After 26 days of conflict, more than 400 people are leaving the Gaza Strip across the border with Egypt
After 26 days of conflicts, more than 400 people They were finally able to leave. According to Palestinian authorities, 355 passport holders from other countries were brought to the Egyptian side.
Hundreds of people waited early for the gates to open in Rafah. According to Palestinian authorities, 355 passport holders from other countries were brought to the Egyptian side. The list included citizens of Italy, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, the United States and the United Kingdom.
There were no Brazilians in this first group. Some were employees of humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross; In addition, 76 injured people were released for treatment in Egypt. A field hospital was set up 15 km from Gaza.
1 of 2 After 26 days of conflict, more than 400 people leave the Gaza Strip across the border with Egypt Photo: JN After 26 days of conflict, more than 400 people leave the Gaza Strip across the border with Egypt Photo: JN
The agreement was brokered by Qatar. Egypt and Israel have approved the list of authorized persons. The goal is to deport at least 7,500 people of other nationalities in the coming days.
Fathi Abu Al Hassan, a doctor with an American passport, said he traveled to Gaza to visit but the war had started and he could no longer leave.
“We are left here without any parameters of life. Without water, without food, without shelter, without anything,” he said.
2 of 2 This Wednesday (1st) a new explosion occurred in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip Photo: JN This Wednesday (1st) a new explosion occurred in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip Photo: JN
This Wednesday (1st) a new explosion occurred in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. Israel said a precision strike in Jabalia killed the commander of Hamas’ antitank unit.
This Tuesday, bombings and an Israeli land strike destroyed Hamas facilities in the camp.
“We were praying in the mosque when we heard the explosion and everything was gone,” said one man.
Referring to Tuesday’s attack, Israeli spokesman Daniel Hagari said the tunnels destroyed in the camp were evidence of Hamas using civilians as human shields.
The head of the terror group Hamas said on Wednesday (1) that Israeli hostages in the besieged Gaza Strip were facing the same “death and destruction” as the Palestinians.
Burials were seen on both sides. In Jenin in the West Bank, where three Palestinians were killed, the Israeli military spokesman said a plane had killed several terrorists there.
A 20yearold Israeli soldier was buried in Jerusalem. He was one of 16 Israeli soldiers killed since the ground operation began last week.
Israel on Wednesday demanded access from the Red Cross to the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7. Israeli planes also dropped leaflets in the Gaza Strip asking for information about the whereabouts of those abducted.