Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 67

admin December 12, 2023

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An expected UNGA meeting amid a Houthi attack on a Norwegian-registered tanker – here are key updates.

This is what it says on Tuesday: 12th of December2023:

The latest developments

The United States Central Command said a man registered in Norway was registered around midnight local time (9:00 p.m. GMT on Monday). Tanker was hit by a missile while traveling through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen. Although the tanker caught fire, no injuries were reported and it was “en route to a safe port” on Tuesday morning, a senior executive at the shipping company told Al Jazeera. Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Iran-aligned Yemeni group has carried out several attacks on ships heading to Israel in solidarity with the people of Gaza. They have promised to block all ships heading to Israeli ports until Israel allows food and medical aid to enter the Gaza Strip, which has suffered from Israeli bombing for more than two months.
As part of a global strike On Monday, businesses, schools and government offices were closed across the occupied West Bank while Palestine supporters were in the West Bank and around the world protested against it Israel’s war against Gaza.
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Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said at a news conference on Monday that “Hamas is on the verge of dissolution.”
Retail clothing brand Zara pulled one advertising campaign with mannequins with missing limbs and statues draped in white on Monday, after sparking calls from some pro-Palestinian activists to boycott the fashion retailer.

A Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) surgeon was shot and injured Monday at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, Doctors Without Borders said in a post on X.
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif’s 65-year-old father was killed in an Israeli airstrike on him Family home in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was “deeply saddened” by the attack.
According to the latest situation report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Monday, only 13 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functioning.
UN special rapporteur on food Michael Fakhri says “every single Palestinian in Gaza is starving” and warns that the world is witnessing “genocide”.
Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine director said in a post on X on Monday that Israel is treating Palestinian detainees “inhumanely.” blindfolded and undressed on her underwear “is tantamount to a war crime.”

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will meet in an emergency session on Tuesday to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza.
According to Al Jazeera Arabic’s Rami Ayari, the US mission to the United Nations has reportedly submitted an amendment to a draft ceasefire resolution that is being considered by members of the assembly.
In a letter to the president of the UN Security Council on Monday, the Palestinian mission to the United Nations called on “all peace-loving nations” to support a draft ceasefire resolution in the UN General Assembly.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Monday that settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank was escalating is “alarming” the block and urged him to make a suggestion Sanctions on those who are violent.
A dozen United Nations Security Council envoys, including China, visited the Rafah border crossing on Monday and called for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.
US President Joe Biden said during a Hanukkah ceremony at the White House on Monday that his “commitment” to Israel’s “right to exist as an independent Jewish state is unwavering.”
Germany expects Israel to adjust its military strategy in order to better prevent the suffering of the Palestinian civilian population, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday.