Insufficient patch comfort Loop. This Saturday, when two weeks of continuous bombings in the strip ended, first humanitarian aid trucks We pass through the Rafah Pass on the Egyptian border. In just four hours, 20 trucks entered, unloaded the supplies in the south of the area and returned to Egyptian territory. Before the clashes, hundreds of such vehicles entered Gaza with aid. together now more than one million displaced people Thousands of injuries in hospitals with almost no electricity, this humanitarian aid is literally “A drop in the ocean”Just like the organizations have been condemning for days.
The bombs did not stop during these four hours of forced hope. Inside northern strip Israeli army attacked Gaza thousands of brochures We demand that the citizens still waiting in their homes leave. Otherwise it will be taken into consideration Terrorist collaborators According to Youmna al Sayed reported to Al Jazeera, they will bear the consequences of the Israeli military operation to be carried out in this region. From Gaza City. In the last 24 hours, Israel killed 248 people and another 400 people were injured, including 29 families. After 15 days of aggressive aggression, approximately 4,385 Palestinians, including 1,756 children and nearly a thousand women, lost their lives in Gaza.
“3% of daily needs”
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the first humanitarian convoy to enter the Strip brought “vital supplies”, trauma medicines for 1,200 people, and 235 portable trauma bags for the emergency stabilization of injured patients. According to the United Nations, “medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases for 1,500 people and basic essential health supplies for three months for 300,000 people.” Gaza Ministry of Health condemned fuel exclusion The incoming aid has dangerous repercussions on health services. “Only 3% of daily needs” Today, aid entry through Rafá was discussed.
“Currently, 7 hospitals and 25 health centers are out of service due to lack of fuel, and hospital bed occupancy has exceeded 100 thousand. 150%“This led to the setting up of tents to absorb the large number of injured,” the ministry said in a statement. said. Considering the seriousness of the situation, which even numbers cannot express, they asked the authorities. retired staff already newly graduated students volunteering in all areas of expertise. Martin GriffithsDeputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator United NationsHe said there were ‘possibilities’ Tomorrow He hoped that more aid would be allowed to be brought to Gaza and that “aid would arrive every day”.
active north front
Sirens continued to sound in Israeli cities bordering Gaza throughout Saturday. Meanwhile, thousands of soldiers are still waiting for permission from Israeli authorities to begin a ground operation. Also in the north, Attacks by Lebanese militia group Hezbollah and Lebanon-based Palestinian groups intensified. At least 14 Hezbollah members have been killed in Israeli retaliatory attacks on southern Lebanon over the past two weeks. “We evaluate the north every day: We are strong in defense and attack.” [en la frontera con el Líbano]But main quest What we focus on Loop“said Israeli Army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.
“Our main mission is Gaza, where Hamas and our kidnapped citizens are located,” he added. Palestinian militias on Friday night released his first two hostages. This Saturday, Israeli officials announced at least this: 210 people They may be held in Gaza while we continue to determine deaths. This Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members war cabinetDefense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Emergency Government Minister Benny Gantz, toured southern Israel to see military preparations for the expected ground offensive in Gaza. “These The last days of his corrupt regime“Some protesters shouted at Netanyahu.
Violence in the West Bank
Meanwhile, tensions continue to escalate in the occupied West Bank. At least 84 Palestinians They were killed as a result of violence by the Israeli army or radical settlers. Before the Hamas operation, 2023 was already the deadliest year since the second intifada at the turn of the century. Approximately 1,400 people were injured in these two weeks. One of the most serious events Alarming increase in the number of Palestinian prisoners In Israeli prisons. since October 7 Israel doubled the number The number of detainees rose to 10,000 with the arrest of 4,000 Gazan workers and more than 1,000 people in the occupied West Bank.
Moreover, many of them were arrested show solidarity He is on the air with his Palestinian brothers from Gaza social networks. Even within the sovereign territory of Israel, many Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have been arrested in the past two weeks. For Gaza and Palestine in general The only hope lies far from its borders. While European leaders support Israel as prime minister Georgia Melon European streets meeting with Netanyahu are giving another message. Tens of thousands of people took to public squares around the world to express their rejection of Israel’s campaign against Gaza.