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A Palestinian man checks the damages to a house following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 12, 2024. /CFP
Nearly 100 days into the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict, Israel's bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 23,708 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.
The Gaza Strip population has lost at least 1 percent of its 2.3 million residents and more than 10,000 of those killed were children, said the ministry, adding that nearly 7,000 are reported to be still under the rubble.
A view of a hospital room where a premature baby lies in an incubator as most of the Palestinian premature babies face the danger of death since they cannot receive the necessary health services due to power outages, which happened following the fuel shortages at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, January 12, 2024. /CFP
Israel continued pounding Gaza on Saturday as the Palestinian territory suffered under a dire humanitarian situation and grappled with a telecommunications blackout on the 99th day of the conflict, which began on October 7.
In central Gaza, a lack of fuel forced the shutdown of the main generator of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
An Israeli soldier speaks to a journalist as trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip wait in a holding area at Kerem Shalom Crossing, January 10, 2024. /CFP
Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, said on Friday that Israel was constantly blocking humanitarian aid convoys into northern Gaza.
"They have been very systematic in not allowing us to support hospitals, which is something that is reaching a point of a level of inhumanity that for me is beyond comprehension," De Domenico said.
General view of hearings at the International Court of Justice as South Africa has requested the court to indicate measures concerning alleged violations of human rights by Israel in Gaza in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. /CFP
The International Court of Justice on Thursday began the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case accusing Israel of genocide.
Ronald Lamola, South Africa's justice minister, said: "No armed attack on a state territory, no matter how serious, can provide justification for or defend breaches of the convention (the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide)." "Israel's response to the October 7 attack has crossed this line and given rise to the breaches of the convention."
A protester holds a placard during the International Court of Justice hearing. /CFP
Israel has rejected the accusations of genocide as baseless and accused South Africa of playing "advocate of the devil" for Hamas, the Palestinian armed group Israel is fighting against in Gaza.
It is expected to rule on possible emergency measures later this month. The court will not rule at that time on the genocide allegations – those proceedings could take years.
The U.S. and UK launched a targeted strike against Houthi military targets in Yemen, January 11, 2024. /CFP
Fears of the latest Palestine-Israel conflict widening have grown after U.S. and British forces struck pro-Hamas Houthis in Yemen following attacks on Red Sea shipping, with a fresh U.S. air strike confirmed Saturday.
The fresh air raids came in less than 24 hours of similar massive air strikes on Friday, which caused a surge of oil prices and prompted a UN Security Council meeting due to the worries of regional tensions escalating.
The Houthis have escalated their attacks in the Red Sea, demanding an end to Israeli attacks and the siege against the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
Search and rescue operations continue among the rubble of demolished houses as the Hezbollah commander Nabegh al-Qaderi is killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, January 10, 2024. /CFP
Earlier this week, Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in a strike in south Lebanon, inflicting a heavy blow after three months of hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli frontier.
More than 130 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in hostilities since October 7, igniting a conflict that has rippled around the region. It has marked the deadliest confrontation between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah since they went to war in 2006, with Hezbollah firing guided rockets and other weapons at Israeli positions and Israel launching air and artillery strikes.
(With input from agencies)