Israel continues its fighting in Gaza. The USA fears that this will spread the conflict throughout the region. The news ticker.
- escalation feared: Blinken warns of an expansion of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas
- Goals destroyed: Israel extends further south of the Gaza Strip at
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Update from January 8th, 6:30 a.m: The World Health Organization is currently unable to implement a planned aid mission in northern Gaza. On Monday night, the WHO reported that it had not reached the north of the Gaza Strip for twelve days. A planned mission to Al-Awda Hospital was canceled for the fourth time because security was not guaranteed, the UN organization announced on Platform X. Heavy bombing, limited movement options and interrupted communications have made it “almost impossible” to deliver medical supplies to the isolated coastal strip and especially to its north.
Blinken again warns against an expansion of the Israel-Gaza war
First report from January 8th: Tel Aviv – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned of an escalation of the war in Qatar. “The conflict could quickly metastasize, causing more suffering in the region,” he said in a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on his fourth trip to the Middle East. Qatar had warned from the beginning of a likely and dangerous expansion of the conflict, Al Thani said. The killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut and a senior Iranian general in Syria – both allegedly ordered by Israel – should be condemned and a violation of the sovereignty of these countries.
Blinken called for Israel to better protect civilians in Gaza during its att
acks: “It is absolutely imperative that Israel do more to protect civilians.” Far too many innocent Palestinians have already been killed, he said. He will also address this during his planned visit to Israel.
According to Blinken, aid deliveries to Gaza, where around 2.2 million people lived before the start of the war, are still “not sufficient to meet the enormous needs”. More than 90 percent of the population is affected by acute food insecurity. They would not have enough access to water, food, medicine and other essential goods.
Israel continues to attack Khan Yunis
Meanwhile, Israel continued its attacks in the south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. According to its own account, the army destroyed more than 100 targets of Palestinian terrorists in the hotly contested Khan Yunis. The military said dozens of terrorists were also killed there. Soldiers destroyed tunnels, observation posts and a Hamas headquarters, which the Islamist organization also used to plan its massacre on October 7th. Extremist Palestinians fired rockets at Israel again on Sunday. Rocket alarms were triggered in border towns. (talk to agencies)
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