Israeli strike on Gaza humanitarian zone kills 40, says Civil Defense

The Gaza Civil Defense announced that 40 people were killed in an Israeli strike in the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, on the night of Monday 9 to Tuesday 10 September. It also reported 60 wounded and “15 people missing”. The Israeli army said it had targeted the area, which it described as a “command center” from Hamas after identifying the presence of leaders of the Palestinian terrorist movement there. Hamas has denied having fighters in the humanitarian zone. Follow our live coverage.

Israeli army orders new evacuations in Gaza Strip. A map calling for the evacuation of various neighborhoods in the northwest of the Palestinian enclave “considered dangerous combat zones” was published on the social network X by Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee. The Israeli army, which is continuing its offensive, had announced at the beginning of January that it had “completed the dismantling of the military structure” Hamas in the north.

The head of American diplomacy visits the United Kingdom to discuss the situation in the Middle East. Antony Blinken is due to hold talks in London with his British counterpart David Lammy and Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This will be an opportunity for the United States and the United Kingdom to iron out their differences over Gaza, while Keir Starmer has adopted a tougher stance than the Conservatives on Israel.

The UN warns of the situation in the West Bank. “In the West Bank, deadly and destructive operations, some of them on a scale unmatched in the last two decades, are worsening a calamitous situation already exacerbated by deadly settler violence.”warned on Mondayand UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk.


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