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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77444181" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/06/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-palestine/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert" target="_blank">Gaza death toll passes 10,000, health officials say; Blinken says more aid coming soon</a></h3><p>The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll in the enclave surpassed 10,000 after four weeks of war with Israel. [the toll included 4,104 children]</p><p></p><p>Internet and communications services gradually returned to parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning after a “complete disruption” overnight</p><p></p><p>Here is what we know about some of the reported strikes in Gaza over the weekend [none of these can be completely confirmed independently by the Post]:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gaza City hospitals: The Gaza Health Ministry said the Gaza Psychiatric Hospital — the enclave’s only facility of its kind — was hit late Sunday and eight people were killed. The ministry said strikes in the same area also killed four people in the government-run Gaza Eye Hospital and four others inside the Rantisi Pediatric Hospital, and it blamed Israel for the attacks. The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/24/gaza-death-toll-palestinian-health-ministry/" target="_blank">could not independently confirm</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reported strikes on Shati refugee camp: The Shati refugee camp was struck overnight Sunday into Monday, in what one employee at nearby al-Shifa Hospital called “a massacre.” ...the employee said the scale of the damage would probably be large because the camp is so densely populated.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maghazi refugee camp: The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 47 people were killed and dozens more injured in a Saturday strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reported strike on Jabalya camp: The Jabalya refugee camp was reportedly struck overnight Saturday into Sunday, and at least six people were killed, according to Al Jazeera.</li> </ul><p>Jordan’s air force conducted a late-night airdrop of medical aid at a field hospital in Gaza [an apparent first]</p><p></p><p></p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/05/israel-strike-targets-gaza-civilians-hamas/" target="_blank">As Gaza death toll soars, secrecy shrouds Israel’s targeting process</a></h3><p></p><p>The Israeli airstrikes that hit the Jabalya refugee camp on Oct. 31 sent buildings tumbling down on families displaced from across the besieged enclave. More than 110 people were killed, many of them women and children crushed beneath the rubble, doctors said.</p><p></p><p>“The Jabalya strike, because it was a planned attack, shows that Israel must have a tolerance for civilian casualties which is orders of magnitude greater than that that was used by, say, the U.S. Air Force in the war against ISIS,” said Mark Lattimer, executive director of the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights.</p><p></p><p>International law requires militaries to make clear distinctions between civilians and militants, and to take all possible precautions to prevent civilian harm. The principle of proportionality prohibits armies from inflicting civilian casualties that are “excessive” in relation to the direct military advantage anticipated at the time of the strike.</p><p></p><p>It is an inexact standard that requires a full investigation, a difficult task in an active war zone. How Israel is selecting its targets is shrouded in secrecy, making it extremely hard for experts to judge their legality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77444181, member: 294566"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/06/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-palestine/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert']Gaza death toll passes 10,000, health officials say; Blinken says more aid coming soon[/URL][/HEADING] The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll in the enclave surpassed 10,000 after four weeks of war with Israel. [the toll included 4,104 children] Internet and communications services gradually returned to parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning after a “complete disruption” overnight Here is what we know about some of the reported strikes in Gaza over the weekend [none of these can be completely confirmed independently by the Post]: [LIST] [*]Gaza City hospitals: The Gaza Health Ministry said the Gaza Psychiatric Hospital — the enclave’s only facility of its kind — was hit late Sunday and eight people were killed. The ministry said strikes in the same area also killed four people in the government-run Gaza Eye Hospital and four others inside the Rantisi Pediatric Hospital, and it blamed Israel for the attacks. The Washington Post [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/24/gaza-death-toll-palestinian-health-ministry/']could not independently confirm[/URL] [*]Reported strikes on Shati refugee camp: The Shati refugee camp was struck overnight Sunday into Monday, in what one employee at nearby al-Shifa Hospital called “a massacre.” ...the employee said the scale of the damage would probably be large because the camp is so densely populated. [*]Maghazi refugee camp: The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 47 people were killed and dozens more injured in a Saturday strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. [*]Reported strike on Jabalya camp: The Jabalya refugee camp was reportedly struck overnight Saturday into Sunday, and at least six people were killed, according to Al Jazeera. [/LIST] Jordan’s air force conducted a late-night airdrop of medical aid at a field hospital in Gaza [an apparent first] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/05/israel-strike-targets-gaza-civilians-hamas/']As Gaza death toll soars, secrecy shrouds Israel’s targeting process[/URL][/HEADING] The Israeli airstrikes that hit the Jabalya refugee camp on Oct. 31 sent buildings tumbling down on families displaced from across the besieged enclave. More than 110 people were killed, many of them women and children crushed beneath the rubble, doctors said. “The Jabalya strike, because it was a planned attack, shows that Israel must have a tolerance for civilian casualties which is orders of magnitude greater than that that was used by, say, the U.S. Air Force in the war against ISIS,” said Mark Lattimer, executive director of the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights. International law requires militaries to make clear distinctions between civilians and militants, and to take all possible precautions to prevent civilian harm. The principle of proportionality prohibits armies from inflicting civilian casualties that are “excessive” in relation to the direct military advantage anticipated at the time of the strike. It is an inexact standard that requires a full investigation, a difficult task in an active war zone. How Israel is selecting its targets is shrouded in secrecy, making it extremely hard for experts to judge their legality. [/QUOTE]
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