On Friday October 13, the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of “all civilians in Gaza” towards the south of the Palestinian enclave, on the seventh day of its war against Hamas. The Jewish state invites Palestinians to move “towards the area south of Wadi Gaza”a stream located south of the city. “You will only be allowed to return to Gaza City when another announcement allowing this is made”, added the army. The UN, informed Thursday of this evacuation order which concerns some 1.1 million inhabitants, calls for this order to be rescinded. “The United Nations considers it impossible for such a population displacement to take place without causing devastating humanitarian consequences”, alerts the spokesperson. Follow our live stream.
PMore than 423,000 people displaced in the Gaza Strip. Nearly half a million Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, under siege and shelled by the Israeli army, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced on Friday.
The UN is appealing for donations of $294 million for Gaza and the West Bank. The appeal launched Thursday is intended to respond to “urgent needs” of more than 1.2 million inhabitants in these regions. Humanitarian organizations no longer have the necessary resources to “adequately respond to the needs of vulnerable Palestinians”, explains the UN. The organization is particularly concerned about 50,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip, without access to care, of whom around 5,500 are expected to give birth in the coming month.
The presidents of the Commission and the European Parliament are visiting Israel on Friday. Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola go there to “express solidarity with the victims of Hamas terrorist attacks and meet with Israeli leaders”the Commission and Parliament announced in a press release on Thursday.