Egypt agrees to open humanitarian corridor with Gaza, but Hamas refuses to evacuate civilians

2023-10-12 12:45:40

While a large part of the political and media left denounces the suffering of thousands of civilians in the the Gaza Strip and holds Israel responsible for it, Hamas rejects the humanitarian corridor proposed by the US and accepted by Egypt, with which it shares its southern border. This has been reported by the country’s security forces, who point out that the terrorists have “completely” ruled out this idea, considering that this would mean that the strip is being “evacuated.”

According to Hamas, its refusal is due to the conditions imposed by the US, who would have demanded that the corridor have “a single direction”, in such a way that it would allow civilians who wanted to flee the attacks, but not those who chose to do so. for staying they received humanitarian aid.

This humanitarian corridor would mean that civilians who are suffering from attacks in response to Hamas’ indiscriminate killing of Israelis They could leave for Egypt through the Rafah crossing, the only one not controlled by Israel, which, unlike Hamas, would have accepted the proposal. The terrorists’ rejection would demonstrate once again their interest in using the inhabitants of the strip as human shields.

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The Egyptian Government, for its part, has confirmed that its country has kept the Rafah crossing open to provide humanitarian aid, food and medical supplies. In fact, this very Thursday, Jordan has sent the first humanitarian aid plane to Egypt so that it can be transported through that same crossing.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA), The displaced within the Gaza Strip have exceeded 338,000thus increasing by 75,000 people the number of civilians who have fled their homes within the Palestinian territory in one day.

Meanwhile, Israel reiterated this Thursday that Their objective is to “liquidate” the top leaders of Hamas. “At this very moment we are concentrating on its senior leaders, not only the military command, but also its government officials up to Sinuar – the leader of the terrorists in Gaza,” said Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht.