October 27, 2023

*) Some 3,000 children in Gaza killed by Israel: Palestine's UN envoy Some 3,000 children have been killed by Israel since the attacks it launched on October 7, Palestine's UN envoy has said. "I repeat, 3,000 children, innocent children, angels killed in Gaza during the last three weeks," Riyad Mansour said in an emotional address to an emergency UN General Assembly session on the Israel-Palestine conflict. "There is no time to mourn, more death is on the way," Mansour warned. Mansour said 7,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza, saying that fully 70 percent of all those killed are women and children. "Is this the war some of you are defending? These are crimes. This is barbarism. If you don’t stop it for all those who were killed, stop it for all those whose lives we can still save," he implored. Some 1,600 Palestinians still lie under the rubble, killed or injured and no one can reach them, to save them or bury them, he said. *) Almost 50 hostages killed so far from Israeli bombings on Gaza — Hamas Hamas's armed wing has said that "almost 50" Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian territory. "Qassam Brigades estimates that the number of Zionist prisoners who were killed in Gaza as a result of Zionist strikes and massacres has reached almost 50," the group said in a statement on Thursday issued on its Telegram channel. Israel launched a massive air and artillery bombardment of Gaza after Hamas carried out a brutal attack on Israel on October 7. Earlier, the Israeli army said 224 people were abducted by Hamas during the attack that left 1,400 people dead. *) Humanitarian crisis deepens in Gaza amid total Israeli siege: UN The UN agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in besieged Gaza warned it may have to shut down operations shortly if no fuel reaches the enclave, amid an increasingly desperate need for shelter, water, food and medical services. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA s