Palestinian residents reported heavy strikes across Gaza city on Tuesday “Gaza is on fire,” the Israeli defense minister said. With comments that come as Israel plans a new attack targeting the city.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to journalists to point Israel to Qatar, suggesting that the attack had begun.
The overnight strike in Gaza city killed at least 20 Palestinians, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies.
“It was a heavy night,” said Radwan Hader, a resident of Gaza City, near the hospital.
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Human rights experts accused Israel of being the genocide of Gaza
A team of independent experts commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council concluded that Israel is violating genocide in Gaza.
The in-depthly documented findings by a team of three Latest accusations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s genocide against the government Rights Advocate Just as Israel continues its war with Hamas in Gaza.
Israel rejected what it called a “skewed falsehood” report.
Neither the committee working within the UN system nor the 47-member parliamentary assembly can take action against the country, but the findings can be used by prosecutors of the International Criminal Court or the United Nations International Court of Justice.
The team was commissioned by the Human Rights Council, a UN human rights organization, but it doesn’t talk about the United Nations.
Israel says expansion of military operations in Gaza city has begun
Israeli forces announced Tuesday that an expansion operation in Gaza city “to destroy Hamas’ military infrastructure” had begun and that it had warned residents to move south.
Israeli Arabic spokesman Avichey Adrie has announced the expansion of Israeli operations at X after a night of intense strikes against North Gaza, which killed at least 20 people.
Israel has warned residents of Gaza, who have been hit by starvation, to evacuate ahead of the operation for the past month, but many have said they cannot evacuate south of Gaza due to overcrowding and transportation prices.
Rubio arrives in Qatar
Marco Rubio visited Qatar on Tuesday after Israel attacked Hamas leaders.
Rubio’s plane landed in Doha on Tuesday morning, where he was expected to meet the country’s ruling chief, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani.
Qatar held a summit on Monday to see Arab and Islamic countries Debate Israel over last week’s attack It killed six people.
However, leaders offered different views on what to do, and the group agreed to take only minimal action.
Spain summons Israeli diplomats
Spain summoned Israeli acting ambassador in his second comment within a week, in his second comment by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saa for comments made the day before to Spain’s Pedro Sanchez.
On Monday, Sanchez called for Israel to be banned from international sporting events over its actions in Gaza.
Saar responded with an X by calling the Spanish leader “anti-Semitic and liar.”
Spain is an outspoken critic of Israel’s military attacks in Gaza.
on sunday, Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters in Madrid With Israeli teams involved, the final leg of the top cycling event was disrupted and the race finale was cancelled.
Israeli strike kills at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza city, hospital says
Shifa Hospital in Gaza has received the bodies of 12 people killed in a strike that raided multiple homes in the western part of the city, said Dr. Ramimanna, the hospital’s managing director.
He told The Associated Press that more than 90 injured people have also arrived at the facility in the last six hours.
He said the first responders reported that many casualties were still under the tile rub in multiple areas, and that the death toll would likely increase.
Rubio says time for the negotiated settlement is running out
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to journalists for Israel to Qatar, acknowledging the start of operations in Gaza city, underscoring the need for an immediate end to the conflict to eliminate Hamas.
“The Israelites have started manipulating there, so I think there’s a very short window of time where a deal can happen,” Rubio said. “We haven’t had months anymore. We’ve probably probably had weeks.”
Rubio said the contract should include hostage releases and Hamas demilitarization and disarming.
Rubio plans what they show after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. Uniform warfare faced with international rage Israeli airstrikes against the leaders of Hamas in Qatar and the bombing of Gaza city.
The Trump administration appears to have been keen to ease tensions between the two close allies following Israeli strikes in Doha last week.
