#PARIS: The French #HelicopterCarrier #Dixmude has docked in #Egypt and could start treating wounded children from #Gaza later this week, defence minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday, as Western powers look to ramp up efforts to aid the enclave.

It is the first Western military ship to dock in Egypt since the conflict started and moored on Monday at al-Arish 50 km (31 miles) west of Gaza, now a hub for international aid for Gaza. #Israel
https://m.timesofindia.com/world/middle-east/french-warship-docks-in-egypt-could-treat-gaza-children-this-week-minister/articleshow/105559409.cms

A deal to extend the current ceasefire between #Israel and #Hamas by two days has been agreed after a frantic dash by mediators with just over 12 hours remaining before hostilities in #Gaza were due to resume.

Hamas said it had agreed to the extension of the four-day truce by 48 hours after the intervention of #Qatar and #Egypt. #GazaTruce

Deal agreed to extend Gaza ceasefire for two days, say Hamas and Qatar | #IsraelHamasWar | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/deal-agreed-to-extend-gaza-ceasefire-for-two-days-say-hamas-and-qatar

#GazaTruce #RafahCrossing #Thailand #Israel

Fifty hostages are expected to be released by Hamas during the four-day truce, however the 12 Thai hostages released earlier on Friday are part of a separate deal negotiated by Hamas with #Qatar and #Egypt, according to Reuters.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/24/israel-hamas-war-live-ceasefire-set-to-begin-on-friday-morning-with-hostage-release-due-shortly-after?page=with:block-6560c0438f08d11dcd252647#block-6560c0438f08d11dcd252647

#GazaTruce #RafahCrossing #Egypt #Israel #Thailand

source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/24/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-continues-gaza-attacks-ahead-of-truce

Some regard the #Houthi missiles and drones as symbolic displays of solidarity designed for a domestic Yemeni audience. However, international alarm grew on Sunday when in a sophisticated helicopter raid Houthi fighters hijacked the #GalaxyLeader. The 25-strong crew of the Japanese-managed ship, which includes 17 #Filipinos, had been on a journey from #Egypt to #India. #SaudiArabia

Houthi attacks on #Israel jeopardise Saudi peace efforts in #Yemen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/24/houthi-attacks-on-israel-jeopardise-saudi-peace-efforts-in-yemen

At least seven tankers carrying #fuel and #CookingGas and around 200 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the #GazaStrip from #Egypt as part of the deal agreed by #Israel and #Hamas, the Israeli military and the #RedCrescent said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna126500#rcrd26474

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said 12 of the premature babies rescued from #Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital have been flown to #Cairo. #Egypt #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/20/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-hostages-al-shifa-hospital-gaza-hamas-attack?page=with:block-655b9c718f08b5b565f2fbd0#block-655b9c718f08b5b565f2fbd0

Campaign to boycott Western producers linked to #Israel has reignited demand for soda brand founded by Greek beekeeper. #Egypt #Gaza

'Boycott Israel’ breathes new life into 100-year-old Egyptian soda brand
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/19/boycott-israel-breathes-new-life-into-100-year-old-egyptian-soda-brand

The 34 #Filipinos, who crossed into #Egypt from #Gaza through the #Rafah border bridge before flying to the #Philippines, were mostly spouses and dependents of Palestinian nationals, according to the DFA. #RafahCrossing

DFA says 34 Filipinos from Gaza arrived in PH | Inquirer News
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1858366/dfa-says-34-filipinos-from-gaza-arrived-in-ph

“Happy to hear the update that 56 more #Filipinos have left #Gaza amid the #Israel-#Hamas conflict, joining the 42 who had previously crossed. This brings the total to 98 out of the 137 originally in Gaza, now en route to #Cairo,” Marcos said on X. #RafahCrossing #Egypt

56 more Filipinos fled Gaza; en route to Cairo — Bongbong Marcos | #MiddleEast
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/222376/bongbong-marcos-says-56-more-filipinos-left-gaza-en-route-to-cairo?utm_source=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery

The group is accompanied by Philippine Embassy officials led by Ambassador Ezzedin H. Tago on the way to #Cairo, according to a report by #RaffyTima on #UnangBalita on Wednesday, citing a source.

They made a stopover in el-Arish in #Egypt to eat, around 30 kilometers away from the #Gaza border. #Philippines #Israel

40 #Filipinos exit Gaza via #RafahCrossing, now safe in Egypt | GMA News Online
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/887626/41-filipinos-exit-gaza-via-rafah-crossing-are-now-in-egypt/story/

#RafahCrossing

#Philippines — Department of Foreign (DFA) on Tuesday announced Palestinian spouses of #Filipinos in #Gaza will be allowed to cross the border into #Egypt.

