Israel-Hamas War Day 30: Over 50 killed in Gaza camp, Arab leaders push for ceasefire, Blinken says counterproductive
fire with Hamas militants in Gaza. Gaza's living conditions, already dire before the fighting, have deteriorated further. Food is scarce, residents have resorted to drinking salty water, and medical services are collapsing in Gaza.
1) According to the Hamas-run health ministry, more than 50 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a camp in central Gaza late Saturday. This came amid ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas militants. 2) US President Joe Biden on Saturday suggested that progress has been made on the issue of providing a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, Russian News Agency TASS reported citing the White House press pool.
3) Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched from Washington to Milan to Paris on Saturday, calling for a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. 4) Protesters, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, including the US, UK, and France, expressed disillusionment with their governments for supporting Israel while its bombardments of hospitals and residential areas in the Gaza Strip intensified. 5) “Palestine will be free," demonstrators donning black and white keffiyehs chanted as an enormous Palestinian flag was unfurled by a crowd that filled Pennsylvania Avenue — the street leading up to the White House.
6) The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,448, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza stated. In Israel, more than 1,400 people have been killed, most of them in the October 7 Hamas attack that started the war. 7) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his "deep concern" in a meeting with Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Amman about the crossfire along Lebanon's southern border with Israel, CNN reported.
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