International humanitarian aid should be able to enter the Gaza Strip “or these waters” on Saturday, October 21, the UN emergency manager said on Friday. “We are in extensive and advanced negotiations with all parties concerned to ensure that a relief operation in Gaza begins as soon as possible,” Martin Griffiths was quoted as saying by a spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha). in genf. Follow our live stream.
The explosion at a hospital in Gaza reportedly killed “100 to 300.” The death toll from Tuesday’s attack on Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital is “probably at the lower end of a range between 100 and 300,” according to an American intelligence statement, excerpts of which was seen by AFP. This summary sent to Congress confirms, as Joe Biden stated on Wednesday, that Israel “probably did not bomb the hospital in Gaza.”
Humanitarian aid is expected on Friday. Egypt on Thursday carried out work on roads at the Rafah border crossing damaged by Israeli bombings. The first humanitarian aid convoys for the Gaza Strip, which have been blocked at the border for several days, could therefore arrive there as early as Friday. “We need unhindered access and the safe delivery of our vital aid. Time is running out,” UNICEF called for X on Friday morning.
Israel evacuates a town on the border with Lebanon. According to a press release, the Israeli army announced “the implementation of a plan to evacuate residents” of Kiryat Shmona, a town of around 25,000 people that was attacked by rockets fired from Lebanon. Since October 7, the IDF has been on alert along its northern border to repel a possible offensive by the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah.