Palestine Red Crescent reports ‘intense shelling’ near Al Amal hospital
Heavy artillery shelling is targeting the vicinity of Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Palestine Red Crescent Society, whose headquarters is in the hospital, said.
Shrapnel from the shelling was scattering onto the building and was accompanied by heavy gunfire from drones.
PRCS said that one displaced person living in the hospital was shot in the chest by a sniper and injured.
NBC News has not been able to independently verify these reports.
Far-right finance minister criticises Israeli defense minister’s plan for the ‘day after’
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has criticised plans outlined by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for the “day after” the end of Israel’s war in Gaza, describing them as a “rerun” of ‘the day before’” October 7.
“The solution in Gaza requires thinking outside the box and changing the concept by encouraging voluntary immigration and full security control, including renewal of settlement,” Smotrich said on Facebook yesterday, reiterating rising rhetoric by Israel’s right to force Palestinians from Gaza into the Sinai desert or neighboring Arab countries.
Gallant’s plan calls for Israel’s continued military control of Gaza, with Palestinians in charge of civil affairs. The U.S., Egypt, and other Arab countries would lead rehabilitation efforts, and there would be no settlement expansion.
Smotrich, who is the leader of the nationalist party Religious Zionism, is a key figure in Benjamin Netanyahu’s increasingly embattled ruling coalition government. He has repeatedly denied the existence of a Palestinian people and has advocated for the creation of “sterile security areas” around illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, further encroaching onto Palestinian land.
Blinken meets with Erdoğan, foreign minister in Istanbul
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and…
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