GAZA: In Khan Yunis, Nearly 90 killed
● At least 89 Palestinians have been killed and 250 others wounded in Khan Younis in “one of the bloodiest” Israeli attacks in the past eight months. Israeli forces are facing fierce resistance from Palestinian fighters.
● About 150,000 Khan Younis residents were forced to flee in one day, with residents saying they barely got a couple of minutes to escape to areas with little or no infrastructure.
● Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Washington, DC, before the Israeli PM’s scheduled address to the US Congress. Netanyahu, who faces a potential ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, likely to meet President Biden, as well as presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
● At least 39,090 people have been killed and 90,147 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.