▲ Palestinians leave the city of Hamad following the Israeli army’s new order to evacuate Khan Yunis.Photo Ap
AFP and Europa Press
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, August 12, 2024, p. 24
Khan Yunis., The Israeli army ordered more evacuations in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza yesterday, forcing hundreds of Palestinians to flee after a deadly bombing of a school-turned-shelter that killed at least 100 people. It also announced the exclusion of the Al Jala area from the humanitarian zone in the strip, claiming that terrorist activities.
The residents of Al Jala left hastily, on foot, in carts or pickup trucks loaded with mattresses, clothes and kitchen utensils, after reading the leaflets with the Israeli warning.
I fled Gaza City at the beginning of the war towards Khan Yunissays Um Sami Shaada, a 55-year-old Palestinian.
My daughter died there in a bombing, so we went to Rafah, then we came back here and now, with this new evacuation order, we don’t know where to go anymore.he regrets.
In recent days, more than 75,000 people have been displaced in the southwestern Gaza Strip.posted on social network X the director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini.
Gazans are trapped and have nowhere to gohe added. Some can only take their children with them, others have put their whole life in a small bag.he commented.
Since the start of the war, the Israeli offensive has left 39,790 dead and more than 92,000 wounded, according to the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health.
In the reoccupied West Bank, a 20-year-old Israeli was shot dead and another, aged 33, was wounded and “was flown to a hospital by helicopter with gunshot wounds to his legs. Soldiers rushed to search for the victims. terroristsblocking roads and conducting extensive searches in the area, the Israeli army said in a statement.
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, 18 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank, while 617 Palestinians have been killed by security forces or Israeli settlers in the region.
US President Joe Biden has said a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is possible, but admitted the conflict could turn into a regional war.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Breaking the spiral of destruction, violence and retaliation and conclude a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
Israel agreed on Friday to resume truce talks on August 15, in response to a call from mediators the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas has cast doubt on its participation in the next round of negotiations, instead calling for implementation of the ceasefire plan announced in late May by Biden and approved by the UN Security Council, rather than new talks.
The Palestinian group claimed that while they welcomed with satisfaction Biden’s announcement, The enemy received rejection and continued killing to the Palestinians.
Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan stressed that “it is time for the mediators to take decisive action and implement what was previously agreed upon.
If Biden does not put pressure on Israel, he has nothing to play for the negotiations to be successfulHamdan added.
Colombia, while condemning Saturday’s massacre in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire, urged Israel to comply with international humanitarian law.