The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. For a resolution to be adopted by the Security Council, it must be supported by at least nine member states. In addition, it is required that none of the five veto powers – the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom – cast a veto. Thus, there will be no ceasefire in Gaza. Earlier Friday, the United States said it opposes a ceasefire because it does not believe Hamas is willing to accept a two-state solution. The United States is Israel’s most important military and political supporter. The Security Council’s lack of action and vetoes from member states, especially the United States, have made them complicit in the Gaza war, says Doctors Without Borders (MSF). – Until now, the paralysis of action in the UN Security Council and vetoes from member states, especially the United States, have made them complicit in the ongoing massacre; this paralysis of action has opened the way for mass murder of men, women and children, says a statement from Doctors Without Borders. Facts about the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas * Since 7 October, over 19,000 people have been killed in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank. * According to the Hamas-controlled authorities in the Gaza Strip, at least 17,487 people have been killed in Israeli attacks. * Among those killed are over 7,100 children and almost 5,000 women. Over 46,000 are injured. * Several thousand are missing in Gaza and are feared to be buried under the ruins of bombed buildings. * At least 63 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip. 130 UN employees have been killed. * 267 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank, at least 67 of them children. Over 3,300 have been injured in such attacks. * At least 1,268 Israelis have been killed and around 5,500 wounded in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since 7 October. * Among those killed are 823 civilians, 33 of them children, 386 soldiers and 59 police officers. 94 Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip. * The Israeli army leadership claims to have killed around 5,000 Hamas fighters during the war. According to Israel, up to 1,500 of them were killed during the attack on 7 October. * Over 1.9 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in the Gaza Strip, where over 2.2 million people live. * About. 250,000 Israelis have been evacuated from cities and kibbutzim near the border with Gaza, as well as from villages near the border with Lebanon. * Hamas and Islamic Jihad took close to 250 Israeli and foreign hostages during the attack on October 7, but 108 have since been released. Several hostages are said to have been killed in Israeli attacks. Source: UN Office for Emergency Relief (OCHA), Palestinian authorities in Gaza and the West Bank, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, CNN, NTB At least 17,487 killed On Friday, at least 10 were killed in an attack on the town of Khan Younis, south of Gaza. The attack was aimed at a family home, according to Al Jazeera. According to Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza, at least 17,487 Palestinians have been killed. Over 46,000 Palestinians have been wounded in Israeli attacks since the war broke out, and 70 percent of those killed are women and children, according to the ministry. An injured man is taken to hospital after an Israeli attack. Photo: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / Reuters Since the ceasefire ended last week, Israel has expanded its ground offensive in the war against Hamas, and sharply stepped up its attacks in the south of the Gaza Strip. – Every day we lose tens of wounded due to lack of treatment and delays in getting them out of Gaza, said Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra when he announced the new figure – A week ago he was at home Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet is also now noticing the human suffering of the war against Hamas. The son of former army chief and now government member, Gadi Eisenkot, has been killed in Gaza. Israel’s Prime Minister bends over the grave of soldier Gal Meir Eisenkot and lays a wreath. The 25-year-old soldier stepped on a mine in one of Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza. The soldier Gal Meir Eisenkot. Photo: Håvard Greger Hagen / news – A week ago he was at home, It was during the ceasefire and he was very happy to see and hear that his fighting efforts had led to the release of the hostages, said a tearful father and minister in his memorial. Around him are his wife and daughters. They hold each other and cry inconsolably. Thousands had turned out to show their support for the family and for the Israeli government. Many were soldiers who participated in the war in Gaza together with the 25-year-old. Since the ground invasion began, 89 Israeli soldiers have been killed, according to the authorities. The picture is from the funeral of the 25-year-old soldier Gal Meir Eisenkot. Photo: CLODAGH KILCOYNE / Reuters Consequences in the Israeli government Noam is a special soldier and was a friend of Gal. Both were called up for service before Israel launched its ground invasion. – I was at the funeral of another friend who also fell on the same day as Gal. The pain is the same. It is deep and painful. But the country is in a national crisis, he tells news in Tel Aviv. Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Gal Meir Eisenkot, who was the son of a minister friend in Netanyahu’s government. Photo: CLODAGH KILCOYNE / Reuters Among the many who were present at the funeral was Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. His face is grave as a result of the loss of his colleague’s son. The war is now having human consequences at the heart of the Israeli government waging a war in Gaza that has cost over 17,000 Palestinians their lives, many of them civilians. But the war continues unabated. – Gal (the son, editor’s note): I am sure that we will continue this campaign and our effort to strengthen the country you loved, says Minister Gadi Eisenkot.
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