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As the conflict between Israel and Gaza enters its 37th day, here are the main developments.
Here is the situation on Friday November 12, 2023:
Latest developments
- Israel continues to target Gaza hospitals from the air, with its ground forces also surrounding several hospitals in the northern part of the besieged enclave. Ahmad Mokhallalati, a surgeon at al-Shifa Hospital, told Al Jazeera that medical staff and patients “are in the middle of the war zone.”
- At least 13 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, Gaza health officials said Sunday.
- Are Israel and the United States not on the same page regarding the future of Gaza? Washington has asked Tel Aviv to clarify comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about “not giving up security control of Gaza”, which contradict US suggestions that the Palestinian Authority should regain control of the gang after the “destruction” of Hamas.
- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday in his second speech since the start of the war that the Lebanese war front remained “active” and that the armed group had used new weapons against the Israeli army.
- Major cities around the world, including New York, London, Melbourne, Paris, Baghdad, Karachi, Berlin and Edinburgh, continued to see large protests, involving hundreds of thousands of people, in support of the Palestinians and a ceasefire. -immediate fire. Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for the release of captives held by Hamas in Gaza.
Human impact and fighting
- More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. But the United Nations said Sunday that the “collapse of services and communications in hospitals in northern Gaza” is delaying the Gaza Health Ministry from updating the figures.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) said it lost communication with its contacts inside al-Shifa hospital and that people were targeted and killed while trying to leave.
- At least two premature babies have died in hospital due to power outages and dozens more are in danger.
- Tens of thousands of people have fled northern parts of Gaza in recent days as the Israeli army steps up its operations there. But Israeli forces also continue to bombard Rafah and other southern locations, leaving no safe place in the Gaza Strip. More than 70 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are now displaced.
Diplomacy
- Leaders from the Arab and Islamic world met in Riyadh on Saturday as Saudi Arabia hosted members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League to discuss Gaza. They rejected the justification for Israeli aggression as self-defense and called for a ceasefire.
- Tense talks are underway at the UN Security Council to break the impasse that has prevented the world’s most powerful decision-making authority from having a real impact on stopping the killings of civilians. A new resolution was circulated among the members, after several unsuccessful efforts.
- The Irish parliament is expected to vote next week, on the basis of a motion from the left-wing social democrats, whether or not to expel the Israeli ambassador.
No respite for the occupied West Bank
- Israeli forces continue to exponentially intensify their raids in the occupied West Bank. Sources within the Palestinian Authority told Al Jazeera that the number of raids had increased to around 40 per day over the past week.
- The number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7 now stands at 185, and around 2,500 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces during this period.
- Families, many of them carrying children, are trying to flee areas of the occupied West Bank which are the subject of numerous raids, notably the Jenin refugee camp.
