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Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip who have been stuck in Israel since the start of the conflict be sent back to Gaza. The Israeli government decided that. There are allowed for the time being no more Palestinians from Gaza come to work in Israelthe office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported on Thursday evening.

Before the terrorist attack by the extremist Palestinian movement Hamas in Israel on October 7, thousands of Palestinians were able to enter Israel with a permit to work. mainly in agriculture or the construction sector. But according to observers, a number of workers have provided information to Hamas who allegedly helped the terror organization invade Israel on October 7.

Many Palestinian workers – according to media hundreds or even several thousand people – have been trapped in the aftermath of the October 7 attack since the outbreak of the war stuck in Israel or the occupied West Bank. People are also being held at an army base. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s emergency government now wants to send all Palestinian workers from Gaza back to the area.

Since the October 7 attack, the Israeli army has been carrying out heavy bombardments on the Gaza Strip. According to Hamas figures, more than 9,000 people, mainly civilians, have been killed. On the Israeli side, more than 1,400 people have been killed since the conflict broke out.

One of the correspondents of Palestine TV in GazaMohamed Abou Hatab, is Thursday evening killed in an Israeli bombing at his apartment building. The channel announced this on Thursday.

Hatab died together with several family members Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to sources, the bombing involved Khan Younis in Nasser Hospital twelve people died.

The 52-year-old Palestinian journalist gave just before his death, the last state of affairs from the Gaza Strip was shown live on television. He spoke, among other things, about the many deaths in hospital morgues and the bodies still buried under the rubble.

Since the beginning of the Israeli bombing of Gaza, according to the Palestinian journalists’ union, it has now become certain 27 Palestinian journalists died. In total, according to the American press freedom organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), there have been since the beginning of the conflict 36 journalists died, including four Israeli and one Lebanese reporter.

The Israeli attacks began after the October 7 terrorist act by the Palestinian extremist organization Hamas, which killed hundreds of Israelis and abducted dozens of others to the Gaza Strip. In total, at least 1,400 people have now died in Israel. In the Palestinian territories, according to Hamas figures, there are at least 9,000 people, mostly civilians.

On Thursday, 102 trucks carrying aid crossed the border between Egypt and Gaza. This was reported by the Palestinian Red Crescent. This is the highest number of trucks crossing the Rafah border in one day since aid supplies have been gradually allowed into the Gaza Strip.

A total of 374 trucks carrying aid have now entered Gaza since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas. The trucks transport food, water, medicine and medical equipment. “Unfortunately, there is no fuel, which is urgently needed for electricity in hospitals and for clean water,” reports the Dutch Red Cross.

Before the war rode there according to the United Nations about 500 trucks enter Gaza every day. Of these, about a hundred aids were on board each time.

Israeli forces are currently at the height of fighting, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu says the Israeli army has already achieved “impressive achievements” and is still “making progress.” He provided no further details and did not refer to specific operations.

The United Nations announced that four UN schools in the Gaza Strip that house people who have fled the war were hit by bombings on Thursday. The government of the extremist Palestinian organization Hamas blames Israel.

The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said two of the affected schools are located in the refugee camps of Jabalia and Chati, in the north, and two others in Boureij, further south, and that the bombing killed 23 people. have cost lives.

The Israeli army has announced that it has succeeded in encircling Gaza City. The ground offensive in the Gaza Strip started a week ago.

“Our soldiers have completed the encirclement of Gaza City, the center of the terrorist organization Hamas,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a news conference.

Israel regards Gaza City as the center of the ‘terrorist organization’ and wants to eliminate all pockets of resistance there. The advance started a week ago.

A twenty Belgians and rights holders have already been evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing. This is evident from an update from the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib.

A Belgian diplomatic team is on site to receive the evacuated nationals. A baby has been taken to hospital.

The first evacuated Belgians are probably part of a group of 600 foreigners and people with dual nationality who would leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. This group includes American, Swiss, Greek, Dutch and Mexican citizens.

A list of 178 Belgian nationals present in Gaza, checked by State Security and the Immigration Office, has been sent to local authorities. However, this number may still change.

This morning, Egypt said it would help evacuate “around 7,000” foreigners and dual nationals from the Gaza Strip.