Israel announces humanitarian pause in Rafah
Israel has announced a four-hour humanitarian break in the urban agglomeration of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The “tactical cessation” of military activities in the area applies from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This is reportedly the first time Israel has observed a humanitarian pause in the sector south of Wadi Gaza.
Meanwhile, according to Israeli public radio station Kan, the Rafah transit crossing towards Egypt has been opened to allow around 500 people with dual nationality to leave the country. Today 85 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are expected to arrive.
Hamas rules out partial prisoner exchange: “It must be complete”
“Our position on the prisoner dossier was clear from the start. And it refers to a complete prisoner exchange.” He said it, as Israeli media reported: Osama Hamdan High Hamas representative from Lebanon, who thereby ruled out rumors of negotiations for a partial exchange between hostages and prisoners of the faction in Israeli prisons. He also explained that negotiations over the hostages with foreign passports are running in parallel in the hands of Hamas, but are being “obstructed” by Israel.
Turkish ship with field hospital landed in Egypt near Gaza
A Turkish ship carrying materials for a field hospital has landed in the Egyptian port of Al-Arish, near the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, a port official reported. A Turkish health official told AFP that the ship was carrying “materials, generators and ambulances for the establishment of eight field hospitals.” The delivery comes after Hamas government officials reported that all hospitals in northern Gaza were “out of order” due to fighting with Israeli forces.
Injured in Upper Galilee by anti-tank missile from Lebanon
Some Israelis were injured in the Upper Galilee this morning in another attack from southern Lebanon. According to Kan public television, they were hit by an anti-tank missile and several mortar shells aimed at the entrance gates in the village of Netua’, a few kilometers south of the border. Mortar shells exploded in another Israeli border village, Margaliot, this morning but caused no casualties. The residents of the area near the border are being accommodated in emergency accommodation.
After an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon at the Israeli village of Netua, Israeli artillery hit the position across the border from which the shot came. This was announced by the military spokesman.
Meanwhile, fierce exchanges of fire broke out between Hezbollah and Israel again this morning along the demarcation line between the two countries. Local media and sources on the ground reported this, saying the areas most affected by Israeli bombing were the central and western sections of the border line.
WHO, Al-Shifa Hospital is no longer functioning
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on “Tragically, the number of deceased patients has increased significantly,” he wrote, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
And quoted by Al-Araby TV and CNN, the medical director of the Palestinian medical facility, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya said that the operating theaters “are completely out of order and when the injured come to us, we can’t give them anything other than first aid.” “Anyone who needs surgery dies and we can’t do anything for them,” adds the managing director. Regarding premature babies who are taken out of incubators after they run out of oxygen, Abu Salmiya said: “They are wrapped in aluminum foil and we put hot water next to them to keep them warm.”
At Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, “27 adult patients” who were in intensive care and “seven premature babies” who were kept in incubators have died so far, according to the Hamas Health Ministry, which updated the death toll : Information that cannot be verified.
Borrell (EU): “Already dealing with the post-war scenario in Gaza”
“Today we should start talking about post-war Gaza, not just about reconstruction, but also about offering the Palestinians an inclusive solution: I will present a range of options, things we should do and things we should “This is what the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, said upon his arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council.
“It is urgent to establish and respect humanitarian pauses in order to distribute humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip, wherever people need food and assistance.” This was stated by the European Commissioner for Emergencies, Janez Lenarcic, specifying that humanitarian Breaks must be “announced well in advance” so that humanitarian organizations can prepare, and that they must be “clearly timed” so that “humanitarian workers can carry out their work safely.”
The commissioner also stressed the need to bring “many more trucks carrying humanitarian aid” to the Gaza Strip to ensure the delivery of “urgently needed” fuel. “We will support every opportunity to receive humanitarian aid,” said Lenarcic, explaining the possibility of establishing a maritime corridor for humanitarian aid to Gaza. “The logistical problem,” he added, “is the fact that there are currently no disembarkation and unloading facilities on the Gaza coast, which therefore need to be set up.”
NGO: Eight pro-Iranian fighters killed in US strike in Syria
At least eight pro-Iranian fighters, including at least one Syrian and two Iraqis, have been killed in US raids in eastern Syria in recent hours in response to attacks on American personnel. This was reported by the Syrian NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This is the third American attack on Iran-linked sites in Syria in less than three weeks.
Alarm sirens in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon
Warning sirens are wailing in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. This was announced by the army, which has now announced the deaths of two more soldiers during the ongoing ground operation in Gaza. The total is now 44 soldiers killed. The two were part of the army’s commando brigade.
The army: “Hamas weapons and structures discovered in schools, mosques and houses”
Israeli army ground troops in Gaza continue to take place Hamas weapons and facilities in schools, mosques and activists’ residences the Islamic faction. According to the military spokesman, soldiers from the 401st Brigade discovered a faction structure in the Al-Quds University and a cache of explosives in the Abu Bakr Mosque on the outskirts of the al-Shati refugee camp. A cache of weapons was discovered at the home of an Islamic Jihad activist in Beit Hanoun, including some in a child’s bedroom. A tunnel entrance, intelligence material and weapons were also found in Beit Hanoun.
UN, at least three nurses died in Shifa. Hamas: “Six died prematurely due to lack of treatment”
At least three nurses have died at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, near which fighting is taking place, according to a UN bulletin carried by the BBC. In addition, according to the United Nations, vital infrastructure of the hospital, such as the oxygen production machine, water tanks and a well, the cardiovascular ward and the maternity ward, were damaged.
The United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast as a “mark of homage” to fallen UN personnel in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA, the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, said more than 100 of its staff have died in Gaza since Israel’s crackdowns began. The BBC writes it.
Meanwhile, the Hamas government says that in the last few hours the number of premature babies who died due to lack of treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has increased to six and that the number of patients in intensive care has lost their lives the same reason has increased to nine. .
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