The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it had rescued an Israeli hostage in the Gaza Strip, where it has carried out new deadly strikes and increased evacuation orders, worsening according to the UN the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged territory.
Key information to remember
⇒ Ten killed in Israeli raids on northern West Bank
⇒ Israeli army says it is conducting an operation in the northern West Bank
⇒ Talks on a Gaza truce continue in Doha
Ten killed in Israeli raids on northern occupied West Bank
The spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent announced to AFP on Wednesday that ten Palestinians had been killed during the night during Israeli raids on several towns in the northern occupied West Bank. Two Palestinians were killed in the city of Jenin, four others in the bombing of a car in a nearby village and four more in a refugee camp near the city of Toubas, specified Ahmed Jibril, spokesman for the Red Crescent.
“The two dead from Jenin were transferred to Jenin hospital,” he detailed. “Four Palestinians killed in the bombing of their car south of Jenin and two (of the) Palestinians killed in the al-Faraa refugee camp were transferred to the Turkish hospital in Toubas,” he added.
Israeli army says it is carrying out an operation in the northern West Bank
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday night that it was carrying out an operation in Jenin and Tulkarm, in the north of the occupied West Bank. “Security forces have launched an operation to combat terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm,” the Israeli army said in a statement.
Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas, denounced a “vast aggression on the towns and camps in the north of the occupied West Bank”, believing that Israel “seeks to transfer the weight of the conflict to the occupied West Bank” with a view to “annexing” it.
Gaza truce talks continue in Doha
Talks on a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, which began a few days ago in Egypt, Cairo, are continuing in Qatar, Doha, a US official said on Tuesday.
Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden’s Middle East adviser, is there, he said.
Israeli strike on al-Maghazi refugee camp
On Tuesday, seven people, including at least three children from the same family, died in an Israeli strike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp (center), according to emergency services. Four died in a bombing in Khan Younis (south) and four others, three children and their mother, in a strike on the city of Gaza (north), according to the Civil Defense.
A new order from the army to evacuate several areas of Deir el-Balah (centre) “calls into question an entire humanitarian centre set up” in the city, deplored the UN humanitarian affairs office.