The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will meet on Thursday to discuss the conflict between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel, its president announced Monday in a letter to member states.
The Security Council has so far failed to agree on a resolution concerning the war, but a number of states, including Jordan on behalf of the Arab grouping, Russia, Syria, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, formally requested General Assembly President Dennis Francis to schedule the meeting.
Last week, the UN Security Council, regularly divided on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, initially rejected a Russian draft resolution calling for a “humanitarian pause.”
Prior to the UNGA gathering on Thursday at 10:00 am (1400 GMT), the Security Council will meet to discuss the issue. This long-planned meeting is expected to be attended by some of the world’s foreign ministers.
Following Israel’s strikes from October 7 to date, the death toll rose to at least 5,087 including 2,055 children and 1,119 women in Gaza while more than 15,273 were injured. More than 1,400 people including 720 children are missing.
In the occupied West Bank, at least 95 including 30 children and one woman were killed and 1,650 were wounded.
More than 40 percent of all Gaza’s housing has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN citing local authorities, and Israel has halted the delivery of food, water, fuel and electricity.
Hamas repels Israeli ground attack
A day earlier, Hamas claimed to repel a ground attack launched by the Israeli occupation forces near Khan Younis along Gaza border in which one Israeli soldier was killed.
An Israeli ground attack was repelled by the Hamas’ military wing al-Qassam Brigades near Khan Younis, according to Al-Jazeera.
An Israeli tank and two bulldozers were destroyed after it crossed the border by a few metres, al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement on Telegram. It added that the fighters bravely engaged with the infiltrating force and safely returned to their bases.
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In another development, Israel’s military admits one of its tanks accidentally hit an Egyptian position outside the Gaza Strip.
It is noteworthy to mention here that a convoy of 17 trucks has brought vital humanitarian aid to Gaza through Rafah crossing.
At least 266 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks on Gaza in the last 24 hours.
Israel confirmed that it struck a mosque in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, with Palestinian medics reporting at least one person killed.
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