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Israel bombs the Rafah crossing in Gaza, where thousands of evacuees are concentrated

Israeli planes bombed the crossing today Rafathat connects the Gaza strip with him Sinai Egyptian, where a crowd of Gazans gathered amid rumors of the opening of a passage for humanitarian aid to enter.

This is the fourth time Israel attacks that crossing – the only one that is not controlled by the Jewish state– since the beginning of the war with the Palestinian militias in Gaza, led by Hamason October 7th.

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Thousands of Gazans This morning they went to the crossing in response to information published by some media that pointed to its opening for a few hours to allow those Palestinians who had a foreign passport.

The entry of humanitarian helpduring a temporary ceasefire, but the passage was not opened and a crowd gathered there for hours.

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenarrived today at Israel for the second time since the start of the war, after a trip through Middle East which has already led him to Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, in the midst of intense diplomatic contacts to stabilize the region in the midst of this new war, the worst that Israel and the Gaza militias have faced.

Himself Blink announced last night Cairo that an agreement was reached with the involvement of UN, Egypt and other actors to open the Rafah crossing today for the entry of humanitarian aid.

Blink This Monday he met with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuand President Isaac Herzog, and it is not ruled out that there will be some announcement about a ceasefire lasting a few hours to open the crossing of Rafa.

The area around the city of Rafain the extreme south of Rangehosts hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people, who arrived in the last few days after Israel ordered on Friday the evacuation of the entire population of the northern part of the enclave, more than 1.1 million people, although only half were displaced.

Tension has increased enormously since Hamas launched, on October 7, an attack by land, sea and air from Link what caused at least 1,400 deadO vast majority civiliansand triggered a harsh counterattack by Israel, which has been bombing the Gaza stripwith a toll of at least 2,750 Palestinians killed and 9,700 injured.

Source: Elcomercio

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