Israel war on Gaza live: At least 45 killed in latest Israeli bombings
- Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 25 killed, 50 wounded in Israeli attack on tents sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area designated a humanitarian safe zone by Israel.
- The WHO says health system in Gaza is near collapse as casualties from an Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi “safe zone” pour into Al-Aqsa Hospital.
- At least 45 Palestinians killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on Friday.
- Israeli tanks push deeper into western Rafah as warplanes and artillery pound the city where an armoured vehicle was destroyed by a Hamas-planted improvised explosive device.
- At least 37,431 people have been killed and 85,653 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza
Palestinian man assaulted by Israeli forces during raid in Nablus
Israeli forces have raided the Balata and Ein refugee camps as well as several neighbourhoods in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, severely assaulting a young man, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.
Wafa reported that Israeli forces stormed Nablus early in the morning and brutally beat a young man during confrontations that erupted following their incursion into University Street.
Local Telegram accounts shared footage of a number of Israeli soldiers storming a building in Rafidia neighbourhood in Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Cuba joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ
Cuba has decided to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Israel’s alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Cuban Foreign Ministry has announced in a statement.
The ministry said Cuba wants to “contribute as much as possible … to put an end to the genocide committed against the Palestinian people”.
“Israel, with total impunity, protected by the complicity of the US government, ignores its obligations as an Occupying Power under the Fourth Geneva Convention,” the ministry said.
“Genocide, apartheid, forced displacement and collective punishment have no place in today’s world, nor can they be tolerated by the international community. Justice and respect for the UN Charter and international law must prevail,” it added.
Countries including Chile and Spain have also joined South Africa in its case against Israel for alleged genocide in its war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Translation: #Cuba has decided to participate as a Third State in South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel before the @CIJ_ICJ and will argue the transgression of the Genocide Convention to the main judicial body of @ONU_es. We must put an end to the massacre against the people of #Palestine.
Israeli vehicle comes under fire in Qalqilya
Local media is reporting that an Israeli vehicle has come under fire in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, with the driver reportedly killed.
The vehicle is now on fire and the Israeli military has stormed the city in response to the shooting. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Translation: Scenes of an Israeli vehicle catching fire in Qalqilya after its driver was shot
US orders aircraft carrier leading mission against Houthis to return home
US officials are said to have ordered the USS Dwight D Eisenhower to return home, the US Naval Institute’s news service reports, citing an unnamed official.
An aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific is set to replace the Eisenhower, which has been deployed in the area for more than eight months, in a combat situation that the US Navy says is its most intense since World War II.
The aircraft carrier had been leading the US’s response to attacks by the Houthis on shipping vessels in the Red Sea.
The Yemen-based group began its campaign in November, saying it was targeting the vital shipping lane to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.
WATCH: Crafting a lifeline – Handmade clay ovens used in Gaza due to lack of electricity
A lack of electricity and fuel means Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to cook the little food available to them.
Many have resorted to using traditional clay ovens, with the handmade dome-shaped structures now becoming increasingly common as Palestinians try to feed their families.
Al Jazeera’s Behdad Mahichi reports:
Israeli attack on al-Mawasi camp involved two strikes – the second was lethal: Report
The Israeli attack near the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) base in the al-Mawasi tent camp that killed at least 25 people on Friday began with a munition explosion that only made a loud bang and bright flash, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.
Mona Ashour, whose husband was killed in the attack, said he and other people went out to investigate what was happening after the sound of the first explosion.
That’s when the second strike hit.
“We were in our tent, and they hit with a ‘sound bomb’ near the Red Cross tents, and then my husband came out at the first sound,” Ashour told the AP, outside Nasser Hospital in nearby Khan Younis.
“Then they hit with the second one, which was a little closer to the entrance of the Red Cross,” she said.
Hasan al-Najjar said his two sons were killed helping people who panicked after the first explosion.
“My two sons went after they heard the women and children screaming,” he said at the hospital.
“They went to save the women, and they struck with the second projectile, and my sons were martyred. They struck the place twice,” he said.
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