Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 49 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A truce is in movement and pro-Palestine protests are making headlines – listed here are main updates.

Here’s what to know concerning the state of affairs on Friday, November 24, 2023:

Truce

• The pause in combating beneath the deal between Israel and Hamas started at 7am native time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. It adopted intense Israeli air attacks on areas in Gaza, together with Nuseirat refugee camp, in line with Al Jazeera Arabic.
• At 4pm (14:00 GMT) 13 ladies and youngsters being held captive in Gaza shall be released, whereas 39 Palestinian prisoners are additionally going to be free of Israeli prisons on the identical day.
• Help vans are additionally anticipated to enter Gaza from Egypt. A Hamas official has stated that 200 vans carrying support and gas will enter daily.

The most recent developments

• An investigation by Al Jazeera’s Sanad Information Verification Company on Thursday reveals the presence of American mercenaries combating in Israel’s navy ranks throughout operations in Gaza.
• Israeli information outlet, Haaretz, is dealing with a authorities risk over its vital protection of Israel’s navy operation in Gaza. Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi proposed penalties on Thursday, together with banning Haaretz from publishing authorities notices and slicing off commercials from any state entity.
• On Thursday, Israeli forces arrested Muhammad Abu Salmiya, head of Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa.
• The BBC has been accused of censorship after ceasefire calls from public figures in the course of the British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts (BAFTA) awards had been reportedly edited out of the ultimate present.
• Professional-Palestine demonstrators briefly halted the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis on Thursday.

Human affect and combating

• An in a single day assault by Israeli tanks on the Indonesian Hospital has destroyed all of its first flooring, in line with Dr Sarbini Abdul Murad, head of the Indonesian charity Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C).
• An toddler in an incubator at Kamal Adwan Hospital died on Wednesday as a result of a scarcity of electrical energy, in line with the newest state of affairs replace from the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
• After taking in 150 individuals, principally most cancers sufferers, from Gaza for medical therapy, Turkey is anticipating to evacuate about 50 extra individuals from the enclave immediately. Turkish Well being Minister Fahrettin Koca stated the group will principally consist of youngsters and younger individuals.
• Palestinian photojournalist Mohammad Ayyash was killed by an Israeli bombardment on Thursday whereas one other journalist, Amal Zuhd, and her household had been killed by air assaults on their house early on Friday morning.
• A US navy official instructed Reuters two bases in Syria and two bases in Iraq housing American personnel had been attacked in fast succession with rockets and armed drones.

Diplomacy

• The UK’s newly appointed Overseas Secretary David Cameron pledged an extra £30m ($37.38m) of humanitarian support to Gaza on Friday. Cameron, who’s visiting the area, met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and is now travelling to the occupied West Financial institution for conferences with Palestinian leaders.
• Docs With out Borders official Joseph Belliveau stated on Thursday that the organisation is taking “the weird stance of calling for a ceasefire”, as a result of “brutal annihilation of a complete inhabitants’s well being system” being greater than what simply humanitarian support can repair. In an deal with to the Standing Committee on Overseas Affairs in Canada, Belliveau stated the nation ought to push for a ceasefire as effectively.
• Iran’s Overseas Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday to debate efforts to finish Israel’s warfare on Gaza. On Wednesday, Amirabdollahian warned that the Israel-Gaza warfare may spill over within the area if the truce doesn’t maintain.
• Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel led a march of hundreds of demonstrators in solidarity with Palestine in Havana on Thursday, in line with Reuters.