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From CNNs Amir Tal in Jerusalem
The Israeli prime ministers office has denied there are any arrangements for the opening of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
"At the moment there is neither a ceasefire nor humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip in return for the exit of foreigners," the office told CNN around 9:45 a.m. local time.
A security alert from the US Embassy in Jerusalem earlier on Monday cited media reports saying the Rafah crossing will open at 9 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) on October 16.
We anticipate that the situation at the Rafah crossing will remain fluid and unpredictable and it is unclear whether, or for how long, travelers will be permitted to transit the crossing, the embassy statement said.
The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is the only remaining outlet for supplies, but it has been closed for much of the past week, with neither Gazans nor foreign nationals able to cross. Tons of vital humanitarian supplies for people in Gaza have been piling up on the Egyptian side of the border.
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-news-hamas-war-10-16-23/index.html
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"Urgent need" for ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid for Gaza, UN Human Rights Office says
Donkees
Oct 2023
#1
There is no world in which Israel participates in a "non-Israeli only" release. n/t
CincyDem
Oct 2023
#2
The implication is that Israel reserves the right to bomb any traffic using the crossing
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2023
#3
Without a ceasefire, all parties to the conflict reserve the right for military activities
Beastly Boy
Oct 2023
#13
News reports lately are...worse than inaccurate...plain wrong...takes a day for truth to show up.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#7
The reports coming out of America are as bad...truth is officially optional in war...remember.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#8
Reuters is using single one source anonymous sources...wow. Journalism now officially dead.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#10
Doesn't Qatar host a huge American military base? Friendly as heck to America!
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#15
I'll take that as a "Yes, Al Jazeera is state owned Qatar, but quick, look over here."
lapucelle
Oct 2023
#16
State funded like many...so is the BBC and many many others...not sure what the point is?!
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#17
No idea of that internet post...many photos...don't need photos..parents grieving by the thousands...
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2023
#19
What "many photos of the baby body bags"? Why would anyone looking for facts go to Al Jazeera?
lapucelle
Oct 2023
#20
Yeah my assumption is they don't want the Hamas leaders in Gaza escaping to Eygpt
EX500rider
Oct 2023
#25