400 people with dual nationality will leave Gaza today
Over 400 people with dual nationality will leave Gaza today through the Rafah border crossing. This was announced by Wael Abou Mohssen, spokesman for the Palestinian side of the terminal, saying that a hundred people had already passed by. Two buses with a total of “100 travelers of foreign nationality” crossed the border crossing into Egypt on Thursday morning, a total of 400 people registered to leave the country and 60 war injured.
A new group with dual citizenship is leaving Gaza
A new group of dual citizens are leaving Gaza through the Rafah border crossing. This was announced by a Palestinian border official.
Amb. Israel: “It is impossible not to respond to Hamas attack”
“We do not want to retaliate: after Hamas’s cruel attack, it is simply impossible for us not to disrupt Hamas’s ability to launch a similar attack from Gaza on Israel: that is what we are doing. Hamas has made it impossible for us not to answer”. Israeli Ambassador to Italy Alon Bar told SkyTg24: “Jabalya is not only a refugee camp, it is also a military center of Hamas operations from which terrorists carry out attacks on Israel and from which rockets are fired at civilians every day,” he added.
The number of Hamas hostages in Gaza has risen to 242
The number of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and other Palestinian groups has risen to 242. This was announced by Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is also open today
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is also open today. Local sources reported this to ANSA, adding that the opening was to encourage the further departure of foreigners, people with dual nationality and the injured, which began yesterday.
Yad Vashem: “World leaders declare war on anti-Semitism”
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, called on “political, cultural, religious and academic leaders around the world to declare war on anti-Semitism.” An appeal launched “in response to the alarming wave of anti-Semitism sweeping the world,” he explained, following the “terrible attack on Israel by Hamas and 7/10 jihadist terrorists.”
“We are closely monitoring the dramatic increase in anti-Semitism in word and deed,” said Dany Dayan, president of Yad Vashem, “including violent attacks against Jewish communities, institutions and individuals.”
Wafa, a Palestinian killed by Israel in the West Bank
A Palestinian was “killed and two others seriously injured by Israeli occupation forces” in Qalqilya in the West Bank. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa, according to which 131 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, the day of the Hamas attack.
Gaza: Egypt will help evacuate “around 7,000” foreigners
Egypt will help evacuate “around 7,000” foreign nationals and dual nationals from the war-torn Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry announced today.
During a meeting with foreign diplomats, Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Ismail Khairat said the country was preparing to “facilitate the reception and evacuation of foreign citizens from Gaza through the Rafah crossing.” According to the deputy minister, “approximately 7,000” people of “over 60” nationalities are waiting to leave Gaza.
Israel: Number of soldiers killed in Gaza rises to 17
The number of Israeli soldiers killed in the army’s large-scale ground operation in Gaza since Tuesday has risen to 17. This was announced by the military spokesman.
Israel “killed dozens of terrorists during the night”
The Israeli army continues to target “terrorists and destroy the terrorist infrastructure” in the Gaza Strip. The military spokesman said that during the night “soldiers clashed with numerous terrorist cells in the north of the Gaza Strip and dozens of terrorists were killed.” The soldiers confronted the Hamas militias “with the support of artillery and tank fire while leading an airstrike using a helicopter and a ship-launched missile.”
Red Crescent, bombings near Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza
According to reports from the Palestinian Red Crescent, on
“For more than two hours, the area around Al-Quds Hospital in Tel Al-Hawa in Gaza was hit by heavy shelling, with loud explosions causing panic and fear among hospital teams and over 14,000 displaced people,” says Prcs on X.
New clashes between Israel and Lebanon
There were new clashes on the border between Lebanon and Israel yesterday evening. Hezbollah claimed overnight that it had destroyed an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, the Guardian reports.
The Israeli army instead stated on its Telegram channel that “a surface-to-air missile was fired from Lebanon at an IDF UAV. In response, the IDF struck the terrorist cell that fired the missile and the launch site. There was no damage to the UAV.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) added that “numerous rocket launchers have been identified from Lebanon toward the Har Dov area and Mount Hermon in northern Israel. They fell in open areas. In response, IDF artillery hit the source of the rocket launchers.”
Biden: “A pause is needed to release the prisoners”
“I think we need a break. A break means giving time to let the prisoners out”: Joe Biden said this at a campaign rally in Minnesota after a member of the audience shouted, “As a rabbi, I have to ask you for one.” Cease fire now.
This was reported by the accompanying team of reporters without specifying whether the president was referring to the hostages or to those held in the Gaza Strip.
“Discussions on multinational forces in Gaza for the post-Hamas era”
After Israel’s destruction of Hamas, talks are underway about setting up a multinational force in Gaza: two US senators have confirmed this. Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Richard Blumenthal told Politico that diplomacy is working behind the scenes to establish a peacekeeping force in Gaza, although it is unlikely to include American troops. “Discussions about the possible composition of an international force are ongoing,” Van Hollen said, declining to go into specific details. “These are very preliminary and fragile discussions.”
“I think it would be important to have some kind of multinational force in Gaza as a transition to whatever happens next,” he added.
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