LIVE: Only 5 patients leave Gaza after Israel reopens Rafah crossing
Gaza’s Rafah crossing reopening came too late for this 3-year-old
- Thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians are eagerly waiting to leave for urgent medical care abroad as Israel opens the Rafah border with Egypt for “limited” transfers. Only five patients managed to exit today.
- The Rafah crossing – after being closed by Israel for nearly two years – will reportedly operate for six hours a day and allow the exit of only 150 people, with 50 individuals greenlighted to enter Gaza. Just
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Israeli forces shoot Palestinian man in Qalqilya
A Palestinian man is in critical condition after having been shot by Israeli forces in West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency has reported.
The victim was transported to the Darwish Nazzal Governmental Hospital. The motive of the shooting remains unclear, the Palestinian news agency said.
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Smotrich claims Hamas to be given ‘two-month ultimatum’ to disarm: Report
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Hamas will be given a “two-month ultimatum” to disarm by Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace”, which will oversee ending the war in Gaza.
In comments carried by local Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon, Smotrich is quoted as saying that there is no end to the war “before Hamas is destroyed.”
“There will be no Hamas in Gaza, neither militarily, nor [civilly], nor in government. We made a commitment, and that is the main objective of the war,” he said.
The second phase of the Gaza agreement stipulates the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian factions, further withdrawal of Israeli forces and the beginning of reconstruction efforts.
While the Board of Peace was announced as part of Trump’s ceasefire plan in October, its charter does not explicitly refer to the enclave and is instead described as “an international organisation that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance.”
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WATCH: Israeli strikes hit two more south Lebanon villages amid ‘ceasefire’
Israeli strikes destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese villages of Kfar Tebnit and Ain Qana on Monday in the latest attacks to occur amid a so-called “ceasefire.”
The military claims it targeted “Hezbollah infrastructure.”
Watch our report for scenes from the ground:
Israeli strikes hit two more south Lebanon villages amid ‘ceasefire’ - 1h ago(19:30 GMT)
French judges issue arrest warrants for French-Israeli activists over complicity in Gaza genocide
French investigating judges have issued arrest warrants against two French-Israeli women living in Israel accused of having obstructed the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, French newspaper Le Monde has reported.
The women were identified as Nili Kupfer-Naouri, founder and president of the organisation Israel Is Forever, which states its mission as the “mobilization of French-speaking Zionist forces,” and Rachel T., spokesperson for the collective Tsav 9, which repeatedly blocked trucks headed for Gaza in 2024.
According to the report, they are accused of complicity in genocide and incitement to genocide.
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‘Rafah crossing opening won’t improve things for Palestinians patients in Gaza’
Moureen Kaki, head of the Gaza mission for international medical NGO Glia, says the situation continues to be dire for the thousands of people who need medical care in the enclave.
“The fact that the Rafah crossing is opening does not mean that there will be more medical supplies or equipment brought in”, she told Al Jazeera from Khan Younis. “This effectively does very little to change circumstances for patients on the ground here in Gaza.”
Only five people desperately in need of medical care managed to leave the Gaza Strip today under Israel’s restrictions, out of about 20,000 who need to be evacuated.
“We have no information and no promises from the Israelis” as to when the designated number of Palestinian patients, which has been set at 50 per day, will be allowed to exit for treatment, she said.
Kaki, who facilitates the entry of international medical delegations into Gaza, said that she also doesn’t see the opening of the Rafah crossing helping to increase the presence of the international medical and humanitarian communities there.
“There’s currently a 40 percent denial rate” by Israel for the entry of delegates, she said. “Delegates have been denied for carrying something as minimal as a stethoscope, she said.
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