Gaza well being ministry: 15,523 Palestinians killed, 41,316 wounded
Over 15,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes within the final two months, Gaza’s well being ministry introduced on Sunday.
In accordance with ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra, 70% of the Palestinians killed have been ladies and kids, Agence France-Presse reviews. He mentioned that 41,316 have been injured.
“Through the previous hours, solely 316 useless and 664 wounded have been faraway from rubble and brought to hospitals, however many others are nonetheless underneath the rubble,” al-Qudra added.
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A US air strike has killed 5 Iraqi militants close to the northern metropolis of Kirkuk as they ready to launch explosive projectiles at US forces within the nation, three Iraqi safety sources have informed Reuters, figuring out them as members of an Iran-backed militia. The information wire reviews:
A US navy official confirmed a “self-defense strike on an imminent menace” that focused a drone staging web site close to Kirkuk on Sunday afternoon.
A press release by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group representing a number of Iraqi armed factions with shut ties to Tehran, mentioned 5 of its members had been killed, and vowed retaliation in opposition to US forces.
The group had claimed a number of assaults in opposition to US forces all through Sunday.
Earlier Sunday, the US navy official mentioned US and worldwide forces have been attacked with a number of rockets on the Rumalyn Touchdown Zone in northeastern Syria, however there have been no casualties or injury to infrastructure.
Iraqi armed teams have claimed greater than 70 such assaults in opposition to US forces since 17 October over Washington’s backing of Israel in its bombardment of Gaza.
The assaults paused in the course of the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire however have since resumed.
That is Helen Livingstone taking on from my colleague Maya Yang.
Listed here are some photos coming by way of the newswires from Gaza the place over 15,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes within the final two months whereas survivors grapple with a shortage in meals, water, medical provides and gasoline throughout the strip:
Paramedics from the Palestine Pink Crescent Society are speaking with their households through radios amid frequent communication outages performed by Israel, the PRCS revealed on Sunday:
The video highlights the challenges confronted by PRCS paramedics in Jabalia, working tirelessly across the clock, separated from their households with communication interruptions, wi-fi units grow to be their solely means to attach with their kids.💔
A salute to the humanitarian… pic.twitter.com/dPKplFOlCc
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) December 3, 2023
Qatar’s prime minister and its overseas minister obtained a cellphone name from the US secretary of state on Sunday, during which they mentioned “technique of de-escalation and ceasefire” within the ongoing struggle between Israel and Hamas.
A press release launched by the Qatari overseas ministry on Sunday mentioned:
HE prime minister and miniser of overseas affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani obtained on Sunday a cellphone name from HE secretary of state of america of America Antony Blinken.
Through the name, they mentioned the most recent developments within the Gaza strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, technique of de-escalation and ceasefire.
His Excellency confirmed that the state of Qatar is dedicated, with its mediation companions, to proceed the efforts for the return of calm, stressing that the continued bombing of the Gaza strip after the tip of the pause complicates mediation efforts and exacerbates the humanitarian disaster within the strip.
Israeli forces fired upon two ambulances within the Faluja space of the north of Gaza, injuring two paramedics and an accompanying injured individual on Sunday, the Palestine Pink Crescent Society mentioned.
The Israeli bombardment of southern Gaza is the “worst bombardment of the struggle proper now”, Unicef spokesperson James Elder mentioned on Sunday.
“I’m seeing large casualties. We now have a ultimate warning to avoid wasting kids; and our collective conscience,” he added.
A US warship has shot down no less than two drones within the Pink Sea, in line with a US protection official chatting with the Washington Publish.
Preliminary assessments reportedly indicated that no less than one of many drones got here from a Houthi-controlled space in Yemen.
In accordance with the official, the Unity Explorer business vessel despatched a misery name to the USS Carney. Whereas the USS Carney was close to the Unity Explorer, a drone approached the 2 ships and the USS Carney shot it down, Washington Publish reviews the official saying.
Earlier immediately, Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed drone and missile assaults on two Israeli vessels within the Pink Sea.
Nonetheless, Israel Protection Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari mentioned that the 2 ships had no connection to Israel.
In a video tackle following his go to to Israel and Palestine, Worldwide Felony Courtroom chief prosecutor Karim Khan mentioned: “If Israel doesn’t comply [with international law] now, they shouldn’t complain later.”
