The US would provide US$100 million in new funding for humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank. Read more at straitstimes.com.
People gather around bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Al-Shifa hopsital, on Oct 17, 2023.Protesters shout slogans and light flares during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people outside the US Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct 18, 2023.People injured in an Israeli bombing are treated at a hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Oct 18, 2023.
Mr Biden promised more aid to Israel at the end of his impromptu one-day visit to the country, which is bombarding Gaza to try to root out militants from its ruling Hamas group after they killed 1,400 Israelis inHe said of the hospital blast: “Based on the information we have seen today, it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza.”
The Gaza health ministry said 3,478 Palestinians have been killed and 12,065 injured in Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave since Oct 7. In a less than eight-hour visit, he also said he would ask Congress for an “unprecedented” aid package for Israel this week, although no action is possible until the House of Representatives elects a new speaker.Mr Biden faced intense pressure to secure a clear Israeli commitment to let aid into Gaza from Egypt, to ease the plight of civilians in the small, densely populated coastal enclave.
Rescue workers scoured blood-stained debris for survivors. The Gaza health ministry put the death toll at 471, though Israel disputed the figure. Palestinian ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra said rescuers were still recovering bodies. Neighboring Egypt and Jordan have squarely rejected the notion that Palestinian refugees could move into their territories. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday denounced forced displacement of Gaza civilians. Palestinian leaders called it a “red line” that could not be crossed.Hezbollah supporters during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the Dahye district of Beirut, Lebanon, Oct 18, 2023.
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