with no end in sight i wonder when mighty mouse will come to save the day;

Casualties

• 15,899+ killed*, including 6,150 children, and 42,000 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 473 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2023; 265 since October 7.

*This figure was confirmed by the Gaza Ministry of Health on December 5. However, due to breakdowns in communication networks within the Gaza Strip (particularly in northern Gaza), the Gaza Ministry of Health has been unable to regularly and accurately update its tolls since mid-November. Some rights groups put the death toll number closer to or above 20,000.

Key Developments 

• In rare move, UN chief invokes Article 99 to warn Security Council that the war in Gaza “may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.”
• Another Israeli airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza kills scores of people, including 22 family members of Al Jazeera reporter Moamen Al Sharafi. 
• Under cover of war, Israel approves new illegal settlement in occupied East Jerusalem comprising 1,738 housing units.
• Ambulance center in northern Gaza halts due to the depletion of fuel for vehicles and hospital closures, making evacuation of wounded and dead impossible, says Palestinian Red Crescent Society. 
• About 25 percent of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, has received evacuation orders, says OCHA...........more.......