DEIR_AL_BALAH: Israeli airstrikes in center and south Gaza At least 14 people, friends and family members of the family, were killed overnight into Saturday. turkish american activist Killed by an Israeli soldier who was preparing to commemorate her at a funeral. An airstrike in Gaza City hit a house housing 11 people, including three women and four children, while another hit a tent in Khan Younis, Gaza Civil Defense said on Saturday. It is home to Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas.
An airstrike hit a tent camp earlier this week and another on Tuesday. United Nations On Wednesday, the school provided housing for the displaced.
A campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza is winding down, with some 560,000 children under 10 having recovered from their first dose, the World Health Organization said, accounting for one in eight children targeted by the campaign. 7 recovered.
Second doses are expected to begin later this month as part of the vaccination effort World Health Organization Indicates that all parties have agreed.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X on Friday that the campaign was “a huge success in the face of the tragic reality of daily life.”
At the same time, the body Eisenur Eziji EjiThe Turkish-American activist, who was killed by an Israeli soldier on September 6, returned to his hometown later on Friday accompanied by a police honor guard, Turkey’s official news agency reported.
The coffin containing her body was draped in a Turkish flag and carried from a hearse to a hospital in Didim by six police officers in ceremonial uniforms. Her funeral will be held later on Saturday in the western Turkish coastal town.
The 26-year-old activist from Seattle, who had American and Turkish citizenship, was killed after demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that Aji was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces. Türkiye announced it would launch an independent investigation into her death.
Anadolu Agency reported that her body arrived in Didim following an autopsy at the Izmir Institute of Forensic Medicine.
The agency said Agee’s mother had to be assisted by medical staff as her family watched the casket being unloaded.
Her death was condemned by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken The United States, Egypt and Qatar pushed for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. Negotiations have repeatedly reached deadlocks Israel and Hamas Each other accuses the other of making new and unacceptable demands.
The war began when Hamas-led militants launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. They kidnapped another 250 people and held about 100 hostages. About a third of the remaining hostages are believed to be dead.
It has wreaked havoc, displaced approximately 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, often multiple times, and plunged the territory into a severe humanitarian crisis. Gaza’s health ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. The ministry did not distinguish between civilians and militants in its head count, but said women and children accounted for more than half of the dead. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants in the war.
An airstrike hit a tent camp earlier this week and another on Tuesday. United Nations On Wednesday, the school provided housing for the displaced.
A campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza is winding down, with some 560,000 children under 10 having recovered from their first dose, the World Health Organization said, accounting for one in eight children targeted by the campaign. 7 recovered.
Second doses are expected to begin later this month as part of the vaccination effort World Health Organization Indicates that all parties have agreed.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X on Friday that the campaign was “a huge success in the face of the tragic reality of daily life.”
At the same time, the body Eisenur Eziji EjiThe Turkish-American activist, who was killed by an Israeli soldier on September 6, returned to his hometown later on Friday accompanied by a police honor guard, Turkey’s official news agency reported.
The coffin containing her body was draped in a Turkish flag and carried from a hearse to a hospital in Didim by six police officers in ceremonial uniforms. Her funeral will be held later on Saturday in the western Turkish coastal town.
The 26-year-old activist from Seattle, who had American and Turkish citizenship, was killed after demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that Aji was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces. Türkiye announced it would launch an independent investigation into her death.
Anadolu Agency reported that her body arrived in Didim following an autopsy at the Izmir Institute of Forensic Medicine.
The agency said Agee’s mother had to be assisted by medical staff as her family watched the casket being unloaded.
Her death was condemned by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken The United States, Egypt and Qatar pushed for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. Negotiations have repeatedly reached deadlocks Israel and Hamas Each other accuses the other of making new and unacceptable demands.
The war began when Hamas-led militants launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. They kidnapped another 250 people and held about 100 hostages. About a third of the remaining hostages are believed to be dead.
It has wreaked havoc, displaced approximately 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, often multiple times, and plunged the territory into a severe humanitarian crisis. Gaza’s health ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. The ministry did not distinguish between civilians and militants in its head count, but said women and children accounted for more than half of the dead. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants in the war.
