台灣大約有逾1400萬台登記的摩托車，這代表幾乎所有家庭都擁有一、兩台摩托車。多虧這份對摩托車的偏愛、獨特的技術優勢，以及製造業的領導地位，台灣摩托車品牌具有能力成為國際電動摩托車� �業的領頭羊。 Taiwan has an estimated 14-million-plus registered scooters, meaning that almost every household owns one or two motorcycles. Thanks to this love of two-wheelers, unique tech advantages, and leadership in manufacturing, Taiwan motorcycle brands are well-positioned to become global leaders in the electric motorcycle industry. 去年年初，光陽受邀成為 LiveWire 策略合作夥伴，並以特殊目的� �購公司 (SPAC) 掛牌上市。該公司董事長柯勝峯說：「重點是如何結合光陽與哈雷戴維森的優勢，並� 幫助 LiveWire，讓這項合作關係成為雙贏局面，如何� 成互補互利？」 At the beginning of […]

這篇文章 光陽� �手哈雷推全新款　柯勝峯：互補互利� �占市場 | Kwang Yang Motor going full throttle with Harley-Davidson SPAC in 2022 最早出現於 The China Post, Taiwan。

Belfius stopt na vier jaar met zijn personenalarmsysteem voor senioren Jane. De verzekeringstak van de groep draagt de verlieslatende activiteit eind dit jaar over aan zorgtechnologiebedrijf Senso2Me, dat de technologie verder zal ontwikkelen.

Blockierte Hauseinfahrt: Mit dem Abschleppen von Falschparkern sollte man vorsichtig sein und Verkehrsschilder darf nur das Amt aufstellen. Was es sonst noch zu beachten gilt.

Oleksandr Syrskyi said Russian forces had regrouped after suffering losses

Here’s a roundup of the key developments from the day so far:

Fighting in Avdiivka on the eastern frontline enters a fifth day, as Russia continues to deploy new forces in an attempt to surround the city, according to Vitaliy Barabash, the head of its military administration.

Russia’s defence ministry says its forces shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea near the southern resort city of Sochi on Saturday morning. The city’s mayor, Alexei Kopaigorodskyi, said there had been no casualties or damage and that the situation was under control.

A top Ukraine general said fighting in the north-east had “significantly worsened” as daily Russian attacks continued.

Russia has detained three lawyers of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and raided their homes, aides said, a step that comes as pressure on the Kremlin’s critics increases. The move was an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny”, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on social media.

The US has claimed North Korea delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for the war in Ukraine. The White House national security council spokesperson, John Kirby, said the US believed Kim Jong-un was seeking sophisticated Russian weapon technologies in return for munitions to boost North Korea’s nuclear programme.

Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea that Russia damaged a gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia and suggested such claims were made up to divert attention from what he said was a western attack on Nord Stream.

EU leaders meeting later in October will demand “decisive progress” on using Russian assets frozen by sanctions to help Ukraine, according to their draft statement.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, while visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, vowed to improve Ukraine’s air defences and to increase the security of a “humanitarian corridor” for grain exports.

Fighting on the eastern front is ‘a new Russian offensive’

See all our Ukraine war coverage

Fighting in Avdiivka on the eastern frontline enters a fifth day, as Russia continues to deploy new forces in an attempt to surround the city, according to Vitaliy Barabash, the head of its military administration.

Russia’s defence ministry says its forces shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea near the southern resort city of Sochi on Saturday morning. The city’s mayor, Alexei Kopaigorodskyi, said there had been no casualties or damage and that the situation was under control.

A top Ukraine general said fighting in the north-east had “significantly worsened” as daily Russian attacks continued.

Russia has detained three lawyers of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and raided their homes, aides said, a step that comes as pressure on the Kremlin’s critics increases. The move was an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny”, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on social media.

The US has claimed North Korea delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for the war in Ukraine. The White House national security council spokesperson, John Kirby, said the US believed Kim Jong-un was seeking sophisticated Russian weapon technologies in return for munitions to boost North Korea’s nuclear programme.

Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea that Russia damaged a gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia and suggested such claims were made up to divert attention from what he said was a western attack on Nord Stream.

EU leaders meeting later in October will demand “decisive progress” on using Russian assets frozen by sanctions to help Ukraine, according to their draft statement.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, while visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, vowed to improve Ukraine’s air defences and to increase the security of a “humanitarian corridor” for grain exports.

