Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: The war in Gaza has entered its 404th day, and the Zionist regime continues to deliberately bomb homes and tents of Palestinian refugees. In addition, the severe siege of Gaza has prevented humanitarian aid, relief items, and medicine from entering the region.

In response to the US State Department's statement, Hamas issued a statement on Wednesday morning, calling the country's claims that the Zionist regime is taking steps to "improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza" completely false and condemning them. Hamas saw this position as confirmation of the “full cooperation of the Biden administration in the brutal crime of genocide against the people of Gaza for the past year, ethnic cleansing, massacres and ongoing starvation in northern Gaza for the past 35 days” (the number 35 refers to the 35 days since the start of the massive offensive and severe siege of northern Gaza).

The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Israeli regime had taken steps to address the requests of the US Secretaries of State and Defense regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza. They also claimed: “Based on the information available, Israel has not violated US law.”

The statement was issued while a number of international aid organizations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council, had emphasized that the Israeli regime had not fulfilled its promises to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The organizations stressed that Israel “has taken measures that have significantly worsened the situation, especially in northern Gaza.”

 

Follow the most important developments of the 404th day of the Al-Aqsa Storm below:

 

10 airstrikes on Beirut suburbs

The southern suburbs of Beirut witnessed Israeli airstrikes this morning; according to reports, the regime’s warplanes bombed various areas of southern Lebanon 10 times.

According to Lebanese media, the areas of “Haret Harik”, “Al-Lilaki” and a medical center in the “Beir al-Abd” area and the “Al-Ghabiri” area were targeted in these attacks.

UN official: The conditions in Gaza are appalling

Joyce Massouya, the acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said in the Security Council: “What we are seeing in Gaza reminds us of the most horrific international crimes.”

He added: At this moment, Israel has prevented humanitarian aid from entering northern Gaza.

UN Deputy Secretary-General: Most of the children killed in Gaza are between 5 and 9 years old

Yelse Kieres, the UN Deputy Secretary-General for Human Rights, described the humanitarian situation in the entire Gaza Strip as catastrophic, saying: 70 percent of those killed in Gaza due to bombings and attacks are women and children, and most of the children killed in the attacks are between 5 and 9 years old.

4 martyred in the bombing of a house in Beit Lahia

The bombing of a house in the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza has so far resulted in four martyrs and a number of injuries.

5 martyred in the bombing of a house in Nussirat

The official Palestinian news agency (Wafa) announced that 5 Palestinians were martyred and 10 others were injured in an airstrike by the occupying army on a residential house in the Nussirat camp in central Gaza.

2 martyred in attack on refugee tent in Deir al-Balah

Palestinian media reported a drone attack on refugee tents in the "Al-Bassa" area west of Deir al-Balah city (central Gaza), killing 2 people and wounding 6.