Arab-Israeli conflict

The Israeli offensive in the Strip has killed more than 25,400 people since October 7, according to the Gaza Health Ministry

The Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, raised this Tuesday to 25,490 deaths – most of them children and women – the number of victims in the Strip since the Israeli offensive began on October 7, in response to the terrorist attack. once morest Israeli territory carried out that day by the Islamist militia Hamas, in which more than 1,100 people died, in addition to regarding 250 who were kidnapped and forcibly taken to the Palestinian enclave.

In the last 24 hours alone, 195 Palestinians have lost their lives in the Mediterranean enclave and 354 have been injured, according to the ministry statement. This figure refers to the victims who have arrived at area hospitals in the last few hours, but authorities estimate that there are many people under the rubble. In fact, there are between 7,000 and 8,000 Palestinians trapped in the ruins of buildings demolished by the Israeli army’s attacks.

According to Hamas, which controls in fact Gaza since 2007 and is considered a terrorist organization by the EU and the US, some 63,350 people have been injured in this Palestinian territory since October 7.

Although the figures are from the Gaza Ministry of Health – this organization has published them in a statement collected by Archyde.com – the UN has validated the death toll published daily by the ministry.

The new balance from the authorities comes following the Israeli army has announced that its troops have completed the siege of the city of Khan Yunis (southern), the second largest in Gaza and the epicenter of its offensive in recent weeks. Israel, which has also claimed to have killed dozens of militants over the past 24 hours, considers the city a Hamas stronghold.

London believes that the bombings on the Houthis are ‘a new blow to its reserves’

The United Kingdom reiterated this Monday that its participation in a second joint bombing with the United States once morest the Houthi rebels in Yemen is “in self-defense” and stressed that it is “a new blow to its limited reserves.”

British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said in a statement that the United Kingdom, together with its American partners, has carried out “an additional round of attacks in self-defense.”

“With the aim of degrading Houthi capabilities, this action will deal a new blow to their limited reserves and their ability to threaten global trade,” he considered.

In his opinion, Houthi harassment of merchant ships crossing the Red Sea “has continued to threaten the lives of seafarers and disrupt maritime transport at an intolerable cost to the global economy.”

Shapps pledges that the UK will continue to “support regional stability in the Middle East”, through its “like-minded” partners.

This is the eighth operation that the US has launched once morest Houthi targets in Yemen, but only the second in which British forces participate, following the first on January 11.

Four Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon FGR4 fighters, supported by two Voyager tanker aircraft, dropped Paveway precision-guided bombs alongside the American planes in today’s bombing raids, the British Ministry of Defense explained in another statement.

“A very rigorous analysis was applied when planning the attacks to minimize any risk of civilian casualties, and as with previous bombings, our aircraft bombed at night to further mitigate those risks,” Defense explained.

Shortly before this new bombing became known, US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak regarding security in the Red Sea, among other topics, according to Downing Street.