JERUSALEM: Israel's parliament on Monday (Oct 28) approved a bill banning the main United Nations aid agency in the war-devastated Gaza Strip, sparking international outcry as the government
FILE - Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a school run by UNRWA , the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, May 14, 2024. in the war-devastated Gaza Strip, sparking international outcry as the government said it was mulling proposed talks with Hamas on a hostage release deal.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, locked in conflict with Israel in Gaza, called the bill an act of"Zionist aggression" towards Palestinians, while its ally Islamic Jihad described the ban as"an escalation in the genocide". The ban comes as fighting rages in Gaza and Lebanon, where a second full-scale war front opened last month.
After the Oct 7 attack, the bloodiest in Israel's history, the military launched a massive offensive in Gaza to root out Hamas. Renewed talk of a ceasefire came as violence continued. At least 60 people were killed on Monday in Israeli raids on several areas in Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa Valley, where Iran-backed Hezbollah holds sway, Lebanon's health ministry said.
Hezbollah said it ambushed and clashed with Israeli troops near Lebanon's southern border and fired rockets at a naval base inside Israel near Haifa. Since Oct 6, the military has been carrying out a fresh air and ground assault in north Gaza to destroy operational capabilities it says Hamas is trying to rebuild there.
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