2023-10-27 02:47:00
After confirming that there are 21 Argentines kidnapped by Hamas, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero asked this Thursday for the “intermediation” of the United Nations (UN) to achieve the “release of the Argentine hostages in Gaza” and made the White Cases available to the secretary general of that organization, António Guterres, so that Argentina could collaborate with humanitarian aid in the Middle East conflict.
“I had a fruitful conversation with António Guterres and I requested the intermediation of the UN for the release of the Argentine hostages in Gaza,” Cafiero stated on his X account (formerly Twitter). In addition, he confided that The Secretary General of the UN requested “humanitarian aid from Argentina”so, he said, “I instructed to make the White Helmets available”. This is the agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of designing and executing humanitarian assistance.
The Foreign Ministry continues with the operation Safe Return from which Three Aerolíneas Argentinas flights have already arrived in the country coming from Rome, after the Hercules planes and a Boeing 737 of the Air Force made the air bridges between Tel Aviv and the Italian capital. Among the three flights there are already 711 Argentines repatriatedaccording to data from the Foreign Ministry.
For its part, relatives of Argentines kidnapped by Hamaswith the support of the AMIA, DAIA and OSA organizations, have started an online campaign to demand the immediate release of all hostages and to that the national State uses all available means and take decisive action to put an end to this delicate situation.
In addition, Interpol of Argentina and Israel continue their permanent collaboration with Qatar, close to Hamas and whose mediation allowed the release of two hostages of American origin last weekend. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar is the interlocutor of the Argentine authorities, as are his counterparts from Egypt and Turkey, who have links with the Palestinian terrorist group, in addition to the Red Cross, in charge of ensuring the integrity of the hostages.
The Israeli embassy released a video of the children kidnapped by Hamas and demanded their release
It is estimated that approximately 10% of the more than 200 people kidnapped by Hamas have Argentine nationality and there are already 9 Argentines murdered by the terrorist group. This Thursday, the Qassam brigades stated that “about 50” hostages died in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli bombings. For his part, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari noted that the number of hostages would reach 224 and said: “Efforts to bring the hostages back are an absolute priority.”
The Hamas group stated that, in total, In Gaza the deaths amounted to 6,747 as a result of Israeli bombings. The figure was published the day after US President Joe Biden questioned the reliability of that balance. Furthermore, according to the UN, some 600,000 Palestinians had to evacuate to the north of the Gaza Strip “for their own safety.”
Israel says it is “preparing the ground” for the ground offensive in Gaza
The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, assured this Thursday that The country’s authorities are “preparing the ground” to begin the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, an operation with which they seek to put an end to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) due to its offensive on October 7.
“We are preparing the ground for the continuation of the campaign, and more stages will follow“said the Minister of Defense, who also assured once again that “the ground operation will soon be carried out.” “We are going through difficult circumstances and our war is to preserve the homeland, and we must win it. There will be other stages that we will implement and win as we create the conditions for the battle to continue,” he added.
Gallant stressed that the objectives of the Israel Defense Forces are “precise,” and noted that The release of the more than 200 hostages is their “most important” duty along with achieving a “complete victory in war.” “I am determined to do everything possible to return the hostages to their families,” he said.
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