Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025年10月11日 21:28:30
GAZA/CAIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Gaza-based Civil Defense said Saturday that it has received reports of 9,500 missing persons since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, 2023.
In a statement, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to coordinate with Israeli authorities to determine their fate.
Since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas entered into effect on Friday, Civil Defense crews have recovered over 150 bodies while facing challenges in search operations due to limited equipment, Basal said.
More than 300,000 displaced residents have returned from southern Gaza to Gaza City and northern areas following the ceasefire despite an "almost complete absence" of temporary shelters, he said.
Meanwhile, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office reported "massive destruction" affecting over 90 percent of civil infrastructure in Gaza, with about 30,000 housing units destroyed.
It called for the immediate lifting of the blockade on the enclave and increased international support for humanitarian operations.
In a separate development, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call late Friday, during which the two sides discussed the detailed arrangements for a summit to be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, which will be co-hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump.
A statement released Saturday by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, without specifying the time of the summit, said Abdelatty and Rubio also discussed global participation in the summit, as well as arrangements for implementing the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. ■しかく