Palestinian factions to ANHA: We are heading to escalation with Israel

Sources from the Palestinian factions in Gaza told our agency that the factions decided to escalate, following Israel's refusal to enter the necessary medical equipment and supplies to confront the Corona pandemic, following an unprecedented increase in injuries in the besieged sector.

Palestinian factions to ANHA: We are heading to escalation with Israel
24 November, 2020   07:43
GAZA, OMAR MOUSA

The sources stated that the factions gave the green light to the popular groups affiliated with them, by activating "rough" confusion tools on the borders. Adding: "In light of the intransigence of the occupation and its disavowal of implementing the easing of the siege imposed on Gaza for more than 14 years, as part of the truce agreement implemented with international mediation. As well as its refusal to enter the materials necessary to confront Corona, we may reach the military escalation, to force it to do so."

Earlier, Israeli media said: "Egypt informed Hamas in Gaza that Israel refused to enter medical equipment into the Strip, including the respirators necessary to treat corona patients."

And the Israeli website Mafzaki Raem reported: "The Egyptian intelligence service told Hamas that" Israel "refuses to bring medical equipment into the Strip. And it links its entry to the return of the captured Hamas soldiers, while the latter refuses to do so.

Local Palestinian websites reported that: "Hamas asked the mediators to put pressure Israel to introduce 40 ventilators into the Gaza Strip. The movement gave mediators a week to bring the devices into the Strip."

And recently, Coronavirus infections in the Gaza Strip increased in an unprecedented way, amid a decrease in the health sector's ability to deal with patients. According to health reports in Gaza: Gaza hospitals have 100 intensive care beds, with more than 60 patients receiving medical care, while there are more than 200 cases that require intensive follow-up. "

The Palestinian factions had warned against Israel delaying the introduction of medical devices and supplies to combat the corona pandemic, and the Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements said in separate statements: "The resistance, will not accept to see its people struggle with death alone. It will take all necessary means for that."

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