DFA is just waiting for a written approval from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in #Israel.

Palestinian spouses of Filipinos in Gaza will be allowed to go to Egypt – DFA
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/222215/palestinian-spouses-of-filipinos-in-gaza-will-be-allowed-to-go-to-egypt-dfa

#RafahCrossing #Gaza #Israel

Hopefully, some #Pinoys made it through in this batch. Many Americans, French citizens and some Canadians reportedly reached #Egypt

The #RafahCrossing is wide open again - thank God. #Egypt

#Israel

#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna123954#rcrd24711

Egyptian sources indicate that much of the so-called “Ukrainian elite” acquired property in Egypt, particularly in the aftermath of the special military operation (SMO). However, Al-Alawi “dared” to do his job and investigate the matter and it seems that he really hit the hornet’s nest by revealing this information.

Namely, several news outlets reported that he was found dead near the El Hadaba road in Hurghada. Local police said that his body had numerous abrasions, fractures, bruises and a traumatic brain injury.

#ukrainian #terrorism

One MiG over Tel Aviv: How the USSR averted World War III in October 1973
The era of confrontation between the capitalist and communist worlds was called the Cold War. Its battles were played out not within the borders of the main participants - the United States and the USSR - but in countries or even regions quite distant from Moscow and Washington




#history #USSR #USA #Israel #Egypt #Syria #war #Mig25 #СССР #история #russian #aviation

"Look, I'm a sphinx!"

Welcome to another mysterious #caturday!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #pyramids #sphinx #egypt #humor #humour

V Reuters:
#Egypt 's president Sisi: "Forced displacement of #Palestinians cannot be implemented; If I call on the Egyptian people to reject the idea of displacing Palestinians then millions of Egyptians will heed this call"

#BBC 's intnl editor Jeremy Bowen asks #IDF 's Hagari whether he thinks the governments of #Jordan , #Egypt , #Saudi Arabia and the #UAE - which last night condemned #Israel for the hospital blast - will believe his claims.

Hagari says he hopes, following the IDF's analysis, that "the BBC will now share this investigation and those countries will listen".

He adds that the IDF intends to share the analysis with the US - and any other country that wants to see it.

'The #Israeli military says the projectile malfunctioned and fell short of its target in #Israel

Millions of #Palestinians and others in the Middle East will not believe that. #Jordan , #Egypt , #Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates #UAE are among the countries condemning Israel.

The question now is whether anger caused by the attack increases the chances of a wider war.'

#Israeli strikes have targeted homes in the south of #Gaza , the #Palestinian interior ministry has said - including 21 people killed in an air strike on a house in Khan Younis.

It said another 28 people were killed in a strike on a house in the #Rafah area, near to the border crossing with #Egypt . The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said women and children were among the dead

The #Egyptian military opposes that desire. It overthrew an elected Muslim president in 2013.
#Egypt 's current regime has relations with #Hamas, and has in the past been the link between Hamas and #Israel . But it does not want an influx of #Palestinian refugees.
The camps in Gaza still exist 75 years after they were established to house refugees - forced out by newly independent Israel - who have never been allowed home.

Why is #Egypt keeping the crossing closed? Jeremy Bowen: the Egyptian government, even at quiet times, does not allow routine access from #Gaza through the #Rafah crossing. #Egypt has been the junior partner in earlier versions of Israel's siege of Gaza ever since #Hamas took over there in 2007.
Hamas has its roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, an organisation founded in Egypt a century ago. The Brotherhood wants to reshape states and society in line with Islamic teaching and belief. (Cont.)

Diplomatic talks are also continuing about the possibility of reopening the #Rafah crossing between #Egypt and #Gaza so that aid can be brought into Gaza and foreign nationals can be evacuated

A video analysed by BBC Verify appears to show an air strike at the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side of the border, creating a large explosion

Reuters is just reporting that the #US, #Israel and #Egypt have agreed to a #ceasefire in southern #Gaza to coincide with the reopening of the #Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. We had earlier seen media reports saying the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing - now the only possible road out of Gaza - will be open "for a few hours" on Monday
#IDF spox on air just now with #BBCWorldService didn't seem to have any knowledge of any such agreement

the #US Embassy in #Israel said people "may wish to move closer" to the #Rafah crossing on the #Gaza - #Egypt border. It was citing US media reports which said the Rafah crossing will open "for a few hours". Neither report has been confirmed.

