Israel-Hamas War Day 78: UN chief says Israel creating distribution 'obstacles' | Top 10 updates
UN chief said the way Israel was conducting its military operation was creating "massive obstacles" to aid distribution inside the battered enclave. It has passed a resolution urging steps to allow “safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access" to Gaza.
The resolution was toned down from earlier drafts that called for an immediate end to 11 weeks of war and diluting Israeli control over aid deliveries, clearing the way for the vote in which the United States, Israel’s main ally, abstained. Here are the top 10 updates on Israel-Hamas war, 1) Washington repeatedly has backed Israel’s right to self-defense following the October 7 rampage into Israel by Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants, who killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages back into the enclave.
2) The United States and Israel, which have vowed to eradicate Hamas, oppose a ceasefire, contending it would allow the Islamist militant group to regroup and rearm. 3) However, US President Joe Biden's administration has grown increasingly critical of the mounting casualty toll and humanitarian crisis that has worsened as Israel presses on with its ground and air offensive.
4) Israel said 5,405 aid trucks - bearing food, water, and medical supplies - have entered Gaza since the war started, Reuters reported. 5) The latest casualty update from Gaza’s health ministry said 20,057 Palestinians have been killed and 53,320 wounded in the Israeli offensive that has destroyed huge swaths of the enclave and displaced most of the population of 2.3 million.
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