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05/12/2024May 12, 2024Intense fighting is reported in northern Gaza, where the Israeli military urged some areas to be evacuated. Meanwhile, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry puts the death toll there at more than 35,000. Follow DW for more.
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Israeli soldiers operate a military vehicle, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza BorderImage: Amir Cohen/REUTERSWhat you need to know
- Fierce fighting is reported in northern Gaza, where the Israeli military says it is confronting Hamas militants
- The Israeli military says warplanes attacked targets in the town of Jabalia after the civilian population had been evacuated
- Israel's offensive in Gaza has now killed more than 35,000 Palestinians
- Gaza's civil defense agency has said that two doctors were killed in an Israeli strike on a central Gazan town
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Israeli reports of fierce fighting in northern Gaza
Israeli media report that the country's troops are engaged in fierce fighting with armed Palestinian militants in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The Haaretz newspaper reported that the Israeli army had confirmed that forces of the 98th Brigade raided Jabaliya overnight into Sunday.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari previously said that warplanes had attacked targets in Jabaliya, a densely populated area that was once a refugee camp, after the civilian population there had been told to evacuate.
The Times of Israel on Sunday said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had called for an estimated 100,000-150,000 Palestinians in the Jabaliya area to leave.
The militant organization Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the US, Germany and others, cited heavy clashes between its fighters and Israeli forces in the area of Jabaliya, about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) north of Gaza City.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has expressed "extreme concern" about the calls for evacuation of both Jabaliya as well as Rafah in the south.
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Skip next section Guterres urges cease-fire, release of hostages and surge in Gaza aid05/12/2024May 12, 2024
Guterres urges cease-fire, release of hostages and surge in Gaza aid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, urging the return of hostages and a "surge" in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.
"I repeat my call, the world's call, for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, 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," Guterres said on Sunday in a video address to an international donors' conference in Kuwait.
On Sunday, Israeli strikes on Gaza continued after an evacuation order for Rafah was expanded despite international concerns over Israel’s military incursion into eastern areas of the city, effectively cutting a key aid crossing.
"The war in Gaza is causing horrific human suffering, devastating lives, tearing families apart and rendering huge numbers of people homeless, hungry and traumatized," Guterres said.
US pauses arms deliveries after Israel closes Rafah border
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