As soon as the British Prime Minister set foot in Israel, he described the bloody attack by Hamas as an “indescribable act of terrorism.” “I am in Israel, a nation in mourning. I mourn with you and stand with you against the scourge of terrorism. Today and forever,” wrote Rishi Sunak At, Thursday, October 19th. Follow our live stream.
Humanitarian aid will not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip until Friday at the earliest. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid that have been parked at the gates of the Gaza Strip for several days are allowed to enter. The American and Egyptian presidents “agreed to deliver humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip in a sustainable manner through the Rafah crossing,” Cairo announced. However, that aid is not expected to arrive before Friday as work still needs to be done on the road destroyed by Israeli bombings.
Russia will soon deliver 27 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza. “A special aircraft (…) flew from Ramenskoye airfield near Moscow to El-Arich airport in Egypt, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said. Russian humanitarian aid will be handed over to representatives of the Egyptian Red Crescent to be sent to the Gaza Strip.
Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel on Thursday. The British Prime Minister is making the trip “to avoid a dangerous further escalation in the region”. He will meet his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The Palestinian Authority is calling for an investigation by the International Criminal Court. As Israelis and Palestinians blame each other after the deadly explosion that occurred at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening, “the Palestinian state has filed a lawsuit [mercredi] a file before the ICC [Cour pénale internationale]”, specified his representative in France, Hala Abou Hassira.
Protesters take over the Capitol and demand a ceasefire. At least a hundred protesters occupied a US congressional building to challenge elected officials and urge the Biden administration for a ceasefire in Gaza. They staged a “sit-in” and then began police arrests. The organization “Jewish Voice for Peace,” which brings together Jewish people who are against Israeli colonization, called for the rally.