Hamas blocked exits from the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for foreigners, dual nationals and wounded Palestinians: around 700 people, who had been waiting to leave Gaza since the early hours of the morning, were stopped.
And they will be blocked – the militiamen said – until Israel guarantees that the ambulances with the wounded will be able to leave the Strip. A response to Friday’s attack on the convoy of emergency vehicles in front of the al Shifa hospital which the Jewish state, but also the USA, claim are carrying militiamen and weapons. An attack, in any case, which is ‘horrifying’, the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, once again thundered. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has hinted that there is progress in achieving a humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza. He declared this to journalists while leaving a mass in Delaware. To a reporter who asked him the question, the president replied ‘Yes’, giving a ‘thumbs up’ gesture of approval.
Attack on refugee camp in Gaza: “at least 51 dead”
At least 51 people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli army airstrike on the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. This is what the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports – as reported by the Ynet website. The attack occurred during the night between Saturday and Sunday. “More than 30 martyrs have arrived at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the massacre committed by the occupation in Al-Maghazi camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip,” the spokesperson of the Gaza Strip said in a statement. Hamas Ministry of Health, Ashraf Al-Qudra.
The death toll
The death toll in Gaza has risen to 9,770 since Israel began hitting the Strip in retaliation for the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas militants. This was reported by the Hamas Ministry of Health, according to which at least 4,800 of these are minors.