Palestinians are trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water.
JERUSALEM: Israel said today there was no temporary truce to allow aid in or foreigners out of the Gaza Strip, where desperation was mounting among millions of Palestinians trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water.
But with Israeli troops massed along the border, its calculations to invade Gaza where Hamas has built a warren of tunnels are complicated by the presence of 199 hostages captured by the Islamists. “No electricity, no water, no internet. I feel like I’m losing my humanity,” said Mona Abdel Hamid, 55, who fled Gaza City to Rafah in the south, where she is staying with strangers.With Israeli-controlled crossings closed and Egypt also having shut the Rafah border in the south, Gazans are effectively trapped.
But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office dashed hopes of a deal, saying in a statement today that “there is currently no ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza in return for removing foreigners”. “I have seen babies, women and men beheaded,” said Rabbi Israel Weiss, one of the leaders of the grim task to identify the victims using DNA samples, fingerprints and dental records.
A ship evacuating US nationals from Israel left for Cyprus from the Israeli port of Haifa today, an AFP correspondent reported, in anticipation of intensifying hostilities.The White House has voiced fears at the prospect of Iran becoming “directly engaged”, after Tehran praised the Hamas attack but insisted it was not involved.Biden reiterated US backing for Israel in “taking out the extremists”, but underlined that any move by Israel to occupy Gaza would be a “big mistake”.
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