The gates of the Rafah border crossing opened, letting out hundreds of foreigners, people with dual passports and even injured people. Including the first 4 Italians, volunteers from international NGOs, who were welcomed by Italian diplomats and accompanied to Cairo. The withdrawal from Gaza is a small glimmer of hope in the conflict that is becoming more violent every day: A new bomb attack rocked the Jabalya refugee camp, in the north of the Palestinian enclave, already the scene of a serious crackdown yesterday in which dozens of people died under the rubble, with the UN again raising its tone and speaking of “disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes”. Even European law firms, from Paris to Berlin to the EU institutions, expressed “very concern” about the news from Jabalya and stressed the need to “protect the civilian population.” The combined Israeli forces, including troops and tanks, after fierce fighting with Hamas, now stand at the “gates of Gaza City”, surrounded on three sides – north, center and south – in a pincer maneuver aimed at being in the depths from Gaza to gain a foothold in the Strip. There is still no certainty about the number of people who crossed the double border between Gaza and Egypt. Egyptian sources speak of 335 foreigners and people with dual nationality and 76 injured. This first evacuation could continue in the coming days to allow others to leave, including several Italians and dual citizens.
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On the pitch, the clash is bitter: the new Israeli attack on the Jabaliya refugee camp – the Hamas Ministry of Health said – has left “dozens of dead and injured”. According to the same source, there were 50 victims. The head of the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, described it as “the latest atrocity to hit the residents of Gaza”: In the Gaza Strip – he added – “the fighting has entered an even more terrible phase, with increasingly frightening humanitarian consequences”. “The security and protection of civilians is not only a moral but also a legal obligation,” concluded EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell.
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The Israeli army insists that in Jabalya, in the tunnels under the refugee camp, Hamas’s central command in the northern Gaza Strip, with its leader Ibrahim Biari, is hiding and barricading dozens of militants from the Islamic faction. And the tunnels are a priority target for the armed forces, along with Hamas leaders: The last person hit and killed today was Muhammad Asar, the commander of the anti-tank missile unit. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the Israeli army was working to “expose Hamas’ underground network and get the terrorists out.”. “We are at the gates of Gaza City,” announced General Itzik Cohen, commander of the Army’s 162nd Division, adding that the soldiers “are now deep in the Gaza Strip.” Proof of the severity of the clashes with Hamas is the number of 16 dead soldiers the army has reported since its first incursion into northern Gaza.
Video Gaza, Israeli raids on the Jabalia refugee camp
The overall scenario in the region seems to be getting even more complicated. Israel – after missiles from the Yemeni Houthis, allied with Iran, arrived from the Red Sea on the city of Eilat – decided to station rocket launchers off the coast between Jordan and Egypt. “We also know how to attack at the place and time we specify, based on our security interests,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari warned. Not to mention Lebanon, from where rockets and mortar shells continue to arrive, to which Israel responds.
Video Middle East, the first ambulances with wounded from Gaza in Egypt
There is still no agreement on the fate of the 240 hostages in the hands of Hamas – which today announced the deaths of three of them in the Israeli attacks on Jabaliya – despite Qatar’s intensive efforts. The head of the Islamic faction, Ismail Haniyeh, said “a ceasefire” was needed for their release. A request repeatedly rejected by Israel, which instead relies on military pressure on the Gaza Strip to promote liberation. A solution that the US commandos who have arrived in Israel are also working on. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in Jerusalem next Friday, but also in other countries in the region: respect for the civilian population and an increase in humanitarian aid are on the agenda. After Jabalya, Jordan has since recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv and asked Israel not to send its ambassador to Amman.
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ANSA Agency bombs on refugee camps in Gaza, “dozens dead” in Jabalya, al Shati and Nuseirat camps. Fatah declares the Day of Wrath.
The rain of rockets continues on the Jewish state in the south and center (including Tel Aviv), while the death toll in Gaza is 8,796 (Hamas does not distinguish between civilians and militiamen), including 3,648 minors and over 22,000 injured.
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