As the Israeli bombardment increases, foreigners and injured are expected to depart Gaza
As Israeli forces continued their assault against the besieged Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a handful of foreigners and critically injured individuals were scheduled to depart the Gaza Strip under a deal mediated by Qatar.
Hamas, Israel, and Egypt came to an agreement.
Numerous Palestinians were killed as Israeli aircraft struck a crowded refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Medical personnel were having a difficult time treating the victims in the enclave, which was running low on food, fuel, and basic supplies.
Over 8,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air and artillery strikes, according to the health ministry in Gaza, with women and children accounting for two-thirds of the deaths.
Artillery howitzers belonging to the Israeli army are positioned near the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.
The majority of the fatalities, according to Israel’s Army Radio, were infantrymen whose vehicle was hit by an anti-armor missile.
After weeks of airstrikes in retaliation for the attack, Israel sent its forces into Gaza. According to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement, the airstrikes on Jabalia, the largest refugee camp in Gaza, killed Ibrahim Biari, a Hamas commander who was “pivotal” in the organization and execution of the assault.
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“I am aware that this is also the cause of the numerous complaints of non-combatants and collateral damage. We’re investigating those as well,” Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, an IDF spokesman, stated.
Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas, refuted the idea that a senior commander was present in the camp and described it as an Israeli justification for murdering civilians. At least 50 Palestinians were slain and 150 injured, according to Palestinian health officials.
400 people were reported killed and injured in Jabalia, which is home to families of refugees from Israel’s 1948 wars, according to a Hamas statement.
Large craters surrounded by demolished structures were left by the explosion. Although many Gaza ns have fled to the south after Israel’s repeated warnings to leave the northern territories, many have remained.
Following the Hamas attack, Israel encircled Gaza. According to the UN and other relief agencies, residents of the enclave were suffering from a public health emergency, with hospitals finding it difficult to treat patients as energy supplies ran short.
The major telecommunications company in Gaza, Paltel, stated that internet and communication services were once more totally cut off in the enclave on Wednesday.
A public health emergency grips Gaza
A group of anti-war demonstrators in Washington interrupted a congressional session on increasing aid to Israel by raising red-stained hands. They yelled things like, “Ceasefire now!” “Protect the children of Gaza!” along with “Stop funding genocide.” The Capitol police escorted them out of the chamber.
The gasoline for the power generators in Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital and Al Shifa Medical Complex will run out in a few hours, according to Ashraf Al-Qidra, a spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza. He urged the owners of the enclave’s gas stations to provide the two hospitals with fuel as soon as possible.
Following the assault on Jabalia, images obtained by Reuters revealed that dozens of bodies, covered in white sheets, were arranged against the side of the Indonesian Hospital.
Surgeons in Gaza have been working nonstop to save a steady stream of patients while juggling decreasing medical supplies, power outages, and air or artillery strikes that have shaken hospital structures.
We are not sure when we will be getting patients, so we take it hour by hour. We’ve had to set up surgical chambers in the hallways and occasionally even in the hospital waiting areas a number of times, according to Dr. Mohammed al-Run.
‘Completely’ cut off from the Internet and phones in Gaza
The Palestinian telecommunications agency said that the phone and internet networks in the confined area of Gaza were unavailable on Wednesday, marking the second time in less than a week that such a blackout had occurred there.
“To our good people in the beloved country, we are sorry to announce that internet and communications services have been completely cut off in Gaza,” the Palestine Telecommunications Company (Paltel) stated on X.
Gaza “is in the midst of a new internet blackout with high impact to the last remaining major operator, Paltel,” according to global network monitor Netblocks.
In a post on X, it stated, “The incident will be experienced as a total loss of telecommunications by most residents.”
The lack of communication was confirmed by an AFP journalist in Gaza, who added that since he was using an international SIM card, his phone was still receiving signal.
In the border town of Rafah, only individuals with Egyptian or Israeli phone lines could continue to use their mobile phones, according to another AFP journalist.
The phone and internet networks were totally down last week, but they came back up over the weekend.
At the time, the Palestinian administration claimed that Israel was the reason behind the shutdown, manipulating events to “perpetrate massacres” in the Gaza Strip.
Jawwal, a Palestinian telecom company, attributed the blackout to Israel’s “heavy bombardment” of the region.
“Progress” in ensuring immigrants’ safe passage
According to US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, the US has made “real progress” in recent hours in negotiations to ensure a safe exit for citizens of the US and other foreign countries wishing to leave Gaza.
According to the agency, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday to hold discussions with government officials before traveling throughout the region.
Blinken stated on Tuesday that if Hamas forces are driven out of Gaza, the US and other nations were considering “a variety of possible permutations” for the future of the region. Israel has declared its intention to destroy Hamas following multiple unsuccessful conflicts that began in 2007.
International appeals for a “humanitarian pause” in the conflict to allow essential aid supplies to residents experiencing severe shortages of gasoline, food, medication, and drinking water were turned down by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In order to facilitate travel, the US, Qatar, and Egypt have been collaborating to open the Rafah crossing into Egypt.
The Palestinian border administration announced on Wednesday that 81 Gazans who suffered severe injuries during the weeks-long bombing would be permitted entry into Egypt by Egyptian authorities to finish their medical care
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