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The number of Palestinians killed in Israel's war in Gaza is approaching 30,000, and children are suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.
Here's what happened on Thursday, February 29, 2024:
Combat and humanitarian crisis
- Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 people overnight in the Nuseirat and Bureiji camps in central Gaza, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
- Two hospitals in northern Gaza lack fuel to run generators to treat children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.
- Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Ahmed Al Karrut told Al Jazeera Arabic that seven children died at the hospital due to malnutrition on Wednesday.
- The Gaza Ministry of Health also reported that two children died of dehydration and malnutrition at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
- The number of Palestinians killed in Israel's war in Gaza is approaching 30,000, with 76 killed between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, bringing the death toll to 29,954, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Regional tensions and diplomacy
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that in the UK, politicians have faced abuse for expressing their views on Israel's war in Gaza, with some fearing for their safety. It has been replaced by.''
- Meanwhile, in the European Parliament, a Swedish lawmaker spent most of his allotted speaking time in the EU parliament in silence, protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
- Canada's International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said his country was exploring options to provide humanitarian aid, including “partnering with like-minded countries like Jordan to airlift aid to Gaza.” Stated.
- New Zealand on Thursday designated the entire Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization and imposed a travel ban on “extremist” Israeli settlers for committing acts of violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
- In the Middle East, the Israeli military released video footage purporting to show recent attacks by fighter jets on targets in the Khafra and Sidikin areas of southern Lebanon.
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In Syria, air defense forces intercepted an Israeli attack near the capital Damascus, state media reported on Wednesday. Syrian state media did not provide details about the attack or its intended target.
Violence in the occupied West Bank
- Wafa news agency reported that Israeli forces attacked the town of Beit Hurik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and shot dead a Palestinian man.
- Israeli forces also carried out raids in other locations in the occupied West Bank, including the following locations: the towns of Araba and Jarbun in Jenin governorate, the town of Kaffin north of Tulkarem city, the town of Azun east of Qalqilya city, and the city of Hebron. The town of Baninaim, east of Hebron.