The location at an overview: UN-NOTILF program: Gaza reach more relief supplies

After the ceasefire came into force in Gaza, the security situation and the life situation of people remain precarious in the sealed coastal strip. Meanwhile, Islamist Hamas now wants to announce the names of the next four hostages, which are to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. According to a report, Israel, according to a report, provokes construction work in the buffer zone in Syria.

Aid organizations can expand work in Gaza

According to the UN-NOTILFIC program OCHA, larger quantities of relief goods now reach the needy population in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday alone, 653 trucks came into the Gaza Strip over the border crossings Erez and Zikim in the north and the border crossing Kerem Shalom in the south, reported OCHA, citing the Israeli authorities and the guarantors of the armed rest agreement. Before the war, around 500 trucks per day drove to the area with relief goods.

Within the Gaza Strip, helpers and relief goods also penetrate into areas that were previously difficult to reach. The framework conditions for the work would have improved significantly. Aid organizations could have significantly expand the provision of life -saving help and services. The majority of the relief supplies delivered in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire came into force consists of food. In the coming days, however, other medication, materials for accommodations, water, as well as sanitary and hygiene articles should also arrive.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza was bad before the war started in October 2023 and dramatically intensified massive bombing with Israel. According to the UN, more than 90 percent of the Gaza Strip inhabitants suffer strong hunger. Accordingly, there is also a lack of drinking water, emergency shelters and drugs.

US Foreign Minister welcomes delivery of relief goods

The new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed the continuation of the aid deliveries in a phone call with his Israeli colleague Gideon Saar. He also promised to work tirelessly for the liberation of the other hostages from the violence of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The support of the civilian population in the sealed off coastal strip with vital goods recently difficult. In addition to security concerns of Israel and elaborate checks of the cargo, looting due to armed people was a major problem.

Reports: private US security forces in Gaza

According to media reports, private security forces from the USA are now also to be used to improve the security situation in the Gaza Strip. They are intended to control vehicles from displaced Palestinians who return to their original residential places in the destroyed north from the south of the coastal strip, as the “New York Times” reported to several government officials. “Axios” also reported on the planned use, which is due to start in the coming days. He was part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Islamist Hamas conveyed by the USA, Egypt and Qatar.

According to the reports, the security companies should check the Netzarim corridor, which divides the Gaza Strip south of Gaza City in half. He was previously controlled by Israeli soldiers for months to prevent Palestinians from returning to the evacuated areas in the north.

In the agreement that came into force on Sunday, it was agreed that the return for Palestinians displaced to the south should be possible on the seventh day after the ceasefire came into force. “Axios” reported that as part of the negotiations, Israel had asked for the returnees to be checked, which Hamas rejected.

As a compromise, it was agreed that vehicles should only drive north on a street and the checkpoint would be operated by independent actors. According to “Axios” information, three security companies are involved in the controls, two from the USA and one other from Egypt. People who go north on foot should not be controlled, the “New York Times” reported.

Location in the West Bank further tense

Meanwhile, the use of the Israeli army in the Dschenin area in northern West Bank has been ongoing since Tuesday. It has long been the most extensive commitment in the city, which is considered a stronghold of militant Palestinians. The already tensioned location in the West Bank has been significantly tightened since the Hamas massacre with 1,200 deaths on October 7, 2023 and the resulting start of the Gaza War. Since then, according to the Ministry of Health, around 830 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, armed clashes and attacks by extremists. At the same time, there is an increasing violence of radical Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians.

BBC: Satellite images of construction work in Israel’s buffer zone to Syria

According to the BBC, the Israeli Army of the BBC, meanwhile, in the demilitarized buffer zone, which separates the Golan heights occupied by Israel, will mean construction work. The BBC report refers to a new satellite image of the area, which was made available to the broadcaster. The construction work therefore takes place in an area that is under UN monitoring in accordance with the 1974 ceasefire agreement.

After the fall of Syria’s ruler Bashar al-Assad, Israel’s army had entered the buffer zone in early December and obviously is considering long-term control of the area. According to its own statements, Israel would like to prevent armed groups from attacking from the altitude plateau. The area on this side of the ceasefire line had conquered Israel in the 1967 of 1967 and one -sided annexed in 1981.

According to the BBC report, the recordings of January 21 show new construction work and trucks in the cleared area. The work seems to have started at the beginning of this year. According to a Middle East expert, four prefabricated wax posts should be seen in the picture. The Arab Gulf States had asked Israel to withdraw from Syria at a summit at the end of December. The crew is a serious violation of international international law.