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Hamas terrorists entered the territory of Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip ever since. This news blog keeps you updated on current developments:
Israel’s opposition leader has accused the UN secretary general of being anti-Semitic
12:52 PM: UN An Israeli opposition leader has accused Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of anti-Semitism after he called for a rare move by the Security Council to act on the Gaza war. Jair Lapid wrote on the platform “Not when half a million people were killed in Syria, when more than four million were killed in Congo, when 450,000 were killed in Darfur, or when tens of thousands were killed and millions fled in Ukraine.”
Lapid also wrote: “When Israel defends itself, after our children are killed by brutal terrorists and our people are taken hostage, the UN Secretary-General suddenly decides to use Article 99 to help Hamas. How does anti-Semitism know that? Because there is no other rational explanation.” No.”
UN Article 99 of the Charter allows the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the Security Council “any matter likely to affect the guarantee of international peace and security”. Guterres wanted to reach an immediate humanitarian ceasefire because of the dire situation of civilians. However, a draft resolution to that effect failed in the UN Security Council on Friday.
Federal government believes German family was killed in Gaza
10:39 am: German citizens were also killed in the Gaza war, the federal government said. “At this stage it is unfortunately to be assumed that a German family is among the victims of the Gaza conflict,” the Foreign Office in Berlin said in a response to the request on Saturday. No further information was provided. “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, citing information from relatives, reported that a German family of six was killed in an Israeli bomb attack on their home in Gaza on October 25.
Iran warns of “uncontrollable explosion” in Middle East
10:24 am: Iran has warned of an “uncontrollable explosion” in the Middle East after the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian called on Saturday in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to his ministry, to immediately open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip so that humanitarian aid can reach the Palestinian Territory. .
On Friday, the United States used its veto power in a UN Security Council vote on a resolution on the war between Israel and the Iran-backed radical Islamist Hamas. The resolution’s call for an immediate ceasefire would “allow Hamas to repeat what it did on October 7,” said US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood, referring to the Palestinian organization’s brutal attack on Israel that sparked the war. As long as the United States supports Israel’s “crimes” and “continuation of war,” Amir-Abdullahian told Guterres, “the situation in the region has the potential for an uncontrolled explosion.”
The UN Secretary General called the meeting. He invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter. It states that “the Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which may endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.” The article has not been used for decades. Amir-Abdullahian hailed Guterres’ actions as a “brave move to maintain international peace and security”.
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