Thousands take to Tel Aviv streets, while Israeli military urges evacuation of more areas of Rafah amid strikes across Gaza
Residents said Israeli warplanes and artillery struck across the Jabaliya refugee camp, in northern Gaza (see earlier post at 08.43), and the Zeitoun area east of Gaza City, where Israeli troops have been fighting Hamas for over a week. Israel has called on tens of thousands of people to relocate to nearby areas.
“It was a very difficult night,” Abdel-Kareem Radwan, a 48-year-old Palestinian from Jabaliya told the Associated Press. He said they could hear intense and constant bombing since midday Saturday. “This is madness.”
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has reiterated his calls for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza, but said it would be a “long road back from the devastation” of the conflict even when the fighting had stopped.
I repeat my call, the world’s call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid.
But a ceasefire will only be the start. It will be a long road back from the devastation and trauma of this war …
