According to the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC), several dozen injured people from the Gaza Strip arrived in Egypt on Friday. 73 injured Palestinians left the closed coastal area via the Rafah border crossing, the head of the ERC in North Sinai, Khaled Zayed, told the German news agency. Together with accompanying persons, they were taken to hospitals in North Sinai.
In addition, a group of children left the Gaza Strip on Friday to receive medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The ERC said they were being prepared for further travel to the UAE. The emirate had offered to take in up to 1,000 children from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment. It remained unclear how many people could leave on Friday.
Premature babies must be removed from Gaza
Egyptian security circles said ambulances were being prepared in the border town of Al-Arish to transport 35 premature babies from the Gaza Strip. They should also be taken to hospitals in North Sinai.
According to a security source in Egypt, the departure of injured people, foreigners and Palestinians with a second foreign passport was previously halted due to the failure of communications networks in the Gaza Strip. As a result of the communications incident, Egyptian Red Crescent staff lost contact with the Palestinian Red Crescent or the UN relief agency for Palestinians UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, it was said on Thursday. It remained unclear whether contact could now be restored.
Zayed said they were waiting for more foreigners and Palestinians with second passports to leave the Gaza Strip.
Israel wants to dismantle Islamic Jihad
Meanwhile, the fighting continues. According to Israeli sources, the war in the Gaza Strip also aims to destroy Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Israel will not end the war until the military and political leadership of these terrorist organizations is eliminated – as well as the Islamist Hamas, Israeli security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on Friday. According to him, thousands of suspected terrorists have been killed so far, including members of the Hamas leadership.
The PIJ was also involved in the massacre in Israeli border towns and in a music festival on October 7. Last week, Islamic Jihad published a video of two Israeli hostages. The PIJ is considered one of the most radical militant groups in the Middle East. Its members also repeatedly fire rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. However, the organization is considered less powerful than Hamas. Both are classified as terrorist organizations by the EU and the US. The group is also active in the West Bank. According to information from the Israeli army, Islamic Jihad is financed by Iran.
Source: Krone
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