Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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Agencies: More than 300,000 Palestinians have crossed from southern Gaza into the north, the Hamas-run Gaza media authority said in a statement early yesterday, as the United Nations warned that “needs on the ground remain immense”.
Specialised teams have been clearing unexploded ordnance and missiles in all governorates of the Gaza Strip over the past few days, it said in a statement on Telegram.
“We call on our Palestinian people to take the utmost caution, care and attention during daily movements, and we appeal to our people to stay away from suspicious objects and inform the competent authorities immediately,” it said.
In a separate statement, it said more than 5,500 government employees were working to facilitate the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people from the southern and central governorates to Gaza’s north, reports Al Jazeera online.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday that Gaza had brought Israel “to its knees”, in a reference to the recent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
“The small, limited Gaza brought the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth, and fully supported by America, to its knees,” Khamenei said during a meeting with officials in Tehran.
Also yesterday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, criticised US President Donald Trump’s idea to move Palestinians out of Gaza to other locations such as Egypt or Jordan, reports AFP.
Qatar reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution. “Our position has always been clear to the necessity of the Palestinian people receiving their rights, and that the two-state solution is the only path forward,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told media, when asked about Trump’s comments.
