Tel Aviv/Gaza on August 7.: The UN Security Council (UNSC) will discuss Israel’s airstrikes against Gaza in an closed-door session in New York on Monday while the death toll continues increase, with 24 people confirmed dead and 203 injured according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The most powerful UN body has agreed to take action against the attacks after requests to do so by the United Arab Emirates, Ireland, France, Norway and China on Saturday, the dpa news agency reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Israeli forces began Operation Breaking Dawn on Friday in an escalating series of targeted air strikes on Gaza which resulted in the death of Taisir al-Jabari an important leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group and a number of other.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is classified as a terrorist group by both the European Union and the United States is closely connected with Israel’s arch-enemy Iran and is the second largest militia in the Gaza Strip after the ruling Hamas militant group.
In the fear of reprisals for the killing of al-Jabari, Israel closed its border with Gaza which led to an energy shortage in Gaza’s only power plant, which shut it down on the weekend.
In the end, Gaza residents are now restricted to only 4 hours of electricity per day, as opposed to 12 previously in the energy sector official described as an “catastrophic scenario.”
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced on the weekend that they were preparing for an “week of operations” against Palestinian militants, after an avalanche of missiles in retaliation were fired from Gaza towards Israel.
The Israeli military said that although 190 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel since Friday, all of them had either missed the mark of Israel or landing in uninhabited areas , or were stopped by the country’s Iron Dome defence system.
The strikes against terror targets in Gaza continued on Saturday, Israel said.
Three residential structures were hit by the strikes, which destroyed one apartment building with five floors.Residents claimed that Israeli drones fired warning shots at the building, before fighter jets struck it.
Five adults and five children and an adult were killed in an attack against the Jabalia refugee camp located to the north of Gaza City on Saturday According to Palestinian reports.
The Israeli military denied being at fault for the attack but: “Based on military data it is believed that the incident was the result of an unintentional Islamic Jihad missile,” the Israeli military stated in a statement, adding that it was not striking Jabalia during the time of the attack.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid confirmed that video footage was of the incident.He added: “The world should be shocked that this terror group is killing innocent Israelis and killing innocent civilians in Gaza.” Gaza Strip.”
Egypt has offered mediation services to facilitate ceasefire talks that are being held between Israel as well as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad faction in Gaza an Egyptian security official told dpa, stating the Egyptian team was planning for a trip to Israel as well as Gaza in an effort to calm the situation.
Egypt has been known to act as mediator between Israelis as well as Palestinians.In the year 2021, Cairo was able to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that ended eleven days of fighting.
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