European Union leaders have called for “humanitarian corridors” and “breaks” in the conflict, Thursday October 26, in a joint declaration. The objective is to come to the aid of the inhabitants of the besieged Gaza Strip, shelled without respite for 20 days by the Israeli army in response to the bloody Hamas attack. Follow our live stream.
Aid difficult to deliver. In six days, 74 aid trucks arrived from neighboring Egypt in the 362 km2 Palestinian territory. This is subject to “a complete seat” which deprives its 2.4 million inhabitants of water, food and electricity, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Before the conflict, 500 trucks managed to reach Gaza every day, already subject to an Israeli blockade since 2007.
The families of Israeli hostages are growing impatient. “No more patience, now we will fight”, said Thursday evening the Forum for the Families of Hostages and Missing. He demanded to be received by the government. According to the Israeli army, the families of 224 hostages were contacted to be informed that their loved ones were being held by Hamas.
A French humanitarian aid plane. France has chartered a plane with 54 tonnes of emergency humanitarian aid for the benefit of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday evening. This aid includes emergency medical kits, including medicines and hospital equipment intended to strengthen emergency structures and capable of treating up to 500 seriously injured people.
Injured in Egyptian border town. Six people were injured in a residential building, according to the media AlQahera News, when a rocket fell during the night from Thursday to Friday in Taba, an Egyptian town bordering Israel. Witnesses confirmed to AFP that a rocket had fallen in this town, where there is a border crossing to Israel.