Israel-Hamas conflict: Humanitarian corridor opening date announced; Palestinians fear arrest if they express sympathy for Gaza civilians

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will open a humanitarian corridor to allow the evacuation of Gaza residents from the north to the south on November 5. The story of a Palestinian girl arrested for quoting the Quran.

Lực lượng an ninh Israel được nhìn thấy trên đường phố Jerusalem vào ngày 3 tháng 11 năm 2023.

Israeli security forces on the streets of Jerusalem, November 3. (Source: CNN)

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee announced on November 4 that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will open a humanitarian corridor to allow the evacuation of Gaza residents from the north to the south on November 5.

In addition, the IDF also allowed the evacuation of Gaza residents from the North to the South along the Salah al-Din route from 11:00 to 14:00 GMT (18:00 to 21:00 Vietnam time on November 5).

"Today, Hamas forces fired mortars and anti-tank shells at our forces, who are trying to open a road from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip so that you can defend yourself... However, the IDF will allow traffic on Salah al-Din Street tomorrow between 10am and 2pm (local time, 8am-12pm GMT). For your safety, please use this time to move south beyond Wadi Gaza," Adraee was quoted as saying by the Jerusalem Post.

On the same day, German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck warned that Hamas' attack was a declaration of war against the "civilized world" and that the movement must be destroyed.

In another development, on November 5, CNN published the story of a girl named Dua Abu Sneineh. She said she was shocked when a group of police officers stormed her home in East Jerusalem early on the morning of October 23. “I didn’t think they would come to arrest me,” she told CNN . But in fact, the police arrested her.

Abu Sneineh, 22, said she was told she was under arrest and asked to hand over her phone.

“When I asked why, the officer started pushing me and snatched the phone out of my hand,” she said. The officer checked Abu Sneineh’s phone for TikTok or Facebook, then checked her Snapchat account, the only social media platform she used.

She said the police officer noticed that she had not posted anything and then went on WhatsApp. In it, she posted a verse from the Quran, which turned out to be exactly what they were looking for. “They said I was inciting terrorism. I couldn’t believe it,” Abu Sneineh said. “The verse in question was: God does not know what the oppressors do.”

Since the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas began last month, Abu Sneineh is one of dozens of Palestinian residents and Israeli citizens who have been arrested in Israel for expressing solidarity with Gaza and its civilians, sharing Quranic phrases or showing any support for the Palestinian people.

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