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Egypt Sends Medical Aid to Libya

American doctor William Novick (L) walks in a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
American doctor William Novick (L) walks in a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
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Egypt Sends Medical Aid to Libya

American doctor William Novick (L) walks in a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
American doctor William Novick (L) walks in a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

An Egyptian plane carrying medical aid arrived Wednesday at Benina International Airport to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said the aid was sent upon the directives of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide large quantities of medicines and medical equipment from the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population to the friendly country.

This falls within the framework of Egypt’s support and solidarity with Libyans under all circumstances.

Sources from Benghazi said that the arrival of the second shipment was coordinated between Commander in Chief of the Libyan Army and Sisi.

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9 Killed in Khan Younis, Hours after Israel Ordered Mass Evacuation

Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, ride on a pickup truck loaded with belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, ride on a pickup truck loaded with belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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9 Killed in Khan Younis, Hours after Israel Ordered Mass Evacuation

Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, ride on a pickup truck loaded with belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, ride on a pickup truck loaded with belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said Tuesday, within a day of Israel ordering the evacuation of parts of the city ahead of a likely ground operation.

The overnight strike hit a home near the European Hospital, which is inside the zone that Israel said should be evacuated. After the initial evacuation orders, the military said the facility itself was not included, but its director said most patients and medics have already been relocated.

Sam Rose, the director of planning at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, said Tuesday that the agency believes some 250,000 people are in the evacuation zone — over 10% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million — including many who have fled earlier fighting. He said another 50,000 people living just outside the zone may also choose to leave because of their proximity to the fighting. Evacuees have been told to seek refuge in a sprawling tent camp along the coast that is already overcrowded and has few basic services.

Since Oct. 7, Israeli ground offensives and bombardments have killed more than 37,900 people in Gaza, according to the territory's Health Ministry.

The war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and basic goods to Gaza, and people there are now totally dependent on aid. The top UN court has concluded there is a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza — a charge Israel strongly denies.