Live Updates: Forced displacement by Israel repeated throughout Gaza — UN

Saturday, July 13, 2024

07:35 GMT — Forced displacement by Israel repeated throughout Gaza — UN

The Palestinian Permanent Observer to the UN Riyad Mansour has said the forced displacement by Israel against his people is repeated throughout Gaza.

"We call again, with utmost urgency, on the international community to stop Israel’s slaughter and torment of the Palestinian people," Mansour wrote in an appeal to world leaders.

Mansour emphasised that the "inhumane, illegal, repeated forced displacement of civilians is happening all across Gaza, causing constant turmoil and trauma, especially to children and other vulnerable civilians, including the sick, wounded and disabled."

05:52 GMT — UN agency for Palestinians says has funds until end of September

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said it had enough funds to continue operating through September, following a pledging conference for the embattled body where UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded for help from donors.

"We have worked tirelessly with partners to restore confidence in the agency," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said, after several nations withheld funding following Israeli allegations in January that a number of UNRWA's employees participated in the October 7 operation by Hamas.

Lazzarini said new pledges of funds would help ensure emergency operations until September.

04:21 GMT — Netanyahu reportedly going solo on Gaza talks, defying Mossad

Israeli media citing informed sources in Israel have revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is almost alone in steering negotiations on a hostage-prisoner swap deal with Palestinian resistance groups.

Public broadcaster KAN quoted unidentified sources who said Netanyahu is alone in conducting the talks, and he decided to harden his position related to the discussions.

Netanyahu is steering all details of the talks and is focusing on the negotiations more than in the past, they said.

03:50 GMT — US Senator Bernie Sanders calls attention to Gaza

Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the American public not to lose sight of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, amid the media's focus on the US presidential election.

"While much of the media is focused on the drama of the US presidential election, we must not lose sight of what is happening in Gaza, where an unprecedented humanitarian crisis continues to get even worse," Sanders said in a statement.

Stating that Israel launched a total war against Palestinians, indiscriminately targeting them, Sanders said the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "has ignored international law and made life unlivable in Gaza".

03:21 GMT — Israel kills aid workers in Gaza 'safe zone'

A UK-based aid group said one of its employees in Gaza was killed in an Israeli strike that hit its warehouse located inside an Israeli-declared humanitarian safe zone.

The strike also killed three staffers from other aid groups using the warehouse, the al-Khair Foundation said in a statement.

The warehouse was located in Muwasi, an area on Gaza's Mediterranean coast that is part of a "humanitarian safe zone" where Israel has told Palestinians to take refuge.

02:30 GMT — Palestinian groups target Israeli soldiers, vehicles in Gaza

The Palestinian resistance groups have announced more attacks on Israeli soldiers and vehicles in different areas of besieged Gaza.

In a statement, the Hamas group's Al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters hit two of the Israeli army's Merkava 4 tanks with explosives made of Israeli remnants of war in Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, southwestern Gaza.

In another statement, Al-Qassam said it struck Israeli troops stationed in the Netzarim Corridor area, established by the Israeli army in central Gaza to separate northern Gaza from the southern parts, with mortar shells.

Meanwhile, the Al-Quds Brigades, of the Islamic Jihad group, also said it struck Israeli troops and vehicles in the Netzarim Corridor area with mortar shells.

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