Construction begins on new Jewish settlement in reoccupied West Bank // Palestinian death toll in war rises to 39,965
▲ Crying and consolation among Palestinian women over the death of relatives at Nasser Hospital yesterday in Khan Yunis.Afp Photo
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Thursday, August 15, 2024, p. 24
Gaza Strip. The Israeli army launched a new barrage of bombings on the Gaza Strip yesterday, ahead of the round of negotiations to reach a ceasefire that will take place today in Doha, Qatar, without the participation of Hamas.
In the last 24 hours, the Israeli army attacked more than 40 objectives in the territory.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said its teams rescued four people from the same family from the rubble of a residential complex near Khan Younis.
We were asleep and we were surprised by a missile that fell in the neighboring apartmentJihad Sharif told AfpTV from the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The Gazan Ministry of Health reported that at least 36 Palestinians were killed and 54 wounded by Israeli military actions in the past 24 hours.
The number of Palestinians killed since October 7 has reached 39,965. That day, Hamas attacked Israeli communities, leaving 1,200 dead and 250 taken hostage.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are 92,206 injured, and thousands missing.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reports that it has eliminated at least 15,000 Hamas fighters.
In the reoccupied West Bank, one man was killed in an Israeli raid in Tubas and four more were killed in a drone strike in Tammun.
Residents of Tubas told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the man killed by Israeli troops was a member of Hamas.
The IDF said that at night they surrounded a house and An aerial vehicle attacked several armed terrorists in Tammuncity belonging to Tubas.
Against this backdrop, construction work has begun on a new settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said. No anti-Israeli or anti-Zionist decision will stop the development of settlements. We will continue to fight against the dangerous idea of a Palestinian state. This is my life’s mission.the far-right official said when publishing plans for a new settlement in the West Bank.
The United Nations considers settlements built in the West Bank and other territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war to be illegal under international law. Israel denies this, citing the Jewish people’s historical and biblical ties to the land.
Rejection of further proposals
Hamas has confirmed that it will not participate in the round of negotiations taking place today in Qatar. Going to further talks allows the occupation to impose new conditions and use the labyrinth of negotiation to carry out further killings.said Sami Abu Zuhri, leader of the Islamist group, in a statement published by the newspaper Filastin.
He added that Hamas is committed to the proposal that was presented on July 2 and is based on the UN Security Council resolution and President Joe Biden’s speech.; Similarly, the group is ready to immediately begin discussing a mechanism for implementing such a formula.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that he will send an Israeli delegation to talks in Qatar aimed at negotiating a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, his office said.
The negotiations, considered a last chance In order to reach an agreement to end the 313-day conflict in Gaza and secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States will be assisted in Doha.