Hamas has urged the United Nations and the broader worldwide group to intervene instantly to cease Israel’s genocide in Gaza, because the Israeli military escalated its brutal assaults on Gaza Metropolis and elsewhere within the enclave.
A minimum of 73 Palestinians, together with a number of assist seekers, have been killed in relentless Israeli bombardments throughout Gaza on Wednesday, amongst them 43 in Gaza Metropolis alone.
Whole households are being killed collectively of their tents and shelters because the Israeli forces are concentrating on densely populated areas in Gaza.
“My brother was killed, struck inside his room. They killed him along with his spouse and youngsters; they erased all of them. Nobody is left,” Sabreen al-Mabhuh, a displaced Palestinian, informed Al Jazeera.
Israeli grenades have additionally ignited tents at faculties sheltering displaced households in Sheikh Radwan, Reuters reported. “Sheikh Radwan is being burned upside-down,” resident Zakeya Sami mentioned. “If the takeover of Gaza Metropolis isn’t stopped, we would die. We received’t forgive anybody who watches this and does nothing.”
Gaza’s media workplace says Israel has detonated a minimum of 100 explosive-laden robots in Gaza Metropolis over the previous three weeks to destroy total residential blocks and neighbourhoods. About 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza Metropolis alone throughout Israel’s assault there since August 13.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza Metropolis, described the scenario as apocalyptic. “It feels infinite and all-consuming … total neighbourhoods are being erased block by block,” he mentioned. “Individuals are shedding all the things they’ve constructed over a long time. For a lot of, this looks like a dwelling nightmare.”
Hamas prepared to just accept a complete ceasefire
In a press release on Wednesday, Hamas reiterated its readiness to just accept a complete Gaza ceasefire and launch of all Israeli captives in change for Palestinian prisoners. The group’s remarks come shortly after United States President Donald Trump referred to as on Hamas to launch the captives nonetheless held in Gaza. About 48 captives are believed to be nonetheless in Gaza, 20 of whom are believed to be alive.
Hamas slammed Israel for committing “horrific battle crimes” with a strike on the al-Jarisi household dwelling in northern Gaza Metropolis, which killed a minimum of 10, calling it a part of a scientific marketing campaign to destroy Palestinian life.
The decision got here as Gaza’s Well being Ministry reported six extra deaths from “famine and malnutrition” up to now 24 hours, together with a baby. It mentioned 367 Palestinians, 131 of them youngsters, have died from hunger-related causes throughout Israel’s blockade, which continues to severely restrict the entry of meals and assist.
The Israeli operation to grab Gaza Metropolis will possible displace a million Palestinians, with many of the enclave’s 2.3 million individuals displaced a number of occasions. A spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday mentioned that greater than 82,000 new circumstances of pressured displacement have been recorded in Gaza between August 14 and 31, together with 30,000 individuals pressured from north to south.
UNICEF has warned that 132,000 youngsters underneath 5 are liable to dying from acute malnutrition by mid-2026, including as much as over 320,000 Palestinian youngsters going through extreme starvation. “With famine liable to spreading, youngsters urgently want a mass inflow of humanitarian assist – together with specialised vitamin merchandise,” the company mentioned on X.
The Built-in Meals Safety Part Classification confirmed in August that famine situations had gripped northern Gaza and have been quickly spreading south. Assist employees say the whole Israeli blockade has turned fundamental survival right into a day by day wrestle.
Abdullah Al-Arian, an affiliate professor at Georgetown College in Qatar, mentioned Israel’s scorched-earth offensive reveals it’s waging genocide with “whole impunity”. He famous that Palestinians are refusing evacuation orders as a result of exhaustion from repeated displacements and the absence of secure zones, which Israeli forces have systematically bombed.
Rising international outrage
Israel has rejected Hamas’s newest supply to finish the Gaza battle. In a press release, the Prime Minister’s Workplace reiterated Israel’s stance that “the battle can finish instantly on the situations set by the cupboard”, which embrace the discharge of all of the Israeli captives being held in Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas.
Hamas has agreed to ceasefire proposals introduced by the mediators, nevertheless it has refused to disarm till the Palestinian state is established as a part of the so-called two-state answer. Qatar, which has mediated within the battle, mentioned that Israel has yet to agree to its newest ceasefire proposal, which was accepted by Hamas final month.
Israel’s marketing campaign is drawing mounting worldwide backlash. A number of European nations, together with France, Britain, Belgium, Canada and Australia, are anticipated to formally recognise a Palestinian state on the upcoming UN Common Meeting later this month.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slammed Europe’s response to the battle on Wednesday as a “failure” that has broken its credibility. “We will’t last more if we need to be taken significantly on crises like Ukraine,” he mentioned. Sanchez was the primary European chief to explain Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide.
In Scotland, First Minister John Swinney introduced his authorities will block funding to arms corporations supplying Israel. “We’ll pause new awards of public cash to arms corporations whose merchandise are linked to nations committing genocide. That may embrace Israel,” he mentioned, urging London to droop its commerce settlement with Israel.
The UAE additionally issued a stark warning, saying Israel’s potential annexation of the occupied West Financial institution would cross a “purple line” and undermine the Abraham Accords. “Our place has not modified since 2020: We assist a Palestinian state,” mentioned Lana Nusseibeh, a senior UAE diplomat.
This got here as Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveiled a plan for Israel to annex almost all the occupied West Financial institution, urging Prime Minister Netanyahu to endorse it.
In the meantime, Utrecht College within the Netherlands introduced an instructional boycott of Israeli establishments over “genocidal insurance policies” in Gaza. Rector Wilco Hazeleger mentioned the transfer displays an ethical obligation. “We won’t begin new collaborations with Israeli events. A boycott is in place till additional discover,” he mentioned.
