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Heavy fighting continued through the night and into Sunday morning. across Gaza, including the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the United States blocked international efforts to stop the fighting and sent more ammunition to its ally. Israel faces growing international outrage and calls for a ceasefire after killing thousands of Palestinian civilians and displacing nearly 85% of the 2.3 million people inside the besieged territory, where according to United Nations agencies there is no safe place to flee to. The United States has provided vital support to the offensive in recent days by vetoing a United Nations Security Council initiative to stop the fighting that had broad international support, as well as approving an emergency sale of tank ammunition to Israel. worth 100 million dollars.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Mexico Mobile Number List US President Joe Biden for “important ammunition for the continuation of the war” and for support for Israel in the Security Council. The US has pledged strong support for the Israeli goal of crushing Hamas's military and governance capabilities to prevent a repeat of the October 7 attack that sparked the war. Hamas and other Palestinian militants attacked southern Israel that day, killing about 1,200 people and capturing about 240, and just over a hundred were freed during a week-long ceasefire last month. Israeli troops carrying out military operations in the Gaza Strip. Photo from Xinhua Israel responded to the attack with a devastating air and ground war that has killed thousands of Palestinians, mostly civilians, and forced an estimated 1.9 million people to flee their homes according to United Nations agencies.
Barely a sliver of aid was allowed into the enclave and was impossible to deliver across much of the territory, and Palestinians faced severe shortages of food, water and other basic goods. "Let us assume that public order will soon collapse." and an even worse situation could occur, including epidemics and pressure for mass displacement to Egypt,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a forum in Qatar. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the forum that mediation efforts will continue to end the war and secure the freedom of the hostages, but "it is always necessary for both sides to be willing (to carry out out) that management. “Unfortunately, we are not seeing the same disposition that we had seen in previous weeks.