Last updated: 11.12.2023, 04:51 a.m.
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WHO draws attention to the devastating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The IDF continues to advance. Developments on the war in Israel in the news ticker.
- Message to terrorist militia: Netanyahu calls on Hamas terrorists to surrender
- Accusation of "collective punishment": Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comments on the war in Israel
- The information processed here on the war in Israel and the Gaza Stripcomes from local and international media as well as news agencies. Much of the information cannot be independently verified. Even in these cases, we remain transparent.
Update from December 10, 21:31 p.m.: An air alert has been sounded near the borders with Lebanon after the army intercepted a "suspicious air target". This is reported by the Times of Israel, citing the Israel Defense Forces. There have been several attempted rocket attacks in the past few hours. No further details were initially given.
Netanyahu calls on Hamas terrorists to surrender
Update from December 10, 20:14 p.m.: Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the fighters of the terrorist organization Hamas to lay down their arms. "It's over. Do not die for Sinwar. Surrender – now." Israel's army is in the process of publicly giving the impression that Hamas has faltered.
However, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote on Sunday, citing unnamed representatives of the security forces, that among the several hundred Palestinians arrested so far, only about 10 to 15 percent were members of Hamas or its affiliated organizations. There can be no talk of a mass capitulation at the moment.
Update from December 10, 18:35 p.m.: In the Gaza Strip, dark clouds of smoke are once again rising over the town of Khan Yunis. In addition, several explosions can be heard in the background, as reported by the Reuters news agency. Currently, the Israel Defense Forces are in the process of advancing further into the south of the Gaza Strip.
Picture taken on December 10: Smoke over the Gaza Strip under fire Menahem Kahana ©/AFP
War in Israel: WHO draws attention to devastating situation in the Gaza Strip
Update from December 10, 17:17 p.m.: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the devastating situation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. "The consequences of the conflict on health are catastrophic," he said at the start of a special meeting of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva. In the evening, the Council adopted a resolution without a vote calling for an increase in humanitarian aid deliveries, among other things. The U.S., Germany and other countries criticized the fact that the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel was not mentioned and condemned in the text.
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Update, December 10, 16:06 p.m.: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has released new footage showing the troops of the Golani Infantry Brigade fighting Hamas in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. According to the Times of Israel, the troops there have so far uncovered about 15 tunnel shafts, discovered weapons and killed numerous Hamas fighters in the neighborhood.
In an incident a few days ago, according to the IDF, the Golani forces encountered a group of armed Hamas fighters who opened fire from a school in Shejaiya. The school complex was booby-trapped and Hamas terrorists tried to ambush the soldiers, the IDF said. The armed men were killed after a skirmish.
Israel News: Vladimir Putin condemns "dire" situation of civilians in Gaza Strip
Update December 10, 15:29 p.m.: Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his telephone conversation that Moscow opposes terrorism but cannot support the "grim" situation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. According to the state-run TASS news agency, the conversation focused on "the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip." According to a statement from the Kremlin, Israel's military response to Hamas' terrorist attack must not have "such dire consequences for the civilian population."
Moscow is ready to "provide all possible assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilians and de-escalate the conflict," stressing that both Russia and Israel want to continue to "cooperate" both in the evacuation of Russians from Gaza and in the liberation of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip.
Update from 10 December, 14:19: The Gulf Emirate of Qatar continues to advocate for a ceasefire in the Israeli war, according to its Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. "We will not give up," Al Thani said today in Doha. His country is committed both to the release of all hostages and to an end to the bombardment of Palestinian civilians.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comments on the war in Israel
Update, December 10, 13:31 p.m.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has now said that it is unacceptable for Israel to use the October 7 Hamas attack as a justification for "collective punishment" of the Palestinian people. This is reported by the Reuters news agency.
Lavrov called for international observers to be deployed on the ground. The Israeli military had said it was limiting the damage to civilians in the Gaza Strip by mapping safe areas. It blames Hamas for the deaths of civilians and accuses them of using them as human shields. The Islamists reject this and accuse Israel of waging a war against the entire population.
Dozens of Hamas Fighters Detained in the Gaza Strip: Surrender in the War in Israel
Update, December 10, 12:57 p.m.: A spokesman for the Israeli army has now confirmed that dozens of Hamas members have handed over their weapons to soldiers of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) – Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip seems to be faltering.
Israel relies on bombardment in the Gaza Strip: More than 250 fired upon in the war in Israel
Initial report: Gaza Strip – The Israeli army continued its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, more than 250 targets were attacked on the ground, from the air and from the sea, the army said on Sunday morning. In the hours before, the troops had destroyed weapons depots, made targeted advances on military installations, destroyed underground tunnels and destroyed attack plans of terrorist cells.
Israel News: Hamas Terrorist Organization Reports Airstrikes on Khan Yunis
The army is also pushing ahead with its offensive against the radical Islamic terrorist organization Hamas in the south of the Gaza Strip. An AFP reporter reported renewed attacks in the area on Sunday morning. Hamas reported "very heavy airstrikes" on targets near Khan Yunis and on the road to Rafah.
A source close to Hamas and Islamic Jihad told AFP that fighters from both Islamist groups were engaged in "fierce fighting" with the Israeli army around Khan Yunis. According to Israel's Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, the army "intensified" its offensive there. "We have to increase the pressure," Halevi said on Saturday night. Israel's security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on television that more than 7000,<> Hamas fighters had been killed since the war began.
Israel News: Conditions in Gaza "apocalyptic" due to fighting in war in Israel, according to UN
About 1.9 million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip as a result of the fighting. Most of them have since fled to the south. The Rafah region along the border with Egypt became a huge refugee camp. Due to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions in the shelters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), diseases are spreading there.
"Nearly a million children have been forcibly displaced and are being pushed further and further south, into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food and shelter," said the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) director for the Middle East, Adele Khodr. The restrictions and obstacles to aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip are tantamount to a "death sentence" for the children. The aid organization Oxfam called the situation "apocalyptic". (with news agency material)