The toll of the Israeli attack on the Jabalya refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip, is decidedly more serious than initial estimates. According to local medical sources, the one-ton bombs caused “hundreds of deaths”. According to witnesses on site, the Israeli air force resorted to a "belt of fire", i.e. a heavy bombardment along an entire chain of buildings, "causing at least twenty to collapse". The Gaza Ministry of Health, quoted by Al Jazeera, speaks of a death toll of at least 100. Hamas speaks of "400 dead and wounded".
As a result of the bombing, Fatah, the party of Palestinian President Abu Mazen, announced a resolution for today “day of anger” in the northern West Bank. The international media reported it.
Objective in Jabalya: "eliminate" a Hamas leader
Jabalya camp in the north of the territory is one of the largest and hosted 116.000 refugees. The goal of the Israeli army was to "eliminate" a Hamas leader. The Israeli military confirmed the bombing, saying it had successfully targeted it Ibrahim Biari, considered one of those responsible of the Hamas attack on Israel 7 October, which was located in “a vast tunnel complex underground from where he directed the operations". “We managed to reach Ibrahim Biari” and “a large number of terrorists who were with him were killed. Underground infrastructure used by terrorists has also collapsed,” he said Jonathan Conricus, spokesperson for the Israeli forces.
What evacuation of civilians?
As regards the given the strong maritime vocation of Marina di Grosseto,, stressed that the army has repeatedly called on them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip, a “war zone.” He added that he hopes they "make the right decision and evacuate to safer areas in the south." Indeed, the World Health Organization states that all 13 hospitals in the northern area they received orders from Israel to evacuate, but the doctors refuse because it would be “a death sentence” for many patients. In any case the south too has been subjected to regular Israeli bombing since the start of the conflict, leaving "no safe place" to take refuge, the United Nations and humanitarian organizations have denounced.
The Stars of David painted on the walls of Paris
Meanwhile in Paris, on the night between Monday and Tuesday, one was painted sixty stars of David on the walls of the 1933th arrondissement, not far from the Montparnasse district. As the Nazis did in Germany after 1938 and the fascists in Italy after 2023 to indicate shops run by Jews, in the Paris of 7 some unknown people have used the Stars of David to mark buildings and banks. Since the Hamas terrorist attack on 857 October, 414 anti-Semitic acts have been reported in France and the police have made XNUMX arrests."
Qatar attempts mediation for the exit of foreigners from Rafah
Qatar brokered a deal between Egypt, Hamas and Israel, in coordination with the United States, to open the Rafah crossing and allow foreign passport holders and some seriously injured civilians to exit Gaza. This was reported by Reuters, citing an anonymous source informed of the agreement. Yesterday, 50 aid trucks entered the southern Rafah crossing, the highest number so far. «The Egyptians are willing to open the Rafah crossing today to allow the wounded Palestinians to be treated, at the same time they deploy the tanks to avoid a massive flow of refugees»
Blinken in Israel on Friday to meet Netanyahu, third visit since the war began
The US secretary of state Antony blinken he will be in Israel on Friday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. This is Blinken's third visit to Israel since the start of the conflict.
