A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Doha, Qatar: In overnight attacks and early hours of morning, Khan Younis in Gaza is experiencing an intense bombing causing civilian casualties including children.
Ministry of Health in the besieged territory said that its staff is digging graves in grounds of Nasser Hospital amid Israeli siege, which was corroborated by the UN report that stated that no one can enter or exit the facility.
Meanwhile Qatar, a key mediator, stated that it was appalled by alleged remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister concerning country's mediation efforts.
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[10:30pm Doha Time] The State of Qatar and the United Kingdom sent the first joint humanitarian aid shipment to the Gaza Strip, within the framework of humanitarian and development cooperation between the two countries. Read more.
[2:55pm Doha Time] Israeli forces attack aid-seekers, killing at least 20
The spokesman for Gaza’s health ministry says an attack has been carried out on “hungry mouths” who queued for humanitarian relief in war-ravaged northern Gaza City.
“The Israeli occupation committed a new massacre against thousands of hungry mouths who were waiting for aid,” Dr Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement on Telegram.
The attack occurred at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City, killing at least 20 and wounding 150 others, he said.
The victims are being treated at Al-Shifa Hospital, which is out of medical supplies and only has a few doctors working, al-Qudra said.
[1:15pm Doha Time] IN PHOTOS: Scenes from Gaza following Israeli bombardment; Photos by AFP
Palestinians stand amidst the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 25, 2024.
Palestinians look for salvageable items amid the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 25, 2024.
Palestinians pray before bodies of relatives killed in the latest bombardment of Khan Yunis and Rafah outside Najjar hospital in Rafah before a group burial on January 25, 2024.
[12:45pm Doha Time] ‘Urgent action’: Gaza at risk of complete medical shut down
Immediate action is required to prevent a complete shutdown of medical services in Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warns.
“Every functioning hospital in the Gaza Strip is overcrowded and short on medical supplies, fuel, food and water. Many are housing thousands of displaced families. And now two more facilities risk being lost due to the fighting,” said William Schomburg, head of the ICRC’s office in Gaza.
“The cumulative impact on the health system is devastating and urgent action must be taken.”
The Nasser Medical Complex and the European Hospital are the primary referral hospitals in the south of Gaza that serve about two million people, offering critical surgical and emergency medical services.
However, their existing capacity falls far short of meeting current demands for care, ICRC said.
Palestinian youth retrieve books from the rubble of a mosque and buildings which collapsed during Israeli bombardment around the town city of Rafah southern Gaza Strip on January 24, 2024. Photo by AFP
[12:25pm Doha Time] ‘Unacceptable and abhorrent’ attacks on UN centre must stop: UN
The United Nations says 12 people are now confirmed dead and 75 wounded, 15 critically, during intensified fighting at and around a UN centre sheltering thousands of civilians in southern Gaza.
The UN training centre in the city of Khan Younis was hit by artillery and small-arms fire on Wednesday.
“Persistent attacks on civilian sites in Khan Younis are utterly unacceptable and must stop immediately,” said Thomas White, an official with the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
“The situation in Khan Younis underscores a consistent failure to uphold the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law: distinction, proportionality and precautions in carrying out attacks. This is unacceptable and abhorrent and must stop,” said White.
[11am Doha Time] Clashes in Jenin as Israeli bulldozers destroy infrastructure
There were violent clashes overnight between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin city, local media reports.
Israeli forces raided various neighbourhoods in the city and arrested one Palestinian man.
The Palestinian state news agency Wafa reports that Israeli forces also destroyed monuments to deceased Palestinians and footage shared by local media showed streets in the city torn up by Israeli military bulldozers.
During the clashes, Palestinian fighters targeted Israeli forces with explosive devices and gunfire, the Shehab News Agency reports.
[10:30am Doha Time] UK foreign secretary discusses ‘sustainable ceasefire’ with Abbas
David Cameron says he presented a plan to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aimed at finding “a long-term political solution” to Israel’s war in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
I met President Abbas to discuss the situation in the West Bank and Gaza.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) January 25, 2024
I set out our plan to move from a pause - to get aid in and hostages out - towards a sustainable ceasefire, leading to a long term political solution, including a Palestinian state. pic.twitter.com/2KGkxMzZlU
“I set out our plan to move from a pause – to get aid in and hostages out – towards a sustainable ceasefire, leading to a long term political solution, including a Palestinian state,” he said in a post on X.
[9:30am Doha Time] PRCS transports wounded to hospital after Rafah bombing
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says it has transported several people to hospital who were injured by an Israeli air attack on an apartment building in Rafah city in southern Gaza.
???? The PRCS’s teams transported many injuries early this morning as the IOF targeted the apartment of the Al-Ghoul family in Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood in #Rafah
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) January 25, 2024
???? Photos by: Volunteer Misbah Mkheimar pic.twitter.com/p2yBlEGQ0V
At least one person was killed in the strike, which happened at dawn in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.
[9am Doha Time] Palestinian martyred, others injured in Occupation's airstrike on Rafah
A Palestinian was martyred Thursday morning, and others were injured in an airstrike carried out by Israeli occupation's aircraft on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian was martyred and others were injured in the Israeli occupation's airstrike on a residential apartment in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, local sources told the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).
The Israeli occupation's aircraft continued intense shelling on Al-Amal neighborhood and the vicinity of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in the western part of Khan Yunis city.
