Israel-Hamas war live: Israel resumes Gaza bombing after truce expires

1- December-2023- Aljazeera

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

MSF: Nowhere is safe in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on the Israeli army to revoke evacuation orders it gave citizens of Gaza earlier today.

“Civilians are being ordered to move south, but nowhere in Gaza is safe due to the indiscriminate bombing and continued fighting,” the organisation wrote on its X account. “We need a sustained ceasefire now,” it added.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli army dropped leaflets on the southern city of Khan Younis, instructing Palestinians there to flee further south to Rafah.

Turkish president expresses disapproval of truce collapse to UAE’s MBZ

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells his Emirati counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ), that the collapse of the truce in Gaza is “very negative”, the Turkish presidency says in a statement.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

On Thursday, the Israeli president also met with MBZ at the summit.

During the meeting, Herzog asked MBZ to use the UAE’s “full diplomatic weight” to get behind Israel’s efforts to bring back captives taken to Gaza.

The Times of Israel reported that MBZ stressed the importance of allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.

UNICEF spokesperson: ‘Nightmare’ for Gaza gets worse with end of truce

James Elder tells Al Jazeera that the right kind of aid has been getting to the people of the Gaza Strip over the last seven days during the pause in fighting.

“But today it came to a grinding halt,” he said. “The only thing we really saw today was more casualties and fear returning to children.”

The aid has been “so critical, it cannot stop, we know it’s not enough”, he continued.

He described desperate shortages of water, food and medicine in the besieged Strip, but looking towards the future, he said the UN has been worried that it will see a “devastating increase in the deaths, particularly of children, the most vulnerable in Gaza, because of disease”.

“We have pleaded” for a ceasefire in “every corner of power”, he added.

“This nightmare for people today just somehow got so much worse.”

Spanish prime minister speaks to Israeli war cabinet minister

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has tried to defuse tensions with Israel during a call with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz.

Sanchez said he reaffirmed to Gantz that Israel is a partner and friend of Spain.

“Israel has the right to defend itself against this terrorist attack, but I reaffirmed that Spain finds the death of civilians in Gaza unbearable and that Israel must comply with international humanitarian law,” Sanchez wrote on X.

Gantz also said on X that he had emphasised to Sanchez the “terrorist Hamas must be dismantled in Gaza.”

In an interview on Thursday, Sanchez said he doubted Israel respected international humanitarian law due to the high death toll in the war. Israel slammed the comments, summoned Spain’s ambassador and recalled its envoy from Madrid for consultations.

In case you’re just joining us

It’s 6pm (16:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. Let’s bring you up to speed with all the latest developments.

• Gaza’s Ministry of Health says at least 109 people have been killed since Israel renewed its attacks this morning.
• Israeli air strikes hit a home and destroyed adjacent buildings in Khan Younis, leaving several people under the rubble.
• A spokesperson for the Rafah border crossing says the entrance of trucks carrying much-needed aid has stopped due to the resumption of Israeli strikes.
• The Israeli army says five members of its security forces have been wounded due to a mortar strike around the southern community of Nirim.
• The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli soldiers “with appropriate weapons” close to a military position along the border.
  Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]

In meeting with Britain’s Cameron, Qatar PM reiterates willingness to resume mediation efforts

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has met with the United Kingdom’s newly appointed foreign secretary, David Cameron, on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai.

The two reviewed the latest developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as ways to implement a lasting ceasefire, a statement release by Qatar’s foreign ministry read.

Sheikh Mohammed said Qatar was committed to continuing efforts to de-escalate, and said that the resumption of Israeli bombardment following the truce “complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.

He reaffirmed Qatar’s position in condemning the targeting of civilians, especially woman and children, and called for the opening of humanitarian corridors for the flow of aid, the statement added.