Photo: AP/Oded BaliltyIsrael announced the intensification of attacks on the north of the Gaza Strip, while at the same time the US announced that it was committed to delivering larger amounts of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians who are running out of food, water, medicine and fuel. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza are trying to escape the relentless Israeli bombardment, but the neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan, do not want to accept the refugees.
The Palestinian media reported that at least 11 Palestinians were killed in the overnight Israeli attack on the city of Khan in the south of the Gaza Strip, as well as that Israeli warplanes are carrying out strikes on the city of Rafah, in the south of the Palestinian enclave, reports Reuters.
Today's strikes came a few hours after Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari called on Gazans to evacuate to the south due to the danger.
"For your safety, head south." We will continue the intensified attack on the Gaza City area," Hagari said at Saturday's press briefing.
Humanitarian aid has arrived, but it is not enough
Meanwhile, a convoy of 20 trucks carrying vital humanitarian aid arrived from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on Saturday.
The United Nations Humanitarian Office (OCHA) said in a statement that the amount of aid that arrived on Saturday was equivalent to about four percent of the daily average of imports of supplies to the Gaza Strip before the outbreak of the conflict and only a fraction of what is needed after 13 days of Israeli siege of the enclave. , where 2,3 million Palestinians live.
Threat to peace in the region
As desperate Palestinians in Gaza try to escape the Israeli bombardment that followed the October 7 Hamas attack, many are wondering why neighboring countries - Egypt and Jordan - do not want to take in the refugees.
The two countries, which border Israel and share a border with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, have refused to grant refuge. There is already a large Palestinian population in Jordan, it says Voice of America.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi made a sharp comment that the aim of the current conflict is not only to fight against Hamas, but also to "try to force civilians to migrate to Egypt" and that this could threaten peace in the region.
King Abdullah II of Jordan sent a similar message - "no to refugees in Jordan and Egypt".
This attitude is rooted in the fear that Israel wants to permanently expel the Palestinians to neighboring countries and nullify their demands for a state. El-Sisi also says that the mass exodus could cause the arrival of militants in the Sinai Peninsula, from where they can attack Israel - and threaten the peace of the 40-year peace agreement between the two countries.
Arabic word for "disaster"
Displacement is a big theme in Palestinian history. It is estimated that in the war over the creation of Israel in 1948, more than 700.000 Palestinians were expelled or fled from the territory of present-day Israel. Palestinians call the event "nakba", the Arabic word for "catastrophe".
Fear of Hamas
Egypt fears that the mass exodus could bring Hamas or other Palestinian militants to its territory, where battles against Islamist extremists are already underway.
Egypt has supported Israel's blockade of Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory in 2007, tightly controlling the flow of goods and people. A section of the underground tunnels used by Hamas for smuggling into Gaza was also destroyed.
Fabiani believes that Egypt does not want to have another security problem in its hands, in an already troubled region.
The Egyptian president also warned of the potential collapse of the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace agreement and says that if Palestinian militants come, Sinai would become a base for attacks on Israel - which would then have to defend itself and would attack Egypt.
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