2023-10-21 12:08:54
This October 21, the clashes between Israel and Hamas continue, which have been occurring on a larger scale since last October 7.
During the night of Friday, Israel continued its intense bombing of the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas missile launchers and snipers. For its part, the Islamist group has not stopped launching its rockets towards Israeli territory.
(You can read: This is what Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva spoke on the phone with his Israeli counterpart).
In addition, Hamas freed two Americans held in Gaza, a first “ray of hope” for the more than 200 people the Islamist group captured as hostages.
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Also, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that the number of people who have left their homes in Gaza has now risen to 1.4 million, almost two-thirds of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants.
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After the total blockade that was imposed on the Gaza Strip on October 9, they allowed humanitarian aid to enter in 20 trucks through the Rafah crossing.
Below, follow the events in this area of the Middle East that unfold during the day live.
7:40
Hamas urges Egypt to open Gaza border crossing for more aid
The spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry, Ashraf al Qudra, urged Egypt to open the Rafah crossing, bordering the Strip, so that more humanitarian aid can enter.
“We call on our brothers in the Arab Republic of Egypt to open the Rafah land crossing and ensure the entry and flow of emergency health aid, fuel and the departure of the wounded and sick,” Qudra said.
This following the entry of 20 trucks with humanitarian aid.
7:20
Several hospitals in northern
Gaza remains undislodged, Israel says
Hospitals in the northern part of the Strip
Gaza, controlled by Hamas, have not been evacuated despite the Israeli army’s call for them to move south, an Israeli security official said.
“In the north of the Gaza Strip there are 20 hospitals, so far six have already been evacuated, ten have not yet and four are refusing,” he told reporters. He admitted that some hospitals find it difficult to transfer seriously injured and sick patients, but insisted on evacuating.
6:50
EU reiterates to the Arab world that Israel has the right to defense “but within the law”
The European Union, through the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, reiterated at the Peace Summit that Israel has “the right to self-defense, but within international law.”
Michel condemned “terrorism once morest Israel,” before pointing out the need for the world to serve “as an intermediary to stop the conflict and take measures to protect civilians, especially children.” He noted that “efforts must be made to find a sustainable two-state solution.”
6:30
At least 4,385 Palestinians reported dead in Gaza
At least 4,385 Palestinians have died in the Strip
Gaza since October 7 of the war between Hamas and Israel, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced this Saturday.
According to this new balance communicated by the Palestinian Islamist movement, another 13,561 people were injured in the Strip, bombed two weeks ago by Israel in response to the surprise offensive launched by Hamas militiamen.
6:10
They close the Rafah crossing once more following unloading the 20 trucks of humanitarian aid
The authorities that manage the Rafah border crossing, which connects the northern Egyptian Sinai with the Strip
Gaza, closed the crossing today on both sides following unloading the 20 trucks of humanitarian aid agreed upon in the first mission and it is unknown when they will reopen it.
The president of the North Sinai Red Crescent, Khaled Said, told EFE that “the crossing is closed on both sides” and that the supplies delivered are “only medical aid.”
05:35
Hamas calls for the evacuation of the wounded out of Gaza due to the collapse of the health system
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza, requested this Saturday in a statement that the wounded be evacuated out of the strip “due to the inability” of the enclave’s health system to care for them.
The director of the media office of the Hamas Government, Salamat Maarouf, stated that the aid that entered Gaza today through the Rafah crossing, on the border with Egypt, is “limited” and that it does not change “the humanitarian catastrophe” that lives in an enclave, under siege by the Army of
Israel.
05:25
Some 400 foreigners in Gaza are concentrated in Rafah waiting to leave
Some 400 personnel of different nationalities, including Gazans with foreign passports, are gathering this Saturday near the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip, which connects with the Egyptian Sinai, waiting for it to be opened for the exit of people.
Several hundred foreigners, most of them Palestinians with American passports, arrived at the crossing early in the morning due to the possibility that internationals would be allowed to leave.
05:20
Guterres says Gaza needs continued aid delivery and ceasefire
UN Secretary General António Guterres stated that the population in the Gaza Strip needs a “commitment for much more” following the entry of twenty trucks through the Rafah crossing and a ceasefire.
“A convoy of 20 Egyptian Red Crescent trucks is on the move today. But the people of Gaza need a commitment to much, much more, a continued delivery of aid to Gaza at the scale that is needed. We are working tirelessly with all the parties,” he indicated.
05:15
Palestinian president: “We will never leave our land and we will resist until the end”
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed today that the Palestinians will never leave their territory and will resist to the end once morest the attempts of
Israel to forcibly relocate the population of Gaza to Egypt in the midst of the current war in the Palestinian enclave.
04:55
Al Sisi urges to establish a roadmap to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, urged the establishment of a roadmap so that aid to Gaza continues to flow through the Rafah crossing, which was opened this morning, and the “humanitarian crisis” in the Palestinian enclave ends.
