Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 12 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Because the battle between Israel and Gaza enters its twelfth day, these are the primary developments.

Right here is the situation on Wednesday, October 18, 2023:

Preventing

• At the least 500 people have been killed in an Israeli air assault on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital within the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian officers have mentioned.
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the focusing on of the hospital in Gaza as a “hideous struggle bloodbath” that can not be tolerated.
• “The whole world ought to know: it was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza, and never the IDF,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned, referring to the Israeli military.
• Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad, informed Reuters: “It is a lie and fabrication, it’s utterly incorrect. The occupation is making an attempt to cowl for the horrifying crime and bloodbath they dedicated towards civilians.”
• UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres has simply now referred to as for an “fast” ceasefire within the struggle between Israel and Hamas.
• He additionally mentioned that assaults by Hamas didn’t justify the “collective punishment” of the Palestinian individuals.
• At the least 37 extra individuals have been killed in separate air raids focusing on two neighbourhoods at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, based on officers.
• The Israeli military has recognized two extra troopers who died because the struggle began on October 7.

Diplomacy and protests

• Jordan cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with US President Joe Biden and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to debate Gaza, International Minister Ayman Safadi mentioned.

•  “I’m outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion on the Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, and the horrible lack of life that resulted,” Biden, who is travelling to Israel, mentioned in a press release.
• “The USA stands unequivocally for the safety of civilian life throughout battle and we mourn the sufferers, medical workers and different innocents killed or wounded on this tragedy.”
• The hospital blast drew condemnation throughout the Arab world, and protests have been staged at Israel’s embassies in Turkey and Jordan and close to the US embassy in Lebanon, the place safety forces fired tear fuel in the direction of demonstrators.

• Palestinian safety forces in Ramallah fired tear fuel and stun grenades to disperse protesters throwing rocks and chanting towards President Mahmoud Abbas as fashionable anger boiled over after the lethal Gaza hospital assault.
• Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group denounced what it mentioned was Israel’s lethal assault on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, which is run by the Anglican Church, and referred to as for “a day of unprecedented anger” towards Israel and Biden’s go to.

• The United Nations Safety Council will now vote on Wednesday on a Brazilian-drafted decision that requires humanitarian pauses within the battle between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas to permit humanitarian help entry to the Gaza Strip.

• The US State Division will proceed to supply government-sponsored constitution flights to Europe from Tel Aviv to assist Individuals go away Israel by means of no less than Sunday.
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cited a marked rise in anti-Semitism in Canada after Hamas attacked Israel and Israel’s subsequent lethal air strikes in Gaza.