EIOPA finalises the revision of EIOPA’s Guidelines on Contract Boundaries and Guidelines on the Valuation of Technical Provisions<div class="field field-label-hidden field-name-field-eiopa-body field-type-text-long item-list">

<div class="field-items">

<div class="even field-item first last">

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today two Final Reports on the revision of the EIOPA Guidelines on Contract Boundaries and Guidelines on the Valuation of Technical Provisions. EIOPA has identified several divergent practices regarding the valuation of... </div>

</div>

</div>

ESMA postpones the annual calculations of LIS and SSTI for bonds and the quarterly bonds liquidity assessment

Boot is dé vakantiebeurs van Duitsland geworden met elk jaar meer thema’s

DÜSSELDORF (D) – Omdat Boot Düsseldorf (21-29 januari 2017) zich in de loop der jaren meer en meer heeft ontwikkeld naar een brede watervakantiebeurs, nu zó groot is dat de bezoekers niet meer op één dag alle themahallen aan kunnen doen, én omdat de internationale betekenis van de Duitse waterrecreatiebeurs veel groter is geworden, presenteert het bureau voor toerisme Friesland Holland zich in drie hallen.

Albert Hendriks van Friesland over de nieuwe aanpak: “De sloep is de fiets op het water: iedereen kan er mee op pad dankzij nieuwe technologie en een wereldwijd uniek fijnmazig routenetwerk. Vakantiewoningen, glamptenten aan de oever en hotels aan het water zijn immens populair. Kite- en windsurfen aan de Friese IJsselmeerkust en suppen zijn hot. Fietsers volgen graag vaarroutes als de Elfstedenroute en de Turfroute en steeds meer pleziervaarders nemen fietsen mee aan boord, zoals elektrische vouwfietsen. Dijktoerisme is in. Elektrisch varen neemt snel in populariteit toe. Minder mensen kopen een boot; ze huren ‘m liever. Door de komst van een waterskikabelbaan in Sneek zullen gebruikers belangstelling krijgen voor het echte waterskiën. Friesland heeft alle vormen van waterrecreatie in huis in alle prijsklassen en voor alle leefstijlen. Dat betekent dat je je minder algemeen moet presenteren, maar interessegericht. Daarom heeft Messe Düsseldorf meer themahallen. Sommige hallen zijn zelfs ingedeeld met vier thema’s, zoals hal 4 met electric boating, power boats, sport- en speedboten en duikmateriaal.” Klik hier voor de plattegrond van Boot Düsseldorf in PDF-formaat.

Charter Boat Classification

WOLVEGA (NL) – Charter Boat Classification, afgekort CBC. Zo heet het onderdeel van het bureau voor toerisme Friesland Holland dat huurboten gaat classificeren in formaties met één ster tot maximaal vijf sterren. De organisatie begint met het kwalificeren van motorjachten in het topsegment, want daar is volgens directeur Albert Hendriks de meeste onduidelijkheid over wat écht ‘royal class’ of ‘premium class’ is. Naast de techniek en het comfort aan boord worden ook de charterbasis, de geboden veiligheid en services in het beoordelingssysteem opgenomen. Reviews kunnen wel op de nieuwe site charterboat.nl geplaatst worden, maar hebben geen invloed op de toekenning van het aantal sterren aan het jacht. De deelname aan de bootclassificatie, die inmiddels is gestart, is vrijwillig.

Camperplaatsen in Friesland vaak op de eerste plaats Campercontact.com: Stoutenburght beste camperplek van Nederland 2023  BLESDIJKE (NL) – Wie van De Blesse in de Friese gemeente Weststellingwerf naar het Overijsselse Oldemarkt fietst, komt langs één van de mooiste campercampings van Friesland: Stoutenburght aan de Markeweg in Blesdijke. Deze camperplaats van technicus en doe-het-zelver Anton Koning...

Het bericht Campercontact.com: Stoutenburght beste camperplek van Nederland 2023 verscheen eerst op Toeristisch Fries Nieuws.

Etiënne Reijnen erkende dat Sjors Ultee onder moeilijke omstandigheden werkte bij SC Cambuur. Toch zag de technisch directeur geen andere mogelijkheid dan de trainer te ontslaan.

