Source: Mondoweiss.net
Key developments:
- Israeli airstrikes killed at least 260 children, and wounded over 50,000 others.
- Over 260,000 Palestinians in Gaza are internally displaced, with over 175,000 taking shelter across 88 UN schools.
- At least 1,200 Israelis have been killed.
- Gaza’s sole power plant has run out of power, Gaza health officials say hospitals on brink of collapse
- Two Palestinian men were shot dead by Israeli forces and left to bleed out on the floor in the West Bank at al-Jamaleh checkpoint.
- Israel announced that at least 300,000 troops have gathered near Gaza’s fence and are preparing for a ground invasion.
- Many Gazans are reporting Israel’s use of chemical weapons being used in Gaza, which is illegal under international law, however these claims have yet to be verified.
- In Lebanon, fears of a war breaking out are growing. On Tuesday evening, Al Jazeera reported six rockets from the country into northern Israel.
- Israel has killed at least 1,000 Hamas fighters, including 18 in the last day.
- Unconfirmed reports have surfaced alongside a deeply disturbing video claiming that the Israeli army posted a potentially doctored video hiding a war crime. The Israeli soldiers allegedly executed four young men in the back, kneeling down with their hands up.
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip has now entered its fifth day on Wednesday, October 11. Israeli airstrikes continued through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, targeting factories, shops, residential buildings, and a university, killing at least 30 Palestinians and wounding hundreds of others….