Israel-Hamas War Day 19: Israel labels Gaza conflict ‘war of the free world’ at UN meeting. Top 10 Updates
Bloomberg reported. This demand followed a day of intense debates at the Security Council regarding the escalating violence that has the potential to ignite a regional conflict. “And those appalling attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people," Guterres told the Security Council.
“It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum," he said, adding that Palestinians “have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation." 2. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told the UN Security Council that the proportionate response to the Oct. 7 attack is “a total destruction to the last one" of the militants.
“It is not only Israel’s right to destroy Hamas. It’s our duty," he said, adding that the conflict in Gaza is not solely Israel's war but “the war of the free world." 3. Israel announced on Tuesday that it conducted 400 airstrikes in the past 24 hours.
These strikes resulted in the deaths of Hamas commanders, targeted militants preparing to launch rockets into Israel, and hit command centers and a Hamas tunnel shaft, AP reported. Also Read:Israel-Hamas War: Hamas terrorists claims to being offered $10,000, flat for every hostage 4. Australia has dispatched two extra air force transport planes to the Middle East as a precaution for potential evacuations of Australian citizens in the event of an escalation of hostilities.
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles announced on Wednesday that there are now three aircraft deployed in the region for this purpose. 5. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer are scheduled to travel to Israel on Wednesday to express solidarity with the country and its people following the October 7 terrorist
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