Support vehicles transferring from the south have arrived safely within the northern Gaza Strip with out incident.
Right here’s how issues stand on Sunday, March 17, 2024:
Combating and humanitarian disaster
- Not less than 92 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza within the final 24 hours, in keeping with the Wafa information company. Shelling on Sunday morning focused areas within the south and northeast of Khan Younis in addition to within the north of Rafah metropolis.
- Late Saturday night assaults in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza killed at the very least 12 folks and wounded many extra, together with youngsters, in keeping with movies and witnesses.
- A number of support vehicles arrived safely in Jabalia and Gaza Metropolis, marking the primary convoys to journey from the south to the north of the Gaza Strip with out incident in 4 months. Flour is now being distributed from at the very least six vehicles secured at camps run by the United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
- A second support ship will quickly depart Cyprus for Gaza with tonnes of support to hitch the Open Arms vessel which has began unloading 200 tonnes of support cargo in Gaza.
Diplomacy and regional tensions
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday that Israeli troops would pursue a deliberate floor offensive in southern Gaza’s Rafah that has spurred fears of mass civilian casualties.
- Ceasefire talks may resume in Qatar as early as Sunday, with an Israeli delegation led by Mossad’s spy chief anticipated in Doha to debate Hamas’s proposal for a three-stage plan to finish the struggle.
- Amnesty Worldwide known as on US President Joe Biden to name for a ceasefire and cease arms gross sales to Israel, saying that US-made munitions have killed lots of the greater than 30,000 fatalities in Gaza.
- Human Rights Watch known as on the the worldwide group to impose sanctions on Israel for its failure to adjust to the Worldwide Court docket of Justice’s order to take provisional measures in Gaza to stop genocide of the Palestinian folks.
Violence within the occupied West Financial institution
- Israeli forces detained at the very least 25 Palestinians from the West Financial institution in in a single day and early Sunday raids. A Gazan feminine awaiting most cancers remedy, a baby, and former prisoners have been amongst these arrested in Hebron, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Jenin, Tulkarem, Ramallah, and Jerusalem, Wafa stories.
- An Israeli rights group, Public Committee Towards Torture in Israel (PCATI) has called on the worldwide group to sanction Israel over its abuse and torture of Palestinian detainees.