{"id":109781,"date":"2025-08-09T21:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=109781"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:13:48","slug":"israel-faces-growing-global-condemnation-over-military-expansion-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/109781\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel faces growing global condemnation over military expansion in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DEIR AL-BALAH(National Times)- International condemnation grew Saturday over Israel\u2019s decision for a military takeover of Gaza City, while little appeared to change immediately on the ground in the territory shattered by 22 months of war. Health officials said that 11 Palestinians seeking aid were shot dead, and 11 adults died of malnutrition-related causes in the past 24 hours. Russia condemns and rejects Israel&#8217;s plan to expand its military operation in the Gaza Strip, Russia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. &#8220;The implementation of such decisions and plans, which provoke condemnation and rejection, is fraught with the risk of exacerbating the already extremely dramatic situation in the Palestinian enclave, which has all the hallmarks of a humanitarian catastrophe,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement. US special envoy Steve Witkoff was expected to meet with Qatar\u2019s prime minister in Spain on Saturday to discuss a new proposal to end the war, according to two officials familiar with the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to speak with the media. Mediators Egypt and Qatar are preparing a new ceasefire framework that would include the release of all hostages \u2014 dead and alive \u2014 in one go in return for the war\u2019s end and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, two Arab officials have told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Shut the country down\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families of hostages were rallying again Saturday evening to pressure the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid new fears over the 50 remaining hostages, with 20 of them thought to be alive and struggling. \u201cThe living will be murdered and the fallen will be lost forever\u201d if the offensive goes ahead, said Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held in Gaza. She called on Israelis to \u201chelp us save the hostages, the soldiers and the state of Israel &#8230; Shut the country down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dunyanews.tv\/en\/World\/899510-israel-plans-to-take-control-of-gaza-city-sparking-wave-of-criticis\">Israel plans to &#8216;take control&#8217; of Gaza City, sparking wave of criticism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint statement by nine countries including Germany, Britain, France and Canada said that the \u201cstrongly reject\u201d Israel\u2019s decision for the large-scale military operation, saying it will worsen the \u201ccatastrophic humanitarian situation,\u201d endanger hostages and further risk mass displacement. They said any attempts at annexation or settlement in Gaza violate international law. A separate statement by more than 20 countries including ceasefire mediators Egypt and Qatar along with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates called Israel\u2019s decision a \u201cdangerous and unacceptable escalation.\u201d Meanwhile, Russia said Israel\u2019s plan will aggravate the \u201calready extremely dramatic situation\u201d in Gaza. The UN Security Council planned an emergency meeting Sunday. And Germany has said it won\u2019t authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Killed while seeking aid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials at Nasser and Awda hospitals said that Israeli forces killed at least 11 people seeking aid in southern and central Gaza. Some had been waiting for aid trucks, while others had been approaching aid distribution points. Israel\u2019s military denied opening fire and said that it was unaware of the incidents. The military secures routes leading to distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed and US-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. Two witnesses told the AP that Israeli troops fired toward crowds approaching a GHF distribution site on foot in the Netzarim corridor, a military zone that bisects Gaza. One witness, Ramadan Gaber, said that snipers and tanks fired on aid-seekers, forcing them to retreat. In Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, some aid-seekers cheered the latest airdrops of aid. Hundreds of people rushed to grab what they could, though many have called the process degrading. Aid organizations have called airdrops expensive, insufficient and potentially dangerous for people on the ground. Israel\u2019s military said that at least 106 packages of aid were airdropped Saturday as Italy and Greece joined the multicountry effort for the first time. Footage from Italy\u2019s defense ministry showed not only packages being parachuted over Gaza but the dry and devastated landscape below. \u201cThis way is not for humans, it is for animals,\u201d said one man at the scene, Mahmoud Hawila, who said he was stabbed while trying to secure an airdropped package. Barefoot children collected rice, pasta and lentils that had spilled from packages onto the ground. The United Nations and partners, whose existing aid delivery system has been criticised by Israel, has called repeatedly for more of the trucks waiting outside Gaza to be allowed not just into the territory, but safely to destinations inside it for distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More deaths from hunger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry said that 11 more adults died of malnutrition-related causes over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 114 since it began counting such adult deaths in late June. It said that 98 children have died of malnutrition-related causes since the war began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, with militants killing around 1,200 people and abducting 251. Israel is \u201cforcing Palestinians into a state of near-starvation to the point that they abandon their land voluntarily,\u201d Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a news conference in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dunyanews.tv\/en\/World\/899589-turkiye-says-muslim-countries-must-be-united-against-israels-gaza-tak\">Turkiye says Muslim countries must be united against Israel&#8217;s Gaza takeover plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The toll from hunger isn\u2019t included in the ministry\u2019s death toll of 61,300 Palestinians in the war. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals, doesn\u2019t distinguish between fighters or civilians, but says around half of the dead have been women and children. The UN and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. Israel disputes the ministry\u2019s figures, but hasn\u2019t provided its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEIR AL-BALAH(National Times)- International condemnation grew Saturday over Israel\u2019s decision for a military takeover of Gaza City, while little appeared to change immediately on the ground in the territory shattered by 22 months of war. 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