Israel – Palestine conflict : 7 latest updates as Palestine death toll passes 20,000

December 21, 2023 at 10:18 AM

  1. UN chief Antonio Guterres says conditions must improve to allow “large-scale humanitarian operations” in Gaza, Palestine amid widespread hunger and displacement.
  2. Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, with the latest attacks hitting near a hospital in Rafah and on the northern Jabalia refugee camp killing at least 12 people.
  3. Israel has ordered the evacuation of large areas of southern Gaza’s main city on Wednesday, the United Nations has said.
  4. Talks in Cairo attended by the political head of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Wednesday, ended “without results”, according to reports.
  5. UN Security Council is expected to vote on the Gaza resolution on Thursday after days of negotiations aimed at avoiding a US veto.
  6. At least 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7, according to the Gaza government’s media office. 
  7. The death toll from Hamas’s attack on Israel stands at nearly 1,140. (NewsWire)