Live Updates: Gaza's death toll rises as hostage families lash out at Netanyahu

Saturday, January 20, 2024

05:32 GMT - Israel kills several civilians in refugee camp

Israel has murdered at least seven civilians in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central besieged Gaza and Al Amal neighbourhood in Khan Younis, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported.

Israeli warplanes bombarded a house belonging to the Darwish family in the camp, which led to the murdering of five civilians and the wounding of several others, WAFA reported.

The Israeli jets also launched multiple strikes on the Al Amal neighbourhood, murdering at least two people and wounding several others, it said.

04:49 GMT - Families of Israeli captives say they have lost trust in Netanyahu

Families of Israeli captives who are being held in besieged Gaza have said that they have lost trust in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in seeking the return of the captives.

Israeli public broadcaster KAN cited the families who stressed they would carry out their own initiatives. They, however, did not specify what that would that would look like.

KAN quoted one family who said: "Any delay in the negotiations will put their lives [Israeli captives in Gaza] in danger."

04:00 GMT - Egypt urges NAM summit to condemn Israel's carnage

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has urged the 19th Non-Aligned Movement summit in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to condemn Israel's carnage in besieged Gaza.

He made the statement on behalf of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and stressed that "the Middle East region is witnessing a widespread crisis as a result of Israel's continued brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip."

Shoukry urged the Movement "to adhere to its historical positions in condemning the Israeli illegal practices and to reject the Israeli attempts to expel the Palestinian people and to obliterate their cause."

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