2023-10-26 01:40:00
UN chief Guterres sparked outrage with statements about Israel. The attacks on the Gaza Strip continue. All information in the news blog.
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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-occupied Gaza Strip. This live blog informs you about the current developments:
Japan demands that Israel stop hostilities
3.45 a.m.: Japan calls on Israel to temporarily halt hostilities to allow humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the Japanese Foreign Ministry after a meeting between the Japanese Foreign Minister and the Israeli Ambassador to Japan.
Biden doubts Hamas’s death toll
2:02 a.m.: US President Joe Biden doubts the Palestinian information about the deaths in the Gaza Strip. He has “no confidence in the numbers the Palestinians use.” Biden does not explain why he questions the numbers. Palestinian officials put the death toll at 471 in an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on October 17. US intelligence agencies estimate the number to be between 100 and 300. The Hamas-controlled health authority in the Gaza Strip says more than 6,500 people have been killed in Israeli attacks so far.
Israel attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
11:55 p.m.: Mutual shelling broke out again on the border between Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday evening. Israeli fighter jets “attacked a number of Hezbollah military targets in Lebanon,” the Israeli military said. The attacks were directed “against terrorist infrastructure, including a military site and observation posts.”
In the evening, a rocket was intercepted that was said to have been aimed at an Israeli military drone from Lebanon. The military then attacked the launch site.
The Shiite Hezbollah militia had previously said it had carried out at least three attacks on Israeli positions near the border.
Two more Middle East resolutions fail in the UN Security Council
In the evening, a rocket was intercepted that was said to have been aimed at an Israeli military drone from Lebanon. The military then attacked the launch site.
The Shiite Hezbollah militia had previously said it had carried out at least three attacks on Israeli positions near the border.
10:21 p.m.: The UN Security Council is still unable to agree on a resolution with a humanitarian focus in the war in the Middle East. Both a draft from the United States and a draft resolution from Russia failed on Wednesday before the most powerful UN body. The US text, which, among other things, emphasized Israel’s right to self-defense and called for a humanitarian ceasefire, was prevented by vetoes from Russia and China. The Russian proposal, which, among other things, called for a ceasefire, received only four yes votes.
The UN Security Council had not yet been able to agree on a common line. Last week, a Brazilian draft resolution with a focus on humanitarian aid, supported by many countries, failed due to the US veto. This earned the United States accusations of double standards in its foreign policy. In the past, the United States has repeatedly protected its ally Israel from unpleasant resolutions. Russia also submitted a text, but it only received five yes votes.
An acceptance requires at least nine yes votes from the 15 members, and there may be no veto. China, France, Great Britain, Russia and the USA have veto rights. A resolution adopted by the UN Security Council has binding effect under international law.
WHO calls for immediate access to Hamas hostages
9:55 p.m.: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the approximately 200 Palestinian Hamas hostages urgently need medical care. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) should be given immediate access to the people kidnapped from Israel, demanded WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday evening. The UN health organization is ready to support the Red Cross with medical care. Tedros also called again for the immediate release of all hostages kidnapped in the terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas in early October.
“Many of the hostages – including children, women and the elderly – suffer from underlying health conditions that require urgent and ongoing treatment,” said Tedros. He also pointed out the psychological trauma of the victims and their families. The WHO director-general met with relatives of hostages on Wednesday.
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