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Hospitals in Khan Younis stay beneath siege as Crimson Sea tensions rise.
Right here’s how issues stand on Thursday, February 1, 2024:
Newest on human impression and combating:
- The Israeli military on Wednesday stormed the courtyard of al-Amal Hospital affiliated with the Palestine Crimson Crescent Society (PRCS) within the metropolis of Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip following a 10-day siege.
- Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis additionally stays beneath siege because it faces a gasoline scarcity.
- Bombardment in Gaza continues, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported that a number of Palestinians had been killed after Israel bombed a civilian automotive on the principle street that hyperlinks Khan Younis and Rafah.
- On Thursday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a press release saying US forces carried out strikes in opposition to Houthi unmanned aerial autos and the group’s floor management station in “self-defence”.
- Late on Wednesday, CENTCOM introduced that the USS Carney shot down an antiship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis within the Gulf of Aden. No damages or accidents had been reported.
- The European Union plans to launch a naval mission within the Crimson Sea inside three weeks to assist defend cargo ships in opposition to Houthi assaults, EU overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell mentioned on Wednesday.
- About 184,000 individuals have registered for humanitarian help on the western outskirts of Khan Younis in current days, the United Nations humanitarian company OCHA mentioned in its day by day replace.
Diplomacy
- A civil case accusing US President Joe Biden and different senior officers of being complicit in Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza has been dismissed by a US federal court docket decide on jurisdiction grounds.
- On Wednesday, the Chicago Metropolis Council handed a decision calling for a ceasefire. Some 70 US cities have handed resolutions on Israel’s warfare on Gaza, most of them calling for a ceasefire.
- South Africa’s International Minister Naledi Pandor mentioned on Wednesday that Israel has ignored the interim ruling by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) final week by killing lots of extra civilians in a matter of days in Gaza.
- State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller informed reporters on Wednesday that the US response to the assault on Jordan’s Tower 22 that killed three American troopers “will not be escalatory”. He added that the US doesn’t imagine it’s within the curiosity of any nation within the area, together with Iran, to see the battle escalate.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met UN humanitarian coordinator Sigrid Kaag on Wednesday. Blinken mentioned the US authorities is “working closely” with Kaag to “maximise aid getting into Gaza”.
- Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reported citing Israeli media that Mossad spy chief David Bernea briefed Israel’s warfare cupboard in regards to the captives’ launch plan. The present plan suggests a 35-day pause in combating and the discharge of 35 captives. The variety of Palestinian prisoners launched was not mentioned.
- Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh is anticipated in Cairo on Thursday amid talks of a truce proposal.
Settler assaults in West Financial institution
- Palestinian information company Wafa reported that armed Israeli settlers injured two Palestinian kids late on Wednesday close to the village of Susya, to the south of Hebron within the occupied West Financial institution, based on native sources.
- Wafa additionally reported that armed Israeli settlers assaulted an aged man within the Masafer Yatta area, situated south of the West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron, on Wednesday, based on native sources.
- On Wednesday, an Israeli settler ran over a herd of sheep in al-Ma’rajat space, west of Jericho, Wafa reported.