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Published: 05 November 2023
Israel continues to bomb the Gaza Strip as the war entered its 30th day, in return, the
"Hamas" movement suspended the evacuation of foreigners.
Edited by| Christian Megan
Humanity section - CJ journalist
Gaza Strip - November,5,2023
The Israeli army announced that it was launching "major strikes that will continue in the
coming days" on the Gaza Strip, pointing out that it had divided the besieged Strip into two
parts.
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that " major strikes are currently being launched, and
will continue tonight and in the coming days, "stressing that the Israeli forces carrying out
ground operations in the Strip divided it into two parts:"southern Gaza and northern Gaza".
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met on Sunday with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah during an unannounced visit
surrounded by tight security measures, according to the Palestinian presidential office.
Blinken's visit to the occupied West Bank is the first since the outbreak of the war between
Israel and the "Hamas" movement in the Gaza Strip during the seventh of October and
comes after a round of talks he held in Israel and Jordan amid fears of a widening scope of
the war.
Two Egyptian security sources and a third medical source told Reuters that the evacuation of
injured residents of the Gaza Strip and foreign passport holders through the Rafah crossing
to Egypt has been suspended since Saturday.
One of the security sources and the medical source explained that the suspension of
evacuations of the injured after an Israeli strike on Friday on ambulances in Gaza that were
used to transport the injured.
The Rafah crossing leading to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt is the only exit port to Gaza that is
not controlled by Israel. Two of the sources said aid trucks were still able to enter Gaza.