Occupied Al-Qudus: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accomplished its “goals” and that it was time for fighting in Gaza to end.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry apprised that an Israeli raid on Dawhet Aramoun has killed six people and wounded 15 others.
The UN informed that Israel let only one aid mission into besieged north Gaza this month and attacked the shelters the supplies were distributed at shortly afterwards.
The US said support to Israel will continue after a 30-day deadline to boost aid to Gaza or face cuts to weapons funding expired.
Aid groups said that Israel has worsened conditions in the enclave during the period.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,712 Palestinians and wounded 103,258 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
In Lebanon, at least 3,287 people have been killed and 14,222 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
The US secretary of state tells reporters during a visit to Brussels, Israel, by the standards it set itself, has accomplished the goals that it set for itself,” . He said “This should be a time to end the war.”
He also said the US wants real and extended pauses in fighting in Gaza so assistance can get to people who need it.
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) said Israel has denied or impeded all of its attempts to provide food and healthcare to tens of thousands of people trapped in besieged northern Gaza so far this month.
OCHA apprised that five “mass casualty” attacks took place in Gaza City and towns in northern Gaza between November 4 and 10.
Israeli settlers have set fire to a number of vehicles in predawn attacks in occupied East Jerusalem’s neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, reports say.
