Original title: This round of conflict between Palestine and Israel has killed more than 6,100 people on both sides, and fuel shortages have put thousands of people in the Gaza Strip at risk.
This round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues. According to Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya and other Middle Eastern media citing information from the health department of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, 4,651 Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip and more than 14,000 others have been injured. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as of the early morning of the 22nd, the death toll in the West Bank had risen to 90, and more than 1,600 people were injured.
According to the “Jerusalem Post” citing data from the Israeli Ministry of Health, as of the afternoon of the 18th local time, more than 1,400 Israelis and foreigners had died in Israel.
Statistics show that this round of conflict between Palestine and Israel has killed more than 6,100 people on both sides.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip continue as Hamas fires rockets
The Israeli army continued its air strikes on the Gaza Strip on the 22nd. Thick smoke rose and loud explosions were heard in many places in the Gaza Strip. According to the Associated Press, the Israeli army carried out an airstrike on a market in the Gaza Strip that day, killing at least 10 people.
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) continues to fire rockets into Israel. An air defense siren sounded in Tel Aviv on the 22nd, and loud noises were heard over the city. The Times of Israel reported, citing Israeli military sources, that since the outbreak of a new round of conflict on the 7th of this month, Hamas has fired more than 7,400 rockets into Israel.
In addition, the Israeli military said on the 22nd that Israeli tanks and engineering vehicles were attacked by anti-tank missiles that day, killing one Israeli soldier and injuring three others. The Qassan Brigades, an armed wing of Hamas, said that on that day, an Israeli armored force tried to enter the southern city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. The Qassan Brigades ambushed it and destroyed Israeli tanks and other targets.
The second batch of humanitarian aid supplies enters the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing
According to a report by Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper on the 22nd local time, the second batch of humanitarian aid convoys has entered the Gaza Strip from Rafah Port. Al Arabiya TV reported that the second convoy of aid supplies included 17 trucks.
According to Agence France-Presse, an official at the Rafah port said that a truck transporting fuel entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt’s Rafah port for the first time. The Times of Israel subsequently reported that the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense denied that any fuel had entered the Gaza Strip. Both agencies said the trucks were actually inside the Gaza Strip transporting fuel from U.N. fuel depots to hospitals.
Israel stated that until all hostages held in Gaza are released, only water, food and medical supplies will be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, and no fuel will be allowed to enter.
Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper also reported that day that 40 humanitarian aid trucks will enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Port on the 23rd.
Fuel unable to enter Gaza Strip, patients and newborns at risk
According to news from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on the 22nd local time, Gaza Strip health department spokesman Ashraf Kudela said that if the hospital no longer has fuel supply, it will cause serious complications for patients and may lead to the death of 1,100 kidney failure patients, including 38 children.
Earlier in the day, the Palestinian Ministry of Health called on all citizens to go to hospitals immediately to donate gasoline and diesel to save the lives of patients.
In addition, Al Jazeera quoted UNICEF sources on the 22nd as saying that due to the depletion of fuel in the Gaza Strip, at least 120 newborns in incubators in local hospitals are in danger of death, and 70 of them require mechanical ventilation.
The Israeli army continues to prepare for the ground offensive in case it is called a long ground offensive that may last 3 months
According to a report in the Times of Israel on the 22nd, Israeli Defense Minister Galante said that Israel’s upcoming ground offensive in the Gaza Strip may last for three months.
Galante said the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was first bombed by the air force before encountering armored and infantry units.
An Israeli tank accidentally hit an Egyptian military post, causing minor injuries to several Egyptian border guards
On the 22nd local time, the Times of Israel quoted Israeli military sources as saying that the Israeli Defense Forces stated that an Israeli tank accidentally hit an Egyptian military post near the Kerem Shalom port in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defense Forces said it apologized for the incident and would investigate further.
Subsequently, an Egyptian military spokesman issued a statement saying that multiple Egyptian border guards were slightly injured by fragments of shells fired by Israeli tanks.
The U.S. keeps making moves
On the 22nd local time, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the U.S. government had put pressure on Israel to postpone its ground attack on the Gaza Strip. The United States is urging the Israeli government to delay the operation and move aid into the Gaza Strip as progress is made in freeing the hostages, people familiar with the matter said.
However, on the same day, the Israeli government denied that it was facing pressure from the United States. Sources from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated that there was no pressure from the United States, only support from the United States.
The day before, on the evening of the 21st, US Defense Secretary Austin said in a statement that the US military would strengthen its military deployment in the Middle East.
The statement stated that the “Eisenhower” aircraft carrier strike group will join the “Ford” aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, together with the “Patriot” and “THAAD” missile systems deployed by the United States in the Middle East, to further enhance the US military’s response to emergencies. The ability to cause incidents.
Jordan calls for continued humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
On the 22nd, Jordanian King Abdullah II met with the visiting United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain. During the meeting, Abdullah II expressed the need to ensure the continued provision of emergency humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. assistance.
Abdullah II called on the international community to step up efforts to ensure the continued delivery of food, water, medicine and other necessary supplies to the Gaza Strip, and called for the protection of the medical and relief infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. He also said that Jordan will continue to provide medical relief and humanitarian support to the Gaza Strip. Cindy McCain said Jordan has played an important role in facilitating the arrival of important relief supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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