Hamas’s armed wing has shelled what is currently the main border crossing for aid supplies into the Gaza Strip. The Essedin al-Qassam Brigades “struck the enemy forces,” the group wrote on Sunday. The Israeli army had previously closed the border crossing because of the attacks.
Hamas distributed a video on Sunday evening showing the shelling. Short-range missiles were used, the statement said. The Israeli military had earlier said that 10 projectiles had been fired from an area near the city of Rafah towards the Kerem Shalom border crossing. The crossing was therefore closed. Media reported about ten rockets and several injuries.
Only in April did the Israeli government, under pressure from the US government, agree to “temporarily” allow aid deliveries through the Erez border crossing and Ashdod port and to allow more direct aid from Jordan through the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Israel. South. The aid is intended to “prevent a humanitarian crisis and ensure the continuation of fighting,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
Famine spreads south
According to the World Food Program (WFP), famine in the Palestinian territory is currently spreading further south (see video above). The head of the United Nations Palestine Relief Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, called for an independent investigation into the rocket fire and the closure of the border crossing.
The war lasts almost seven months. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 killed approximately 1,170 people in the Gaza Strip and kidnapped 250 others as hostages. Most of them are now presumed dead. The Israeli army has been attacking the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack. More than 34,600 people are said to have died. The information cannot be independently verified.
Source: Krone
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