Gaza war: Dozens killed and missing in Israeli attack on Beit Lahia, as Hamas confirms its response to mediator’s request to discuss new ceasefire proposals – BBC News Arabic

The Civil Defense Service said in an urgent statement, “There has been a new massacre in Beit Lahia, and citizens are calling for civil defense and first aid teams, but unfortunately the Government has no civil defense or medical services Northern Gaza.”

The head of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, said in a press conference that the Israeli army arrested more than 600 Palestinians from northern Gaza in inhumane conditions, as he said: “They were taken naked and the army of Israel piled in the chariots, and the event is not yet known.”

Israeli forces have been operating in northern Gaza in the past two weeks, particularly in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun.

Dr Hossam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, confirmed to the BBC that “the situation is terrible in every sense of the word, especially after the Israeli army attacked the hospital and arrested all the medical staff, leaving only one doctor left, a pediatrician.”

He said in his interview with the BBC that the nature of the cases they receive are all surgical injuries and require emergency surgical intervention, and that bones emerge from the bodies of the injured, and the medical staff can only give them first aid, but the cases that require surgical intervention must be investigated.” And stop the bleeding,” he said.

Israeli forces attacked the hospital last week, claiming it was being used by Hamas fighters.

Israel says its operations in northern Gaza are aimed at preventing Hamas from regrouping and accuses it of infiltrating the civilian population, something Hamas denies. to deny.

In a statement released on Tuesday, they said they had killed 40 “terrorists” in Jabalia, and in central Gaza they said they had “eliminated many terrorists” in the past 24 hours. ‘ left, including some who were “trying to place explosives near the forces. “

A humanitarian crisis is worsening in the northern Gaza Strip, with hundreds of thousands of people living in dire conditions.

“The Israeli army exposes an entire population to bombing, siege, and the risk of starvation,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Friday.

On Monday, Israel’s parliament voted on legislation to ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, from operating in the country, raising warnings that aid deliveries to Gaza could be adversely affected.

Israel launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped.

More than 42,924 people were killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Israel does not allow international journalists from media organizations, including the BBC, independent access to Gaza, making it difficult to verify facts on the ground.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari, said that his country will continue to work with the US administration to reach a cease-fire agreement​​​​ in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Ansari said that Qatar does not expect any negative result that the upcoming US presidential elections may have on the mediation process itself is interested in finding a solution to this crisis .”

For his part, the head of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, confirmed that the movement responded to the request of the mediators to discuss new proposals regarding the ceasefire agreement, and that they are open to any proposals or ideas that suffering would end. residents of the Gaza Strip, cease fire permanently, and proceed to withdraw the “occupation.” From each sector, he lifts the siege, provides relief, aid and shelter, rebuilds, and concludes a real exchange deal, he said.

Regarding the talks organized by Doha at the beginning of this week to discuss ways to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, Al-Ansari said it was not possible to comment on the content of the talks, “but a lot has been done achievement,” points out. reports that meetings continue in Doha, Cairo, and European capitals.

Al-Ansari went on to say: “Our goal is to contain the conflict in Gaza, and not to escalate the escalation in the region,” indicating that what he said it as “parallel lines” there to work to reduce the escalation in Lebanon. and Gaza.