Hamas requested this Saturday in a statement that the wounded be removed from the Gaza Strip “due to the incapacity” of the health system in the enclave controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group.
The director of the Hamas Government’s media office, Salamat Maarouf, stated that the aid that entered Gaza today through the Rafah crossing, on the border with Egypt, is limited and does not change “the humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged enclave. by the Israeli army. .
Salamat Maarouf stated that the important thing is to guarantee the safe passage of this aid to cover humanitarian needs, in addition to the departure of the wounded so that they can be treated.
The statement highlighted the importance of permanently opening the Rafah crossing and bringing aid due to fuel shortages and the lack of medicines and health products, as well as food and electricity.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed today at a press conference that food, water and medical assistance would arrive in the southern area of Gaza, but did not indicate the supply of fuel, essential for the operation of the enclave’s power plant.
Hagari added that the Israeli military “continues to shell Hamas strongholds in northern Gaza.”
The border post between Egypt and the Gaza Strip was reopened today to allow the flow of aid and the departure of Palestinians from the territory.
More than 200 trucks loaded with some 3,000 tons of aid have been near the post for several days, waiting for authorization to enter.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the first convoy of 20 trucks, overseen by the UN, includes vital supplies organized by the Egyptian Red Crescent (part of the international Red Cross societies). and the United Nations itself. United States, which will provide aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen, taking two hundred hostages.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, a movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is classified as terrorist by the European Union and the United States, bombing several of the group’s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and imposing a total siege. to the territory with a cut in the supply of water, fuel and electricity.
The Rafah terminal, in the south of Gaza and the only passage to Egypt, will allow humanitarian aid to reach Palestinian territory.
The conflict has already caused thousands of deaths and injuries, between soldiers and civilians, in both territories.
Source: TSF
