Cover photo: Egyptian aid workers celebrate the return of a truck to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023. KEROLOS SALAH / AFP
- The gate of the Rafah terminal was closed on the Egyptian side after the passage of the first humanitarian convoy, according to witnesses interviewed by Agence France-Presse. Cairo permitted the passage of twenty trucks. On the Palestinian side, several dozen dual nationals are also waiting for a travel permit to Egypt.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Saturday for “sustained and uninterrupted humanitarian access through the Rafah border post.”after the passage of the first humanitarian convoy.
- “We must act now to end the nightmare”pleaded on Saturday the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the opening of the peace summit organized in Cairocalled for a “humanitarian ceasefire” on the 15th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, which is in power in Gaza.
- Since the Hamas attack on October 7, 307 soldiers have been killed and 210 hostages have been held in the Gaza Stripthe Israeli army announced Saturday during a televised press conference.
- Seventeen UNRWA workers have been killed in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas beganannounced its Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini on Saturday.
- Hamas reiterated its promise on Saturday to release foreigners detained in the Gaza Strip “if circumstances permit.”after the release of two American hostages.
- Late in the morning, alarm sirens blared in southern Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip, announces the Israeli army. The rescuers of Magen David Adom (“Red Star of David”, Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross) have so far reported no injuries or impacts.
- The shelling of the Gaza Strip continued overnight from Friday to Saturday. The Israeli army said on Telegram that it had attacked “Hamas command centers, anti-tank rocket launchers and strategic infrastructure,” as well as gunmen and observers stationed in buildings.
- Israeli aircraft have bombed several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon in recent hoursIn response to the rocket and anti-tank missile fire, the Israeli army reported on Saturday without providing an assessment.
- The Israeli government on Saturday called on its citizens in Egypt and Jordan to leave the two countries “as soon as possible.” due to a “worsening of anti-Israel demonstrations.”
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