Victims who cannot be identified will be brought to rest identified by numbers, in the hope that their identity would later be confirmed; IDF officials push back on calls to speed up identification process
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Council expresses grave concern deteriorating humanitarian situation calls for immediate unhindered aid to be allowed into strip
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Japan has urged Israel to suspend its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian assistance in. The request was made in a meeting between Japan’s state minister for foreign affairs and Israel’s ambassador to Japan late on Wednesday, according to a statement by the ministry on Thursday.
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The UN commission of inquiry into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last year, said it identified the commander of the IDF unit, they claim was responsible for the fatal shooting. According to a CNN report, the chairman of the commission said Israeli forces used unnecessary and imprudent lethal force in contradiction to international human rights laws.
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Britain will convene a meeting of the government’s COBRA emergency response committee on Thursday to consider its strategy and approach towards Gaza and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told Times Radio. Britain is pushing for a humanitarian pause to the conflict, for Britons in Gaza to be able to leave safely, and for the release of British hostages. “We will discuss the hostages and we’ll discuss the wider situation in the region and we will also discuss … securing humanitarian aid,” Dowden, who will chair the meeting, said in a separate interview with Sky News.
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Medical Corps in the Southern Command making the most of the waiting days by engaging in intensive training and readiness preparations for potential challenges on the horizon
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North Korea’s foreign ministry accused Israel of bombing a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Oct 17., saying it had openly committed a war crime “under the undisguised patronage of the United States”. In a statement carried on state-run news agency KCNA, a ministry spokesman also blamed the United States for “giving Israel a green light to massacre Palestinians without any worries” by supplying it with weapons and military support, including deploying aircraft carriers in the Middle East.