ISRAEL-PALESTINE-USA – TELAM Agency
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, affirmed today that his country is working with governments in the region to “alleviate the humanitarian consequences” of the new escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, at a time when the Israeli Army ordered Civilians evacuate the northern Gaza Strip ahead of a possible military ground offensive.
“The United States is working with the governments of Israel, Egypt and Jordan – and the UN – to increase support to alleviate the humanitarian consequences of the Hamas attack, create the conditions necessary to resume the flow of aid and defend the compliance with the laws of war,” the president indicated on his account on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
In addition to the massive evacuation in the north of the Gaza Strip, part of the focus is on the Rafah crossing in the south, where the possible entry of a shipment of emergency humanitarian aid from the World Organization is awaited. Health (WHO).
That pass, the only one that connects the enclave with Egypt, is closed after recent bombings by the Israeli Army.
But a White House official cited by the AFP news agency indicated that Israel and Egypt reached an agreement to let the Americans leave there.
The only passage between the Gaza Strip and Egypt will remain open only to US citizens, said the source who requested anonymity and who accompanies the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Saudi Arabia.
Qatar, which Blinken visited on Friday, also participated in the agreement thanks to its close contacts with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
The official said that between 500 and 600 American citizens in the Gaza Strip had requested information to leave the territory tightly besieged by Israel.
The new clashes broke out after a bloody incursion by Hamas into Israeli territory, with constant bombings on Gaza and the total blockade of the enclave ordered by Israel in response.
Source: Ambito
