Fighting rages in Gaza's Rafah after first aid delivery via pier
Israeli soldiers during military operations in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. This comes as the Israeli military announced the first 310 pallets of humanitarian aid had entered the besieged territory via a US-built pier.
The Kuwaiti hospital said an overnight Israeli strike killed two people in a displacement camp in Rafah, with witnesses reporting heavy gunfire and shelling in the city's southeast and jets bombarding its eastern areas. The Israeli incursion into Rafah, launched despite overwhelming international opposition and as mediators were hoping for a breakthrough in stalled truce talks, has worsened an already dire humanitarian crisis, aid groups say.
But UN agencies and humanitarian aid groups have warned that the so-called maritime corridor, and ongoing airdrops from planes, cannot replace far more efficient truck convoys into Gaza, where the United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine.The European Union welcomed the first shipment from Cyprus to the Gaza pier, but called on Israel to"expand deliveries by land and to immediately open additional crossings".
Out of 252 people taken hostage from Israel during the 7 October attack, 125 remain held in Gaza including 37 the army says are dead. The looming Israeli assault has prompted nearly 640 000 of the 1.4 million people who had been sheltering in Rafah to flee to other areas, the UN humanitarian office said.
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