Israel-Gaza war: a digest of the main events of the day
At least 18,884 people have been killed (286 of them in the West Bank) and more than 55,000 (3,430) have been injured in Israel's brutal aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. - WAFA
Since October 7, 3,714 schoolchildren have been killed and another 5,429 injured by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Also, during the 69-day war, 200 teachers and employees of educational institutions lost their lives as a result of Israeli attacks. - WAFA
US President Joe Biden has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of carrying out surf bombings during the war in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 20,000 people and injured more than 50,000 over the past two months. Biden called the current Israeli government the most conservative in history and called on it to change its tactics. – Financial Times
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that he had spoken with Israeli officials about the inhumane treatment of captured Palestinians in northern Gaza, and that they had been told openly that such practices would not be repeated. - Anatolia
Israel's ambassador to London, Tzipi Hotoveli, rejected the two-state solution for his country and Palestine, saying that the Palestinians would not have their own state. - SkyNews
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that 2023 was the deadliest year since 2005, when records of Israeli military and Jewish attacks began to be recorded in the occupied West Bank. - Anatolia
Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of heavy raids on large areas in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, particularly in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, and at least 27 people have been killed in bombings in Rafah. - WAFA
Three Palestinians were killed and 10 others injured in an Israeli drone attack in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. A large number of "Energa" rockets fired at the eastern part of the city caused great damage. - WAFA
Israel has requested more than 20,000 assault rifles from the US, the cost of the weapons package exceeds $34 million. However, the United States is delaying negotiations on the delivery of weapons in order to obtain guarantees from Tel Aviv that the weapons will not fall into the hands of extremist settlers. - TRT
American Jews blocked the Los Angeles Freeway to demand an end to the war in the Gaza Strip. Protesters sat next to each other on the highway, blocking traffic, causing traffic jams for miles in the city. - Islamnews.ru
