Status: 06.11.2023, 08:00 a.m.
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After Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, fire and smoke rise from buildings. © Abed Khaled/AP/dpa
Israel's army apparently wants to encircle the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The coastal area is now divided into two parts, they say. Meanwhile, people are getting unexpected help from the air. The overview.
Tel Aviv/Gaza - The Israeli fighting groups have continued to advance in the densely populated Gaza Strip and, according to their own statements, have now completely divided the coastal area into two halves. The city of Gaza in the north is completely encircled, an army spokesman said on Sunday evening. This is a decisive step in the fight against the Islamist Hamas. However, civilians will still be able to flee to the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel, all communications and internet services in Gaza once again failed. And according to a media report, the Jordanian air force dropped medical supplies over the strip of land sealed off by Israel.
Help from the air
Meanwhile, the Jordanian Air Force dropped medical supplies over the Gaza Strip. During the night, medical supplies and medicines were parachuted over a Jordanian field hospital in Gaza, the state-run Petra news agency reported, citing military sources. Due to delays in deliveries from Egypt through the Rafah crossing, supplies there have almost run out. However, work in the field hospital would continue despite the severe supply bottlenecks.
"It is our duty to help our brothers and sisters who have been injured in the war against Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brothers," Jordan's King Abdullah II wrote to X on Monday night. To this end, he circulated photos of the cargo with a Jordanian flag.
According to an Israeli army spokesman, the airdrop was carried out in coordination with the military. "The equipment will be used by medical staff for patients," the spokesperson said. Israel had previously imposed an embargo on uncontrolled aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian situation in Gaza remains catastrophic
Aid organizations complain that the aid that has so far arrived in the Gaza Strip by trucks is far from sufficient. In the densely populated coastal strip, where around 2.2 million people live, the humanitarian situation remains devastating. Meanwhile, the number of United Nations employees killed rose to 79, with five employees killed in the past 48 hours, the UN Palestine Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Sunday. The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip rose to 9770,<>, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
Israel: Gaza Strip divided into two parts
There is now "a North Gaza and a South Gaza," Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday. The units had reached the coast in the southern part of the city of Gaza and would "hold" the area. The air strikes and attacks on the ground were expanded in the evening. "Tonight we are going to have an important operation," Hagari continued. According to the Palestinian telecom company Paltel, all the main lines for the internet and communication connections in Gaza have been cut off by the Israelis. Initially, there was no confirmation of this from the Israeli side.
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As reported by the Times of Israel, the UN Security Council is to meet again for an emergency session at the instigation of the United Arab Emirates and China to discuss the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Renewed confrontations also on Israel's border with Lebanon
Meanwhile, there were renewed incidents on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. According to Lebanese security circles and the Hezbollah militia, three children and their grandmother were killed in the attack by an Israeli drone. When asked on Sunday, the Israeli military said it had attacked "a suspicious vehicle." It had been "identified as a suspected means of transport for terrorists." "The allegation that civilians were in the vehicle is currently being investigated," the army said.
According to the army, an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah attack from Lebanon on Sunday. Hezbollah attacks Israeli military targets and populated areas, without distinguishing between civilians and members of the military. Israel's military is prepared for a possible major attack in Lebanon, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said on Sunday during a visit to troops. "We are ready to strike in the north at any time."
Blinken warns militias
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a warning to pro-Iranian militias during a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday. "Whoever wants to exploit the conflict in Gaza to threaten our staff here or elsewhere in the region - don't do it," Blinken said on Sky News. His visit to Iraq also comes against the backdrop of increasing attacks by pro-Iranian militias on US troops in Iraq.
What is becoming important today
Efforts continue to secure a ceasefire for aid to the Gaza Strip and the reopening of the Rafah crossing. According to an Israeli media report, the UN Security Council is to meet again for an emergency session. Dpa