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Saturday Malta has taken positive steps forward in the treatment of patients with heart disease, but there needs to be continued support and investment not only in medical infrastructure, but also in the continuous training of health professionals to take care of patients who require medical interventions from the Department of Cardiology.”

Abela was addressing a conference organized by the Maltese Heart Society, which featured an array of health professional in attendance, including some internationally renowned surgeons.

Opening the conference, PM Abela mentioned the investments undertaken towards a number of innovations within the Department of Cardiology that have been financed for the common good through top level care for patients.

In this regard, he remarked how through investments in cardiology theatres, 3,400 patients received quality care. Additionally, he highlighted that last year, approximately 120 people underwent cardiological interventions in their heart valves without the need for more invasive intervention in the vital human organ. Other interventions at Mater Dei hospital meant that Maltese patients did not need to be sent abroad to receive treatment.

In this context, the Prime Minister defined health professionals as crucially important links in saving lives on a daily basis; he thus thanked them for their dedicated work. Abela continued to discuss their important role – paired with investments in more modern technology – to effectively address complex situations and contribute to the country’s mortality rate for people with heart disease reducing by 50%.

Abela said that these statistics should continue improving for the sake of Maltese health, therefore, he spoke in favour of the continuous training of professionals, including nurses and health workers working in the field. He also referenced the “historic” signed collective agreement that is guaranteeing better working conditions for these professionals.

“We will continue to invest in what provides quality of life and which people and communities enjoy, not least within the health sector that is so important for everyone”, PM Abela said.

He also discussed other strategic decisions within this field that contribute to better quality of life and general health, such as investment in favour of open spaces and educational campaigns against obesity that are being done through a holistic spirit and are all contributing to the prevention of heart disease, in his own words.

The Ministry for National Heritage said on Friday that Valletta’s status as a UNESCO World Heritage site is not at risk, responding to media reports which were subsequently reproduced on foreign news sites claiming that the capital city’s title is under threat. 

The Ministry also denied allegations that the Maltese government has failed to carry out the necessary work to preserve this prestigious title.

“During this legislature, the government appointed a group of experts, including a ‘site manager’ as requested by the Convention, to carry out the work required to draft a ‘management plan,’ as well as other technical reports requested by UNESCO,” a statement read.

It said that this work, which involved numerous consultation meetings, on-site research, and literature related to the field, is now in the approval stage by national structures before it is submitted to UNESCO.

“It should be noted that the need for these reports is not unique to Valletta but applies to every site recognized as UNESCO World Heritage. Furthermore, during this year, UNESCO has received a “state of conservation report” and the “periodic reporting” requested, both of which were adopted by the international organization,” it said.

It is not true that Valletta was, or is, being considered to be delisted as a World Heritage site during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, or at any other time, the Ministry said.

On the contrary, UNESCO has recognized, among other things, the work carried out on the conservation and restoration of buildings in Valletta over the past years, as well as the technical studies and work done, it said. 

The recommendations of the World Heritage Committee are public and can be viewed at https://whc.unesco.org/archive/2023/whc23-45com-7B.Add2-en.pdf and https://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/45COM/documents.

“The Maltese government maintains open and strong relations with UNESCO and is always willing to carry out any studies, plans, and documentation that are requested to further strengthen the heritage of our capital city,” the Ministry said.

It added that government takes pride in the status of Valletta and will continue to work to increase awareness and the appreciation of Valletta, as well as to safeguard and enrich the interests of the Maltese population, the community in Valletta in particular.

400 students will start the school year in a new primary school in Rabat, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Robert Abela on Friday.

During his visit to the school, Abela praised the environment and the fully equipped facilities that is needed for students’ education.

Abela said that this school, along with two others inaugurated this year, are not just places for formal learning but spaces to nurture children’s talents, taking them beyond the basic curriculum. 

The school in Rabat includes, among other things, art and music classrooms, a multi-sensory room, an indoor gym, and all the resources needed to prepare students for the digital age. 

By 2024, Abela said that more projects of this kind will be completed, pledging efforts to strengthen the economy and ensure that the country's children have a bright future. 

The Ministry for Education has also received a budget of €847 million for this year, a statement read.

The new school in Rabat, with its 33 classrooms, was created with an investment of €3.5 million. 

Abela expressed government's commitment to providing the best possible education so that everyone can reach their potential, and encouraged students to challenge the status quo, foster innovation, and use new technologies to shape Malta's future. 

