Israel assures that it has reached the center of “three major Hamas strongholds,” while the acting executive director of Oxfam International insists that a new ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is needed to ensure that the region “is is on fire.”
The Acting Director of Oxfam International, Amitabh Beharstressed the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and stated that that region “It’s on Fire”.
“More than two million people have been driven from their homes by the crisis. Our 33 Oxfam teams in Gaza have had to move not once, not twice, but a maximum of three times,” the interim director said during a visit to Colombia.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army continues its powerful offensive in Gaza, claiming to have reached the center of Gaza this Tuesday “three major strongholds of Hamas” in the Strip: the refugee camp of Yabalia in the north; near Shujaiya in Gaza City; and the city of Jan Yunisin the south, where Israeli forces are currently invading land in a new phase of their offensive.
“We are in the heart of Jabalia, in the heart of Shujaiya and now also in the heart of Khan Yunis,” where troops are engaged in “intense fighting” in these areas, which he describes as “Hamas strongholds,” he said in a speech. Statement by Yaron Finkelman, commander of the Army’s Southern Command.
As he emphasized, it is “the most intense day” of military action since the start of the ground operation on October 27, “both in terms of dead terrorists, armed confrontations and the use of military force.” shots of fire from the ground and from the air“.
According to Finkelman, Israelis have been engaged in “intense fighting” with Palestinian militiamen in recent days, especially in the areas of Jabalia and the Shujaiya neighborhood, where videos circulated on social networks show a landscape of destruction due to heavy bombing. buildings.
Gaza authorities said yesterday’s Israeli bombing of Shujaiya left at least 300 dead.
In turn, Israeli forces over the past 24 hours surrounded the Jabalia refugee camp in the north, which they consider “a Hamas stronghold,” destroying countless “terrorist infrastructure.”
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health 15,899 Palestinians have died in the enclave since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive against Gaza, that too until 42,000 injured.
Faced with this data, for the interim director of Oxfam International, what is happening in Gaza “It is not a war with Israel, but a humanitarian crisis enormous beyond anything we’ve ever seen.
Behar has been Executive Director of Oxfam India since 2018 and also interim Executive Director of Oxfam International since May 2023, and has been deeply concerned about the ‘crimes’ in the Gaza Strip since the start of hostilities on October 7. Attacks by the armed wing of Hamas on Israel have left at least 1,200 dead and more than 240 kidnapped in Israeli communities.
“Hospitals have been bombed and access to food and water has been limited,” leaving Palestinians helpless. “It is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions,” he added.
On December 1, the ceasefire negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States ended, halting the Israeli army’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip for seven days.
Source: EITB
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