Sun 07 August 2022:
Lynn Hastings, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has urged for an urgent cessation of escalation and violence in the Gaza Strip in the face of Israeli bombings on the Palestinian enclave.
Hastings said in a statement that the humanitarian situation in Gaza “is already dire and can only worsen” with the present escalation.
“Hostilities must stop to avoid more deaths and injuries of civilians in Gaza and Israel,” she added.
ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA KILLS SEVERAL CHILDREN, ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER
The humanitarian coordinator reiterated the UN appeal to all sides “for an immediate de-escalation and halt to violence to avoid destructive ramifications, particularly for civilians.”
Israel launched a military offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday citing an “imminent threat of attack” by the Islamic Jihad group.
The attacks came amid rising tensions across Palestinian territories since Monday, when Israeli forces detained Bassam al-Saadi, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad, in a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The death toll from the Israeli assault on Gaza has risen to 31, including six children; more than 260 people have been injured.
Rocket sirens and explosions heard in West Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms the killing of its second commander.
Groups of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under the protection of Israeli forces.
Home to 2.3 million people, the Gaza Strip has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007, badly affecting livelihood in the territory.
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