New York - Gaza: Europe and the Arabs
Two international officials reaffirmed the necessity of a ceasefire immediately in Gaza, the immediate and unconditional release of all the remaining hostages, and the huge increase in humanitarian aid provided to Gaza. According to the daily news bulletin of the United Nations, which we received a copy of it Thursday morning, "this came during a session held by the Security Council, last night, which was devoted to discussing" the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue. "
The session was held at two separate requests, one submitted by Israel (with the support of France, Britain and the United States) following the restoration of the bodies of six hostages killed in Gaza on August 31. As for the other demand, Algeria presented it to discuss developments in Gaza and the West Bank. Slovenia, who is holding the Presidency of the Security Council for the month of September, decided to hold one meeting to meet these two requests.
The Council listened to two surroundings by the UN Secretary -General of the United Nations for Political Affairs, Rose Marie Decarolo, and the Director of Operations and Vaccessing at the Office of Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ocha) Idim and Surno.
Rose Marie Decarolo said that almost a year has passed since the "horrific attacks" launched by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Israel, "which is the bloodiest attack in the country's history. More than 1,250 Israelis and foreign citizens have been killed, about 250 people were kidnapped and transferred to Gaza." .
She added: "A few days ago, we learned of the sad news for the killing of six Israeli hostages, whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli army in Gaza." Dicarlo expressed her sincere condolences to the families of the victims, noting that she met the loved ones of many hostages last November in Jerusalem.
The UN official welcomed the continuous efforts made by Egypt, Qatar and the United States in order to reach a ceasefire and the release of hostages. She said that the recent meetings in Doha and Cairo tried to bridge the gaps, "but the major differences are still in place."
She stressed the need to make more efforts to reach an agreement without further delay. She said that the United Nations remains committed to supporting all efforts to achieve this goal.
On the ground, Palestinian prisoners' institutions announced yesterday, Wednesday, that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested 10400 citizens from the West Bank since the seventh of last October, including 725 children, 400 women, and 98 journalists.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) quoted the prisoners' institutions, "The Prisoners and Editors Affairs Authority, the captive club, and the Al -Dameer Foundation for the Care of the Prisoner and Human Rights," as saying that 400 women were arrested, and this statistic includes women who were arrested from lands in 1948, and arrests between the ranks of the ranks Women from the people of Gaza, but they were arrested in the bank, but noted that this statistic does not include the invading women who were arrested inside the Strip, and their number is estimated at dozens.
She pointed out that the number of arrests among children in the West Bank reached at least 725 children, while the number of arrests among journalists since the start of the genocide began 98 journalists, 52 of whom are still in detention, including 6 journalists, along with 17 journalists At least from Gaza, whose identities were confirmed, and among the journalists is 15 at administrative detention, adding that the number of administrative detention orders since the start of the extermination war reached more than 8872 things between new orders and renewal orders, including what was issued against children and women.
The outcome of the arrest campaigns since the start of the genocide began, all those arrested from the homes, through the military checkpoints, and those who were forced to surrender themselves under pressure, and those who were held hostage, as well as those who kept the occupation to arrest them, and those who were released later.
For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health accused the Israeli occupation of committing 3 massacres in the Gaza Strip, which killed 42 martyrs and 107 injured during the past 24 hours.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has revealed that the number of martyrs has risen to 40,861 martyrs and 94,398 injured since the seventh of last October.
Palestinian Health said that a number of victims are under the rubble and on the roads and the ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.