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27 October 2023 - Israel Special Weapons News
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- Daily Recap: Hamas - Israel War October 27th, 2023 (19:30) - Day 20 Israel Defense Forces 27 Oct 2023
- Israel Readies Massive Ground Incursion Into Gaza VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- Israel is stepping up ground and air operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel's chief military spokesperson said Friday, amid reports of heavy bombing of the besieged enclave.
- UNRWA Situation Report #16 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (all information valid as of 26 October 2023 at 18:00 local time) UNRWA 27 Oct 2023
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini Remarks on the Situation in the Gaza Strip (27 October 2023) UNRWA 27 Oct 2023
- Grave violence in Israel and Gaza has outraged the conscience of humanity, UN Commission of Inquiry says UN Human Rights Council 27 Oct 2023 -- All parties to the conflict in Israel and Gaza have shown reckless disregard for civilian life and must comply with international law to prevent atrocities from continuing, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, said today.
- UN General Assembly adopts Gaza resolution calling for immediate and sustained 'humanitarian truce' UN News 27 Oct 2023 -- The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce" between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. It also demands "continuous, sufficient and unhindered" provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news reports suggest Israel has expanded ground operations and intensified its bombing campaign.
- 'History is judging us all,' Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access UN News 27 Oct 2023 -- With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday again appealed for greater aid access to the besieged enclave, where "misery is growing by the minute."
- UN Demands Humanitarian Truce as Gaza Aid Faces Collapse VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- Israel expanded its military ground operation Friday night as the international community called for an immediate humanitarian truce and U.N. leaders warned that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip was nearing total collapse.
- UN Human Rights Spokesperson: 'Nowhere is Safe in Gaza' VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is appealing for an end to the violence and carnage in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces continue daily airstrikes in response to the brutal October 7 assault by Hamas militants on Israel.
- Food lifeline for desperate families in Gaza at risk without fuel, WFP says WFP 27 Oct 2023 -- The catastrophic conditions facing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza risk getting worse still, due to severe fuel shortages which threaten to bring food and other humanitarian operations to a standstill.
- EU Calls for 'Pauses' in Gaza Fighting Amid Doubts Over Bloc's Influence VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said he would help to build a "humanitarian coalition" to offer support to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, following a two-day summit of European Union leaders in Brussels that wrapped up Friday.
- Jordan, Egypt Reject Any Palestinian Displacement into Their Countries VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- Jordan has spearheaded Arab calls for a cease-fire in the Gaza war as casualties mount. An Israeli ground invasion to destroy Hamas, Arab analysts warn, could escalate into a wider regional conflict. Israel's peace partners, Jordan and Egypt, decry any mass transfers of Palestinians to their countries.
- Canada to match donations for humanitarian response in Gaza and West Bank Canada 27 Oct 2023 -- Canada continues to actively advocate for humanitarian pauses and the rapid, sustained and unimpeded access of essential humanitarian relief to Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Opening remarks by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Michel following the meeting of the European Council of 26 October 2023 European Commission 27 Oct 2023
- EU coordinating 6 new humanitarian aid flights for Gaza European Commission 27 Oct 2023 -- A new EU aid flight has departed today from Copenhagen, carrying 51 tonnes of medicines, medical items, and education supplies on behalf of Unicef to Egypt for people in need in Gaza.
- Condemning Hamas' terrorism should not be controversial: UK at the UN General Assembly UK FCDO 27 Oct 2023 -- UK statement following the UN General Assembly vote on the Jordanian draft resolution on the situation in Gaza, Friday 27 October 2023.
- Hope and humanity must win out against the scourge of aggression and terrorism: Lord Ahmad statement at the UN General Assembly UK FCDO 27 Oct 2023 -- Statement by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon at the UN General Assembly tenth emergency special session on Gaza.
- Defence Secretary travels to Middle East on regional security mission UK FCDO 26 Oct 2023 -- Defence Secretary Grant Shapps travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to drive forward work to maintain regional stability.
- Deploying additional support Australia DOD 27 Oct 2023 -- The Australian Government has deployed additional ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East as part of Operation Beech.
- The Case For and Against Israel's Likely Ground War in Gaza VOA 27 Oct 2023 -- There has been no mystery about what comes next in Gaza. The only questions, it seems, have been how much force and for how long.
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