Israel-Palestine Escalation
Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Algeria to Take in 400 Palestinian Children Wounded in Israel's Strikes on Gaza - Reports

© AP Photo / Ohad ZwigenbergSmoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 13.12.2023
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TUNIS (Sputnik) - Algeria will take in 400 Palestinian children wounded in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip for treatment in the country's hospitals, Algeria Press Service reported Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.
The source told the agency that the children will be treated in civilian and military hospitals in different provinces of the country.
The World Health Organization's representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, Richard Peeperkorn, said earlier on Tuesday that more than two-thirds of 36 hospitals and over 70% of primary healthcare facilities in Gaza are already out of commission, adding that only 11 hospitals remain functional, including 10 in the south and only one in the north of the enclave.
On October 7, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, breaching the border and killing and taking captives in nearby Israeli military sites and communities. The movement said its operation, Al-Aqsa Flood, was in response to Israeli provocations and occupation of Palestinian territories.
A Palestinian man prays at dusk next to rubble of his family home, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, June 4, 2021.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 01.12.2023
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Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large-scale ground incursion into Gaza, ostensibly to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue hostages.
Later, Qatar mediated a deal between Israel and Hamas on a temporary truce and the exchange of some of the prisoners and hostages, as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The truce was extended several times, but on Friday, the fighting was resumed.
The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and more than 18,000, mostly children and women, in Gaza. Meanwhile, at least 256 Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli violence in the West Bank.
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