Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 61 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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New statements from Hamas and Netanyahu amid heightened stress on Gaza’s hospitals – listed here are the principle updates.

Right here’s how issues stand on Wednesday, December 6, 2023:

The newest developments

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at a press convention on Tuesday that Gaza must be demilitarised after the war.
• On Tuesday, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan stated the group is “nicely ready” to battle irrespective of how lengthy the struggle lasts.
• Germany’s harsh remedy of pro-Palestinian groups and local weather activists has made it drop in world rankings for civil liberties, Civicus, an organisation monitoring civil society worldwide, reported on Wednesday.
• The Qatari-Saudi Coordination Council launched a press release on Tuesday expressing “deep concern in regards to the humanitarian disaster”, in Gaza. They referred to as for compliance with worldwide legislation, and to “intensify efforts” in direction of the two-state answer.
• On Tuesday, presidents of a number of United States school campuses together with Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Expertise, and College of Pennsylvania, testified in Congress on anti-Semitism of their campuses.

Human impression and combating

• An Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed no less than six whereas injuring a number of others and destroying buildings, Al Jazeera correspondents reported from the positioning on Wednesday.
• Israel’s military claimed on Wednesday that it “eradicated” a number of Hamas commanders in air strikes. It additionally introduced that two of its troopers have been killed in confrontations with fighters in Gaza.
• For the third consecutive day, Rafah was the one governorate in Gaza the place some support distribution occurred.
• Gas and medical provides at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza are critically low, and will maintain employees again from finishing up life-saving remedy, Docs With out Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) stated on Tuesday.
• The World Health Organization’s consultant in Gaza, Richard Peeperkorn, stated on Tuesday that the situation within the enclave is “near being the darkest in human historical past”.
• In an hours-long raid on Jenin within the occupied West Financial institution, Israeli forces arrested no less than 18 Palestinians, in line with the Palestinian information company, Wafa. Navy autos additionally blocked ambulances’ rescue efforts.

Diplomacy

• On Tuesday, leaders of six Gulf nations and Turkey met in Qatar to debate the Israel-Gaza struggle. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called for a everlasting ceasefire and accused the worldwide group of “turning their again” on the Palestinian individuals.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin will go to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia at present the place talks will focus on bilateral relations and the Israel-Gaza struggle, a Kremlin spokesperson stated on Tuesday.
• The Biden administration is shifting to impose visa restrictions on Israeli settlers believed to be concerned in undermining peace, safety, or stability within the occupied West Financial institution, Secretary of State Antony Blinken introduced on Tuesday.
• The State of Palestine’s mission to the United Nations wrote to the president of the UN Safety Council on Tuesday, urging it to behave on Israel’s “non-compliance” with worldwide legislation.
• The UK’s newly appointed international minister, David Cameron, is on his approach to the US the place one of many matters on the agenda is the Israel-Gaza struggle.
• Jeremy Corbyn, a member of the UK Parliament, wrote a letter to Cameron on Tuesday searching for clarification on whether or not British troopers have been deployed to Gaza for Israel’s struggle. He additionally reiterated his demand for a everlasting ceasefire.
• Nicaragua’s international minister arrived within the West Financial institution on Tuesday whereas the nation additionally expressed its “fraternal and militant” solidarity with Palestine.
• In a press release to the press on Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated his nation is shifting to recognise the state of Palestine “even when it doesn’t obtain enough assist” for it within the European Union.