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1- December-2023

Dozens of Palestinians killed since Israel resumed attacks on Gaza after expiration of truce, according to health officials.

Israeli army drops leaflets telling people in parts of already bombarded southern Gaza to evacuate, signalling an expanding offensive.

More than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

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At least 70 people have been killed in renewed Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since the truce expired this morning, according to officials.

The Israeli army says 15 people across the occupied West Bank have been arrested.

Jordan’s king raises Gaza crisis at COP28

Jordan’s King Abdullah II says the war in Gaza is making climate change issues even worse in the enclave.

The king told the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai that “we cannot talk about climate change in isolation from the humanitarian tragedies unfolding around us”.

“In Gaza, more than 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Tens of thousands have been injured or killed in a region already on the front lines of climate change,” he told a gathering of world leaders.

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“The massive destruction of war makes the environmental threats of water scarcity and food insecurity even more severe.”

Gaza health ministry calls for opening of Rafah crossing

Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, has appealed to “every living conscience” to allow the opening of the Rafah crossing amid an “extremely catastrophic” humanitarian crisis.

“The medical aid that entered Gaza during the truce is only enough for one day,” al-Qudra said in a statement. “The health sector in Gaza is out of service in every sense of the word,” he said.

His comment came after Israeli air attacks resumed after a fragile seven-day truce, killing at least 70 people in a few hours. Medics are struggling to help patients who are piling up on hospital floors amid a shortage of beds.

UN chief says he ‘deeply regrets’ resumption of fighting

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he regrets that fighting has resumed in Gaza and hopes that a pause in fighting can be renewed.

“The return to hostilities only shows how important it is to have a true humanitarian ceasefire,” Guterres said in a post on X.

Wounded ‘lying on floors’ in overcrowded Gaza hospitals: Health ministry

Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, says medics are dealing with “large numbers” of wounded people seeking treatment in overcrowded hospitals following the resumption of Israeli air strikes

The wounded are lying on the floor in emergency departments and in front of operating rooms as a result of the accumulation of cases,” al-Qudra added.

Germany urges continuation of Gaza truce

Germany’s foreign ministry says the international community must do everything in its power to ensure the continuation of the truce in Gaza.

Working to ensure that Hamas does not pose a threat to Israel’s existence and that it is disarmed is necessary to end the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis, the foreign ministry said on X.

“Of course, that would also mean that Hamas would have to lay down its weapons. Only in this way a political horizon can open up for a two-state solution that can provide security for both Israelis and Palestinians,” it said.

Iran blames Israel, US for renewed fighting with Hamas

A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Israel has started “a new round of killing” in Gaza “under the continued support” of the US government.

In a post on X, Nasser Kanaani said “the political and legal responsibility for the continuation of the aggression and massacre” rests with Israel, the US and “a few governments that support this apartheid regime”.