NBC News, citing a #Palestinian official, said the crossing would be open at 9am local time. ABC News, citing a security source, said the crossing would open for a few hours on Monday "and then close again in the late afternoon".

V madamasr:
' #Egypt is on the verge of accepting an agreement that would allow foreigners and dual nationals to traverse the #Rafah crossing into North #Sinai , having set as a precondition the approval of the entry of #humanitarian #aid into the #Gaza Strip, according to informed sources'
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2023/10/15/feature/politics/under-pressure-egypt-inclined-to-accept-israel-us-push-to-host-palestinians-potentially-displaced-by-israeli-offensive/

The #US embassy in #Israel has said it has offered Americans + their immediate relatives evacuation by sea.

Those eligible will leave from the port city of #Haifa for #Cyprus on Monday.
'Entry requirements can be found here: https://mfa.gov.cy/visa-information.html
Those wanting to board will be asked to sign a n agreement to repay the US govt

Meanwhile the UK Foreign Office is telling British nationals in #Gaza to prepare in case the #Rafah border crossing into #Egypt is opened:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67114394

In #Egypt, an aid convoy has been waiting for hours to enter #Gaza through the #Rafah crossing.

In recent days the checkpoint has been closed due to #Israel's aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip which has reportedly damaged the #Palestinian side of the crossing.

This has prevented people from leaving or entering Gaza through the checkpoint. It also means aid has been held up at the border, and aid agencies have urged authorities to let their convoys through.

The conditions in #Gaza are "fast becoming untenable," #UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said. "I fear that the worst is yet to come Humanity is failing."

So far at least five planes carrying humanitarian relief have arrived in Egypt's Sinai, Red Cross #ICRC officials said.

The #WHO said a plane carrying trauma medicines and health supplies had also landed.

Al Arish airport on #Sinai is about 45 km from the Gaza border, but the #Rafah crossing with #Egypt remains closed.
#Israel #hamas

It has passed 9 AM in #Israel and #Gaza - a quick recap:
#US is in talks with #Israel , the #UN and #Egypt on allowing aid into #Gaza , and providing safe passage out of the territory for some residents. #Blinken is due to land in Israel

Israel has massed troops near the Gaza border, which includes about 300,000 #reservist forces. It is still unclear if and when it plans to launch a ground offensive inside Gaza
( cont.)

#BBCNews - #Egypt warned #Israel days before #Hamas struck, US committee chairman says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67082047

at the moment, no crossings into #Gaza are functioning.

All the crossings into #Israel have been closed since #Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on Saturday.

Until yesterday, the #Rafah crossing between Gaza and #Egypt was operating.

On Sunday, it was open for goods and about 200 trucks of food, fuel and construction materials were allowed in, acc to OCHA

US Sec of State #Blinken is on his way to #Israel . He told reporters before getting on the plane that the US would give Israel "everything it needed

The US is also working with Israel and #Egypt on a potential safe passage for some civilians, the White House said

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for essential supplies of food, fuel and water to be allowed to reach civilians in #Gaza and said a "rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access" was needed

From #BBC Monitoring colleagues:

Third strike reported on border crossing between #Gaza and #Egypt - in some #Arabic media

Fears in Egypt of a possible Gaza exodus

An aid convoy is said to have been turned back from the #Egyptian border

#Qatar For Min says it is too early to talk about direct mediation

#Doha, Cairo and Ankara said to have been talking to Hamas acc to AlArabiya

The US is boosting military aid to #Israel - the first plane carrying US arms arrived in southern Israel on Tuesday evening

Josep Borrell, the EU's High Rep for Foreign Affairs,said #Israel 's response in #Gaza may have breached international law. "Israel has the right to defend [itself], but it has to be done according to the right of international law, humanitarian law," he said

The US says it is discussing with Israel and #Egypt about trying to get "safe passage" for Gaza civilians.

Not all doctors thought dry, old mummies made the best medicine. Some doctors believed that fresh meat and blood had a vitality the long-dead lacked.
The claim that fresh was best convinced even the noblest of nobles. England’s King Charles II took medication made from human skulls after suffering a seizure, and, until 1909, physicians commonly used human skulls to treat neurological conditions.
For the royal and social elite, eating mummies seemed a royally appropriate medicine , as doctors claimed mumia was made from pharaohs. Royalty ate royalty.

#history #Egypt #mummy #medicine #europe #european #culture #cannibalism