RAFAH: Scores of Palestinians were killed in central Gaza on Sunday (Oct 22) after Israel stepped up its strikes on the war-torn enclave and another convoy of 17 aid trucks arrived as the Hamas-run territory faces "catastrophic" shortages.
With the violence raging unchecked, Iran said the region could spiral "out of control" and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning to Lebanon's Hezbollah, saying getting involved would be "the mistake of its life".
Washington warned any actors looking to inflame the conflict that it would not hesitate to act in the event of any "escalation".
Hamas militants stormed across the border into Israel on Oct 7, launching a raid that killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day, according to Israeli officials.
They also seized more than 200 hostages in the worst-ever attack in Israel's history.
Israel has hit back with a relentless bombing campaign which has so far killed more than 4,600 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to Gaza's health ministry, with officials saying the central town of Deir al-Balah had been particularly badly hit overnight.
The ministry said at least 80 people had been killed in the overnight raids on central Gaza which had destroyed more than 30 homes.
At the hospital morgue, an AFP journalist saw the bodies of many children on the bloodied floor, where distraught families wept as they identified the victims.
Among them was a man clutching his dead toddler and a young boy who pulled back a blanket over his little sister's body.
"My cousin was sleeping in his house with his daughter in his arms. He was a man with no record, nothing to do with the resistance," said Wael Wafi, gazing at the body of his cousin, his arm still wrapped around his three-year-old daughter Misk.
https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiXWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vd29ybGQvbmV3LWFpZC1jb252b3ktZW50ZXJzLWdhemEtaXNyYWVsLXN0ZXBzLXN0cmlrZXMtMzg2NDUxMdIBAA?oc=5
2023-10-22 18:14:00Z
2516658489
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar