The Israeli government requested this Saturday, in a statement, its citizens in Egypt and Jordan to leave these two countries “as quickly as possible.”
What is at stake is the “anti-Israel demonstrations increase”say the Israeli authorities, who had already issued a similar alert, level 4 (the highest) for Turkey.
The risk alert for Israelis abroad has been raised to level 3 in Morocco, and the Israeli government has advised the country’s citizens not to travel there.
“Due to the continuation of the war and the significant increase in recent days in anti-Israel demonstrations and in demonstrations of hostility and violence against Israeli and Jewish symbols, The entire Middle East and Arab countries are not recommended for Israelis.”warned the Israeli National Security Council in a statement.
According to Tel Aviv authorities, more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israeli territory by fighters from the Islamist movement Hamas since October 7, most of them civilians who were shot, burned alive or mutilated on the first day of the fighters’ attack. of Hamas. Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza.
Meanwhile, today the director of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stated that At least 17 officials have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.considering that “the real figure is probably higher.”
Some “were murdered in their homes while sleeping with their families,” he added in a statement.
“I would like to underline that since the start of the war on October 7, UNRWA has regularly provided all interested parties with the geolocation of all its infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. However, so far, at least 35 buildings have been attacked, some by direct attacks,” laments Philippe Lazzarini.
“In the Gaza Strip, the incessant airstrikes and bombings, associated with the evacuation orders of the Israeli forces, have caused the displacement of a million people and the death of too many civilians,” says Philippe Lazzarini, who calls for “a urgent humanitarian ceasefire”.
The official noted that his agency’s facilities “are now overcrowded,” with 500,000 refugees.
“Once again, I remind all parties of their legal and non-negotiable obligation to protect civilian lives, wherever they may be, in all circumstances, and to refrain from attacking civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, places of worship and civilian homes, including those of UNRWA employees,” he urged.
According to the Israeli army, around 1,500 Hamas fighters were killed in the counteroffensive that allowed Israel to regain control of the attacked areas.
In the Gaza Strip, 4,137 Palestinians, most of them civilians, were killed in relentless shelling carried out in retaliation by the Israeli army, according to the Hamas Health Ministry in Gaza.
Source: TSF
