After Hamas’ October 7 attack, which killed some 1,400 people, thousands of Israelis living in the communities around Gaza were evacuated. After a month, Israeli authorities are considering plans for rehabilitation. For many in the affected communities, the pain is too fresh to decide returning.
The month-long war between Israel and Hamas is becoming more intense in Gaza. U.S. and international leaders are urging a temporary cease-fire in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to reach the region as the number of civilian casualties there rises. Israel, meanwhile, maintains that the 240 hostages’ humanitarian problem must be resolved first.
About 240 Israelis and other nationals have been held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a month. Families are now increasing pressure to the Israeli government to release them. At the same time, the families are terrified that a wrong move may put their loved ones in danger.
The Israeli Ministry of Absorption says that 400,000 new immigrants who arrived the country in the last ten years may need help from government agencies. They are currently caught up in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. They now find themselves caught in the Israel-Hamas war.
Under-SecretaryGeneral for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths briefs on the Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on November 3,2023.
The painful waiting for the identification of their loved ones’ bodies is not over for the families of those killed in the Hamas attack. The family of Shani Louk, who this week received confirmation of her death, was visited by VOA’s Natasha Mozgovaya.
The construction sector in Israel says it has asked the government to allow companies to hire up to 100,000 Indian workers to replace 90,000 Palestinians who have lost their work permits since the war started.
West Bank in recent weeks due to Israeli forces’ nearly daily incursions into Palestinian areas to arrest people they believe to be linked with Hamas. More than one hundred and twenty Palestinians have been killed by Jewish settlers and Israeli forces since October 7.
Israel announced on Monday that it had killed dozens of Hamas terrorists overnight and is now expanding its ground invasion into Gaza. The incursion comes as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis gets worse.
The US reiterated its calls for the protection of innocent human life on Sunday as Israel carried on expanding its military operations in Gaza. According to a separate analysis, Israel’s mission of destroying Hamas could prove almost impossible.