The Eretz gate entering Israel in the north of the region was completely closed by the Israeli Army. Your Defense Forces (IDF) They are heavily bombing the north of Gaza and deploy tanks and soldiers for a final raid. The Rafah crossing with Egypt in the south was closed this Wednesday after the Israeli Air Force bombed the area.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares said: contacting European colleagues and international organizations need to be able to coordinate any possible evacuation as quickly as possible,” diplomatic sources assure this newspaper.
The same sources think: It is not possible to go out right now and they point out that only joint social effort can yield results. Many of these Palestinians are said to have dual citizenship. There is currently no information regarding any deaths in the bombings. This week the Secretary of State confirmed the death of Spanish-Israeli teenager Sevillian Maya Villalobos at the hands of Hamas.
According to Palestinian officials, at least 1,500 people, one-third of whom were children, died under Israeli bombs in Gaza.
This Saturday marks one week since Al Qassam and the Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas and the Islamic Jihadists) made a surprise attack on the Israeli border region and They will kill more than 1300 men, women and children, According to figures updated this Friday by Hebrew authorities.
Defense, by order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The State Department currently refuses to say publicly how many of the approximately 9,000 Spaniards registered in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are in Gaza. However, this Friday, according to EFE, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said that there were 120 Spaniards in the Strip.
Robles commissioned the Army Available for foreigners Coordinating new evacuations of Spanish citizens in Israel, Gaza and surrounding countries. He did not rule out that other operations could be carried out after two planes were rented to Tel Aviv this week. This week, Defense evacuated 334 Spaniards and 95 people of different nationalities but with connections to Spain with two A330 aircraft.
“If evacuations must eventually occur in Israel, Gaza or elsewhere, the Armed Forces They’re always ready to do it“, he said this Friday. They are waiting for specific instructions from the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in defense.
Negotiations for the opening of Rafá
United States of America Negotiating the opening of the border between Gaza and Egypt According to information provided by US Government sources to the AFP agency, its own citizens and citizens of other countries will be allowed to leave the country. “We also discussed this with Israel. We will continue to talk about this issue with Egypt. The same anonymous sources say that it is important for the Rafah gate to be open so that American citizens and other nationals who want to leave Gaza can leave.
There are three “humanitarian corridors” currently being discussed.
One of them is the entrance corridor for humanitarian aid in the Strip. Egypt accepts that food, water or medicine will enter the Strip through this passage. The Government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi assures that humanitarian aid planes for Gaza have already been sent to Al Arish airport in Sinai, located very close to the Rafah border crossing. President Palestinian National Authority He asked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (who is based in the West Bank and does not have effective control over Gaza) to immediately establish “humanitarian corridors to Gaza.” Both met in Jordan this Friday.
The second is the humanitarian corridor that will evacuate Gazans fleeing the bombs. However, Egypt is not willing to host a meeting. wave of refugees in their own territory. More than 2.2 million people live in Gaza. Cairo, which has frequently acted as a mediator in previous crises between Israel and the Palestinians, demands that both sides resolve their problems within their own borders. El-Sisi assures that keeping the Palestinian people on Palestinian land is the only way to achieve a Palestinian state.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola met with Israeli officials this Friday. According to the statements of the institutions they represent, the aim is to show “solidarity with the victims of Hamas terrorist attacks”. But they also wanted this Humanitarian corridors are opening to GazaAccording to information provided by European Parliament sources to Reuters.
The third humanitarian corridor, mentioned above, is the exit channel for foreigners in the Strip. Spaniards who want to leave may be welcomed Due to the risk of bombing and ground attack.
Leaders of Hamas (an Islamist movement considered a terrorist group by the EU and the US) asked Palestinians this question: let them stay Ignore Israel’s ultimatum to abandon the north of the country and go south. Currently, people’s movements are restricted in the region.
Israel mobilized 300,000 reservists and warned another 400,000. Regular Army battalions of more than 180,000 soldiers are deployed with tanks along the Gaza border to respond to Hamas attacks.