Radical Palestinian movement Hamas appealed to the Arab and Islamic states summit held in Saudi Arabia, demanding the formation of special committees and sending these committees to the Rafah checkpoint on the border of Egypt and the Gaza Strip to monitor the situation. humanitarian aid supplies to the region. This was reported on the movement’s Telegram channel.
Hamas hopes that these committees will help “resist the Israeli occupation” and ensure the full and uninterrupted delivery of essential medical, food and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.
The movement believes such a step is necessary to save hospitals that have ceased to function or will soon cease to function in the Gaza Strip and “prevent them from turning into mass graves.”
The Hamas leader expressed his hope that the leaders of the Arab and Islamic states will take a historic decision aimed at urgently ending the “Israeli aggression” against the Palestinian enclave and at the same time put pressure on the US administration, which allegedly “bears direct responsibility for the attack.” “Against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Previously Hamas statedThis will release foreign hostages “when conditions allow.”