Gaza: Europe and the Arabs

Palestinian media reported that Israeli military vehicles opened fire towards Khan Younis, while warplanes launched successive airstrikes on the city, coinciding with artillery shelling that created fire zones in the targeted neighborhoods.

On the 44th day of the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel continued its attacks on various parts of the Strip. Field sources reported that at least 24 Palestinians were killed and more than 80 others wounded in bombings targeting civilian sites. Israeli forces also demolished several buildings in southeastern Khan Younis, while artillery intensified its shelling of various areas in the southern Gaza Strip.

In response to the intensified attacks, Hamas warned that these violations threaten the ceasefire's viability and called on mediators to take action to prevent the agreement from collapsing. This was reported by the European News Network in Brussels on Sunday.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday that Israel had killed five Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip. The movement was accused of violating the ceasefire agreement by sending one of its members "into Israeli-controlled territory to attack the army, which responded by eliminating five terrorists," according to the statement.

Israel's Channel 12, citing an Israeli source, reported that the army targeted "Alaa al-Hadidi in Gaza, a senior official in the supply chain of Hamas's military wing."

Inside Israel, thousands of protesters participated in a massive demonstration in central Tel Aviv, demanding the formation of an official commission of inquiry into the "failures of October 7th." The demonstration was organized by the "October Council" movement, which includes families of those killed, captured, and survivors.

Opposition leaders joined the protest, emphasizing their rejection of a special committee appointed by the government, while the families stressed the need for an independent commission to uncover the truth about what happened. Regarding the latest developments, Euronews reported: "Settlers attack Palestinian property in the village of Ramin, north of the occupied West Bank... The media office in Gaza: We cannot recover the remains of war victims from under the rubble because Israel is preventing the entry of heavy equipment into the Strip... International activists are calling for a general strike on November 28 in Italy in solidarity with Gaza and against the Meloni government and Leonardo, accused of financing the Israeli war on the Strip." The website also quoted Yediot Aharonot: "It may be weeks or even months before Washington makes a decision regarding the formation of the international stabilization force expected to be deployed in Gaza."

Sources indicated that this force would not operate from within Israel but would establish a base in the Gaza Strip. Under the headline "Israeli arrests of Palestinians in Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank," the same source reported that Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians during raids on the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank and the city of Dura, south of Hebron, amidst ongoing military operations and raids in various West Bank cities, according to local sources. Under the headline "Israeli assessments: The likelihood of not forming an international force to disarm Hamas in Gaza," the newspaper "Israel" reported... The newspaper "Haaretz" quoted Israeli sources as saying that assessments indicate the international force planned to disarm Hamas in the Gaza Strip may not be formed.

In the same context, UN agencies reported that attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the Strip, despite the ceasefire agreement. According to UNICEF, at least 67 children have been killed in "conflict-related incidents" since the cessation of hostilities between Hamas and Israel was declared on October 10 – an average of two children per day. UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires told reporters in Geneva on Friday: "Yesterday morning, reports indicated that a baby girl was killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while seven children were killed the day before in Gaza City and southern Gaza." There is only one side in the Gaza conflict that possesses the firepower to launch airstrikes.”

Dr. Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, said that people in Gaza are still being killed despite the ceasefire. He cited figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health indicating that 266 Palestinians have been killed and 634 injured, in addition to 548 bodies being recovered from under the rubble since the ceasefire.
Thousands await medical evacuation

Meanwhile, the provision of healthcare in Gaza remains extremely difficult, at a time when many are in dire need of trauma treatment and specialized care. “Our colleagues in Gaza describe what they see every day, from children sleeping in the open and living with amputated limbs, to orphaned children shivering with fear in makeshift, flooded shelters, stripped of their dignity,” said UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires.

He added that doctors in Gaza speak of children they know how to save but cannot: “Children with severe burns, shrapnel wounds, Spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and children with cancer who have lost months of treatment. Premature babies need intensive care. Children need surgeries that cannot be performed in Gaza today. He explained that some 4,000 children are awaiting urgent medical evacuation—including two-year-old Omaima, who suffers from heart failure due to a congenital condition that doctors in Gaza cannot treat and who desperately needs life-saving surgery.