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Live: Norway formally recognises Palestine as a state
Norway’s prime minister said on Wednesday that the country is formally recognising Palestine as a state. “There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Spain and Ireland are also expected to announce the recognition of a Palestinian state on Wednesday. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war on Gaza.
Issued on: 22/05/2024 – 05:54
Modified: 22/05/2024 – 08:46
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People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, organised by the Palestine Committee, near the Royal Palace and the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023.
People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, organised by the Palestine Committee, near the Royal Palace and the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023. © Heiko Junge/NTB, via REUTERS
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Summary:
Norway’s prime minister said on Wednesday that the country has formally recognised Palestine as a state. Spain and Ireland are also expected to announce the recognition of a Palestinian state on Wednesday.
Palestinian health officials said eight Palestinians were killed Tuesday in an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that food distribution in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah was currently suspended due to lack of supplies and insecurity.
North Gaza’s last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Hospital officials said Israeli forces had fired on the facilities and that snipers had been deployed near one of them.
At least 35,647 Palestinians have been killed and 79,852 wounded in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.
Yesterday’s key developments:
Palestinian health officials said eight Palestinians were killed Tuesday in an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, where an AFP correspondent reported masked gunmen exchanged fire with Israeli forces.
The Biden administration slammed a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders. In a statement, the US president said, “whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas”.
Israel also condemned the decision, with Netanyahu calling the decision a “disgrace”. Earlier, Gallant said the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in its efforts to defeat Hamas.
France’s foreign ministry meanwhile said that France supported the “independence” of the ICC and “the fight against impunity in all situations”.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
