On Thursday, an Israeli strike hit a residential building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 15 people, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense spokesperson. The strike created a large crater and severely damaged the buildings around it, trapping dozens of people under the rubble. Gaza Civil Defense paramedics and first responders are struggling due to crippled infrastructure and fuel shortages, relying on donations of fuel from individual Palestinians to run ambulances and other vehicles. Israel has banned the transport of fuel into Gaza.
More Than 9,000 Palestinians Dead – Gaza Health Ministry
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday that more than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed since war broke out over three weeks ago. The figure is without precedent in decades of Israeli-Palestinian violence and is around four times the toll from the 2014 Gaza war. More than 1,400 people have been killed on the Israeli side, the vast majority of civilians killed by Hamas in its bloody 7 October incursion into Israel, also an unprecedented number. The Health Ministry is part of the Hamas-run government but includes doctors and veteran civil servants who are not affiliated with the group.
UN Criticised for Failing to Stop ‘Genocide’ in Gaza
Craig Mokhiber, a US human rights lawyer, has accused the UN of not stopping what he called “a genocide unfolding before our eyes” in Gaza. Mokhiber left his job heading the New York office of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 31 October. His four-page letter to UN human rights chief Volker Türk makes no mention of Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, which killed 1,400 people. Mokhiber accused the US, UK and much of Europe of being “wholly complicit in the horrific assault” on Gaza by Israeli forces. He called for the dismantling of Israel and the establishment of “a single, democratic, secular state in all of historic Palestine, with equal rights for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.”
Biden Calls for Humanitarian ‘Pause’
US President Joe Biden has called for a humanitarian “pause” in the Israel-Hamas war after a campaign speech was interrupted by a protester calling for a ceasefire. Biden was exerting pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give Palestinians at least a brief reprieve from the relentless military.
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