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Palestinians walk among the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. © Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
After the bloody attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip with around 900 dead, Israel completely sealed off the coastal strip. The UN warns that this violates international law.
Tel Aviv/Gaza/Geneva - The United Nations has warned Israel against a complete closure of the Gaza Strip. Israel had ordered this in view of the devastating attack by Palestinian Hamas terrorists from the coastal strip with around 900 Israeli dead and more than 2600,<> injured. However, the United Nations stressed that cutting off all supplies of water, electricity or gasoline to the Gaza Strip was prohibited under international humanitarian law. People must not be deprived of what they need to survive, said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in Geneva on Tuesday.
Israel's measure was in response to the worst massacre in its history, which was carried out by Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, in the border area. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari on Tuesday described Hamas as an "ISIS-like unit." With the massacre in the border area, Hamas had "put itself on the list of the most murderous and barbaric organizations in history." Israel's goal now is to destroy the capabilities of the group, which is also classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the US.
Netanyahu announced harsh retaliation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "revenge" for the massacres of Israeli civilians on Sunday. "What Hamas is going to experience will be hard and terrible. We're just getting started," he said on Sunday. Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Israel.
The U.N. warning underscores Israel's enormous problems in fighting Hamas, which continues to fire thousands of rockets at Israeli settlements from the densely populated Gaza Strip. Among other things, Israel accuses Hamas of using civilian buildings for military purposes.
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to supply the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. The coastal strip on the Mediterranean Sea is about 40 kilometres long and between six and twelve kilometres wide. It must be possible to provide people with the bare necessities, said a WHO spokesman in Geneva. The WHO maintained stockpiles of materials in the Gaza Strip before the latest escalation, but everything has since been used up. The hospitals would not be able to cope with the high number of wounded without further support. The Palestinian Ministry of Health put the death toll from Israeli airstrikes at at least 765, with another 4000,<> injured.
Hospital wards under fire
As of Monday afternoon, 13 health facilities in the Gaza Strip had come under fire from Israeli attacks, the spokesman said. Six employees were killed, four injured. According to Israeli sources, a paramedic was killed in Israeli attacks by Palestinians. Under international humanitarian law, health facilities must be protected and protected from attack, the spokesperson said.
Israel is not only being attacked from the Gaza Strip, but must also keep an eye on its northern border with Lebanon. The day before, there had been clashes with armed men. The deputy commander of the 300th brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Alim Abdallah, was killed, the army said. There is great concern that there could be a second front for Israel if the Shiite organization Hezbollah, which like Hamas is allied with Iran and highly armed, were to fire rockets at Israel from southern Lebanon.
Iran denies involvement
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei denied involvement in Hamas' terror attack on Israel. "Supporters of the Zionist regime" have spread nonsensical words, the Ayatollah said during a speech in Tehran on Tuesday. They would have blamed Iran for the attacks. "You are making a mistake," Khamenei said. "Of course we are defending Palestine. Of course we defend the fights," said the 84-year-old. "Of course, the entire Islamic world is obliged to support the Palestinians and will support them with God's permission, but this is the work of the Palestinians themselves," Khamenei said. He is considered the most powerful man in Iran and has the final say in all strategic matters.
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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. © Rizek Abdeljawad/XinHua/dpa
Meanwhile, there were growing signs of an imminent Israeli ground offensive into the Gaza Strip. In addition to the closure of the area, 300,000 reservists were also mobilized. Video footage showed the deployment of battle tanks and howitzers to the edge of the Gaza Strip.
150 Hostages Taken to the Gaza Strip
Hamas, meanwhile, threatened to execute a civilian hostage for every attack carried out by Israel, a spokesman said. It is said to have abducted around 150 Israeli hostages to the Gaza Strip, including Germans and citizens of several other Western states.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe opened an investigation into unknown members of Hamas on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization. This was said by a spokeswoman for the prosecution on Tuesday in Karlsruhe. The background is the kidnappings and presumed killings of German citizens after Hamas' large-scale attack on Israel.
Meanwhile, German vocational students and their companions were flown out of Israel. They came from Baden-Württemberg. Another group of students from North Rhine-Westphalia had been brought from the immediate danger zone to a safe place in the Negev desert by Israeli friends in close coordination with the military on Saturday evening. Dpa