Stop evacuating foreign passport holders to Egypt

SGGP November 6, 2023 07:33

On November 5th, the Hamas Islamic movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders to Egypt after Israel refused to allow the transfer of several injured Palestinians to Egyptian hospitals.

Foreign passport holders leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing on November 1, 2023. Photo: THX/VNA

According to Palestinian health officials, the death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 9,488, while another 23,000 have been injured.

According to Reuters, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on the evening of November 4th has risen to 51, mostly women and children, with dozens more injured. In other developments, Israel released 3,200 Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip who had been detained in the West Bank following the surprise Hamas attack on October 7th.

Meanwhile, a meeting of Arab and US foreign ministers aimed at finding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ended without reaching a consensus. At the meeting, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry declared that Cairo demanded an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the continuation of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people.

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani argued that continued bombing of the Gaza Strip would only complicate mediation efforts to rescue hostages held by Hamas.

However, speaking at a press conference with his Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts in Amman, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued that halting the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) offensive in the Gaza Strip would allow Hamas militants to survive, regroup, and carry out attacks similar to the one on October 7th. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that Israeli forces would "hunt down and eliminate" Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas armed movement in Gaza.

On the same day, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The meeting lasted approximately one hour. During the meeting, President Mahmoud Abbas emphasized the need for an “immediate ceasefire” and for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, according to US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, Secretary of State Blinken affirmed Washington's commitment to delivering aid to the Gaza Strip and restoring essential services there.

Over the weekend, numerous marches took place in the UK, France, Germany, the US, and many other countries calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amid escalating conflict there.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ngung-so-tan-nguoi-mang-ho-chieu-nuoc-ngoai-toi-ai-cap-post712906.html