As of: February 16, 2024, 8:16 a.m
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Update from February 16, 6:45 a.m.:
Israel's planned military offensive on the city of Rafah, which is overcrowded with Palestinians in the south of the sealed-off Gaza Strip, is met with increasing international criticism.
According to a media report, Egypt is now building a massive reception camp in the desert, enclosed by high concrete walls, for tens of thousands of people, out of fear of a mass exodus from the neighboring coastal strip.
In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Joe Biden once again called for the protection of the more than one million civilians in Rafah.
He reiterated that “a military operation should not take place without a credible and feasible plan to ensure the safety and support of the civilian population in Rafah,” the White House said on Friday night.
Previously, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also called for protective corridors to the north during her visit to Israel.
Palestinian children among the remains of the Al-Huda Mosque in Rafah, which was destroyed after an Israeli airstrike.
(Archive image) © Mohammed Talatene/dpa
Baerbock calls for more aid deliveries in the Israel war
First report:
Tel Aviv/Jerusalem/Gaza – Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock spoke out in Israel on Thursday (February 15) in favor of significantly more aid deliveries – specifically 500 trucks a day.
That's how many trucks carrying humanitarian goods drove into the sealed-off coastal area every day before the start of the war.
Baerbock also called for additional border crossings to be opened in Israel.
Israel's army begins operations in a clinic
Israel's army said it began an operation on Thursday (February 15) in a clinic in Khan Yunis, which is in southern Gaza.
Soldiers entered Nasser Hospital to recover bodies of hostages, the military said.
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Thursday evening that dozens of suspects had been arrested.
Some were involved in the massacre in Israel.
From interrogations with the suspects and thanks to statements from the released hostages, the army was able to confirm that people kidnapped from Israel were being held on the clinic premises.
There is also information that there are also bodies of hostages there.
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The United Nations human rights office made allegations against Israel after the operation.
“The operation appears to be part of a pattern: Israeli forces are attacking vital civilian infrastructure, particularly hospitals,” UN human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in Geneva on Thursday evening.
Israeli army spokesman Hagari emphasized that the military had acted in accordance with international law in all operations in hospitals in the Gaza Strip and would continue to do so.
“We have no intention of disrupting the operations of the hospital,” he said.
(Talk to agency material)