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Hospitals in Khan Younis stay beneath siege as Purple Sea tensions rise.
Right here’s how issues stand on Thursday, February 1, 2024:
Newest on human influence and preventing:
- The Israeli military on Wednesday stormed the courtyard of al-Amal Hospital affiliated with the Palestine Purple Crescent Society (PRCS) within the metropolis of Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip following a 10-day siege.
- Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis additionally stays beneath siege because it faces a gasoline scarcity.
- Bombardment in Gaza continues, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported that a number of Palestinians have been killed after Israel bombed a civilian automobile on the primary street that hyperlinks Khan Younis and Rafah.
- On Thursday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a press release saying US forces performed strikes in opposition to Houthi unmanned aerial automobiles and the group’s floor management station in “self-defence”.
- Late on Wednesday, CENTCOM introduced that the USS Carney shot down an antiship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis within the Gulf of Aden. No damages or accidents have been reported.
- The European Union plans to launch a naval mission within the Purple Sea inside three weeks to assist defend cargo ships in opposition to Houthi assaults, EU international coverage chief Josep Borrell stated on Wednesday.
- About 184,000 folks have registered for humanitarian help on the western outskirts of Khan Younis in latest days, the United Nations humanitarian company OCHA stated in its day by day replace.
Diplomacy
- A civil case accusing US President Joe Biden and different senior officers of being complicit in Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza has been dismissed by a US federal court docket choose on jurisdiction grounds.
- On Wednesday, the Chicago Metropolis Council handed a decision calling for a ceasefire. Some 70 US cities have handed resolutions on Israel’s struggle on Gaza, most of them calling for a ceasefire.
- South Africa’s Overseas Minister Naledi Pandor stated on Wednesday that Israel has ignored the interim ruling by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) final week by killing a whole bunch extra civilians in a matter of days in Gaza.
- State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller informed reporters on Wednesday that the US response to the assault on Jordan’s Tower 22 that killed three American troopers “is not going to be escalatory”. He added that the US doesn’t imagine it’s within the curiosity of any nation within the area, together with Iran, to see the battle escalate.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met UN humanitarian coordinator Sigrid Kaag on Wednesday. Blinken stated the US authorities is “working carefully” with Kaag to “maximise support moving into Gaza”.
- Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reported citing Israeli media that Mossad spy chief David Bernea briefed Israel’s struggle cupboard in regards to the captives’ launch plan. The present plan suggests a 35-day pause in preventing and the launch of 35 captives. The variety of Palestinian prisoners launched was not mentioned.
- Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh is anticipated in Cairo on Thursday amid talks of a truce proposal.
Settler assaults in West Financial institution
- Palestinian information company Wafa reported that armed Israeli settlers injured two Palestinian youngsters late on Wednesday close to the village of Susya, to the south of Hebron within the occupied West Financial institution, in response to native sources.
- Wafa additionally reported that armed Israeli settlers assaulted an aged man within the Masafer Yatta area, situated south of the West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron, on Wednesday, in response to native sources.
- On Wednesday, an Israeli settler ran over a herd of sheep in al-Ma’rajat space, west of Jericho, Wafa reported.