49 doctors and staff members at Khan Yunis' Nasser hospital complained of violence and humiliating treatment while they were detained by the IDF

 

Israel News, Tuesday, 12.03.2024     View in browser

Cease-fire talks continue in Doha and Cairo, but "the situation is complicated," Qatar's foreign ministry said. More than 100 rockets were fired at northern Israel from Lebanon after the IDF struck the Baalbek region. U.S. President Biden is reportedly considering conditioning further military aid to Israel on whether it will carry out an extensive offensive in Gaza's Rafah. Here's what you need to know 158 days into the war     What happened today     ■ GAZA: 49 doctors and staff members at Khan Yunis' Nasser hospital complained of violence and humiliating treatment while they were detained by the IDF, which was operating in the hospital, the BBC reported, adding that 26 of them were identified by several sources. The German Embassy in Israel announced that 68 Palestinian children were evacuated from an orphanage in Rafah southern Gaza to to Bethlehem in the West Bank as part of a humanitarian operation, to which Israel agreed. A ship laden with 200 tonnes of food set sail from Cyprus to Gaza in a pilot run of a new maritime corridor to be established by the European Commission and other countries. The ship is funded and operated by Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen in partnership with the UAE, Cyprus & Spanish NGO Open Arms. The German Air Force will take part in humanitarian airdrops into Gaza at the request of the foreign ministry, government sources said on Tuesday. EU leaders will demand an "immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable cease-fire" in Gaza and urge Israel not to launch a ground operation in Rafah, according to draft conclusions of a summit set for next week. PM Netanyahu is undermining Israel with his approach to the war in Gaza, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, adding that she urges Israel to change course or lose even more international support. The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza said at least 31,184 Palestinians have been killed and 72,889 have been wounded since the start of the war. ■ LEBANON: The IDF said more than 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon Tuesday morning after Israel struck targets in Lebanon's Baalbek region late on Monday. Following the barrage, fighter jets struck Hezbollah targets near Baalbek, deep inside Lebanon, as well as Al-Khiam and Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon. There were further rocket launches in the Western Galilee later on Tuesday. A Hezbollah official told the Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadid that it "will not be silent about the Israeli attacks in any area of Lebanon, and the response to them will be the same and stronger," saying Hezbollah is "ready and prepared for any expansion of fighting." Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hosted a delegation of Hamas leaders led by Yahia Sinwar's deputy Khalil al-Hayya in Beirut.