Incessant Israeli bombardments on the Gaza Strip have left dozens of dead, Hamas said on Tuesday, at a time when nearly 450,000 Palestinians had to flee shelled areas of the city of Rafah threatened by an offensive. wingspan.
Information to remember
⇒ An arms delivery to Israel for a billion dollars
⇒ The EU condemns the operation in Rafah
⇒ The American artificial port in Gaza operational “in the coming days”
Operation in Rafah: the EU takes a position
The European Union on Wednesday urged Israel to “immediately cease” its military operation in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, otherwise it would “strain” its relationship with the EU.
“The European Union urges Israel to immediately cease its military operation in Rafah”, the continuation of which “would inevitably put a strain on the EU’s relationship with Israel”, indicates the press release from the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
Washington: arms delivery to Israel for a billion dollars
The American executive notified Congress on Tuesday that it would deliver weapons to Israel worth around a billion dollars, AFP learned from sources familiar with the matter, a week after Joe Biden threatened to limit American military aid to its ally regarding Rafah.
Congress must still approve the arms delivery, a US official said, with a parliamentary source indicating the total amount is around $1 billion.
According to Wall Street Journal, which first revealed the information, this delivery includes 700 million dollars of tank ammunition and 500 million for tactical military vehicles. This aid package is spent within the immense American aid plan for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, totaling $95 billion, including $13 billion for Israel, voted by Congress at the end of April .
American artificial port in Gaza operational “in the coming days”
An artificial port built by the US military to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza will be operational “in the coming days” after delays due to weather conditions, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Faced with restrictions on aid deliveries by land imposed by Israel on the Palestinian territory, American President Joe Biden announced the establishment of this temporary structure at the beginning of March.
The port, costing around $320 million, is complete, but the Pentagon announced last week that swells were preventing the structure from being docked to the Gaza shore and it would remain in the port for now. Israeli from Ashdod.
Hezbollah commander killed
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a Hezbollah commander on Tuesday evening, the Israeli army claimed Wednesday. “An Israeli Air Force aircraft struck and eliminated” Hussein Makki in the Tire region, the army communicated on the social network Telegram, publishing an aerial video of the explosion of a car.
Hussein Makki was a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, “responsible for the preparation and execution of numerous terrorist attacks against civilians and Israeli territory,” according to the same source.
Pro-Palestinian students evacuated from the University of Bern
The police intervened early Wednesday morning to evacuate a few dozen pro-Palestinian students who had occupied the University of Bern since Sunday, the establishment’s management reported in a press release. The police went to the site at the request of management, which on Monday had deemed any occupation “unacceptable”.
These students want to denounce the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the unprecedented attack carried out on October 7 on Israeli territory by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.