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War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Thirty Four: Advancements in Jabaliya, large tunnel destroyed in Gaza City, fire in Rafah under investigation, crossfire with Egypt with an Egyptian soldier killed, Egypt begins transferring aid to Israel for Gaza, and the Spanish Consulate is banned from servicing residents of the Palestinian Authority.
In Gaza City, troops carried out a pinpoint raid based on new intelligence findings, and demolished an 800 meter long tunnel, which ran 18 meters deep, and emerged near the Netzarim Corridor, where IDF troops are stationed.
IDF troops continue to hold the Netzarim Corridor, which cuts through Gaza, separating the North and South, and is now home to three IDF bases, and complete with paved roads. The corridor allows troops to carry out quick pinpoint operations in strategic locations. Hamas continues to fire at troops on the corridor, and today the IDF eliminated several terrorists with sniper fire and tank shelling.
In a concerning event, an exchange of fire took place between the IDF and Egyptian forces on the other side of the Rafah Crossing. An Egyptian soldier was killed in the incident, with no casualties to Israeli forces. The IDF says that the incident is under investigation, and there is dialogue with the Egyptian side.
In coordination with the United States and Egypt, Egyptian aid trucks from the El Arish port began to arrive at the Kerem Shalom Crossing for inspection and transfer into the Gaza Strip, instead of entering via Rafah, which Egypt has refused to allow since the IDF took over the Rafah Crossing.
360 aid trucks were transferred into Gaza.
300 aid trucks are awaiting pick up by UN agencies
6 tankers of fuel designated for the operation of essential infrastructure in Gaza, entered Gaza
37 pallets containing tens of thousands of packages of aid were airdropped into Gaza
56 trucks were coordinated and transferred to Northern Gaza
There are 8 operational field hospitals in Gaza, with an additional 3 hospital initiatives being reviewed
So far, 3,272 sick and injured individuals and 725 escorts left Gaza for medical treatment abroad
The IDF retaliated with airstrikes against Hezbollah positions in Southern Lebanon, including a number of strikes on buildings and a vehicle with Hezbollah terrorists inside. Hezbollah positions along the border were shelled.
Air-raid sirens were activated in Eilat after the the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed to have launched three attack drones at Israel. The IDF says that two drones were intercepted by air-defense systems and a fighter jet, before reaching Israeli airspace. There was no mention or sighting of a third drone.
The IDF Shin Bet and Border Police arrested six wanted persons throughout Judea and Samaria, two of whom are associated with Hamas, and the remaining four with other terror groups. In addition, a vehicle containing terror cargo was located and destroyed in an operation near Jenin. Palestinian media reports that amid the operation, the IDF confiscated several vehicles in Jenin, and several cars caught fire.
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Amidst the recent political uprisings in the Arab region, physicians and other healthcare workers have found themselves in the crossfire. This paper focuses on Egypt's doctors, paying special attention to how many have both appealed to and practiced medical neutrality as its own potent and contested political stance, particularly since the period of military rule following Mubarak's removal from power. Our paper draws on interviews with physicians who served as volunteers in the field hospitals in the days of unrest and violence, and with others who played a major role in documenting protesters' injuries, police brutality, and other forms of state violence against unarmed citizens. Based on interviews with doctors who belong to organizations such as "Tahrir Doctors" and "Doctors Without Rights," our paper reveals how these doctors' commitment to professional ethics put them at odds with the orders of military personnel, rendering their appeal to "medical neutrality" a weighty political act in and of itself.
Amid the war between Israel and Hamas, India sent a second batch of aid on Sunday (Nov 19) for Palestinians in Gaza who are caught in the crossfire. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared a post on X social media platform on the development and wrote, "We continue to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Palestine."
India had previously extended support to Palestine by sending the first batch of aid, including medical and disaster relief, on October 22. The Indian Air Force played a pivotal role in this delivery, dispatching nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief materials on an IAF C-17 flight.
In an exclusive conversation with WION, he stressed the urgent need for medicine and relief in Gaza, which has faced severe shortages of essential supplies like food, water, medicine, oxygen, and petrol.
