Dozens of Israeli tanks entered the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday, near Khan Yunis, according to AFP, citing several witnesses. The Israeli army is expected to begin ground operations in the area soon.
Amin Abu Hola, 59, said the Israeli vehicles were “two kilometers inside” Palestinian territory, in the village of Al-Qarara, near Khan Yunis, while Moaz Mohammed, 34, said the tanks Israelis were in the southern part. of the Salah al-Din highway, which runs from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s attacks against Gaza this Sunday caused at least 316 deaths and 664 injuries, the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave informed the United Nations this Monday.
The province of Rafah was the only one in the Gaza Strip where aid was delivered to the population in the last hours [especialmente farinha e água]But the delivery of other life-saving goods destined for the Khan Younis area was disrupted due to increased hostilities, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA).
The limited access to the northern part of the territory, which occurred during the Gaza truce, where tens of thousands of civilians continue to live, was interrupted again.
OCHA indicated that the Israeli military forces designated on Sunday an area equivalent to 20% of the entire city of Khan Younis for “immediate evacuation”, despite being a region where, in addition to the 117,000 inhabitants that existed before the start of the war, , there are 21 facilities where 50,000 displaced people from the north took refuge.
The UN indicated that the order is for these tens of thousands of people to now move to three areas towards Rafah. [na fronteira com o Egito]”which are already more than saturated”, according to the UN.
“It is still not clear how many people are moving to the southern areas,” acknowledges the UN, whose staff continues to work to help the population victims of the war.
The United Nations has once again stressed that Israel – as a party to this war – has the obligation, under international law, to minimize harm to civilians and that when it orders their withdrawal it must do so with sufficient advance notice, offering them safe routes and a place to go. , which does not happen in this case.
Source: TSF
