Live blog: Israel's relentless attacks on Gaza 'safe zone' kills 11

Monday, December 23, 2024

0158 GMT — Israeli forces continue striking Gaza, killing four people in two air attacks on the al-Mawasi "safe zone," while rescue operations continue after another attack killed at least seven lives in the same area.

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned the Israeli military's ongoing assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, describing it as an "unprecedented crime against humanity" in a statement.

It said the region is under relentless bombardment, with the hospital being directly targeted by Israeli air strikes.

"The occupation army continues its relentless bombing and systematic destruction of northern Gaza, focusing particularly on the Jabalia refugee camp and Beit Lahia.

"The strikes are targeting residential areas, shelters, schools and especially Kamal Adwan Hospital," it added.

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0127 GMT — Israel targets homes in southern Lebanon in latest violations of ceasefire

The Israeli military has targeted and demolished homes in southern Lebanon in the latest violations of a ceasefire that began on November 27.

The number of violations by the Israeli military has reached 287, resulting in 31 deaths and 37 wounded, according to official reports.

Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli military destroyed numerous homes in the town of Kfarkela in Nabatieh governorate in southern Lebanon.

Similar actions were reported in the Hanin area of Bint Jbeil, where homes were also targeted.

0038 GMT — Only 12 trucks delivered food, and water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam

Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam has said, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory.

"Of the meagre 34 trucks of food and water given permission to enter the North Gaza Governorate over the last 2.5 months, deliberate delays and systematic obstructions by the Israeli military meant that just twelve managed to distribute aid to starving Palestinian civilians," Oxfam said in a statement, in a count that included deliveries through Saturday.

"For three of these, once the food and water had been delivered to the school where people were sheltering, it was then cleared and shelled within hours," Oxfam added.

2253 GMT — Israel kills 7 Palestinians in designated 'safe zone' in Gaza

Israel has killed at least 7 Palestinians and wounded several others in its strike on displaced people's tents in an area of southern besieged Gaza previously designated as a "safe zone" by the army.

Medical sources told Anadolu Agency that the strike set the tents ablaze, resulting in casualties, with medical teams continuing to respond to the wounded.

"Our teams are responding to an Israeli attack on displaced Palestinians' tents near the British hospital in the Al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis," the Gaza Civil Defense Directorate said in a statement.

Civilians and civil defence teams rushed to contain the blaze; eyewitnesses told Anadolu.

2309 GMT — UNRWA chief says Israel has broken all rules of war in Gaza

Israel has violated all the rules of war in besieged Gaza, the commissioner-general of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said.

Philippe Lazzarini highlighted the ongoing violations in the enclave, where Israel has continued its attacks for the past 14 months.

"Escalation over the past 24 hours. More civilians are reported killed and injured," he said in a post on his X account.

"Attacks on schools and hospitals have been commonplace. The world must not become numb. All wars have rules. All of those rules have been broken."

Lazzarini also emphasised that a ceasefire in Gaza is "long overdue," calling for a halt to the attacks to protect civilians.

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