The recent updates regarding Israel Gaza War
Latest updates
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels assert that supporting Palestinians is a “religious and moral duty,” despite facing US-UK strikes for attacks on ships bound for Israel.
• The Palestinian football team is set to play its inaugural Asian Cup game amid the ongoing war.
• An Israeli army strike in Rafah resulted in the deaths of 14 Palestinians, including a two-year-old girl, with over 100 casualties reported in the last 24 hours.
• Israel conducted overnight raids in various West Bank towns, including al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya, Biddya, and Nablus, deploying bulldozers in Jenin.
• Sisters of the late Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri were among those arrested in West Bank raids.
• Israeli war cabinet ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot joined a protest demanding the release of captives held by Hamas in Gaza.
• Two Paltel employees were among those killed in Israeli raids on Gaza, contributing to a new telecommunications blackout.
• Pro-Palestine protests occurred globally, with Washington, DC witnessing its largest turnout. Tel Aviv marked 100 days since the October 7 Hamas attack with a 24-hour event.
• In a speech marking the 100th day of the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “No one will stop us. Not The Hague,” referencing the genocide trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
• The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reiterated its call to end journalist killings by the Israeli military during the ongoing conflict.
Genocide trial
• Namibia stated that Germany has failed to “draw lessons from its horrific history” by backing Israel at the ICJ, part of hearings where South Africa has accused Tel Aviv of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians.
• The ICJ wrapped up hearings in The Hague on Friday, where South Africa claimed “genocidal intent” against Israel in its war on Gaza, charges Israel rejected as “libel”.