As Israel mourns its dead, Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip are mounting.
on Wednesday, leveling apartment blocks and sending injured people pouring into Palestinian hospitals as the local health ministry warned that fuel to keep the generators going was running out.At least 1,100 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis have been killed since Hamas militants attacked Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip on Saturday, overrunning military bases, hunting civilians, taking hostages and inflicting upon Israel one of the bloodiest days in its 75-year history.
The diesel supplies on which hospital generators depend are running out, health officials and health professionals said. The enclave’sWednesday afternoon for want of fuel. The Palestine Red Crescent Society accused Israel of targeting ambulances. The organization said four of its medics were killed in strikes on two ambulances in 30 minutes.Overwhelmed medical facilities were prioritizing the worst shrapnel, burn and crush injuries for surgery, doctors said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left for a trip to Israel and the region on Wednesday to show support for Israel while addressing some of the humanitarian challenges, including the civilian exit from Gaza.“We have the back of Israel. We have their back today. We will have it tomorrow. We will have it every day,” Blinken told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing.
Israel and its allies are worried that other military actors in the region — including Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and its backer Iran — will take advantage of the conflict to open a multi-front conflict.Before the Hamas attack, the Biden administration had been trying to pull off a landmark deal to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Netanyahu, a three-time prime minister, returned to the office last year as head of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in Israel’s history. His third term has been defined by widespread street protests by Israelis opposed to his government’s plans to weaken the Supreme Court, and growing fears among Palestinians as hard-line ministers championed the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements on Arab land.
Deif’s house, which was empty, was also targeted, Hamas’s representative in Lebanon, Ahmed Abdul Hadi, told The Washington Post. The whereabouts of Deif, who announced the assault on Israel on Saturday, are unknown., a member of the Hamas political bureau. Hamas confirmed his death and that of another member of its political office.
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