Victims travel from Gaza to Egypt – DW – 06/27/2024

Israel noted that it had “facilitated the passage of 68 sick and injured children, including Gazans, to Egypt through the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.”

The Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civil affairs, known by its acronym COGAT, said in a statement on Twitter, ex, that the evacuation was in coordination with US and Egyptian authorities, as well as world participants. Was done. Society.

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

Information agencies had previously reported the crossing of 21 critically downed children, describing it as the first clinical evacuation through the Kerem Shalom crossing since the Rafah crossing was closed long ago.

Twenty-one seriously ill patients from the Gaza Strip were flown to Egypt via 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 cross the border.

An official with Egypt’s Purple Crescent in the northern Sinai Peninsula told German news agency dpa that they would be flown to Egyptian hospitals for treatment, before the French AFP news agency, citing a medical source, said they would be treated in the United States. Will be done in Arab Emirates.

This is the first medical 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 transport across the Rafah border crossing until Israeli forces withdraw.

Last May, Egypt resumed aid supplies to the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing under an agreement with the United States.

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

It said 16 others were injured.

Some soldiers were seriously injured and taken to hospital, the remaining five were slightly injured. An Israeli army official told the French AFP news agency that an additional 10 people suffered serious injuries.

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

Islamic Jihad claimed that its warring parties “succeeded in blowing up” two Israeli automobiles in the neighborhood with six explosive devices.

Wafa, the trusted news agency of the Ramallah-based Palestinian National Authority, which rules parts of the West Bank, said a young Palestinian man was wounded by shrapnel from Israeli bullets during the raid. ,

Wafa noted, “Israeli troops deployed dozens of sniper soldiers 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.

After the deadline, Israeli squads tied a man to a jeep and then detained him in Jenin.

Information businesses reported that Israeli forces attacked the Shujaiya group of Gaza Town on Thursday afternoon.

The Israeli military advised civilians in the area 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. ”

The citizens were additionally instructed to reduce the discipline of al-Turkumaan and Tufa.

The Reuters news agency cited civilian crisis carriers in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip as saying there were reports of people killed and injured in the area, but the group was 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 withdrawal forms were posted.

According to a private security agency, a merchant ship traveling in 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 a warship in the area was responding to the attack.

Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, backed by Iran, did not immediately announce the attack.

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

The Houthis, following Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7 that led to the Gaza war, announced they were attacking ships linked to Israel, the US or Britain in support of the Palestinians. .

Syrian media reported that two people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria in a single 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 strike targeted a facility operated by a substructure affiliated with Iran-backed groups including Hezbollah.

Following the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, Israel has intensified action against Iran-linked targets in Syria. The Israeli government rarely discusses such measures.

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 advised 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 Iran-backed forces.

Gallant was speaking during a visit to Washington. The Biden administration has repeatedly warned against escalating the fighting to a broader level.

Thousands of residents of northern Israel and southern Lebanon have been forced to flee their properties as Iran-backed Hezbollah warring groups and Israeli forces clash.

On Tuesday, Gallant met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is working to maintain diplomatic ties between the two sides.

Germany’s international office has instructed voters to turn down Lebanon because of the tense situation on the border with Israel.

Additional surges could halt air traffic in Beirut, the international office noted in its unprecedented evacuation advisory.,

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

The International Place of Job has noted that there is a real possibility of additional increases from the familiar change of fireplaces parked around the border from 7 October.

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 staining.”

The German government warned that the fighting could escalate following increasing blackmail 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)