According to the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement, at least 13 Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas in northern Gaza were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Friday, October 13. “Thirteen prisoners, including foreigners,” were killed at five locations in the Gaza Strip attacked by Israeli warplanes, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement. Israel has not yet responded to this announcement. Follow our live stream.
Hamas rejected the evacuation of the northern Gaza Strip. “Our Palestinian people reject the threat of the occupying leaders [israélienne, ndlr] and his calls to leave their homes and flee to the south or Egypt,” the Islamist movement said in a statement.
The UN headquarters in Gaza is evacuated. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a statement that it had moved “its central operations center” to Rafah on the Egyptian border to “continue its humanitarian assistance and support to staff and Palestine refugees.” .
The IDF orders the evacuation of civilians to the south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army demanded that “all civilians” go “to the area south of Wadi Gaza,” a stream south of the city. “They will not be allowed to return to Gaza City until a further announcement is made allowing this,” the army added.
The United Nations is concerned about such a population shift. The United Nations, which was informed on Thursday of this evacuation order, which therefore affects around 1.1 million inhabitants, is calling for this order to be lifted. Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric warned of possible “devastating humanitarian consequences.”