Gaza’s worst conflict since November 2007: Israel’s role in the conflict in the West Bank, Palestine, and at the AlAwda Hospital
COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, says around 50 aid trucks entered northern Gaza this week. It wasn’t clear who delivered the aid. In recent days there have been some countries that have begun resorting to drops of water.
The World Food Program stopped delivering to the north because of the situation, after desperate Palestinians emptied a convoy on the way to the north.
There are a few hundred thousand Palestinians that are believed to remain in the largely devastated and isolated region. Trucks carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, the first major aid delivery there in a month, officials said.
The UN warned of more deaths if Israel attacks the southernmost city of Gaza, where half of the population has taken refuge. They also say a Rafah offensive could decimate what remains of aid operations.
The West Bank has seen violence since Oct. 7. An attacker shot and killed two Israelis at a gas station in the settlement of Eli on Thursday, according to the Israeli military. The military said the attacker was dead.
The war began when the Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel, killing 1200 people and taking around 250 hostages. Hamas and other militants are still holding around 100 hostages and the remains of about 30 more, after releasing most of the other captives during a November cease-fire.
The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, maintains detailed records of casualties. Its counts from previous wars have largely matched those of the U.N., independent experts and even Israel’s own tallies.
The acting director of the AlAwda Hospital said 161 patients were wounded, most of which appeared to have been shot. He said the hospital can perform only the most essential surgeries because it is running out of fuel to power emergency generators.
More than a month ago, witnesses and health officials in Gaza accusedIsraeli troops of firing on a previous aid distribution in Gaza City, killing at least 20 people.
Palestinians and Israelis are demanding a cease-fire from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza, reported by a man treated for gunshot wounds
Another man in the crowd — who gave only his first name, Ahmad, as he was being treated at a hospital for gunshot wounds to the arm and leg — said he waited for two hours before someone with a horse-drawn cart had room to take him to Shifa.
Medics arriving at the scene of the bloodshed Thursday found “dozens or hundreds” lying on the ground, according to Fares Afana, the head of the ambulance service at Kamal Adwan Hospital. He said there were not enough ambulances to collect all the dead and wounded and that some were being brought to hospitals in donkey carts.
Mediators hope to reach an agreement before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts around March 10. Both Israel and Hamas have not agreed on their demands in public.
Israel has been accused of targeting civilians in the incident. They called for more safe passages for humanitarian aid. They also urged the international community to take decisive action to pressure Israel to abide by international law and to reach an agreement for an immediate cease-fire.
He said Israeli troops opened fire on the crowd as people pulled boxes of flour and canned goods off the trucks, causing them to scatter, with some hiding under cars. The soldiers opened fire again after the people went back to the trucks. He was shot in the leg, fell over and had a truck run over his leg as it sped off.
Kamel Abu Nahel, who was being treated for a gunshot wound at Shifa Hospital, said he and others went to the distribution point in the middle of the night because they heard there would be a delivery of food. He said that they had been eating animal feed for a couple of months.
The Alexei Navalny funeral draws police presence; over 100 in Gaza killed while seeking aid: A biomedical study of organ transplant pigs
The violence was quickly condemned by Arab countries, and U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concern it would add to the difficulty of negotiating a cease-fire in the nearly five-month conflict.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to be laid to rest near his home in Moscow today. Navalny died two weeks ago under mysterious circumstances in an Arctic prison colony. His widow, Yulia, says her husband was murdered on orders of Russian president Vladimir Putin. The accusation was denied by the Kremlin, who said it has no interest in the funeral proceedings.
The scientists are trying to create pigs with organs that can be used to transplant people. Biotech company Revivicor Inc. says the experiments hold promise for alleviating the chronic shortage of organs for transplantation. The research raises ethical and safety concerns.
Source: Navalny’s funeral draws police presence; over 100 in Gaza killed while seeking aid
Supercommunicator: What to listen to when you’re talking to someone: A new movie or a novel adaptation of “Gravity is for People”
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Source: Navalny’s funeral draws police presence; over 100 in Gaza killed while seeking aid
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