- Blanken ‘confident’ Gaza ceasefire will begin on Sunday
- Egypt says Gaza ceasefire ‘will begin without delay’, set to host Gaza reconstruction conference
Gaza/Cairo: According to preliminary assessments by the World Health Organization, at least $10 billion will be needed to rebuild Gaza’s devastated health system over the next five to seven years.
“The needs are enormous,” Rick Peppercorn, the UN health agency’s representative in the Palestinian territories, told reporters. Initial cost estimates for rebuilding the health sector alone were “over $3bn for the first 1.5 years and then $10bn for five to seven years”.
Israeli media say the cabinet will convene on Friday to approve the mediated ceasefire agreement.
The Reuters news agency has quoted Israeli media as saying that the Israeli cabinet will convene on Friday to approve a cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
The WHO has called for international support for aid in Gaza following the ceasefire agreement.
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a 15-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the region, Reuters reported. It has called on the international community to step up and fund the aid response in Gaza after a ceasefire deal was reached to end the fighting.
The UN Health Organization said its member states, donors and the international community, including the private sector, should support both the immediate health needs and the long-term reconstruction of Gaza’s health care system.
“The United Nations cannot respond alone,” said Rick Peppercorn, the WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory.
The Israeli military says it hit about 50 targets in Gaza last day
The Israeli military said it hit about 50 targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday, AFP reported.
“Give [Israeli air force] After announcing the ceasefire, the army said in a statement that it had struck about 50 terror targets in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, military compounds, weapons storage facilities, launch posts, Includes weapons preparation sites and observation posts. Deal a day before.
Hecklers interrupted Blanken’s final news conference on Gaza policy.
Several hecklers interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blanken during his remarks about the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in a State Department briefing room, Reuters reported.
“Guilty! You belong in The Hague,” independent journalist Sam Hosseini shouted as Blanken made opening remarks at his final news conference.
Hussaini was taken out by the security personnel after he repeatedly shouted.
Blankenship has at least twice previously condemned U.S. policy on the Israel-Gaza conflict with similar heckling.
Blanken ‘confident’ Gaza ceasefire will begin on Sunday
US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken expressed confidence that a ceasefire in Gaza will start to take effect on Sunday after Israel blocked a cabinet vote and accused Hamas of backing down, AFP reports. put
“I believe, and I fully expect, that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday,” Blanken said at a farewell news conference.
Blanken said he and other officials from President Joe Biden’s administration, which expires Monday, were on the phone to try to resolve issues in the truce.
“It’s not at all surprising that in a process, in a conversation that’s this challenging and this fraught, you can find a loose end. We’re tying up that loose end as we speak,” Blanken said. said
Egypt says Gaza ceasefire ‘will begin without delay’
Egypt’s foreign ministry has said the implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip must “begin without delay”, one of the announcements by mediators of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, AFP reports. Days later, AFP reports.
In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry called for an immediate ceasefire and stressed “the need for the parties to adhere to its provisions and work towards implementing its phases on specific dates.” is”.
Egypt says it is ready to host the Gaza reconstruction conference.
Egypt’s foreign ministry has said it is “ready to host an international conference” on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, AFP reports.
In a statement, Cairo called for the rapid, safe and effective distribution of humanitarian aid, as well as “early recovery plans in preparation for reconstruction” of the Palestinian territory, which has been devastated by 15 months of fighting.
Yemen’s Houthi leader says Israel has ‘failed miserably’ in Gaza.
The leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels has said Israel has “failed miserably” in Gaza, a day after announcing a ceasefire deal in the Palestinian territory, AFP reports.
Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a televised address that Israel and the United States are bound to accept the ceasefire. .
