Published: May 13, 2024 6:30 AM IST 
Israel Hamas War Latest Update: Israel and Palestine have been at conflict for decades but on October 7, 2023, the Israel Hamas War has been declared after the terrorist organisation Hamas fired 5000 rockets on Israel from the Gaza Strip. It has been more than seven months and the war has been continued; thousands of people, including women and children have lost their lives on both sides, many are still held hostage and the attacks do not seem to stop any time soon. Amid all this, according to a latest news update, the Israel Border Force has announced that they have caught eight Palestinians, dressed up as medical personnel being smuggled into Jerusalem, Israel by drivers of a private ambulance.
As mentioned earlier, eight Palestinians were caught being smuggled into Jerusalem by the drivers of a private ambulance dressed as medical personnel on Saturday night, Israel’s Border Police announced on Sunday. Since October 7, Border Police forces have arrested more than 6,100 illegal residents, of whom 687 were caught in the last week.
The ambulance was stopped at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The driver and his assistant told Border Police officers manning the checkpoint they were on their way to a life-saving incident. The officers became suspicious when a check of their systems turned up no such event described by the driver. The officers opened the back of the ambulance and found eight Palestinians without entry permits.
Bodycam footage released by the police showed the Palestinians lying flat as an officer opened the back of the ambulance, which was labeled “Private Ambulance Hadera.” Hadera is an Israeli city south of Haifa. The driver, an Israeli citizen, and the Palestinians, all from the Samaria region, were placed under arrest. The announcement did not specify what happened to the driver’s assistant.
In another news, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said on Sunday that an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the need of the hour and urged for a “surge” in humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, according to The Times of Israel. “I repeat my call, the world’s call, for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid,” Guterres said in a video address to an international donors’ conference in Kuwait.
“But a ceasefire will only be the start. It will be a long road back from the devastation and trauma of this war,” he said. Calling the Gaza conflict “horrific human suffering,” Guterres said that the war has resulted in “devastating lives, tearing families apart, and rendering huge numbers of people homeless, hungry, and traumatised.”
(Inputs from ANI)
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