Meloni landed in Tel Aviv, free from Cairo
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and was greeted by Italian Ambassador to Israel Sergio Barbanti.
The final declaration of the summit in Cairo is skipped
The peace summit in Cairo ended without a final declaration shared by all participants, but only with a statement from the Egyptian presidency promoting the summit. The reason is the divergence between the diplomacy of the group of Arab countries and that of the West, explains Sky News Arabia, citing senior diplomatic sources. “Western officials – the sources said – wanted the statement to contain only a condemnation of Hamas, while refusing to condemn Israel for the killing of thousands of civilians in Gaza or to call for an urgent ceasefire and aid in the Gaza Strip.”
Hamas, we will not deal with military hostages until the raids are over
Hamas will not discuss the fate of the military hostages until Israel stops bombing the Gaza Strip. Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ representative in Lebanon, said this during a press conference in Beirut. “As long as the enemy aggression continues, we will not discuss it,” Hamdan said.
Hamas, contacts are ongoing for the release of civilian hostages
“There are ongoing contacts” between Hamas and Arab mediators “Egypt and Qatar” with a view to the release of additional civilian hostages captured by the Palestinian Islamic Movement on October 7. Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Beirut, told ANSA on the sidelines of a press conference. “We want to close the civilian hostage file as quickly as possible,” he said. “We are working with all mediators to close the civil file as soon as security conditions are adequate,” Hamdan said.
Flash. “Leave Rafah crossing open”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on “all parties to keep the Rafah crossing open to enable the continued movement of relief supplies essential to the well-being of the people of Gaza.” Blinken thanked Egypt, Israel and the United Nations for that facilitating the passage of the first humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza. “A convoy crossed the Rafah-Gaza border this morning amid a humanitarian crisis that is growing by the day,” the US Secretary of State wrote on X. “We thank our partners in Egypt and Israel, as well as the United Nations, for this They made the safe transport of this life-saving aid possible.”
Meloni, Hamas does not defend Palestine, but carries out jihad
“My idea is that because of the way Hamas attacked Israel, the Palestinian cause has nothing to do with it. What is being pursued is Islamic jihad. Attempts are being made to prevent a process of normalization in the Middle East.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this at a press meeting in Cairo on the sidelines of the peace summit. The Prime Minister stated: “There is and will be a strategy of division to bring about a clash of civilizations and a war of religion. But that shouldn’t happen, because that’s not the case.”
Missile warning sirens from Gaza to Tel Aviv
Alarm sirens recently sounded in Tel Aviv and central Israel due to the arrival of rockets from Gaza. Ansa found this on site.
Israeli Army: A new phase is being prepared, including ground actions
The Israeli army is continuing its preparations for the “next phase of the war, including ground operations.” The military spokesman said this, adding that in recent days “plans to expand operational activities have been approved.” “Troops, both active and reservists, are deployed in the field and trained according to approved operational plans.”
Healthcare Gaza, 4,385 dead, 13,561 injured
The number of deaths in Gaza has risen to 4,385, including 1,756 minors and 976 women. This was announced by the Gaza Ministry of Health, citing media. The number of injured is 13,561.
Army, there are 210 hostages, inform the families
There are currently 210 hostage families that the army has informed and added and removed people based on “intelligence information.” Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said this, confirming that Israel’s primary goal is to bring them all home. According to Hagari, 307 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the Hamas attack began.
Hamas: “A little help will not change the humanitarian catastrophe”
“This limited convoy will not be able to change the humanitarian catastrophe that the Gaza Strip is experiencing,” said the head of the Hamas communications office, Salama Maruf, in a statement quoted by the media, referring to the aid trucks who arrived from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing today. According to Maruf, “It is important to establish a safe corridor that operates 24 hours a day to meet humanitarian needs and vital services that are no longer there, and to allow the wounded to access treatment.”
Aid deliveries are being shifted to Palestinian trucks. Rafah is closed again
Goods entering Gaza are being transferred from 20 Egyptian double-container trucks to 30 trucks already on the Palestinian side of the border crossing. ANSA discovered this on site. This aid will now be split between those directed to UNRWA (the UN refugee agency) and those destined for the Palestinian Red Crescent. At the end of the goods transshipment, the Egyptian side of the border crossing will be closed again and, as far as we know, no people are expected to pass through.
There are also Palestinians with dual citizenship at the Rafah border crossing
After learning of the arrival of humanitarian aid from Egypt in Gaza, about fifty Palestinians with dual citizenship (particularly Egyptian citizenship) arrived at the Rafah border crossing in the hope of entering Sinai. But as ANSA discovered on site, the passenger terminal offices at the border crossing remain closed and these Palestinians (including many children) cannot find anyone to talk to.
The Rafah border crossing is open and the first trucks are driving past
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza was recently opened for the transit of humanitarian aid. ANSA found this on site, where the first trucks for the population of the Strip pass through.
Army, almost 7,000 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel
Since the Hamas attack on October 7, nearly 7,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza against Israel. The Israeli army made this known, saying that about 450 of them fell in the Gaza Strip. According to the same source, two weeks after the attack, over 1,000 “terrorists were neutralized, many of them after infiltrating Israel.” “Dozens – he added – Hamas terrorist leaders have been eliminated.”
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