The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirms 20 Australians have fled Gaza through the Rafah border crossing. Follow live.
Palestinians walk in the street market of Jabaliya refugee camp which has been hit by two Israeli strikes.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is appalled over the escalating violence in Gaza” including the killing of Palestinians by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Tuesday and Wednesday, his spokesman says.
He called again “for the entry of vital humanitarian assistance at a scale needed to meet the mounting needs of the Palestinian population”.Palestinians and foreign aid workers wait to cross into Egypt on Wednesday.As we have reported, 23 people, including 20 Australians, have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and left Gaza.
Gaza border officials said the frontier would reopen on Thursday so more foreign passport holders could exit. "And we are appreciative of the work the government of Qatar has done, as they have done with securing the release of hostages." The group said that more than 690,000 displaced Palestinians were currently seeking shelter in 149 UNRWA facilities across the Gaza Strip.
“We are continuing to push for them to be able to make that passage across the Rafah crossing as soon as possible,” Mr Watts said. He said the 20 Australians were in contact with consular services but did not say if they would fly back to Australia or elsewhere. He told me he went to the border crossing but decided to go back into Gaza when Egyptian officials wouldn’t let his wife leave with him."They said, 'No, you can’t take your wife with you. You can go. She has to stay'. I said, 'No, I can’t leave my wife behind, she's my wife'," he said."It's a nightmare, worse than a nightmare," he saidAbdullah, pictured here with his grandkids, decided to remain in Gaza rather than leave his wife.
Another Australian family told the ABC their relatives could not get to the checkpoint to get out, because Israeli air strikes made the route too dangerous.US says more aid is reaching Gaza — but it's still well short of pre-war supplies "And we expect today's number to surpass yesterday's, just as yesterday's number surpassed the day before's, as we continue to ramp up deliveries to Gaza."
In a statement the military said its fighter jets had struck a Hamas command and control complex in Jabalia "based on precise intelligence", killing the head of the Islamist group's anti-tank missile unit, Muhammad A'sar. Today, for the first time since the Israel-Gaza war broke out, the Rafah border crossing was opened for foreign passport holders to leave."The Australian authorities have confirmed to us that 23 people registered to them, including 20 Australians, have successfully now crossed over from Gaza into Egypt.
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