 19 terrorists” in the operation.

The Arab League, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, France and the European Union condemned the bombing. The Portuguese government this Sunday called the attack on schools in Gaza “intolerable” and called for respect for humanitarian law and an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire. In the region, the governments of Colombia, Peru and Venezuela condemned the attack, which caused “terrible carnage”.

Hamas seeks to move forward with Biden’s plan

Hamas on Sunday demanded the implementation of a Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by US President Joe Biden “instead of further negotiations”. Negotiations mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have so far yielded no results. Israel agreed on Friday to resume them from August 15. On May 31, Biden presented a plan, which he attributed to Israel, that consists of three phases. The first provides for a six-week ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from populated areas of Gaza, as well as a hostage exchange in the Palestinian territories for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

In his statement on Sunday, Hamas is “asking” mediators to present a roadmap to implement that plan “based on Biden’s vision and UN Security Council resolutions.”. Hamas, which has been in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, insisted that it “must force the (Israeli) occupier to implement that plan, instead of presenting new plans that are implicit in the occupation of the Gaza Strip.”

The EU’s diplomatic chief, Joseph Borrell, hinted at possible sanctions this Sunday after a far-right Israeli minister accused him of inciting war crimes in Gaza. Israel’s Minister of National Defense, Itamar Ben Gvir, called for a freeze on fuel and aid to Palestinian civilians. Borel also rejected statements by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smodrich who said hunger for children in Gaza was “justified and moral”.

The battle erupted on October 7 when Islamist militants killed 1,198 people, mostly civilians.In southern Israel, the balance is based on official Israeli data. They also took 251 hostages, 111 of whom were kidnapped in Gaza, although 39 of them died, the Israeli military said. The Israeli offensive in Gaza has so far killed 39,790 people, according to the Hamas government’s health ministry, without specifying the number of civilians and fighters killed.