Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued on Tuesday, March 26, despite a first resolution adopted the day before, a United Nations (UN) request. “Immediate Ceasefire”. After the vote, its Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: “Unforgivable” Ignore it. Now despite mounting international pressure, including the United States, which abstained in a referendum on the resolution, Israel wants to continue its military operations, with the stated objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing the 130 hostages still held by the Islamic group.
Israel continues bombing and military operations against hospitals
Israeli army More than sixty targets were attacked 24 hours throughout the Gaza Strip. The targets were tunnels, rocket firing sites and Hamas militant bases, including the city of Khan Yunis, where rocket attacks were reported in southern Israel, he said. Operations are also underway at al-Shifa hospitals in Gaza City, where the Israeli military says it has killed more than 170 Hamas fighters since March 18, and al-Amal in Khan Yunis, which is besieged by tanks.
The Hamas Health Ministry announced that 81 more people had died in the same 24-hour period. An Israeli strike on Monday evening leveled a building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 16 people, including nine children, according to an Associated Press journalist who saw the bodies and was able to review hospital records.
Other deaths occurred when humanitarian aid was abandoned. According to Hamas, 18 people died, drowning or during the stampede, trying to rescue food by parachute in the north of the enclave. Military aircraft, backed by countries such as the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Egypt and Jordan, have been dropping the billboards for weeks. The British Army also announced on TuesdayAbandoned “More than 10 tons of food items”. The Hamas government has called “Cease airdrop operations immediately” and demanded the opening “quickly” Land access to aid. According to the Hamas government, the human toll of the war now stands at 32,414 dead, mostly civilians, and more than 74,780 injured.
“Critical aid is being disrupted, lives are being lost, dignity is being violated”
The UN has warned that nearly 2.4 million men, women and children are threatened by famine in the devastated Palestinian territory. UN for Palestine Refugees The agency, UNRWA, says it has enough funding to do so. “Activities till end of May”, according to its boss, Philippe Lazzarini. Many donors stopped their funding after Israel accused some of its staff of participating in Hamas attacks. Later, some of them like Canada, Australia, Finland and Sweden have resumed their contribution.
Israel, which has imposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, has told the UN it will no longer allow UNRWA food convoys to enter through crossing points in the north. A quarter of 40 humanitarian aid missions were blocked there between March 1 and 22, according to UNICEF spokesman James Elder. “Critical aid is being disrupted, lives are being lost, dignity is being violated”A tit m. Elder.
The situation has reached new heights when it comes to the “darkest chapters of human history”.he added. Yesterday, UNICEF sat down with young people, many of whom said they were so desperate that they wanted this nightmare to end so badly, they believed they would be killed..
After the UN resolution, diplomatic attention turned to Qatar
The speech was delivered at the UN on Monday “Demands immediate ceasefire for Ramadan” – It started two weeks ago -, ahead “Bring about a lasting ceasefire”And “Demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”. It was adopted by 14 votes in favor and one referendum: the votes of the United States. Washington, Israel's historic ally, had until then resisted the term “Ceasefire” Among the UN resolutions, three texts to this effect were blocked.
The US poll angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who blamed Washington. “Abandoned their policy at the UN” and denies a resolution “Hamas hopes that international pressure will force Israel to accept a ceasefire without releasing our hostages “. The Israeli government immediately canceled the delegation's expected visit to Washington. According to the Associated Press, he was to meet with US officials about alternatives to continuing the Israeli ground assault on the town of Rafah, a goal still claimed by Netanyahu.
After the UN resolution, diplomatic attention turns to Doha, where negotiations under international mediators — Qatar, Egypt and the United States — have been underway for weeks on a ceasefire, the release of hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. A stalemate, each side blaming the other.
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Hamas, it is “We welcome the UN Security Council's call for an immediate ceasefire” Israel was charged on Monday “failure” These talks. “The resolution shows that the Israeli occupation is experiencing unprecedented political isolation” Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political wing, added from Tehran on Tuesday. “ Hamas's position clearly demonstrates that it is not interested in continuing negotiations.”The Israeli Prime Minister's Office responded by calling out Hamas' demands “Dizzy”.
Majid al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar's foreign ministry, told reporters on Tuesday that indirect talks were still ongoing. “in progress”This “Regardless of the comings and goings of these teams.”. Although Israel has officially recalled its delegation, part of it is still in Doha. According to an Israeli newspaper Haaretz. A source close to the discussions, quoted anonymously by AFP, said so “Responsible” You are the Mossad “Stayed in Doha for talks”.
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