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Egyptian Initiative to Receive Gaza’s Newborn Children

Palestinian child Abdullah Kahil in the ambulance before being transferred to the Nasser Institute in Cairo (Egyptian Ministry of Health)
Palestinian child Abdullah Kahil in the ambulance before being transferred to the Nasser Institute in Cairo (Egyptian Ministry of Health)
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Egyptian Initiative to Receive Gaza’s Newborn Children

Palestinian child Abdullah Kahil in the ambulance before being transferred to the Nasser Institute in Cairo (Egyptian Ministry of Health)
Palestinian child Abdullah Kahil in the ambulance before being transferred to the Nasser Institute in Cairo (Egyptian Ministry of Health)

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has asked his country’s authorities to swiftly coordinate the reception of newborns from the Gaza Strip and ensure their well-being amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
On Thursday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said since Nov. 11, 40 patients at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza Strip have died including three premature babies.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health is working to transfer newborn babies from the Gaza Strip to Egypt to preserve their lives.
In this context, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, said during a meeting of the Egyptian Cabinet on Thursday that efforts were underway to transfer 35 premature babies from Gaza hospitals to Egypt.
He added that ambulances and nurseries were being prepared at the Rafah crossing in order to receive the babies, as part of Egypt’s efforts to ensure the success of its evacuation efforts...”
Abdul Ghaffar also announced the transfer of Abdullah Al-Kahil, a Palestinian child facing imminent leg amputation, through the Rafah border crossing to receive treatment at Cairo’s Nasser Institute Hospital.
In a video circulated on social media, Al-Kahil had conveyed a heartfelt plea, in which he said: “Tell the Egyptians to let me walk... Why is amputation necessary for my leg? Can’t they create a bone for me? Provide me with a prosthetic leg? Pose these questions to the Egyptians.”
Al-Kahil’s appeal resonated across social media, reaching the Egyptian president.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health stated that an equipped ambulance, accompanied by a medical team, had been allocated to transport the child to the Nasser Institute Hospital in Cairo, assess his health condition, and determine the necessary medical procedures for his urgent treatment.
Over the past few days, Egypt has received, through the Rafah border crossing, a number of wounded Palestinians. According to the Egyptian minister of Health, 70 percent of patients arriving from Gaza are children, women and the elderly.
“Egypt is fully prepared to deal with any sick cases among our Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip, and to provide the required medical services,” Abdel Ghaffar said.

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Hezbollah Fires about 250 Rockets, Other Projectiles into Israel in Heaviest Barrage in Weeks

Members of the Israeli forces inspect a site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
Members of the Israeli forces inspect a site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
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Hezbollah Fires about 250 Rockets, Other Projectiles into Israel in Heaviest Barrage in Weeks

Members of the Israeli forces inspect a site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)
Members of the Israeli forces inspect a site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP)

Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with ceasefire efforts to halt the all-out war.

Some of the rockets reached the Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel.

Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on an army center killed a Lebanese soldier and wounded 18 others in the southwest between Tyre and Naqoura, Lebanon's military said.  

The Israeli military expressed regret, saying that the strike occurred in an area of combat against Hezbollah and that the military's operations are directed solely against the fighters.

Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines.

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, condemned the latest strike as an assault on US-led ceasefire efforts, calling it a “direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts” to end the war.

Hezbollah fires rockets after strikes on Beirut  

Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of the Gaza Strip ignited the war there. Hezbollah has portrayed the attacks as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians and Hamas. Iran supports both armed groups.

Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes at Hezbollah, and in September the low-level conflict erupted into all-out war as Israel launched waves of airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon and killed Hezbollah's top leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several top commanders.

The Israeli military said about 250 projectiles were fired Sunday, with some intercepted.

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said it treated seven people, including a 60-year old man in severe condition from rocket fire on northern Israel, a 23-year-old man who was lightly wounded by a blast in the central city of Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, and a 70-year-old woman who suffered smoke inhalation from a car that caught fire there.  

In Haifa, a rocket hit a residential building that police said was in danger of collapsing.

The Palestine Red Crescent reported 13 injuries it said were caused by an interceptor missile that struck several homes in Tulkarem in the West Bank. It was unclear whether the injuries and damage elsewhere were caused by rockets or interceptors.

Sirens wailed again in central and northern Israel hours later.

Israeli airstrikes without warning on Saturday pounded central Beirut, killing at least 29 people and wounding 67, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

Smoke billowed above Beirut again Sunday with new strikes. Israel's military said it targeted Hezbollah command centers in the southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, where the group has a strong presence.

Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,700 people in Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry. The fighting has displaced about 1.2 million people, or a quarter of Lebanon’s population.

On the Israeli side, about 90 soldiers and nearly 50 civilians have been killed by bombardment in northern Israel and in battle following Israel's ground invasion in early October. Around 60,000 Israelis have been displaced from the country's north.

EU envoy calls for pressure to reach a truce  

The Biden administration has spent months trying to broker a ceasefire, and US envoy Amos Hochstein was in the region last week.

The European Union’s top diplomat called Sunday for more pressure on Israel and Hezbollah to reach a deal, saying one was "pending with a final agreement from the Israeli government.”

Josep Borrell spoke after meeting with Mikati and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally who has been mediating with the group.

Borrell said the EU is ready to allocate 200 million euros ($208 million) to assist the Lebanese military, which would deploy additional forces to the south.

The emerging agreement would pave the way for the withdrawal of Hezbollah and Israeli troops from southern Lebanon below the Litani River in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution that ended the monthlong 2006 war. Lebanese troops would patrol with the presence of UN peacekeepers.