He mentioned:
In Gaza, there isn’t a justification for docs to carry out operations with out gentle, for kids to be operated upon with out anaesthetics. Think about the ache …
I used to be crystal clear, that that is the time to adjust to the legislation. If Israel doesn’t comply now, they shouldn’t complain later.
Some transient reflections yesterday earlier than departing Ramallah on the finish of the primary mission by a Prosecutor of the ICC to Israel or the State of Palestine. Too many have died, too many are being injured & too many struggling trauma & heartbreak. It’s time to respect the legislation if we… https://t.co/XWrf4m0gcQ
— Karim A. A. Khan KC (@KarimKhanQC) December 3, 2023
The Israeli navy says it has expanded its floor operation in opposition to the Hamas militant group to “each half” of the Gaza Strip.
The Related Press reviews:
The military resumed its offensive Friday after a weeklong cease-fire expired. After focusing its floor operation on the northern a part of Gaza in current weeks, the navy started finishing up airstrikes in southern Gaza as effectively. The overwhelming majority of Gaza’s inhabitants has fled to the south in the hunt for security.
However late Sunday, Israeli navy spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari mentioned floor troops have been additionally pushing into the south.
‘The Israeli military is continuous and increasing the bottom operation in opposition to the Hamas presence in each a part of the Gaza Strip,’ he mentioned.
The Palestine Pink Crescent Society (PRCS) mentioned that Palestinians in Gaza have “undergone amputations with out anesthesia and others have tragically misplaced their lives post-amputation”.
In a press release launched on the Worldwide Day of Individuals with Disabilities, the PRCS added:
Alarming: 80% of instances in kids underneath 5 lead to extreme burns, typically resulting in limb amputations. Rising incapacity charges are linked to weapon sorts, challenges in transportation to hospitals, and shortages of significant medicines and provides.
🚨 Alarming: 80% of instances in kids underneath 5 lead to extreme burns, typically resulting in limb amputations. Rising incapacity charges are linked to weapon sorts, challenges in transportation to hospitals, and shortages of significant medicines and provides.
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) December 3, 2023
The 2 ships hit within the Pink Sea on Sunday had no connection to Israel, in line with an Israeli navy spokesperson, Reuters reviews.
Earlier immediately, Yemen’s Houthis claimed that that they had attacked the 2 ships off the Yemeni coast, including the “Israeli” vessels have been focused over the struggle in Gaza.
The US additionally mentioned that it was “conscious of reviews” surrounding assaults within the Pink Sea and mentioned that it’s going to present info “because it turns into accessible”.
Gaza well being ministry: 15,523 Palestinians killed, 41,316 wounded
Over 15,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes within the final two months, Gaza’s well being ministry introduced on Sunday.
In accordance with ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra, 70% of the Palestinians killed have been ladies and kids, Agence France-Presse reviews. He mentioned that 41,316 have been injured.
“Through the previous hours, solely 316 useless and 664 wounded have been faraway from rubble and brought to hospitals, however many others are nonetheless underneath the rubble,” al-Qudra added.
Israel will seek out Hamas even in Qatar, Turkey and Lebanon even when it takes years, the pinnacle of Israel’s home safety company Shin Guess mentioned in a recording aired by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Sunday, Reuters reviews.
It was unclear when Shin Guess chief Ronen Bar made the remarks or to whom. The company itself declined to touch upon the report.
White Home nationwide safety council spokesperson John Kirby mentioned that the US is having discussions with Israel day by day about being “cautious, exact and deliberate of their focusing on”.
In a brand new interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Kirby responded to a query from Margaret Brennan on whether or not there needs to be “crimson strains” between the US and Israel on their navy technique.
In response, Kirby mentioned:
That’s why we proceed to work, as [defense] secretary [Lloyd] Austin mentioned, with our Israeli counterparts, to get them to be as cautious and as exact and as deliberate of their focusing on as potential.
Over 15,200 Palestinians have been killed within the final two months by Israeli airstrikes, in line with Gaza’s well being ministry. In the meantime, greater than 41,300 Palestinians have been injured within the assaults.
Yemen’s Houthis declare Pink Sea ship assaults as US says it is “conscious of reviews” on assaults
Listed here are extra particulars on Yemen’s Houthis claims of attacking Pink Sea ships over the continuing struggle between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.
