King of Jordan says ‘urgent medical aid’ air-dropped into Gaza
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Jordan’s air force air-dropped vital medical supplies to a field hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, King Abdullah II said early Monday. Follow our live blog for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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An Israeli strike on a refugee camp Sunday in central Gaza killed at least 45 people and injured dozens, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. An Israeli military spokesperson said they were looking into whether its troops were operating in the area at the time.
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The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has reached 9,770 people, including 4,008 children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 140 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids.
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The Israeli army said Sunday its land assault on the Gaza Strip had split the Palestinian territory in two, with “significant” strikes continuing in its war against Hamas. Israeli forces “have encircled Gaza City… Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said.
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Gaza’s Hamas government reported “intense bombings” on Sunday evening around several hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, shortly after telecommunications were cut for a third time.
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US Secretary of state Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday following a trip to the occupied West Bank earlier in the day. Washington wants to prevent a wider regional conflict and has stepped up diplomacy with regional countries whose populations have been angered by Israel’s assault on Gaza. He is then expected in Turkey in the next stop of his second diplomatic shuttle in the region following the October 7 Hamas attack.
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While in the West Bank, Blinken told Palestinian President Mahmoud that Palestinians in Gaza “must not be forcibly…
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Source : france24