The Rafah crossing, vital for travel and transportation of goods, remains a crucial entry point for humanitarian aid into Gaza, although it has faced operational challenges since the onset of the war.
Israel has escalated its offensive on Gaza, aiming to eliminate Hamas and end its control over the besieged region. Civilians in Gaza are seeking refuge inside UN-run schools to protect themselves from air raids.
Disclaimer: WION takes utmost care to accurately and responsibly report ongoing developments on the Israel-Palestine conflict after the Hamas attacks. However, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.
The Coptic nun Athnasia from the convent of Mar-Girgis (St George) in Masr al-Qadeema (Old Cairo) lost her life today while in a car on the Cairo Alexandria Desert Road. Sister Athnasia was riding with two other nuns, a female doctor, and the driver from her convent to another Mar-Girgis convent in al-Khatatba off the Cairo Alexandria desert highway. At 58 kilometers from Cairo, their car was caught in a crossfire between two cars that were driving by, the passengers of which were shooting at one another. The details of the shooting and the reason behind it is not yet known.
Mar-Girgis convent in Masr al-Qadeema issued a statement in which it said that Sister Athnasis lost her life on the spot after she was hit by a number of shots. The other passengers and the driver are safe.
Sister Athnasia is the sister of the late Fr Yustus who was a monk and priest at the monastery of Anba Pola, and Fr Arsanius al-Malawani who is pastor of the church of the Holy Virgin in Salmaniya in the southern province of Nag Hammadi.
Sharing borders with Gaza, Israel, Libya and Sudan, Egypt has taken a lead role in providing lifesaving aid in the region. Since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan last April and the ongoing war in Gaza, both the Government and the Egyptian Red Crescent Society have been key actors in helping to assist millions of civilians caught in the crossfire.
Neveen Alqabbaj: The Egyptian Red Crescent Society was on top of the events in Gaza from the first day. We have more than 31 emergencies centres, 10 warehouses, 175 rescue teams, 36,000 emergency volunteers and trucks. We have highly equipped operations rooms that monitor the situation and coordinate with the Palestinian Red Crescent, so we have a real-time provision of data between the two.
We were getting ourselves ready in El Arish [where many international aid shipments arrive by air, about 50 km from the Rafah border into Gaza] and the surrounding governorates. We coordinate with local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to ensure we have the goods.
Elena Panova: With the crises erupting in Gaza and Sudan, the UN team in Egypt, which consists of 27 UN agencies, had to refocus on scaling up our work. These crises forced us to rethink the way we operate because we are in emergency mode.
The UN in Egypt is working hand in hand with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society and has deployed a small humanitarian technical team to El Arish, including logisticians and those supporting aid coordination and information management.
The team works to helps the Red Crescent Society manage its warehouses in El Arish, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided extra mobile warehouses, and UN agencies donated trucks, forklifts, generators and pallets. Out of the more than 4,008 trucks that reached Gaza, around 35 per cent [contain] aid mobilized by the UN thanks to the generosity of donors.
Neveen Alqabbaj: We are ensuring that everything is channeled through the [Rafah border] gates, that we have a comprehensive vision and are responding as fast as possible. The Rafah crossing was the sole source of passing major aid into Gaza.
Elena Panova: It is indeed a very complex operation, and the complexity should absolutely not be underestimated. From the UN side, we try to focus on enhancing efficiency and predictability.
We want to make sure that whatever gets on these trucks is what is needed in Gaza. Prioritization is one of the areas where we support the Egyptian Red Crescent based on the information we get from colleagues from the other side of the border, mainly the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
One example of enhancing efficiency is coming up with a QR coding system for aid trucks. Anyone with a mobile phone can scan the code and see who is donating the aid, who is the recipient and what type of aid, which is extremely important for managing the transportation and transparency of aid delivered to Gaza.
During the crisis, 90 per cent of Gazan hospitals have been completely out of order, around 250 medical workers were killed and there is a lack of equipment and many other supplies. We have serious injuries that need to be evacuated very soon.
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