Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces in have arrested around 30 Palestinian workers in the occupied West Bank, as per Al Jazeera Arabic.
Up until the Hamas attacks of October 7, around 14,000 workers from Gaza were living in Israel and were heavily examined for security purposes.
Their employment in Israel was a part of the deal between the Gaza labour ministry and Israel which helped money come into the Gaza Strip whereas Israel benefited from cheap labour and were able to avoid Israeli labour laws.
After the escalation of Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the workers have been “dumped” in the occupied West Bank by their employers, interrogated, and sent to refugee camps.
Southern Gaza: 71 reported killed in Israeli air raids
Another night went by in the southern Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air raids, killing 71 people.
Many of those killed were women and children.
Medical sources have confirmed that hundreds were wounded in the air raids while houses were also bombed in Rafah and Khan Younis.
The Israeli military has claimed to have carried out more than 200 strikes.
The injured are being sent to hospitals that are already overcrowded while on the other hand, many people are still trapped in the rubble of bombed buildings.
Northern Gaza: Heavy shelling
Currently, reports of heavy Israeli artillery shelling are being reported from different areas in the northern Gaza strip.
So far, there are no reports of casualties.
11,000 people injured in Gaza
A World Health Organization official reports 11,000 injured people in Gaza, half of whom are women and children.
So far, 115 attacks have been made on health facilities in Gaza.
As for casualties, 2,800 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7.
16 journalists killed in current fighting
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a statement reporting the killings of at least 15 journalists since October 7, including 11 Palestinians, three Israelis and one Lebanese.
Eight journalists were reported injured and three others were reported missing or detained.
Israeli captives under Hamas
Hamas’s Qassam Brigades have claimed to have 200 Israeli captives whereas other Palestinian groups are said to be having 50 more. A spokesperson said the Qassam Brigades has stated that they will release captives with foreign nationalities “as soon as it was feasible to do so”.
‘This will be a long war; the price will be high’
The defence minister of Israel, Yoav Gallant, has stated that the attack on Gaza will be “a long war” and “the price will be high”.
A “great ally”, as described by Gallant after his meeting with Blinken, the US has been deploying aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean.
The minister believes that no matter the time and cost the war against Hamas takes, Israel will win.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden is also expected to pay a visit to Israel to express his support while the country prepares for the potential ground operation against Hamas in Gaza, Anthony Blinken has said.
A total of 500 Palestinians, including those that Israel alleges are Hamas members, have been arrested across the West Bank.
Iran’s strongest warning so far
On Monday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gave his most stern statement so far, warning of a possible preemptive strike in the coming hours.
He asserted that Iran-backed groups will not allow Israel to commit atrocities in Gaza, mentioning Lebanon’s Hezbollah who has exchanged cross-border fire with Israel in the past week.
At least 55 Israeli police officers killed since war started
The Israeli police say at least 55 officers have been killed since the war started on October 7.
Police added the latest officer to lose his life was Mumtaz Enin Sivan, a member of the Bedouin community police unit in the Negev region of the country’s south.
UN says concerned by risk of waterborne diseases in Gaza
On one hand, Gaza is said to be running out of water due to Israel’s embargo while on the other hand, the UN has said that there is a risk of an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
“Concerns over dehydration and waterborne diseases are high given the collapse of water and sanitation services, including today’s shutdown of Gaza’s last functioning seawater desalination plant,” the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said in a statement.
Southern Gaza reportedly received water for three hours on Tuesday that could only provide for only 14 per cent of the population.
$10m in assistance to Gaza civilians from Japan
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has stated that Japan will provide $10m in assistance for the people in Gaza.
Credit: Al Jazeera
