The Rafah crossing reopened after an agreement with Israel — secured with Egyptian mediation — to allow the evacuation of 30 wounded people.
— The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened to allow the evacuation of foreigners, dual nationals and wounded Palestinians from the territory being shelled by Israeli forces, Hamas said.
"Aid is now entering through the Rafah border crossing, but the volumes remain too small to match the massive humanitarian needs in Gaza," Ursula von der Leyen said in her speech at the EU Ambassadors Conference in Brussels. Israeli forces push on with intense strikes targeting Palestinians in Gaza as the conflict nears one month and death toll approaches grim mark of 10,000 inside the blockaded enclavePhone and internet services began to gradually return to Gaza, Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel said.
Both sides confirmed their consensus on the importance of preventing harm to civilians, the insiders said, adding that"the meeting also highlighted the importance of working together for a two-state solution."- Israel should be prevented from targeting & displacing civilians in GazaThe South African government said that it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to signal its concern over the situation in Gaza.
"The occupation intentionally strikes bakeries and all sources of water and solar power to starve the population," he said.Authorities in Gaza demanded protection for convoys evacuating injured Palestinians to Egypt via Rafah crossing. Beijing's reaction came after Israeli forces attacked an ambulance convoy in Gaza on Friday, state media reported.
"I salute the countries that will submit referrals to the ICC to prosecute criminals," he added, without providing any further details.The Israeli army has said it will open a corridor for Palestinians in Gaza to flee south amid a military offensive in the coastal territory. Israel said 30 soldiers have been killed and 260 others injured since it began expanded ground operations in the besieged enclave on October 27.and media workers have been killed since the outbreak of the Israel's war in Gaza on October 7, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
“The Israeli enemy’s targeting of civilians in its aggression against Lebanon, and the martyrdom of four people, including three children, in the south tonight, and the wounding of others by drone fire, is a heinous crime,” Mikati's office said in a statement. Several Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli air strikes on Gaza as the conflict in the besieged Palestinian territory nears a month, state news agency Wafa reported.
Separately, an Israeli air strike targeted a house in Tel al Sultan refugee camp, west of Rafah in southern Gaza. The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that police said a rocket landed in an open area in the city of Rishon Lezion near Tel Aviv. “We’re very concerned about reports of another connectivity outage in #Gaza, as well as heavy bombardments,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
"We will not say that we would have managed the matter better, but the kidnapped people must return, and it is our duty to return them.”The head of Hamas’s political bureau has made an unannounced visit to Iran and held talks with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, both sides confirmed. The heads of 18 organisations including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organisation described the horrific toll on both sides since the October 7 Hamas cross-border operation from Gaza into Israel.
Citing the death toll in Gaza, which includes thousands of women and children, he also touched on the destruction of civilian infrastructure and hospitals, saying these are"war crimes by international law."
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