Israel’s War on Gaza: List of Key Events, Day 93 | News from Gaza


Six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Here’s how things go on Sunday January 7, 2024:

Latest updates:

  • An Israeli airstrike killed at least six people in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, with witnesses saying human remains were scattered at the scene.
  • Armed fighting broke out in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli forces stormed the city and arrested at least one Palestinian.
  • Jenin, Hebron, Qalqilya and Jericho in the occupied West Bank were also attacked by Israeli forces, sources told Tel Aviv Tribune.
  • Hani al-Masdar, coach of the Palestinian Olympic football team, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Football Federation, which did not specify the area of ​​the attack.
  • Spokesman Daniel Hagari said the Israeli army had “dismantled” the Hamas leadership in northern Gaza and was now turning its attention to central and southern Gaza.

Human impact

  • At least 22,722 people have been killed and 58,166 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from the October 7 attack on Israel stands at 1,139.
  • Gaza is experiencing “deliberate starvation and not starvation,” Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN special rapporteur on the right to health, said in a message on X, adding that “an immediate ceasefire” is necessary.
  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a report sent to Security Council members, warned that “widespread famine threatens” in Gaza, according to Tel Aviv Tribune sources.

Diplomacy

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Jordan after a visit to Turkey as part of a Middle East tour that will also take him to Israel and the occupied West Bank.
  • European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sounded the alarm during a visit to Beirut over Lebanon being drawn into a regional conflict resulting from the war in Gaza.
  • The French foreign minister said in a phone call to her Iranian counterpart that “Iran and its affiliates” must stop “destabilizing acts” that could lead to a wider conflict in the Middle East in the context of the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a short video statement that Israel must not stop its war against Hamas until all of its goals have been achieved.

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