the European Union will open a humanitarian airlift to the Gaza Strip via Egypt

• No ceasefire is in progress in the Gaza Strip, said Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, but a temporary cessation of strikes on evacuation routes has been decided, according to Israeli forces. They “will refrain from targeting axes delimited by 8 hours at 12 o’clock “declared an army spokesperson, on X, Monday morning. But “There is currently no ceasefire or humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip”underlined the Prime Minister’s Office on Xafter the Reuters agency announced earlier that the United States, Israel and Egypt had agreed on the establishment of such a truce.
• Vladimir Putin must speak on the phone with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, as well as with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, Monday October 16. Yuri Ushakov, diplomatic adviser, said that the Russian president had already spoken with the leaders of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, during the day.
• Around a million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip by war, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Sunday. “This figure is likely to rise as people continue to leave their homes”, specified the UNRWA communications director. The evacuation order given by Israel concerns 1.1 million inhabitants of the north of the enclave.
• Israel will launch “major military operations” once the civilians left, according to the IDF. “It’s really important that the people of Gaza know that we have been very, very generous with the timedeclared Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus on CNN overnight from Saturday to Sundaye. (…) I cannot stress enough that now is the time for Gazans to leave. »
• The border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, at Rafah, is still closed. According to a press release from the United States Embassy in Israel, it was supposed to open this morning at 9 a.m. It constitutes the last crossing point to get people out of the enclave, or to deliver humanitarian aid and supplies.
• The UN Secretary General, for his part, urged Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. “Gaza lacks water, electricity and other essential supplies”alerted Antonio Guterres in a press release Sunday evening, estimating that the Middle East is “on the edge of the abyss”. He also again demanded the immediate release of the hostages by Hamas.
• Twenty-eight Israeli towns along the border with Lebanon are being evacuated, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced Monday morning in a joint statement. This concerns “residents of northern Israel who live in an area up to 2 kilometers from the Lebanese border.”
• The Israeli border area with southern Lebanon is under tension, due to repeated exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, since October 7. Sunday was punctuated by these shots, which caused the death of at least one Israeli civilian and left several injured.
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel on Monday after his regional tour, in order to attempt mediation of the conflict. On Sunday, in an interview with the Saudi television channel Al-Arabiya, he said that an expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is an idea ” doomed to fail “ and stated: “We think people should be able to stay in Gaza, their home. »
• Joe Biden also believes that an Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip “would be a serious mistake”, declared the American president in an interview with the weekly show “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday evening. “We have no interest in occupying Gaza or staying in Gaza”the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations later saidGilad Erdan, to CNN.
• Nearly 200 hostages were captured by Hamas, according to an updated report from the Israeli army. “We informed the families of 199 hostages” of their captivity, Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, said Monday during a press briefing.
• At least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, killed in Israel since the attack, launched on Saturday October 7, on the Gaza Strip by Hamas. The number of deaths in the enclave controlled by Hamas rose to 2,750, according to a latest assessment.
• The toll of French nationals killed in Hamas attacks against Israel has risen further, reaching 19 dead and 13 missing, the French foreign minister reported on Sunday at the end of her visit to Israel. She is expected in Egypt on Monday.

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