Critical meeting in Gaza between Russia and Iran

According to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov and his counterpart Abdullahiyan spoke by phone.

At the meeting, where the situation in the Gaza Strip was discussed and concern about the current situation was expressed, “the need for an urgent ceasefire and immediate aid to the affected civilian population” was highlighted.

LATEST SITUATION IN GAZA

While Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on the morning of October 7, claiming that Israel was “responding to its continued violations against the Palestinians and their sacred values, especially the Masjid al-Aqsa”, the Israeli army also launched intense airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The bombing began.

It was announced that 1,200 Israelis, including more than 310 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 people were injured in the attacks in Israel on October 7.

According to the Israeli army, 383 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7, 62 of them in clashes in Gaza and 6 on the Lebanese border.

According to Israel, there are 239 Israeli prisoners held by the Qassam Brigades.

According to the Gaza government, 12,300 people, including at least 5,000 children and 3,300 women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli attacks since October 7.

Since October 7, 214 Palestinians have lost their lives in attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

The Israeli army attacked the campuses or main buildings of dozens of Gaza hospitals, where tens of thousands of wounded and civilians took refuge, to force their evacuation. Some hospitals were raided during the occupation. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in the attacks.

76 Hezbollah members and 6 Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the border since October 8. (AA)