Bloody Day in Gaza as Calls for Cease-Fire Intensify
Israel (以色列) and
Hamas (哈瑪斯) point the finger at each other for an
attack on a Gaza (加薩) hospital that left at least 10 dead
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET
The U.N. Security Council’s call for an
immediate cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hamas failed to cease violence
in Gaza on Monday, as two large attacks left over a dozen dead and scores
wounded
Israel and Hamas traded blame for
explosions at al-Shifa Hospital and a nearby refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on
Monday, which killed at least 10 children and left at least 30 people dead or
wound, NBC reports.
Hamas said the explosions were a “direct”
strike by Israeli drones, while Israel said they were caused by failed militant
rockets. “A short while ago Al-Shifa hospital was struck by a failed rocket
attack launched by Gaza terror organizations,” the IDF said in a statement,
adding that “there was no Israeli military activity in the area surrounding the
hospital whatsoever. “
At least four people were also killed by a
mortar shell in Eshkol, in Israel’s southern district close to the border with
the Gaza Strip, the Jerusalem (耶路撒冷) Post reports.
At least six others were seriously injured.
The attacks came just hours after U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon echoed calls from the U.N. Security Council (評議會) for an immediate cease-fire. “In the name of humanity, the
violence must stop,” he said, according to the BBC.
Over 1,030 Palestinians (巴基斯坦人) have been killed, according to Palestinian health organization,
many of them children. A daily report for July 28 by the U.N.’s Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that in just the past 24-hour period,
74 Palestinians had been killed. Israel says it has lost 43 soldiers and two
civilians.
Ban called for an end to the violence out
of respect for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday commemorating the end of
Ramadan. “It’s a matter of their political will,” he said. “They have to show
their humanity as leaders, both Israeli and Palestinian.”
His statements follow the Security
Council’s call for a “durable” truce that would stop the violence and lead to
substantial talks. The Palestinian representative to the U.N., Riyad Mansour,
said that didn’t go far enough, and he demanded a formal resolution calling for
Israel to remove troops from Gaza.
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor said
the Security Council’s statement was slated toward the Palestinians by failing
to mention Hamas and the recent rocket attacks, the BBC reports.
WHO- Israel and Hamas
Key words:
Violence 暴力
Wounded 負傷
Refugee 難民
Drones 無人機
Mortar 沙漿
Commemorating 紀念
Coordination 協調
Troops 部隊
Slate 預定
The army should not attack the hospital and the refugee camp, this behavior was very despicable and should be condemned seriously.
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