25 Palestinians have died in a day in Israeli attack in Gaza. 7 people from the same family are among the dead. A woman and her 6 children have died in the attack. The war between Israel and Hamas has been going on in Gaza for the last 11 months. More than 40 thousand Palestinians have been killed in the war so far. On the other hand, a case of polio has been found in Gaza for the first time after 25 years. Polio has been detected in a 10-month-old child in Central Gaza. The Health Ministry has confirmed this after testing the child’s sample in Jordan. Earlier in June, type-2 polio virus was found under water in Gaza. After this, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had demanded a ceasefire for the vaccination of children. At the same time, the Israeli army has said that it is working with the World Health Organization for polio vaccination in Gaza. Israel says that it is engaged in collecting 13 lakh polio vaccines. The war in Gaza has been going on for 11 months. It has been almost 11 months since the war between Israel and Hamas. On October 7 last year, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. About 1200 Israeli citizens were killed in this attack. The terrorists took about 250 people hostage to Gaza. According to Israel, 111 people are still in Hamas’ custody. These include 39 dead bodies. The hostages include 15 women and 2 children under the age of 5. After the October 7 attack, Israel declared war against Hamas. So far, 329 Israeli soldiers have also died in this war. According to the Israeli army, they have killed more than 15 thousand Hamas terrorists so far. Due to the war, about 18 lakh people have left their homes in Gaza. Thousands of people have also had to leave their homes in Israel and southern Lebanon. 5 lakh people are facing starvation
The war has created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Gaza citizens who are facing the brunt of Israeli attacks are facing the problem of starvation. According to a report, about 5 lakh people of Gaza will have to face food crisis in the coming months. This figure is about a quarter of the total population of Gaza. According to reports, Israeli attacks have so far destroyed 59% of the buildings in Gaza. This figure is more than 70% in northern Gaza. Talks were held in Qatar for ceasefire in Gaza
Talks were held in Qatar on 15 and 16 August between Israel and Hamas for ceasefire and exchange of hostages. Apart from Israel, leaders of Qatar, America and Egypt participated in this ceasefire deal. No representative of Hamas participated in this conversation. Efforts were going on for this deal for the last two months. However, no consensus has been reached on ceasefire till now. Under the deal, there is a plan to implement ceasefire in Gaza in 3 phases. According to this plan, Hamas will release some hostages on October 7. Also, the Israeli army will retreat from the Gaza area. Apart from this, Palestinian prisoners lodged in Israeli jails will be released. Threat of Iranian attack on Israel
After the death of Hamas chief Haniyeh in Iran on July 31 last month, there is a threat of Iranian attack on Israel. Iran blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s death. After this, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered to take revenge from Israel. Due to the increasing fear of Iranian attack on Israel, America has deployed submarines and warships in the Middle East. At the same time, in a joint statement issued by the prominent leaders of 5 countries including America, Britain, Germany, Iran has been asked not to take action against Israel.
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