The Israeli army announced on Friday, August 30, that it had killed three Palestinian fighters on the third day of its operation in the north of the occupied West Bank, assuring that they belonged to Hamas, at war with Israel in the Gaza Strip since the deadly attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7. Witnesses also reported to AFP an Israeli strike on a car in Zababdeh, near Jenin. Follow our live feed.
UN calls for halt to Israeli operation in occupied West Bank. The organization called for a cessation on Thursday “immediate” of the murderous operation carried out by Israel in the occupied West Bank and judged that the suffering of the inhabitants of Gaza would “beyond what any human being should bear.”
The United States will continue to support Israel if Kamala Harris is elected. Interviewed on CNN on the night of Thursday to Friday, the Democratic candidate for the American presidency reiterated her support for Israel’s rights “to defend oneself” and answered “No” to the question of whether she would suspend American arms deliveries if she won the presidential election.
Localized “humanitarian pauses” to vaccinate against polio. According to Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in Gaza, said Israeli authorities on Thursday agreed to a series of “humanitarian breaks” three days each in the centre, south and north of the Palestinian enclave, to launch a campaign to vaccinate children against polio.