Israeli Forces Bomb Homes in Rafah, Resulting in 45 Palestinian Casualties - Latest Updates

2023-12-20 22:41:27

Jerusalem – 45 Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces bombed houses in Rafah. Israeli forces captured the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. It is reported that hundreds of people were killed in the encounter here. 500 people were arrested. Fierce street fighting continues between the Israeli army and Hamas in southern Gaza’s second largest city, Khan Younis.

A UN Security Council resolution on emergency aid to Gaza has been postponed again. Negotiations continue to avoid a US veto of the resolution introduced by the UAE. 19,667 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza so far in Israeli attacks. 52,586 people were injured. 131 Israeli soldiers were also killed.

Israeli forces captured two remaining hospitals in northern Gaza. Employees were detained. In Gaza City, Al Ahli Hospital, run by St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, and Al Oud Hospital, run by international volunteer organization Doctors Without Borders, were seized. Al Ahli has only 2 doctors and 4 nurses left to treat around 100 seriously injured people.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the clashes in southern Gaza could last for months. Israel claimed that its forces were continuing to search Hamas tunnels in northern Gaza and that a prominent Hamas financier had been killed in Rafah. Meanwhile, Qatar-Egypt-brokered talks on a cease-fire are progressing. They are trying to negotiate an exchange of hostages and prisoners. Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo, Egypt yesterday for talks.

Among the dead was a two-week-old baby girl

Rafah (Gaza) ∙ She was born two weeks ago in a hospital in southern Gaza, where bombs fall all night. She was named Al Amira Aisha. However, she could not complete three weeks on earth. Amira and her 2-year-old brother Ahmad were killed in Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday morning. 27 people including Amira’s family members were killed in this attack.

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