Israel-Gaza information: Five lifeless after IDF strikes in Rafah as US demand ‘answers’ over hospital ‘mass graves’ | EUROtoday

Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo stated Israel was “doubly responsible” for killing a Belgian humanitarian employee and his household within the Gaza Strip.

Abdallah Nabhan and members of his household died in a single day following an Israeli airstrike within the metropolis of Rafah in southern Gaza, prompting the overseas minister to summoned Israel’s ambassador.

Nabhan, whose father, brother, niece and son have been additionally killed, was on the checklist of individuals eligible to go away Gaza, in line with Belgian improvement company Enabel.

Mr De Croo described the deaths as “tragic news” throughout a plenary session within the decrease chamber of the parliament, 7sur7 reported.“They have been refusing it for four months,” he stated.

“Everyday, innocent people and children are being killed. Dear Israeli government: This must stop. Now.”

Belgium was desperate to recognise the state of Palestine, Mr De Croo reportedly stated, including: “This must be part of a peace process, a process of political reforms necessary on both sides.

At least 108 people were arrested and four police officers were injured yesterday when Boston police moved to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at Emerson College.

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.

The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel itself.

The protests have erupted throughout the US at a dozen universities, including Yale, Harvard, along with New York University, University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern California and more.

Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday.

The U.N. report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially in the Gaza Strip and Sudan. The number of nations with food crises that are monitored has also been expanded.

A top European Union military officer said that a frigate that’s part of an EU miliary mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping destroyed a drone launched from an area in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels on Thursday morning.

Austrian Gen. Robert Brieger, who is chair of the EU’s military committee, said that it would be crucial for the bloc to “conserve resources” over the lengthy haul as a result of the risk posed by Houthi assaults “will not disappear” because of its connection to the Israel-Hamas struggle.

The organisation stated it was reviewing claims greater than 300 our bodies have been found at two totally different burial websites outdoors the Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals, a few of whom have been girls and aged folks.

The UK has introduced new sanctions in opposition to Iran’s drone and missile business, Archie Mitchell experiences.

Two folks linked to the nation’s community of drone manufacturing, Seyed Mohsen Vahabzadeh Moghadam and Abbas Abdi Asjerd, might be topic to a UK journey ban and asset freeze.

Four corporations – Bonyan Danesh Shargh, Pishro Sanat Aseman Sharif Company, Alvand Motorbuilding Industries Company and Moj Gostar Aseman Parvaz Company – will even face a UK asset freeze.

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron stated: “The Iranian regime’s dangerous attack on Israel risked thousands of civilian casualties and wider escalation in the region.

“Today the UK and our companions have despatched a transparent message – we are going to maintain these accountable for Iran’s destabilising behaviour to account.

“Alongside our partners, we will continue to tighten the net on Iran’s ability to develop and export these deadly weapons.”

A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated the navy was transferring forward with its plans for a floor operation in Rafah because the Israeli navy stated that it had mobilised two extra reservist brigades for missions in Gaza.