Israel-Gaza conflict reside: eight reported killed at Gaza college as Israel says it hit Hamas command centre

The UK resolution to droop some arms exports to Israel has bolstered the case for Congress to observe the instance of its ally, US campaigners for a ban have stated.

The campaigners are urgent the US Senate and the home to move a joint decision of disapproval blocking authorisation for an unprecedented $20bn (£15.2bn) weapons sale. The huge switch was notified to Congress final month when it was in recess.

The US state division has stated the UK resolution to droop arms gross sales has no bearing on US coverage for the reason that two international locations have separate arms exports management regimes.

The diploma of personal anger with the US over the UK resolution is contested, however one UK International Workplace supply stated it was corresponding to the US anger when David Cameron as overseas secretary stated Israel shouldn’t have veto energy on recognising Palestinian statehood.

The Biden administration’s anger is more likely to improve if the UK resolution turns into a potent speaking level within the home US debates on suspension of arms gross sales.

Sam Levin

Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist killed whereas protesting within the occupied West Financial institution, was remembered by pals and former professors as a devoted organiser who felt a powerful ethical obligation to deliver consideration to the plight of Palestinians.

“I begged her not to go, but she had this deep conviction that she wanted to participate in the tradition of bearing witness to the oppression of people and their dignified resilience,” stated Aria Fani, a professor of Center Jap languages and cultures on the College of Washington (UW) in Seattle, which Eygi attended. “She fought injustice truly wherever it was.”

Fani, who had develop into shut with Eygi over the past yr, spoke to the Guardian on Friday afternoon, hours after information of her demise sparked worldwide outrage. Eygi was volunteering with the anti-occupation Worldwide Solidarity Motion when Israeli troopers fatally shot her, in line with Palestinian officers and two witnesses who spoke to the Related Press. Two docs informed the AP she was shot within the head. The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) has stated it was investigating a report that troops had killed a overseas nationwide whereas firing at an “instigator of violent activity”, and the White Home has stated it was “deeply disturbed” by the killing and known as for an inquiry.

Eygi, who can be a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW earlier this yr with a serious in psychology and minor in Center Jap languages and tradition, Fani stated. She walked the stage with a big “Free Palestine” flag throughout the ceremony, Fani stated.

Good day and welcome to the Guardian’s reside protection of the Israel-Gaza conflict and the broader disaster within the Center East.

At the very least 13 Palestinians have been killed and 15 wounded in Israeli strikes on a faculty sheltering refugees and a residential constructing in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority’s official information company reported early on Saturday.

Wafa stated a minimum of eight of the useless have been in refugee tents at Halima al-Sa’diyya college in Jabalia, northern Gaza, Reuters reviews.

The Israeli military stated in an announcement it had “conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control centre … embedded inside a compound that previously served as the ‘Halima al-Sa’diyya’ School in the northern Gaza Strip”.

In a separate incident, 5 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on a residential constructing within the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

In different information:

• Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants within the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza Metropolis, the place residents stated tanks have been working for greater than every week, in addition to in jap neighbourhoods of Khan Younis and in Rafah, close to the border with Egypt, the place residents stated Israeli forces blew up a number of homes.

• Residents of Khan Younis and displaced households from Rafah continued to crowd medical amenities, bringing their kids to be vaccinated towards polio. The UN company for Palestinian refugees stated a minimum of 160,000 kids acquired the drops on Thursday in southern areas of Gaza, the place medical staffers started the second stage within the enormous immunisation marketing campaign.

• The White Home stated it was “deeply disturbed” by the demise of an American lady who, in line with Palestinian officers and witnesses, was shot within the head by Israeli troops throughout a protest towards Israeli settlements within the occupied West Financial institution. The White Home additionally known as for Israel to research her killing, which has prompted sturdy reactions throughout the worldwide group. The US state division confirmed the demise of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, a US-Turkey twin nationwide who was a volunteer peace activist with the anti-occupation Worldwide Solidarity Motion (ISM).

• Israeli forces withdrew from the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin, the Palestinian information company Wafa reported, after a 10-day raid through which 21 folks have been killed, in line with the Palestinian well being ministry. A Reuters witness stated the Israeli forces left behind intensive injury to infrastructure. In an announcement on Fb, the Palestinian overseas ministry accused Israel of transferring to the occupied West Financial institution its brutal destruction in Gaza.

• The UN stated the humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza was “beyond catastrophic”, with greater than one million Palestinians not receiving any meals rations in August and a 35% drop in folks getting every day cooked meals.