In a bid to push the paralysed Security Council to act on Gaza, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday invoked a rarely used provision of the Charter to call its attention to the looming “human catastrophe” there and to request a humanitarian ceasefire.
Israel-Hamas war: The Hamas ambush targeted Golani’s 13th Battalion in northern Gaza Strip, using mortars and drones.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the soldiers fell in a just war and vowed to eliminate Hamas.
According to the military spokesperson, Israeli troops opened fire at four armed men who were implanting explosives near the border.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the aircraft struck a PIJ compound overnight used to construct missile components as well as the group's headquarters in the town of Khan Younis.
At least 55 Palestinians were killed and 2,771 were injured on Monday as Israeli troops fired on demonstrators along the Gaza-Israel boundary protesting the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, making it the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza war.
