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.

Russia, Egypt Call for Measures to Prevent Deterioration of Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

© AFP 2023 -People mourn at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, over the bodies of Palestinians killed in an early morning incident when residents rushed toward aid trucks in Gaza City on February 29, 2024.
People mourn at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, over the bodies of Palestinians killed in an early morning incident when residents rushed toward aid trucks in Gaza City on February 29, 2024.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 01.03.2024
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Since October 2023, more than 30,000 civilians, mostly children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Gaza Strip, according to local health officials. Meanwhile, more than 85 percent of the besieged enclave's population has been internally displaced, according to the United Nations.
Russian President's Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Egyptian Ambassador to Moscow Nazih Nagari have called for action at the international level to prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

"In the course of the conversation, they discussed current issues in the Middle East, with a focus on the ongoing crisis in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. The importance of taking early measures at the international level to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip was stressed," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the results of the meeting.

A wounded Palestinian woman cries as she holds the hand of her dead relative outside her home following Israeli airstrikes that targeted their neighbourhood in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 28.02.2024
Israel-Palestine Escalation
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack on Israel from Gaza and breached the border, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping about 240 others, according to Israeli authorities. The Palestinian movement called the attack a response to Israeli authorities' actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
In response, Israel imposed a complete blockade on Gaza and launched airstrikes against Gaza and parts of Lebanon and Syria before launching a ground operation in the enclave. At least 30,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed in the ongoing Israeli assault since October, according to Gazan officials.
In November 2023, 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 to Gaza. The ceasefire expired on December 1, 2023, after several extensions. More than 100 hostages are still believed to be held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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