Victims head Gaza advance to Egypt – DW – 06/27/2024

Israel said it had “facilitated the passage of 68 sick and injured children, including comrades from Gaza, to Egypt through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.”

The Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civil affairs, known by its acronym COGAT, said in a comment on Twitter earlier this week that the evacuation would be carried out in coordination with US and Egyptian authorities, as well as those of the world population. Was done in.

COGAT noted, “This is part of a number of efforts undertaken since the beginning of the war.”

News agencies had earlier reported the crossing of 21 seriously injured children, calling it the first scientific evacuation through the Kerem Shalom crossing since the Rafah crossing had been closed the previous day.

Twenty-one seriously ill patients from the Gaza Strip were transferred to Egypt during the Kerem Shalom crossing on Thursday.

The Associated Press news agency said all the victims were children who had been separated from their families to go to the border.

An Egyptian Red Crescent official in the northern Sinai Peninsula told German news agency dpa that they would be flown to Egyptian hospitals for treatment, with the French AFP news agency citing a scientific source saying they would be treated in the United Arab Emirates. Will go. ,

This is the first scientific evacuation from Gaza since the Rafah border crossing was closed on May 7, when Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the crossing.

Egypt has said it will not coordinate aid transportation across the Rafah border crossing until Israeli forces withdraw.

In late May, Egypt resumed delivering aid supplies through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing as part of a trade deal with the United States.

Israel’s military said one of its infantrymen was killed in an explosion in Jenin, north of the West Bank, on Thursday.

It said 16 others were injured.

Some infantrymen were seriously injured and brought to a medical facility, while 5 were relatively uninjured. The remaining 10 suffered serious injuries, an Israeli army officer then informed the French AFP news agency.

The military wing of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Islamic Jihad claimed that its fighting forces managed to “blow up” two Israeli vehicles and then detonated six explosive devices.

Wafa, the reliable news agency of the Ramallah-based Palestinian National Authority, which controls parts of the waste storage facility, said a young Palestinian man was wounded in the face by shrapnel from Israeli bullets during the raid.

Wafa noted, “Israeli troops deployed dozens of sniper troops on the rooftops of commercial buildings and houses and in neighborhoods across the city and its commercial center.”

Israeli bulldozers destroyed infrastructure in the city of Jenin and the surrounding refugee camp, according to a resident quoted by Wafa and Reuters news agency.

Jenin is a longtime stronghold of Palestinian armed groups. Israeli forces continue to raid the city and the neighboring refugee camp.

Before the generation ended, Israeli foot soldiers tied a man to a jeep and then detained him in Jenin.

Israeli forces attacked the Shujaiya group in Gaza City on Thursday afternoon, news agencies reported.

Israel’s military informed citizens of the branch to evacuate to the south.

“To all residents and displaced persons of the Shujaiya area and the new neighborhoods… For your safety, you must immediately move to the humanitarian zone south of Salah al-Din Street,” military spokesman Avichai Adraee posted on Twitter earlier. ”

Civilians were additionally instructed to liberate the gardens of Al-Turkuman and Tufa.

Reuters news agency, citing the civilian situation carrier in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, said there were reports of people killed and injured in the branch, but teams were not able to reach them due to continued attacks.

According to Reuters, civilians and Hamas media claimed that Israeli tanks entered the group before the evacuation line was deployed.

According to a private security agency, a merchant ship traveling through the Red Sea issued a radio call off the coast of the rebel-held port city, reporting that it was under attack.

British security agency Embrey said one of the branch’s warships was responding to the attack.

The Iran-backed Shia Muslim army in Yemen, the Houthi rebel team, did not announce a direct attack.

Rebels have targeted more than 60 ships in recent months in missile and drone attacks, killing a total of four sailors.

The Houthis announced the campaign, then led by Hamas, on October 7. Terrorist attacks on Israel led to the war in Gaza, announcing that they would attack ships linked to Israel, the United States or Britain to aid Palestinians. Was doing.

Syrian environmental media said two civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria on the same day.

SANA information company reported, “At around 11:40 p.m., Israeli enemy airstrikes launched from the occupied Syrian Golan hit several targets in the southern region, killing two people and wounding one soldier.” ”

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes centered on a facility running through a cliff, which is affiliated with Iran-backed groups including Hezbollah.

After the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, Israel has taken steps towards Iran-related targets in Syria. The Israeli government hardly pays attention to such steps.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said his country no longer wants war with Lebanon, but is prepared to inflict major damage if diplomatic efforts fail.

“We do not want war, but we are preparing for every situation,” Gallant informed journalists in the United States during talks with Washington.

“Hezbollah understands very well that if a war started we could cause huge losses in Lebanon.”

Gallant said Israel’s forces were capable of taking Lebanon “back to the Stone Age” in a potential conflict against the Iran-backed team.

Gallant was talking about life during a visit to Washington. The Biden administration has repeatedly warned of escalating to a broader level of war.

Hundreds of people in northern Israel and southern Lebanon have been forced to flee their homes as Iran-backed Hezbollah warring groups and Israeli forces take positions.

On Tuesday, Gallant met with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is working to put together a diplomatic note between the two sides.

Germany’s international administrative center has instructed voters to release Lebanon due to the tense situation on the border with Israel.

The International Administrative Center noted in its actual evacuation advisory that additional growth could halt wind traffic in Beirut.,

It noted, “It would then not be possible to leave Lebanon by air.”

The International Administrative Center said there was a real possibility of further increase in fires due to the general change in playland fires around the border since October 7.

It noted, “After Palestinian Hamas launched a major attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah and other armed groups will also launch mortar shells, anti-tank weapons and rockets on Israel from Lebanese territory from October 8, 2023.” Are getting stained.”

The German government warned that the war could escalate following increased threats from the Israeli executive.

“This applies particularly to the southern parts of Lebanon and includes the southern urban areas of Beirut and the Bekaa plain, including the Baalbek-Hermel district,” the ministry noted.

zc/ab (Reuters, AFP, AP, dpa)