December 19, 2023

Gaza update

Drone Attacks on Vessels in the Red Sea Have BP Halting Shipments

UN officials have expressed anger and disbelief about the situation in Gaza hospitals, where injured people do not have basic supplies and children recovering from amputations are being killed in the ongoing conflict. “I’m furious that children who are recovering from amputations in hospitals are then killed in those hospitals,” said James Elder, a spokesperson for the UN children’s agency, on Tuesday. He added that the Nasser hospital, the largest operational hospital left in the territory, had been shelled twice in the past 48 hours. Dr Margaret Harris, a World Health Organization spokesperson, described the situation in Gaza hospitals as “beyond belief” and “unconscionable”, Reuters reported.

Europe was losing moral ground with the rest of the world as a result of its stance on Gaza, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Monday. Speaking at a conference in Aosta organised by Le Grand Continent, Josep Borrell also said the EU had been unable to adopt a united view because some countries in Europe were feeling guilty as a result of the Holocaust and second world war. “Amongst Europeans there are very different sensitivities which can be explained for historic and cultural reasons,” he said. “There are a certain number of countries that are prepared to support Israel to the limit because they have a bad guilt complex about the Holocaust and that is not a sentiment that everyone shares.”

Red Sea crisis explained


 

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