Israeli navy say its forces are persevering with their siege of al-Shifa Hospital the place they’ve claimed to have killed plenty of fighters.
Right here’s how issues stand on Wednesday, March 27, 2024:
Preventing and humanitarian disaster
- Israel is ramping up its navy assaults, particularly in Rafah. “Over the previous couple of hours, we’ve got been recording a number of air strikes that focused three residential homes,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported on Wednesday.
- Assaults continued elsewhere in Gaza as effectively, together with Jabalia refugee camp.
- “Not solely have there been intense assaults throughout Rafah metropolis, however there may be additionally the fixed buzzing sound of drones, taking a psychological toll on individuals and making it exhausting to sleep,” Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud stated.
- Israeli navy stated on Wednesday its forces are persevering with their siege of al-Shifa Hospital the place they’ve claimed to have killed plenty of fighters.
- No less than 32,414 Palestinians have been killed and 74,787 wounded in Israeli assaults on Gaza since October 7.
Diplomacy and regional tensions
- On Tuesday, US Defence Secretary Austin instructed Israel’s Defence Minister Gallant that the civilian demise toll in Gaza was “far too excessive” and the quantity of humanitarian assist reaching Palestinian civilians was “far too low”.
- In the meantime Francesca Albanese, the UN Particular Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, stated on Tuesday that Israel’s actions represent “prima facie proof of an intention to systematically destroy the Palestinians as a gaggle”.
- Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets within the north of Israel on Tuesday, hitting a number of industrial buildings following an earlier Israeli strike that hit an emergency response centre in Lebanon’s al-Habbariyeh space.
- Israel’s Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has accused US President Joe Biden of “tacitly supporting Israel’s enemies”, together with Hamas’s chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, The New York Occasions reported on Tuesday. Tlaib is the primary Palestinian American girl to serve in Congress.
- A Qatari Armed Forces plane carrying 20 tonnes of assist, together with meals, for the individuals of Gaza, arrived within the Egyptian metropolis of El Arish on Tuesday, the nation’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs introduced.
Violence within the occupied West Financial institution
- Native media reported on Wednesday that two Palestinians had been killed by an Israeli drone strike within the Jenin refugee camp. 9 individuals had been additionally wounded after the strike.
- The Israeli navy additionally fatally shot a 19-year-old throughout a navy incursion into town. 4 extra youths had been wounded by Israeli gunfire within the city of Qabatiya, south of Jenin on Tuesday.