Israel announces humanitarian pause in Rafah
Israel has announced a four-hour humanitarian pause in the urban agglomeration of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The ‘tactical suspension’ of military activities in that area is in force from 10am to 2pm local time. This is reportedly the first time Israel has observed a humanitarian pause in the sector south of Wadi Gaza.
Meanwhile, according to the Israeli public radio Kan, the Rafah transit crossing towards Egypt has been opened to allow the exit of around 500 people with dual nationality. The entry of 85 trucks of humanitarian aid is expected today.
Hamas rules out partial prisoner exchange: ‘It must be complete’
“Our position on the prisoner dossier has been clear from the beginning. And it refers to a complete prisoner exchange.” You said it, reported by the Israeli media, Osama Hamdan high representative of Hamas from Lebanon who thus excluded rumors of negotiations for a partial exchange between hostages and detainees of the faction in Israeli prisons. Furthermore, he explained that the negotiations regarding the hostages with foreign passports in the hands of Hamas run in parallel but are “obstructed” by Israel.
Turkish ship with field hospital landed in Egypt near Gaza
A Turkish ship carrying material for a field hospital has landed in the Egyptian port of Al-Arish, near the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, a port official reports. A Turkish health official told AFP that the ship was carrying “materials, generators, ambulances to set up eight field hospitals”. The delivery comes as Hamas government officials reported that all hospitals in northern Gaza are “out of order” due to fighting with Israeli forces.
Injured in Upper Galilee by anti-tank rocket from Lebanon
Some Israelis were injured this morning in the Upper Galilee in a further attack launched from southern Lebanon. According to public television Kan, they were hit by an anti-tank rocket and several mortar shells aimed at the entrance gates in the Netua’ village, a few kilometers south of the border. In another Israeli border village, Margaliot, mortar shells exploded this morning but caused no casualties. The inhabitants of the area close to the border are closed in shelters.
After the launch of an anti-tank missile from Lebanon towards the Israeli village of Netua, Israeli artillery is hitting the position across the border where the shot came from. The military spokesman made this known.
Meanwhile, intense exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel resumed this morning along the demarcation line between the two countries. This was reported by local media and sources on site, specifying that the areas most affected by Israeli bombing are the central and western sectors of the border line.
WHO, Al Shifa hospital no longer works
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on X that Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital had been without water for three days and “no longer functions as a hospital.” “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 rooms “are completely out of order and when the injured come to us we cannot give them anything other than first aid.” “Everyone who needs surgery dies and we can’t do anything for them,” adds the executive. Regarding premature babies taken out of incubators after oxygen runs out, Abu Salmiya said “they are wrapped in aluminum foil and we put hot water next to them to keep them warm.”
In the al Shifa hospital in Gaza, “27 adult patients” who were hospitalized in intensive care and “seven premature newborns” kept in incubators have so far died, according to what was declared by the Hamas Ministry of Health, which updated the death toll: information which cannot be verified.
Borrell (EU): ‘Already address the post-war scenario in Gaza’
“Today we should start talking about post-war Gaza, not just about reconstruction but about offering the Palestinians an inclusive solution: I will present a series of options, things we should do and things we shouldn’t do.” This was stated by the high representative of EU foreign policy Josep Borrell when arriving at the Foreign Affairs Council.
“It is urgent to define and respect humanitarian pauses to distribute humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip, wherever there are people who need food and assistance.” This was stated by the European Commissioner for Emergencies, Janez Lenarcic, specifying that humanitarian pauses must be “announced well in advance”, so that humanitarian organizations can prepare” and be “clearly defined in terms of time” so that “the humanitarian workers can carry out their work safely.”
The commissioner also underlined the need to “pass many more trucks with humanitarian aid” into the Gaza Strip, ensuring the delivery of “desperately needed” fuel. “We will support any possibility of getting humanitarian supplies” Lenarcic then explained regarding the possibility of defining a maritime corridor for humanitarian assistance to Gaza. “The logistical problem – he added – is the fact that at the moment there are no disembarkation and unloading facilities on the coast of Gaza, which must therefore be put in place”.
NGO: Eight pro-Iranian fighters killed in US raid in Syria
At least eight pro-Iranian fighters, including at least one Syrian and two Iraqis, were killed in raids carried out in the last few hours by the United States in eastern Syria in response to attacks on American personnel. This was reported by the Syrian NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This is the third American raid targeting Iran-linked sites in Syria in less than three weeks.
Alarm sirens in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon
Warning sirens are sounding in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. This was said by the army, which meanwhile announced the death of two other soldiers during the ground operation underway 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 homes’
Israeli army ground troops in Gaza continue to find Hamas weapons and facilities in schools, mosques and operatives’ residences of the Islamic faction. The military spokesman said this according to which soldiers of the 401st Brigade on the outskirts of the al Shati refugee camp discovered a faction structure located in the Al-Quds university and a cache of explosives in the Abu Bakr mosque. In the home of an Islamic Jihad operative in Beit Hanoun, a cache of weapons was discovered, including some inside a child’s bedroom. Also in Beit Hanoun, a tunnel entrance, intelligence materials and weapons were found.
UN, at least three nurses died in Shifa. Hamas: ‘Six died prematurely due to lack of treatment’
At least three nurses have died in the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, near which fighting is taking place, according to a United Nations bulletin reported by the BBC. Furthermore, according to the UN, vital infrastructure of the hospital, such as the oxygen production machine, water tanks and a well, the cardiovascular unit and the maternity ward, were damaged.
The United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast as a “sign of homage” to the fallen UN personnel in the Gaza theater. UNRWA, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, said that more than 100 of its workers have died in Gaza since the Israeli raids began. The BBC writes it.
Meanwhile, the Hamas government says that in the last few hours the number of premature newborns who have died due to lack of treatment in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital has risen to six, and the number of patients in intensive care who have lost their lives for the same reason has risen to nine. .
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2023-11-13 11:19:00
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