Amidst the ongoing face-off in Gaza, a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Southern Gaza’s Rafah came under fire on Sunday, resulting in the death of more than 30 Palestinians.
For years, public dissent against Hamas in Gaza has been subdued, often silenced before it could gain momentum.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the army to prepare a plan to allow the "voluntary departure" of Gaza residents for any country willing to receive them, according to a statement issued by his office on Thursday.
In a shocker, US President Donald Trump suggested 'cleaning up' of the Gaza Strip, which is battered into rubbles following the intense Israel-Hamas war, and expressed the idea of moving Palestinians from the strip to some neighbouring countries.
At least nine Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian sources said.
The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has so far risen to 20,258 since October 7, with 53,688 others being injured, the Gaza-based Health Ministry has said in a statement.
Over the past weeks, the world has seen a widespread wave of pro-Palestine protests in revulsion against the Israeli attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank in the form of an Israeli invasion and bombing campaign that, in disproportionate response to the initial attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7 2023
Israel is losing the widespread public support it had among Americans after the 7 October Hamas terror attack.
According to the Ministry, at least 243 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours.
Egypt has been receiving 40 to 50 wounded Palestinians on average daily from Gaza for treatment since November 1, Egypt's Health Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar has said.
