Before the conflict between Israel and Hamas began, there were 2.3 million inhabitants. Since the beginning of the war, 1.4 million of these inhabitants have fled their homesmore than half of the population.

For those people who cannot go out, the outlook is discouraging, and the international community has only been able to send them 20 humanitarian aid trucks this Monday, clearly insufficient for what they need in the face of a blockade that is maintained by Israel. To put this fact in perspective, it is worth remembering that, before the conflict, in the Gaza Strip 100 trucks enteredfive times more.

Gazan citizens began moving south after Israel’s ultimatums to evacuate the north. Now, the UN He has said he fears that hundreds – possibly thousands – of people who had fled are now returning to the north due to increased bombing in the south and a lack of shelter.

On the ground, Israel continues to bomb Gaza. This Monday has been one of the worst days of the conflict, with 436 Palestinians killed183 of them children in just 24 hours.

Israel takes the land invasion for granted

Meanwhile, the United States has asked Israel for time to delay its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip for fear of an escalation of the conflict. With this movement, according to ‘The New York Times’, Joe Biden seeks to buy time to free the American hostages. Furthermore, they fear that if Israel enters Gaza, Hezbollah will enter directly into the conflict and will also attack American positions, Iran’s great adversary.

“In fact we expect that there will be a probability of escalation, escalation by Iranian proxies directed against our forces, against our personnel,” added Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State. However, the United States has denied that they are marking times for an Israel that maintains its pressure.

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, has assumed that this land invasion will occur and that it will last several months. “This must be the last (land) maneuver in Gaza, for the simple reason that after it Hamas will not exist. It will take us a month, two months, three, but in the end it will not exist,” he stated.

Furthermore, he has encouraged Israeli troops to do so in a way “lethal, precise and very high qualitySo far, according to the latest official figures, more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 2,055 minors.

Sánchez meetings with the ambassadors of Israel and Palestine

In Spain, Pedro Sanchez He has met with the ambassadors of Israel and Palestine at the Moncloa Palace separately. The acting President of the Government first received the Israeli ambassador, Rodica Radian-Gordonto whom he has conveyed his “solidarity with the Israeli people.”

“The hostages must be released immediately and without conditions. We must focus our efforts on protecting all civilians and avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe. To achieve this, aid must reach the Palestinian population in need in sufficient quantity and in a sustained manner.” , he added to his X (Twitter) account.

Regarding his meeting with the head of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Spain, Husni MA Abdelwahed, Sánchez has also conveyed his solidarity for “the dramatic situation in Gaza.” “A political solution to the conflict is necessary and to offer the Palestinian people a horizon of credible peace, based on the urgent materialization of the two-state solution – Palestine and Israel – that coexist in peace and security,” says Sánchez.