Colombia blasts genocidal Israel and allies over Gaza atrocities

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The UNGA was informed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro that the world must put an end to the “genocide in Gaza,” while criticizing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the US, and Europe. He also connected the US’s actions against Caribbean vessels to wider abuses motivated by racism and dominance.

Israel escalates bombardment as tanks push deep into Gaza City

As world leaders at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York called for an end to the two-year conflict, Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians on Tuesday as they launched rockets into Gaza from the air and ground.

As Israel moves to seize the largest city in the enclave, residential buildings are still flattened.

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Israeli army vehicles are seen circling Gaza City in satellite imagery, which Al Jazeera analyzed and analyzing. Just one kilometer from al-Shifa Hospital, tanks are seen entering the Nassr neighborhood, according to footage captured by Al Jazeera.

According to a UN commission, this destruction is a part of a pattern that amounts to genocide.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Tuesday that Israel’s military actions “inflict terror on the Palestinian population of Gaza City and forge tens of thousands of people to flee.”

The world’s leaders have used the UNGA platform to demand a ceasefire in Gaza because of the suffering of Palestinians.

US President Donald Trump stated at the UNGA that the Gaza war should end “immediately,” but criticized several Western nations’ rejection of the Palestinian state’s recognition as a “reward.”

On the UNGA’s sidelines, the US president met with leaders from Pakistan, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Turkiye, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, declared the meeting to be “very fruitful,” and that a joint statement from it would be released.

“Stuck under the rubble,” the phrase.

In Gaza, Israeli strikes have struck people who were civilians. According to sources, one man was killed and another was hurt in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City. Another attack also struck Palestinians waiting for water in the Daraj neighborhood of the city, according to sources.

The medical system is also being rebuilt. At least two medical workers were hurt by Israeli shelling that reportedly claimed the life of Gaza City’s main medical center.

The charity claimed that while the hospital provided for the injured, cancer patients, and blood donors, troops prevented the evacuation of equipment and supplies. Additionally, other facilities like the Shati refugee camp and Tal al-Hawa have been razed or besieged.

The devastation was described by Hind Khoudary, a journalist from Az-Zawayda, as “the situation is deteriorating, particularly in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have been directing more Palestinians to flee to the south and central areas.”

Palestinian families have repeatedly contacted them to claim that no one can reach them because their relatives are trapped beneath the rubble.

No secure areas

The central and southern regions of the enclave, which are constantly under bombardment, are where thousands of Palestinians who are flee Gaza City have ended up. Health officials have repeatedly criticized the Israeli-designated “safe zone” of al-Mawasi because it lacks the basic necessities of life, including water, food, and] health services, while disease spreads through crowded camps.

According to experts, forced displacement is a function of genocide’s machinery, which forces families to flee their homes under fire and deny them food, shelter, and dignity.

According to doctors at the Khan Younis Nasser Medical Complex, three Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces close to the alleged safe zone further south. According to hospital sources, in southern Gaza, three children died from malnutrition.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification announced in August that a famine was occurring in northern Gaza and would spread south. The Ministry of Health in Gaza warns that due to fuel shortages, hospitals are “in a very dangerous phase.”

UN experts accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war because of the collapse of health services and the intentional obstruction of food and fuel deliveries.

West Bank at risk

Even though the destruction in Gaza is still the focus of global attention, the occupied West Bank’s future may be affected even more by events there.

In response to several Western nations, including France and the United Kingdom, threatening to ratchet up annexation plans in the West Bank.

Violence has gotten worse on the ground. Saeed Murad al-Nasan was killed by armed settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

The King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge, the only means of communication between the West Bank and Jordan, was ordered by Israeli forces to be raided several towns in the area of Nablus.

Not coincidental events, such as border closures, killings, and settlement consolidation. They are a part of what a UN report on Tuesday described as a concerted effort to bolster the West Bank’s Jewish majority and secure permanent Israeli control of Gaza.

NASA plans to send manned Moon mission by February 2026

The agency announced that the first crewed flight in its Artemis program could travel around the moon and back as early as February, suggesting that NASA may be returning to the moon months earlier than originally anticipated.

The United States’ flagship mission, Artemis, is a multibillion-dollar series of missions that compete with China’s ambitious 2030 mission to land astronauts on the moon.

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In November of this year, an uncrewed spacecraft orbited the moon and traveled back.

The 10-day mission Artemis II, which travels around the moon and back, aims to “explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to lay the groundwork for the first crewed missions to Mars,” according to NASA.

The Artemis II crew won’t make it to the moon, but it will be the first to leave low Earth orbit since 1972, according to the BBC.

The mission was originally scheduled for April, but it might have been moved up until February.

In a press conference on Tuesday, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA, Lakiesha Hawkins, said, “We have a front row seat to history.” The launch window may open as early as February 5th, but we want to stress that safety is our top priority.

A moonlander variant of SpaceX’s Starship rocket will be used as a test for the agency’s more ambitious mission, Artemis III, which is currently scheduled for 2027. The moon landing is the aim of Artemis III.

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and its Orion capsule are involved in Artemis II. The Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host the first spacecraft duo to fly with humans, and the Orion capsule will ascend to the enormous, 98-meter (322 feet) SLS rocket.

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