In the opening speech of the Peace Summit in Cairo, Al Sisi noted that attendees are meeting to “reach a roadmap with the aim of ending the humanitarian crisis and beginning to activate the flow of humanitarian aid.” to the Gaza Strip”.
04:40
Israeli army kills a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank in the middle of the war with Hamas
The Israeli Army killed a Palestinian teenager this Saturday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) reported, amid a wave of violence in the area that has left 84 Palestinians dead since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out two years ago. weeks.
“Muhamed Suleiman Awajna, 17, was shot dead by the Israeli occupation in Jericho,” the ANP Health Ministry said.
04:20
Guterres, Michel, Borrell and Sánchez meet in Cairo before the Peace Summit
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the head of EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, and the acting President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez held a meeting prior to the opening of the Cairo Peace Summit.
Sources from the Spanish presidency confirmed the meeting and distributed a photo of it, although nothing was commented regarding what the politicians and diplomats discussed.
04:15
Humanitarian aid in Gaza will be only for hospitals and does not include water, says Red Cross
The humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip this Saturday, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, will be delivered only to hospitals in the enclave and does not include water, a Red Cross official confirmed.
The source indicated that assistance only includes canned food, medicine, blankets and mattresses.
04:05
The UN confirms that 20 trucks have entered Gaza with food, water and medicine
The United Nations humanitarian agency, OCHA, confirmed this Saturday that twenty trucks with food, water and medicine entered the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, through the Rafah crossing, bordering Egypt.
The deputy director of the OCHA Office in the Palestinian territories, Andrea De Domenico, told EFE that the Egyptian Red Cross is leading the operation to bring assistance into the Palestinian enclave.
03:30
Humanitarian aid begins to enter Gaza from Egypt
03:15
Israel asks its citizens to leave and not travel to Egypt, Jordan and Morocco
Israel issued a travel warning for its citizens not to go to Egypt, Jordan or Morocco due to the risk of being the target of attacks in the middle of the war with Palestinian Islamist militias in Gaza.
In a joint statement from the National Security Agency, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israelis in these countries are also asked to leave them “as soon as possible.”
03:00
Amitav Ghosh: “We are facing a moment like no other, in the middle of World War III”
While the main powers claim that “there is no money” to help poor countries deal with the climate crisis, “those richer nations have increased their military spending by a trillion dollars,” laments writer Amitav Ghosh, who assures EFE that we are facing “a moment like no other, in the middle of the Third World War.”
“All global attention is now focused on the conflicts,” the Indian novelist continues in an interview with EFE.
02:40
At least 17 UN agency employees have died in Gaza since October 7
At least 17 employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between the Islamist movement Hamas and Israel on October 7, its head, Philippe Lazzarini, said this Saturday.
“So far 17 of our comrades have been confirmed dead in this brutal war. Unfortunately, the real number will probably be higher,” the UNRWA commissioner general wrote in a statement.
02:20
An Israeli soldier is killed by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile amid escalating tensions
An Israeli reserve soldier was killed this Friday in an anti-tank missile attack on the border with Lebanon, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The soldier was identified as First Sergeant Omer Balva, 22, from Herzliya. The death occurs amid growing tension on the border between Israel and Lebanon, which has seen in the last two weeks the largest exchange of fire between Israeli troops and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah since 2006.
02:00
Israel and Hamas continue airstrikes as they enter third week of war
The Israeli Army continued its intense bombing of the Gaza Strip during the night of Friday, attacking Hamas missile launchers and snipers, a military spokesman reported this Saturday, while the Islamist group has not stopped launching its rockets into Israeli territory. .
01:15
Israeli Arabs face retaliation for showing solidarity with Gaza online
Israeli Arabs and Palestinians from East Jerusalem have been the target of a campaign of arrests and dismissals for posting messages on social media in solidarity with the besieged Gaza Strip, bombed daily by Israel. The campaign occurs in the midst of the war that broke out following the offensive of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas once morest Israeli territory on October 7.
01:00
Thousands demonstrate for Palestine in Australia Sydney
Thousands of people demonstrated peacefully this Saturday in the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities in favor of Palestine and once morest Israel’s bombings of Gaza following the terrorist attacks by the Islamist group Hamas.
The largest march took place in Sydney, the most populated city, where some 9,000 people walked through the city center, according to data from the organizers, Palestine Action Group, collected by ABC state television.
12:00
The UN raises the number of displaced people in Gaza to 1.4 million, almost two thirds of the population
The number of people who have left their homes in Gaza due to Israeli attacks has now risen to 1.4 million, almost two-thirds of the 2.2 million people living in Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. United Nations.
In its daily report on the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories since the outbreak of the conflict on October 7, the coordination office indicates that some 544,000 of these displaced people are taking shelter in shelters.
Hamas frees two US hostages held in Gaza, which awaits the arrival of aid
Hamas freed two Americans held in Gaza, a first “ray of hope” for the more than 200 hostages, while Israel continued bombing the enclave on Saturday, where millions of people await the arrival of humanitarian aid.
The hostages, identified as Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, arrived safely in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday night.
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