Archive for October 10th, 2023

10/10/2023

Israel/OPT: Civilians on Both Sides Paying the Price of Unprecedented Escalation in Hostilities Between Israel and Gaza as Death Toll Mounts

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By Amnesty International*

Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s [] outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll.

The image shows smoke rising from residential buildings following Israeli strikes in Gaza.

Today’s escalation in violence began with Hamas firing rockets into Israel and launching an unprecedented operation by its fighters into southern Israel.

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10/10/2023

Israel/Palestine: Devastating Civilian Toll as Parties Flout Legal Obligations

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By Human Rights Watch*

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Rockets fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. © 2023 AP

(Jerusalem) 9 October 2023 Palestinian armed groups carried out a deadly assault on October 7, 2023, that killed several hundred Israeli civilians and led to Israeli counterstrikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians, Human Rights Watch said in releasing a questions and answers document about the international humanitarian law standards governing the current hostilities.

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10/10/2023

Over 120,000 People Have Been Internally Displaced in Gaza

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(UN News)* — The escalating conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN reported on Monday [].

Building collapse into the street in Gaza.
© UNRWA/Mohammed Hinnawi | Building collapse into the street in Gaza.

Over 120,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza due to concerns over their protection and the destruction of homes, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, speaking in New York.

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, is sheltering roughly 137,000 people in 83 of its schools across the Gaza Strip.

Six health care workers have been killed and four others injured, with seven health care facilities and nine ambulances damaged.

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