{"id":11087,"date":"2023-11-03T01:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T01:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/03\/airstrikes-blast-un-shelters-official-says-as-israel-announces-complete-encirclement-of-gaza-city\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T01:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T01:50:22","slug":"airstrikes-blast-un-shelters-official-says-as-israel-announces-complete-encirclement-of-gaza-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/03\/airstrikes-blast-un-shelters-official-says-as-israel-announces-complete-encirclement-of-gaza-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Airstrikes blast UN shelters, official says, as Israel announces complete encirclement of Gaza city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-inline_carousel\">\n<div class=\"video-inline_carousel__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-inline_carousel__video-resource\">                                <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-inline_carousel__video-playlist\">\n<div class=\"video-playlist\">\n<div class=\"video-playlist__playlist-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-playlist__playlist-info\">      <span class=\"video-playlist__info-headline inline-placeholder\">Hamas attack on Israel<\/span>      <span class=\"video-playlist__count\">16 videos<\/span>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-playlist__outer-container\">\n<div class=\"video-playlist__items-container\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <button class=\"video-playlist__show-more\">See More Videos<\/button>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"video-playlist__navigation\">      <span class=\"video-playlist__navigation--previous\">              <\/span>      <span class=\"video-playlist__navigation--next\">              <\/span>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Israeli military has completely encircled Gaza City, according to a spokesperson, as the United Nations\u2019 main relief agency in the isolated enclave accused Israeli warplanes of lethally bombing UN-run schools sheltering civilians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Nearly a week after Israel first began moving tanks, bulldozers, infantrymen and combat engineer units into Gaza, Israel Defense Force spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Thursday that Gaza City has been surrounded. The IDF\u2019s engineering corps is working to locate and neutralize underground infrastructure, explosives and other threats so that troops can move freely, he said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The United Nations Relief and Works Agency meanwhile highlighted the civilian toll of the ongoing conflict, after agency chief Philippe Lazzarini announced that Israeli warplanes had hit several UN-run schools that had been sheltering civilians. More than 20 people were reportedly killed in the attacks, he said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Chaos of the aftermath could be seen in a five-minute video posted to Telegram, which showed bloodied bodies strewn across the floor and people screaming at the UNRWA-sponsored Jabalya Elementary school.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The agency\u2019s fuel stocks \u2013 crucial for moving aid and powering medical services \u2013 are also \u201ccompletely completed\u201d after weeks of an Israeli blockade on essential supplies entering Gaza, Lazzarini also said. UN independent experts have previously warned that the import blockade, which prevents fuel, water and food from entering in sufficient quantities, likely violates international law.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In total, Egypt is preparing to facilitate the evacuation of nearly 7,000 foreign citizens in Gaza from more than 60 countries via the Rafah Crossing, the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Hamas\u2019 political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has proposed an immediate ceasefire including the exchange of prisoners and \u201copening of the political path to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In a recorded video statement on Wednesday, Haniyeh said he had presented a \u201ccomprehensive vision\u201d to end the war with Israel, but claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was \u201cdeceiving\u201d his people by convincing them they could defeat Hamas in Gaza.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    \u2018Must be investigated as war crimes\u2019                  <\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Israel\u2019s weeks long bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 9,025 people and injured over 22,000, according to the latest figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah, drawn from sources in the Hamas-controlled enclave.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The civilian casualties have continued to rise as Israel strikes large residential areas, schools and hospitals in Gaza, in what it says are military target strikes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Amnesty International previously said it\u00a0documented\u00a0\u201cunlawful Israeli attacks\u201d that \u201cmust be investigated as war crimes.\u201d On Friday, Human Rights Watch warned Israel\u2019s ground assault \u201craises grave concerns for the safety of all civilians caught in the fighting.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The devastation wrought by the strikes, which are part of Israel\u2019s expanded offensive in Gaza, appeared to be a tipping point in the war for a number of countries who responded with diplomatic measures in condemnation of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Jordan on Wednesday became the latest country to recall its ambassador to Israel, following Chile and Colombia, due to the strikes on Gaza. Bolivia on Tuesday cut its diplomatic relations with Israel citing \u201ccrimes against humanity committed against the Palestinian people.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The strikes continue amid increasingly urgent calls for a ceasefire by the UN and aid organizations, and despite a UN General Assembly resolution backed by over 100 countries calling for a \u201csustained humanitarian truce.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Israel has also announced the death of more soldiers in their assault, bringing the total to 20.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"graphic\">\n<div class=\"graphic__anchor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    \u2018It felt like the end of the world\u2019                  <\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Hospitals in Gaza say they are overwhelmed by the influx of dead and injured, with staff working in constant fear of an air strike.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Wednesday attack targeted a Hamas command and control complex and \u201celiminated\u201d Hamas terrorists \u201cbased on precise intelligence.\u201d \u201cHamas deliberately builds its terror infrastructure under, around and within civilian buildings, intentionally endangering Gazan civilians,\u201d the IDF added in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      An earlier strike in the same camp also caused catastrophic damage, with survivors and eyewitnesses describing of apocalyptic scenes and family members buried under rubble. \u201cIt felt like the end of the world,\u201d one eyewitness said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The IDF said the first strike killed several Hamas members, including Ibrahim Biari, whom it described as one of the Hamas commanders responsible for the October 7 attack on\u00a0Israel, in which more than 1,400 people were killed and hundreds taken hostage. Hamas, however, strongly denied the presence of one of its leaders in the refugee camp.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The United Nations Human Rights Office said on social media that the attacks on Jabalya, which is Gaza\u2019s largest refugee camp, \u201ccould amount to war crimes\u201d given \u201cthe high number of civilian casualties and the scale of destruction.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Nearly half of all hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to bombardments and fuel shortages, including the leading cancer hospital in the strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah. It warned Gaza\u2019s largest hospital Al Shifa would be forced to stop operating in less than a day.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The hospital is considered a backbone in providing health services in northern Gaza and the outage has affected ventilation systems in the operating rooms, the hospital\u2019s only oxygen station, and the hospital morgue refrigerators, Al Kahlout said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Heading into Gaza through the Rafah crossing on Wednesday were 55 humanitarian aid trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent containing food, water, medicines and medical supplies. A total of 272 aid trucks have crossed into Gaza so far \u2013 a drop in the ocean of the assistance needed \u2013 but no fuel has been allowed to enter, it said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      <em>This story is developing and is being updated<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas attack on Israel 16 videos See More Videos The Israeli military has completely encircled Gaza City, according to a spokesperson, as the United Nations\u2019 main relief agency in the isolated enclave accused Israeli warplanes of lethally bombing UN-run schools sheltering civilians. 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