(24 May 2024)
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Southern Israel, looking towards Gaza Strip – 24 May 2024
1. Various of smoke plume rising
2. Pan of ruined buildings in Gaza, UPSOUND of explosion
3. Wide of view of Gaza Strip with southern Israel in foreground, UPSOUND of distant explosions
4. Various of smoke plumes rising from Gaza Strip
STORYLINE:
Smoke plumes drifted across Gaza Strip throughout Friday as Israel continued its offensive against Hamas in the territory.
Israel was told to halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Friday, but judges on the top United Nations court stopped short of ordering a full cease-fire throughout the Palestinian territory.
Israel faces global criticism over the mounting death toll and devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The cease-fire request is part of a case filed late last year by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide during its Gaza campaign. Israel vehemently denies the allegations.
The case will take years to resolve, but South Africa wants interim orders to protect Palestinians while the legal wrangling continues.
At least 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between combatants and civilians.
Israel launched its war in Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducted about 250.
Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 30 more.
The Israeli army said Friday that it recovered the bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct. 7.
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