Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 73 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Efforts to fight Houthi assaults and de-escalate the Gaza warfare are below method – right here’s the newest updates.

Right here’s how issues stand on Monday, December 18, 2023:

Newest developments

• Oil costs rose practically 1 % in Asian commerce as Houthi assaults on ships within the Crimson Sea and decrease exports from Russia stoke provide fears.
• The Israeli military has been detaining Ahmed Muhanna, the director of Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital, in an unknown location, Gaza’s Ministry of Well being spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra mentioned on Sunday evening.
• The Freedom Theatre in Jenin continues to demand the speedy launch of its director, Mustafa Sheta, and performing instructor Jamal Abu Joas.
• On Sunday, Israel’s navy rejected claims that its forces “murdered” two women who have been sheltering in a Catholic church in Gaza.
• Israel’s navy mentioned on Sunday that it had found the biggest Hamas tunnel close to what was as soon as a busy crossing into Israel, reported The Related Press information company.

Human affect and preventing

• Israeli air assaults on Jabalia refugee camp killed at least 90 folks and wounded greater than 100 others, the Palestinian Wafa information company reported on Sunday.
• An Israeli assault on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza in a single day Sunday killed 25 folks, with 10 being from the identical household, reported Al Jazeera Arabic.
• Palestinian journalist Haneen Ali al-Qutshan was killed in an Israeli assault on Nuseirat, based on the Palestinian media workplace. She was the ninety fifth Palestinian journalist or media employee to be killed for the reason that October 7 battle between Israel and Hamas broke out.
• As Palestinians within the enclave face starvation and elevated chilly, they rummaged through support vehicles in massive crowds on Sunday.
• Israeli forces raided at the very least six areas throughout the occupied West Financial institution in a single day, together with close to Ramallah and Bethlehem, based on Wafa and Al Jazeera Arabic. A younger Palestinian in Nablus and two younger males in Qalqilya have been injured in firing.

Diplomacy

• United States Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin will arrive in Israel right now the place he’s anticipated to debate de-escalating the Israel-Gaza warfare and announce an initiative for safety within the Crimson Sea.
• French Ministry for Europe and Overseas Affairs condemned on Sunday the Israeli bombing of a residential constructing in Rafah that killed one in every of its employees.
• In an announcement launched on Sunday, the Palestinian Overseas Ministry known as the go to by the “racist extremist” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to the Psagot settlement an “act of organised state terrorism”.