Published 21 April 2024 at 11.48
Foreign. The death toll in Israel's war on Gaza climbed to more than 34,000 on Saturday, with the majority of victims women and children, writes The Guardian.
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At least six children were killed by an overnight airstrike on a house in Rafah.
Hope for a ceasefire has been dashed and the world's attention has shifted to the exchange of robot and drone strikes between Iran and Israel, which have yet to lead some deaths.
In Gaza it is worse. In addition to the 34,000 dead, nearly 77,000 people have also been injured, according to Gaza's health authorities.
The figures do not include tens of thousands of dead who are believed to be buried in the bombed-out ruins of homes, shops, shelters and other buildings, writes the Guardian.
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The many civilian deaths in the war have caused the rest of the world to condemn Israel and strong criticism has been directed at the Israeli government also from the United States, where both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to his senses, to no avail.< /p>
However, Sweden is an exception where so-called bourgeois opinion leaders and politicians continue to stand behind the Israeli government.
Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) also said last week that he stands by his statement that Israel's response to the Hamas terror attack is proportionate.