A spokesperson for the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) assured that there is “no relapse in famine in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s decision to stop the entry of humanitarian aid.”
MADRID, 19 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS).- Las authorities of Israel They suspended the entry of humanitarian aid “until further orders” in retaliation for this Sunday’s escalation, after accusing the militias of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to break the ceasefire.
Official Israeli sources cited by different international media explained that “in accordance with political guidelines, the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until further notice, after the flagrant violation of the agreement by Hamas“.
From the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), they warned that “the closure of the border crossings will have serious repercussions on all sectors, particularly in the health field.”
“We do not fear a recurrence of famine in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s decision to stop the entry of aid,” said a UNRWA spokesperson quoted by the Palestinian newspaper. Palestine.
The Israeli army reported an attack by Palestinian militiamen against an engineering unit and an infantry reinforcement, first with the impact of an anti-tank missile against a military excavator and then with shots against support units, without any evidence of casualties.
In response, Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes this Sunday. “The Israel Defense Forces, led by the Southern Command, have begun a wave of attacks against Hamas terrorist targets in the southern Gaza Strip, following a violation of a ceasefire agreement that occurred today,” the army said in a brief message on its X social network account. Gazan authorities reported at least 15 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. last hours.
Military sources told the newspaper Times of Israel who have already attacked more than 20 targets in Gaza after the Rafah incident, in the most serious crisis of the ceasefire since its declaration on October 11. United States security sources shared on the portal Axios that the Israeli army notified Washington in advance of the resumption of bombing of Gaza.
Although at first Hamas sources told the newspaper Palestinerelated to the Islamist movement, that the incident seemed to be an attack against a militia financed by Israel and that it was not directed at the Israeli military, a second statement from the armed wing of the movement, the Ezzeldin al Qassam Brigades, specified that for now it is impossible to know what has happened given that contacts with its units in Rafá have been broken since the entry of the Israeli army into the city, in May 2024.
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