2023-10-13 01:54:00
The sixth day of the war in Gaza began with several movements. Israel and Hamas crossed fire again this Thursday before the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, who traveled in a show of solidarity with his Israeli ally. Meanwhile, several countries continue to evacuate their compatriots from the area.
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Blinken in Israel: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv to reiterate US support for Israel. “We support them today, tomorrow and we will support them every day that follows,” he said.
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Iran’s role: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called on Islamic and Arab countries to cooperate to confront Israel, which is waging a war triggered by a surprise attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
NATO calls for restraint. NATO member countries told Israel’s Defense Minister on Thursday that they supported his country after the Hamas attack, but urged his forces to respond proportionally, the alliance said in a brief statement.
Repatriation flights: Some 110 Colombians were evacuated from Tel Aviv by the Colombian government. This first humanitarian mission will have a stopover in Portugal and the compatriots are expected to be back in the country by the weekend. Foreign Ministry officials accompany the mission and lead the evacuation protocol.
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UN calls for $294 million for “urgent needs” in Gaza and occupied West Bank
The United Nations has issued an emergency appeal to raise $294 million to address “the most urgent needs” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where more than 400,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in recent days. The funds would be used to help more than 1.2 million people, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, adding that recent fighting in the region left aid groups without adequate resources.
Benjamin Netanyahu: “Difficult days await us”
“Willpower and resistance are synonymous for the Jewish people. We will also face this present test, even if it is almost too difficult to bear. The Shabbat of October 7 will be recorded as a dark and cursed day in the annals of the nations. For us, the Jewish people, it is the most heartbreaking day since the Holocaust,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the speech he gave on the occasion of the swearing-in of the new unity government.
“My friends, difficult days await us, but we will not allow ourselves to be deterred and we will not give in,” warned the president, who, in the middle of his words, also made reference to Hamas: “We are united in the same great determination against the abominable enemy and killer”. At the same time, he added: “The time will come when we will rebuild the destroyed communities. “We will rebuild the area around the Gaza Strip and restore it as a flourishing and prosperous area.”
Israeli death toll reaches 1,300
More than 1,300 people, including 222 soldiers, have died in Israel, according to the Army. According to Archyde.com information, this number of deaths has not been seen since the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria, which lasted weeks. Most of the deaths were recorded in a single day, when Hamas fighters crossed the border and attacked Israeli civilians. Dozens of hostages from the Jewish State and foreigners were returned to Gaza. Israel says it has so far identified 97 of them.
More than 423,000 people have been displaced in Gaza, according to the UN
More than 423,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, following intense Israeli bombing in retaliation for attacks by Hamas last weekend. Late Thursday, the number of displaced people in Gaza increased by 84,444 people and reached 423,378, the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, said in a statement.
Israeli bombings destroyed eleven mosques and damaged 90 schools
Israeli shelling has destroyed 752 residential and non-residential buildings, comprising 2,835 housing units, the UN says, citing figures from the Gaza Ministry of Works and Housing. Another 1,800 housing units were damaged beyond repair and left uninhabitable.
The United Nations also expressed alarm at the significant destruction of civilian infrastructure: at least 90 educational facilities, including 20 UN Palestinian Refugee Agency schools and 70 schools run by the Palestinian Authority, have been damaged. One of the schools is completely destroyed. For its part, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that “eleven mosques were attacked and destroyed, while seven churches and mosques were damaged.”
Israel’s Parliament approves national unity government
Israel’s Parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency unity government, which includes several centrist opposition lawmakers, in response to the state’s war with Hamas.
Gaza’s health system is “at the limit” after 34 attacks since Saturday, says WHO
The World Health Organization said it has documented 34 attacks on healthcare in Gaza since last Saturday, killing 11 healthcare workers, injuring 16 and damaging 19 healthcare facilities and 20 ambulances. In a statement, the organization warned that the health system in the Gaza Strip is “at the limit” and that “time is running out to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.”
Human Rights Watch confirms that Israel is using white phosphorus in Gaza and Lebanon
The human rights organization, after having verified videos taken in Lebanon and Gaza, between October 10 and 11, 2023, corroborated that multiple bursts of white phosphorus were fired with artillery on the port of Gaza City and two towns. rural areas along the border between Israel and Lebanon. This, according to the institution, puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries.
Palestinian death toll rises to more than 1,500 in Gaza
The number of Palestinians killed rose to 1,537, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. That includes 500 children and 276 women. The ministry also commented that another 6,612 people were injured in Israeli airstrikes against the Palestinian enclave.
The United States and Qatar could freeze millions of Iranian funds
US and Qatari officials have agreed to prevent Iran from accessing $6 billion in humanitarian aid that Washington had first blocked and then transferred to Qatari banks, US media reported this Thursday.
Gazans must ‘stay in their land’, Egyptian president said
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi urged residents of the Palestinian region on Thursday to “remain in their land,” ignoring pressure to authorize the departure of civilians from the enclave bombed by Israel, in response to a Hamas offensive. . Egypt administers the Rafah crossing, the only entrance to Gaza that is not under the control of the Jewish State.
Macron urges Israel to respond “strong and fair” to Hamas attack
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Israel this Thursday to give a “strong and fair” response to the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and promised to “do everything possible” to release the hostages “safe and sound.” The president also reported that four children are among the 17 French people who disappeared after the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas against Israel.
