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Israel has issued a new warning, urging Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to move west away from the fire zone and closer to humanitarian aid, in the latest sign that Israel plans to attack Hamas in southern Gaza after taking control of the north.
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| Panorama of the conflict zone. Photo: NPR |
“We are asking people to leave,” Mark Regev, an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told MSNBC. “I know it’s not easy for many of them, but we don’t want to see civilians caught up in the fighting.”
The move could force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee south again, along with the residents of Khan Younis, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis. Khan Younis has a population of more than 400,000. In an interview with CBS (US), Mr Netanyahu said the goal was to secure the release of about 240 hostages held in Gaza.
In the latest development, the first fuel aid shipment from Egypt entered Gaza late on November 17, after Israel agreed to a US request to allow limited fuel deliveries to end the power outage that has halted aid convoys for the past two days. Under the agreement, 140,000 liters of fuel will be allowed every 48 hours, of which 20,000 liters will be used for generators to restore telephone networks, US officials said.
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The first fuel aid shipment from Egypt has entered Gaza. Photo: ARAB NEWS |
The Palestinian side also confirmed that the first shipment of about 17,000 liters of fuel for the telecommunications company Paltel passed through the Rafah border crossing late on November 17. According to the latest information, Israel said it would agree to allow two diesel trucks into Gaza every day to operate wastewater treatment facilities and at the same time prevent the spread of the disease.
Meanwhile, thousands of Israeli protesters, including family members of the hostages, continued to march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to call for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. They are expected to arrive in Jerusalem on the evening of November 18 and protest outside the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Thousands of Israeli protesters marched from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to call for the release of Israeli prisoners in Gaza. Photo: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL |
In a related development, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the fund is “seriously considering” the possibility of increasing its $3 billion lending program for Egypt due to economic difficulties arising from the Hamas-Israel conflict.
In an interview with reporters on the sidelines of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting on November 17, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Georgieva said that the conflict is severely affecting the people and economy of Gaza, seriously affecting the economy of the West Bank, and posing many difficulties for neighboring countries such as Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan due to damage to the tourism sector and increased energy costs.
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