GAZA STRIP: Deadly fighting raged on in Gaza on Sunday (Mar 10), with no truce in sight on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a dire humanitarian crisis gripping the besieged Palestinia
A woman looks on as displaced Palestinians prepare their tents for Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Mar 9, 2024. on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a dire humanitarian crisis gripping the besieged Palestinian territory.
The widely shared target had been to halt the fighting by the start of Ramadan, which is expected to begin Monday depending on the first sighting of the crescent moon. As the civilian death toll has surged, Biden told broadcaster MSNBC Netanyahu"must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken".
The war started when Hamas launched their unprecedented Oct 7 attack on Israel that resulted in about 1,160 deaths, mostly civilians, according to Israeli official figures.The militants also took 250 hostages, dozens of whom were released during a week-long truce in November. Israel believes 99 hostages remain alive and that 31 have died.
The Israeli military said its troops had killed 13 militants in air strikes and with tank and sniper fire in central Gaza over the past day. "Shortly before Ramadan, Hamas is preventing a deal and is acting against what was raised by the mediators," he said.
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