Israel’s war on Gaza: Fighting continues  despite UN’s resolution on ceasefire

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Israel’s war on Gaza: Fighting continues  despite UN’s resolution on ceasefire

Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna Northwest Nigeria
BBC summarizes as follows
Fighting is continuing in the Gaza Strip despite the first UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire passed on Monday
Israel says Hamas’ apparent rejection of the latest truce proposal, that would see some Israeli hostages released, shows the “damage” done by the UN resolution.
Hamas says it is sticking to its original position calling for a full ceasefire, and laid out terms Israel has called “delusional”
Israel said on Tuesday morning it had carried out attacks on more than 60 “terror targets” over the past day.
Qatar says talks are ongoing between Israeli and Hamas representatives, via mediators in Doha, aimed at ending the fighting.
In Gaza, witnesses say Israeli warplanes bombed the southern city of Rafah.
Palestinian media report at least 18 people were killed in an air strike on a residential building.
Elsewhere, fierce gun battles raged around hospitals in nearby Khan Younis and Gaza City.

Resolution passed yesterday Monday:

The Security Council on Monday approved a long-awaited resolution on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

Shortly after the vote, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on social media that the “resolution must be implemented. Failure would be unforgivable.”

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UN Palestine rapporteur report said

fourteen countries voted in favour of the resolution; the US, Israel’s main ally, abstained.

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Israeli air strikes was reported to have killed at least 22 Palestinians in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah region and 30 in Rafah in the south.
Palestinians who fled the ongoing Israeli siege of al-Shifa Hospital said Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers drove over at least four bodies and ambulances. Israeli forces have also surrounded al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in southern Gaza.
At least 32,333 Palestinians have been killed and 74,694 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive.

 

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