Cover photo: Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, seen from Ashkelon in southern Israel, October 20, 2023. AMIR COHEN / Portal
- Egyptian broadcaster AlQahera News, which is close to Egyptian intelligence, said on Thursday evening that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip – the only one not controlled by Israel – would open on Friday to allow the entry of humanitarian aid convoys . The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had recently expressed doubts that the trucks could reach the enclave besieged by the Israeli army.
- In a ceremonial address in the Oval Office said Joe Biden said on Thursday evening that he would ask the US Congress on Friday to “urgently” fund aid for Israel and Ukraine, “essential partners”. The American president drew a parallel between Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who “both want to destroy a neighboring democracy.”
- Gaza’s Interior Ministry said many displaced people seeking refuge in the grounds of St. Porphyry Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli raid on Thursday. Witnesses said the attack appeared to have targeted a target near the church.
- The IDF has a government “agreement” to invade Gaza as soon as it is readyNir Barkat, Israel’s economy minister, told ABC News. Although “we will do everything possible to bring our hostages back, to bring them back alive,” the “first and last priority” is to destroy Hamas, “even if it takes a year.”
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the south of the Jewish state on Thursday to address troops gathered on the edge of the Gaza Strip. “All of Israel is behind you, and we will strike our enemies severely to achieve victory,” he told them, according to the Israeli press.
- American intelligence agencies estimate that the death toll from Tuesday night’s explosion near Al-Alhi Hospital in Gaza is “probably at the lower end of a range of 100 to 300.”Several press outlets said on Thursday that they had read a declassified report on the subject.
- According to Israeli authorities, more than 1,400 people have been killed on Israeli territory by Hamas men since the October 7 attack. According to the IDF, around 1,500 Hamas fighters were killed in the counteroffensive, which allowed Israel to regain control of the areas attacked. Israel estimates the number of hostages kidnapped by Hamas and brought to Gaza at 200.
- On the Palestinian side, more than 4,100 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 13,100 others were injured in retaliatory attacks by the Israeli army.said the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.
- The number of French nationals killed in Hamas attacks against Israel has continued to rise: 28 diedthe French Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday.
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