“Israel has the right to defend itself by eliminating terrorist groups, including Hamas, (…) but preserving civilian populations,” with a “strong and fair” response, Macron said in a televised speech.
On the other hand, French justice reported that it has opened an investigation into the Hamas attack in Israel.
“Israelis don’t want” US troops on the ground (White House) “Israelis don’t want” US troops on the ground, White House says
The Israelis “do not want” the deployment of US troops on the ground, a White House spokesman said Thursday.
“There is no intention, no plan and, frankly, no desire on the part of the Israelis to have American combat troops involved in this conflict,” said John Kirby.
Israeli emergency government to face war with Hamas takes office
The Israeli Parliament approved this Thursday the formation of an emergency government and a war cabinet by 66 votes in favor and 4 against, in the middle of the war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Ultranationalist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist former Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the formation of the government the day before, designed to last as long as the war against Hamas continues.
They reinforce security of the Jewish community after a sharp rise in anti-Semitic acts
The British government announced this Thursday that it will use additional funds to reinforce the security of the Jewish community in the country, after having recorded 139 anti-Semitic acts in four days, five times more than last year in the same period.
An additional three million pounds ($3.7 million) will be contributed to the organization in charge of the security of the Jewish community, the government announced in a statement, after a meeting dedicated to the war that broke out in Israel.
“We must do everything in our power to protect Jewish people in our country (…) They have our full support,” said British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, quoted in the statement.
Petro’s comments on Israel draw new condemnations
The statements of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who compared the government of Israel to the genocidal regime of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, continue to give something to talk about.
On the one hand, the United States Special Envoy for the office of Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism (SEAS), Deborah Lipstadt, was surprised by the president’s words and regretted his speech.
“We were surprised to see Colombian President Gustavo Petro compare the Israeli government to Hitler’s genocidal regime. “We strongly condemn President Petro’s statements and ask him to condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, for its barbaric murder of Israeli men, women and children,” said Ambassador Lipstadt.
On the other hand, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said that Petro’s words “denote ignorance. It is a lack of respect. Making the comparison that the president of Colombia made has no basis. It is regrettable and I am sure that he does not represent the Colombian people.”
“The way Israel defends itself matters”: Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed his country’s support for Israel and stressed that they have the “right to defend themselves”, but recalled that the way in which they defend themselves also matters.
Without mentioning it directly, Blinken was referring to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that are killing hundreds of Palestinian civilians. At least 400 children have died from the bombings.
“It matters how Israel does it,” he highlighted during his speech in Tel Aviv.
However, Blinken said more American weapons are on their way to Israel to support its ally. The diplomat added that “Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.”
The US did not impose conditions on the use of its military aid to Israel
The United States did not impose any conditions on Israel for the use of its military aid, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said this Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
“We have not placed any conditions on the supply of that equipment,” Austin said.
He added that these go to “professional military personnel, led by professional leaders, and one hopes that they will do the right thing in the continuity of their campaign” against the Islamist movement Hamas.
Humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip begins to arrive in Egypt
Egypt received a first shipment of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip from Jordan on Thursday, according to media outlets close to the Egyptian government, which has the only gateway to the Palestinian enclave that is not in Israeli hands.
The airport of Al Arish, capital of North Sinai, 50 km west of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, “was chosen to receive international humanitarian aid,” the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Thursday.
Requests for help for the Gaza Strip multiply while the Israeli army batters the small Palestinian enclave, where 1,354 people have already died according to the authorities of the Islamist group Hamas.
Israel attacks Aleppo and Damascus airports in Syria
Syrian television reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike against the landing strips of the Aleppo and Damascus airports, which were used to supply groups operating against Israel. It is a message against Syrian intervention in the war. The Iranian Foreign Minister was scheduled to travel to the Syrian capital today.
Important clarification: this video has been widely disseminated and those who share it claim that it is from the Damascus airport. Several accounts, although with much less amplification, have indicated that the video corresponds to an area of southern Lebanon and to Israel’s attacks in response to Hezbollah’s offensive. Therefore, the video does not show the attack on the Damascus airport, which occurred anyway. For now, no more graphic material has emerged about this attack.
The Airbus A340 carrying the Iranian Foreign Minister was about to land in Damascus and also had on board several commanders of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to international media reports. The aircraft was unable to land.
Netanyahu says Hamas must be ‘crushed’ like the Islamic State group
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised this Thursday to end the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, and urged the world to treat its militants the same as the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
“Just as ISIS was crushed, Hamas will be crushed. And Hamas should be treated in exactly the same way that ISIS was treated,” Netanyahu declared during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Colombia evacuates the first Colombians in Tel Aviv
About 110 Colombians were evacuated from Tel Aviv by the Colombian government. This first humanitarian mission will have a stopover in Portugal and the compatriots are expected to be back in the country by the weekend. Foreign Ministry officials accompany the mission and lead the evacuation protocol.
Blinken arrives in Israel on a solidarity visit after Hamas offensive
Blinken was received at the airport by Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen under heavy security measures.
Blinken is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and on Friday, in Jordan, with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah II.
Mexico repatriates 287 people from Israel
Two military planes carrying a group of 287 Mexicans repatriated from Israel and the Palestinian territories arrived in Mexico on Wednesday, saving them from the escalation of violence in the region.
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