By Desmond Nleya
On day 352 of the war in Gaza, Israel’s military bombed two schools sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza, killing at least seven people, amid Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining plans to use siege tactics against Hamas in northern Gaza.
Global concerns over a full-scale war in the Middle East grow as Hezbollah declares a “battle of reckoning” with Israel and the Israeli military promises to step up attacks on the Lebanese armed group.
World leaders and press freedom groups condemned Israel’s decision to send in heavily armed soldiers to shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in the occupied West Bank.
At least 41,431 people have been killed and 95,818 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139 while more than 200 people were taken captive.
With Inputs from Aljazeera