The United Nations Safety Council is predicted to vote on a draft ceasefire decision at 10 am New York time.
Right here's how issues stand on Monday, March 25, 2024:
Battle and humanitarian disaster
- Israel mentioned on Sunday it had killed dozens of fighters and arrested 450 within the week-long operation in al-Shifa hospital and round Gaza Metropolis, including that it had positioned navy tools and infrastructure within the space .
- The Israeli navy mentioned Hamas fighters barricaded themselves in al-Shifa Hospital and threw explosives from contained in the maternity ward and the emergency room. Al Jazeera couldn’t independently confirm the Israeli claims.
- Palestinians fleeing the continued Israeli siege of al-Shifa Hospital say Israeli tanks and armored bulldozers have pushed over at the least 4 our bodies and ambulances.
- In the course of the week, Israel expanded its assaults on the medical complexes at al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis.
- Palestinians have accused Israel of repeatedly concentrating on hospitals throughout its almost six months of bombing. The United Nations well being company was pressured to finish its mission at al-Shifa Hospital as a result of Israeli assaults.
- Individually, the Palestinian Crimson Crescent mentioned on Sunday that considered one of its workers and a displaced individual had been killed in al-Amal amid heavy shelling and gunfire.
- Residents of Khan Younis mentioned on Sunday that troops have additionally superior and shaped a cordon round Nasser Hospital below the duvet of heavy air and floor fireplace.
- The UN company for Palestinian refugees says Israel will now not permit its meals convoys to enter northern Gaza, the place individuals are ravenous. Sam Rose, the Director of Planning at UNRWA, says that Israel's resolution is a demise sentence for the Palestinians.
Diplomacy and regional tensions
- German International Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Egypt at present to fulfill International Minister Sameh Shoukry for an additional spherical of disaster talks on Gaza.
- The UN Safety Council is predicted to vote on a draft ceasefire decision at 10pm New York (14:00 GMT) at present.
- In the meantime, in the USA, Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned it might be a “large mistake” for Israel to maneuver into Rafah with any type of main navy operation.
- “We've been clear in lots of conversations and in each means that any main navy operation in Rafah can be an enormous mistake,” Harris informed ABC Information in an interview.
