First emergency convoy reaches Gaza, Israel says it will intensify strikes

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Blinken welcomed the opening but echoed a warning from Israel that no aid should end up in Hamas hands. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Humanitarian aid trucks arriving in Khan Younis from Egypt after having crossed through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct 21.Palestinians inspect the debris after an Israeli strike near a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school in Khan Ypunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct 21.

Palestinian officials were disappointed that fuel supplies were not included in the consignment of food, water and medical supplies and added that the aid was only 3 per cent of what used to get into Gaza before the crisis. “We have been clear: Hamas must not interfere with the provision of this life-saving assistance,” he said in a statement.

Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari warned the strikes would intensify in the north, and called on Gazans to move south to get out of harm’s way. Hamas gunmen seized the hostages when they burst out of the blockaded enclave into Israel and killed 1,400 people, mainly civilians, in a shock rampage.

Israeli troops have carried out live fire drills “in preparations for the next stage of war”, footage released by the Israeli army on Saturday showed.

 

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