CIA director William Burns was in Israel and had a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel he sees no signs of progress in Egyptian-brokered talks on a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would lead to the release of some hostages being held in Gaza, an Israeli official said Wednesday. It currently maintains a delegation of negotiators in Cairo, the official said.
William Burns, director of the CIA was in Israel and had a meeting with the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu subject to discussion possible suspension of the Israeli operation in Rafahthe city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in exchange for the release of hostages, the official added.
The US Embassy in Jerusalem had no comment on Burns’ visit.
“About 50,000 people” they left the city of Rapha in southern Gaza the last 48 hours after Israel’s evacuation order, a senior official of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) told CNN in the meantime.
“We have observed around 50,000 people leaving Rafah in the last 48 hours. We’ve seen them going to Khan Younis, some have gone to the extended humanitarian area of ​​Al-Mawasi, others have gone to Deir al-Balah,” UNRWA’s senior deputy director of Gaza affairs, Scott Anderson, told CNN.
Gazans began fleeing eastern Rafah on Monday after the Israeli army ordered residents to “evacuate immediately” as it conducts a military operation in the city.
“We believe as the UN that people should choose where they want to go and we will provide assistance wherever they decide to seek refuge with their families,” he said.
When asked about the expanded humanitarian area Israel has designated in the coastal town of Al-Mawasi for displaced Gazans to take refuge, Anderson said the area “It certainly doesn’t have the infrastructure who would expect,” adding that there are already over 400,000 people seeking refuge there.
“It’s essentially a sandy area, so there’s no sewage infrastructure, no water infrastructure. There are no roads leading to it.”
Anderson also said that people fleeing to Khan Younis will be arriving in an area already devastated by war.
He emphasized that the arrival of more humanitarian aid is a primary concern for his organization.
Source :Skai
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