Abela also had a discussion with sixth-grade students on various topics, including community welfare, the environment, and their aspirations. 

Education Minister Clifton Grima said that the investment in Rabat Primary School has transformed it into a state-of-the-art institution, designed to meet all the necessary requirements. 

He said that these projects are regenerating the education sector, and that the investment in the education sector is unprecedented. 

Grima said that this is a state-of-the-art project, ensuring that the students in this school have the best environment to receive the best education possible. 

Present at the inauguration were Permanent Secretary Matthew Vella, Principal of St. Nicholas College Josephine Mifsud, and School Head Dorita Maniscalco.

The Israeli military prepared for a possible ground invasion in Gaza on Thursday as it pounded the tiny coastal strip in retaliation for the unprecedented weekend attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas.

In a deliberate show of support for Israel, a U.S. official confirmed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to visit on Friday, a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Suffering in Gaza, meanwhile, rose dramatically with Palestinians desperate for food, fuel and medicine and the territory’s only power plant shut down for lack of fuel. The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital overflowed Thursday as bodies came in faster than relatives could claim them.

Israel said Thursday that a complete siege would remain in place until Hamas freed 150 hostages taken during its incursion. Egypt has engaged in intensive talks with Israel and the United States to allow the delivery of aid and fuel through its Rafah crossing point, which remained closed on both sides Thursday.

The war has claimed at least 2,800 lives on both sides, and displaced 423,000 people in Gaza.

Here's what's happening on Day 7 of the latest Israel-Hamas war:

Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate Friday ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. The directive came on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza within 24 hours.

Suffering in Gaza has been rising dramatically with Palestinians desperate for food, fuel and medicine and the territory’s only power plant shut down for lack of fuel. The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital overflowed as bodies came in faster than relatives could claim them.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Israel on Friday, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The war has claimed at least 2,800 lives on both sides since Hamas launched an incursion on Oct. 7.

Here's what's happening on Day 7 of the latest Israel-Hamas war:

SOUTH KOREAN AND OTHER ASIAN NATIONALS EVACUATE FROM ISRAEL

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean military plane evacuating 220 South Korean and other Asian nationals from Israel has departed Tel Aviv and was expected to land in South Korea later Saturday, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said.

The people transported on the KC-330 military transport plane included 163 South Koreans, 51 Japanese nationals and six Singaporean nationals, the ministry said.

South Korea had also sent a civilian plane earlier this week to evacuate 192 South Korean nationals. About 470 South Koreans remain in Israel, most of them long-term residents who have chosen to stay.

No South Korean casualties have so far been reported from the violence in Israel and Gaza.

16 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN WEST BANK, HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported 16 Palestinians killed Friday in the occupied West Bank, bringing to 51 the total number of West Bank Palestinians killed since Hamas waged its brutal assault on Israel last Saturday.

The United Nations says attacks by Israeli settlers have surged there since the Hamas assault.

RELATIVES OF ABDUCTED ISRAELIS PLEAD FOR WORLD'S HELP

UNITED NATIONS — Relatives of Israelis abducted during Hamas militants’ attack last weekend pleaded at the U.N. on Friday for the world’s help getting their loved ones home.

Speaking by video from Israel, Yoni Asher told diplomats at an Israel-organized event that he hasn’t slept or eaten since his wife and two small daughters vanished Saturday while visiting his mother-in-law in the country’s south.

His wife called to tell him that they were locked in a safe room after people came into the house and she heard gunshots, Asher said. He said he later saw a video of his wife and daughters, who are under 5 and 3, being loaded into a vehicle, and he tracked his wife’s phone to Gaza.

“I don’t know if I got any more tears left,” he said. “I’m exhausted, and I just want to approach whoever can hear me in the international community. Please bring back my baby girls.”

Hamas fighters took 150 hostages during Saturday’s surprise assault. Alana Zeitchik said a half-dozen of her cousins were snatched from a kibbutz. They were known to be alive as of Friday morning, she said.

“We don’t want more bombs or rockets or blood or tears,” said Zeitchik, who lives in New York. “We want our family back immediately. And we want peace.”

BIDEN SAYS ADDRESSING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA IS A PRIORITY

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that it’s a priority of his administration to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Speaking at an event in Philadelphia to promote a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel in the U.S., Biden paused to note the deteriorating situation for Palestinians as Israel continues to bombard the strip in retaliation for last weekend’s attacks on Israel.

