ISMAILIA
\n Seventy-six wounded Palestinians and 335 foreigners entered Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in first such crossing since the Oct 7 Hamas raid that triggered an ongoing episode of hostilities by Israeli forces in the besieged enclave.
\nA day after an Israeli air strike killed about 50 people and wounded 150 others in Jabalia, another blast shook Gaza\u2019s largest refugee camp on Wednesday.
\nAmbulances transported the 76 wounded Palestinians into Egypt and six buses took 335 foreign passport holders who were stuck in Gaza since Israel placed a \u201ctotal siege\u201d on the Palestinian territory after Hamas\u2019s raid early last month, an Egyptian official at the Rafah crossing said.
\nEgyptian authorities had said they would allow 90 wounded Palestinians and around 545 foreigners and dual nationals to cross on Wednesday.
\n\u201cThe Rafah terminal will open again on Thursday to allow the passage of more foreigners and dual citizens,\u201d a security source said.
\nAmong the foreigners were 31 Austrians, four Italians, five French nationals and an unspecified number of Germans.
\nOn Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress an estimated 1,000 people, including 400 Americans and their close relatives, were stuck in Gaza seeking evacuation.
\nThe Israeli military claimed it had killed Ibrahim Biari, a Hamas commander who was \u201cpivotal in organising the Oct 7 assault\u201d, in Tuesday\u2019s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp.
\nFootage showed smoke billowing over the camp and people sifting through piles of rubble and carrying away the injured.
\n\u201cIt is a massacre,\u201d said one eyewitness at the scene.
\nEuropean Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he was appalled by the high number of casualties in Jabalia. He urged all sides to respect the \u201claws of war and humanity\u201d.
\nIsrael\u2019s military said 15 of its soldiers were killed on Tuesday night as ground forces clashed with \u201cfighters from Hamas and other groups\u201d in Gaza\u2019s north, south and east. It was the biggest one-day loss for Tel Aviv since it invaded Gaza Strip last week.
\n\u201cWe are in a tough war,\u201d Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a speech. \u201cI promise to all citizens of Israel: we will get the job done. We will press ahead until victory.\u201d
\nA Hamas spokesperson said it had fired a \u201clarge number of rockets\u201d into Israel on Wednesday. Warning sirens sounded all day in southern Israel as well as the Mediterranean port cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod.
\nCommunications and internet services were cut off in Gaza again on Wednesday, telecommunications provider Paltel said.
\nPalestinians said a bomb had hit an eye hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, causing a fire. There was no word on casualties. In Geneva, the UN human Rights Office said the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) air strikes on Jabalia camp \u201ccould amount to war crimes\u201d.
\n\u201cGiven the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following IDF air strikes on Jabalia refugee camp, we have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes,\u201d the office wrote on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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