Border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Palestinian territory as Israel continues to rain bombs on Gaza on 16th day of the war.
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Rafah in southern Gaza on October 22, 2023 amid the ongoing conflict. / Photo: AFPIsrael has confirmed that 212 people are being held hostage in Gaza, the military spokesperson has said, adding that Israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of fighters, including the deputy chief of Hamas rocket forces.
"Our plane has taken off for Gaza with aid. The presidential plane, loaded with medicine and medical supplies, and carrying 20 expert physicians, is now en route from Ankara to Egypt," Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on X. At least 4,385 Palestinians, including 1,756 children and 1,000 women have been killed in Israeli attacks on besieged Gaza.Israeli aircraft have struck a mosque in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others, Palestinian medics said.
The communities outlined in the statement, which were approved by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, lie close to Lebanon and Syria.A top official with Hezbollah has vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground invasion in besieged Gaza and said that his group based in Lebanon is already"in the heart of the battle."
Hezbollah earlier said that it dealt the Israeli army"confirmed casualties" in a cross-border attack on two military barracks. More than 100,000 people poured into central London to protest the UK government's support for the ongoing Israeli bombing of besieged Gaza Israeli Army Spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced in a statement that fuel will not be allowed to enter Gaza.
Israeli strikes have destroyed 26 mosques since October 7, Gaza's Religious Endowments Ministry has said.
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