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After a night of heavy shelling in Eastern Rafah, on the border with Egypt, the Israeli army has occupied both the border point where humanitarian aid passed and the only point from which civilians could escape.
With Israel talking of "limited operations" on Hamas military targets, international concern about a new – even bigger – humanitarian crisis – especially if threats of a wider military operation come to pass, even as the IDF controls the city – is growing. More than 100,000 Palestinians have moved after warnings from Israeli authorities, while in Rafah's only hospital, doctors say that in the panic that followed the evacuation of the area, the fuel used for the generators that supply energy was stolen from this health care facility. electric.
However, the US, despite assurances that the Kerem Shalom crossing (through which food, water, medicine, fuel and other supplies pass to the approximately 2.3 million residents of Gaza) will open tomorrow. It is a temporary floating platform that will be docked in Gaza and on which the Americans will unload the humanitarian aid that will arrive from Cyprus on the Sagamore ship. From military operations in Rafah, at least 27 people, including 9 children and 6 women, died, reports CNN.
CIA in ceasefire negotiations
Meanwhile, the head of the American intelligence service CIA, Bill Burns, is arriving in Israel today, who is expected to meet with the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli officials during the day. On the "menu" will be the achievement of a ceasefire in the region. After all, Burns will be in Cairo tomorrow, where Israeli diplomats are already heading to take part in talks on a cease-fire and ceasefire with Hamas. The CIA, as revealed by the White House, will have an "advisory role" in these talks, but it is clear that the head of the agency will go to the Egyptian capital with the mission to end hostilities. In addition to the Israelis, American, Egyptian and Qatari negotiators and diplomats will also participate in the talks, where the latter represent Hamas.
However, it is estimated that they will have a difficult task, given the fact that the bombing and occupation of Rafah was preceded by an announcement by the head of Hamas that he accepts the ceasefire, after several weeks of talks with Qatar and Egypt, with Israel. responding that the agreement is "far from his demands" and that he will continue military operations in Gaza.
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