Agence France-Presse reviews:
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday mentioned that they had attacked two ships off the Yemeni coast, including the ‘Israeli’ vessels have been focused over the struggle in Gaza.
A US defense official informed AFP that Washington was ‘conscious of reviews’ concerning assaults within the Pink Sea, and hours earlier a maritime safety group mentioned a UK-owned ship had reportedly been hit by rocket hearth.
In a press release posted on social media, the Houthis mentioned they carried out an ‘operation in opposition to two Israeli ships within the Bab al-Mandab Strait,’ a strategic waterway connecting the Pink Sea to the Gulf of Aden, focusing on one with a ‘missile and the second ship with a drone.’
The Houthis recognized the vessels as Unity Explorer and Quantity 9, saying the assault got here after the 2 ships ‘rejected warning messages’ from its forces. The Houthis mentioned they might proceed to focus on Israeli vessels ‘till the Israeli aggression in opposition to our steadfast brothers within the Gaza Strip stops.’
A US defense official, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned ‘we’re conscious of reviews concerning assaults on the (US Navy’s) USS Carney and business vessels within the Pink Sea and can present info because it turns into accessible.’
Earlier on Sunday, maritime safety agency Ambrey mentioned, citing reviews, that an unnamed Bahamas-flagged vessel was ‘struck by a rocket’whereas crusing south round 35 nautical miles off Yemen’s western coast.
‘The affected vessel was issuing misery calls referring to piracy/missile assault,’ the UK-based firm added. It famous reviews that ‘a world naval asset within the neighborhood of the incident’ was probably continuing to the ship’s location.
“Gaza’s inhabitants will quickly start dying from illnesses in addition to Israeli bombardment,” UNRWA mentioned on Sunday.
“Individuals have misplaced all the things and so they want all the things,” the UN company for Palestinian refugees added.
Over 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in📍#Gaza – together with over 6,000 kids and 4,000 ladies – for the reason that struggle started.
Individuals have misplaced all the things and so they want all the things.
Gaza’s inhabitants will quickly start dying from illnesses in addition to Israeli bombardment. pic.twitter.com/nt6vebmdri
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) December 3, 2023
Israeli strikes have disrupted well being services, water and sanitation techniques which the World Well being Group (WHO) warned will enhance the chance of illness unfold.
“The state of affairs is especially regarding for nearly 1.5 million displaced folks throughout Gaza, particularly these dwelling in severely overcrowded shelters with poor entry to hygiene services and secure water, rising threat of infectious illnesses transmission,” the WHO mentioned final month.
Yemen’s Houthi motion focused two Israeli ships on Sunday with an armed drone and a naval missile, a spokesperson for the group’s navy mentioned, Reuters reviews.
The spokesperson mentioned the 2 ships, Unity Explorer and Quantity 9, have been focused after they rejected warnings from the group’s navy.
ICC prosecutor to ‘intensify’ investigations into Israel and Gaza
Worldwide Felony Courtroom prosecutor Karim Khan mentioned that he’ll “intensify its efforts to advance its investigations” of potential crimes dedicated by Israel and Hamas following a go to to Israel and Palestine.
In a press release launched on Sunday, Khan mentioned that he witnessed “scenes of calculated cruelty” at areas of Hamas’s 7 October assaults on Israel.
He added:
The assaults in opposition to harmless Israeli civilians on 7 October symbolize among the most critical worldwide crimes that shock the conscience of humanity, crimes which the ICC was established to handle.
In my assembly with the households of the victims of those assaults, my message was clear: we stand able to work in partnership with them as a part of our ongoing work to carry these accountable to account.
Khan, who additionally visited Ramallah, mentioned that he spoke with the households of Palestinian victims and mentioned: “We mustn’t ever grow to be numb to such struggling.”
He added:
In relation to Gaza, and however any ongoing violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation by Hamas and different armed teams within the Gaza Strip, the way during which Israel responds to those assaults is topic to clear authorized parameters that govern armed battle.
Battle in densely populated areas the place fighters are alleged to be unlawfully embedded within the civilian inhabitants is inherently advanced, however worldwide humanitarian should nonetheless apply and the Israeli navy is aware of the legislation that have to be utilized.
Khan additionally added:
All actors should adjust to worldwide humanitarian legislation. If you don’t achieve this, don’t complain when my workplace is required to behave.
