Escape from GazaPalestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. But Israel’s chief military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said there was no Gaza ceasefire and that Israel was continuing its operations. Israeli military chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi told soldiers near the Gaza border they would be entering Gaza to root out Hamas, targeting “every place, every commander, every operator.”An Israeli blockade has prevented fuel, food and water from entering Gaza, although Netanyahu had agreed with Biden to resume the water supply to parts of southern Gaza, a minister said. The Israeli military said some 600,000 Gazans had left the northern half of the territory, which includes Gaza City’s more than one million residents. The names of the Filipinos in Gaza, including the 78 now situated near the Rafah border, have been submitted to Egyptian authorities.