Biden said he’s directed his team to work with the governments in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab nations and the United Nations to surge humanitarian relief to those impacted by the war.

“We can’t lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do Hamas,” Biden said. “And they’re suffering as a result as well.”

Biden again lashed out at Hamas, saying the militant group in control of Gaza makes the terrorist group Al-Qaida “look pure.”

ISRAELI MILITARY LAUNCHES DRONE AT HEZBOLLAH TARGETS

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has announced that an Israeli drone is currently striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

ISRAELI SHELLING ALONG LEBANON BORDER KILLS 1 JOURNALIST, WOUNDS 6

ALMA Al-SHAAB, Lebanon — An Israeli shell has landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six injured.

An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of the dead journalist and the six who were wounded. Some of them were rushed to hospitals in ambulances. One nearby car was charred.

Al-Jazeera identified two of its employees among the wounded. The Lebanon-Israel border has been witnessing sporadic acts of violence since Saturday’s attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas on southern Israel.

ISRAEL MILITARY SAYS IT HAS CARRIED OUT SMALL RAIDS INTO GAZA STRIP

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says for the first time that ground troops have been operating inside the Gaza Strip.

In a statement Friday, the army said troops had entered Gaza to battle militants, destroy weapons and search for evidence about the missing hostages held by Hamas.

The announcement did not appear to be the beginning of an expected ground invasion of Gaza. Israel has been massing troops along the Gaza border since last Saturday’s deadly incursion by Hamas militants.

WHITE HOUSE MEETS VIRTUALLY WITH FAMILIES OF MISSING AMERICANS

WASHINGTON — The White House hosted a virtual conversation on Friday with family members of 14 Americans who are unaccounted for after the Hamas attacks on Israel.

President Joe Biden addressed the families. Other participants included Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser; Roger Carstens, hostage affairs special envoy; John Bass, undersecretary of state; and Brett McGurk, National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East.

EGYPT CALLS ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO STOP THE EVACUATION IN GAZA

CAIRO — In a statement Friday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli army’s decision to tell some 1 million people in Gaza to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory.

It said the move “constitutes a grave violation of the rules of international humanitarian law, and will expose the lives of more than a million Palestinian citizens and their families to the dangers of remaining in the open without shelter.”

The evacuation order comes ahead of an expected ground invasion, hiking fears of a massive influx of refugees across the heavily fortified border into its territory.

In the statement, Egypt called on the United Nations Security Council, which is scheduled to meet Friday, to stop the evacuation.

PALESTINIAN ENVOY SAYS EVACUATION ORDER COULD COMPARE TO DISPLACEMENT OF HUNDREDS IN 1948

UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations says his people’s mass exit from northern Gaza under Israeli military orders may compare to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation — an event that Palestinians call the “nakba,” or catastrophe.

Ambassador Riyad Mansour called the current flight “potentially a second nakba" as he spoke to reporters at U.N. headquarters Friday before a meeting of Arab countries’ ambassadors.

The Israeli military told people to leave northern Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion against the Hamas militants who launched an assault on southern Israel last weekend. While the evacuation order involves the northern part of the territory, Mansour said “there is no place in Gaza that is safe.”

He called for a ceasefire to allow food, medicine and water into the territory.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ACCUSES ISRAEL OF USING WHITE PHOSPHORUS

LONDON — Human Rights Watch has called on Israel to stop using munitions containing white phosphorus in the Gaza Strip after verifying video and witness accounts of these “indiscriminate” incendiary weapons being used in densely populated areas.

White phosphorus catches fire spontaneously when it comes in contact with oxygen, releasing toxic fumes and generating temperatures of up to 815 degrees Celsius (1,500 Fahrenheit). Because it continues to burn until all of the material is used up or it is smothered, white phosphorus exposure can leave victims with permanent disabilities, scarring and chronic pain.

“The issue is that white phosphorus is indiscriminate,’’ Yasmine Ahmed, the U.K. director of Human Rights Watch, said Friday. “It is used in a way that it cannot distinguish between a civilian population and a military target … particularly in the context of a densely populated area.”

The Israeli Defense Force has denied using white phosphorus as a weapon in Gaza.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ON FRIDAY

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is set to meet behind closed doors Friday afternoon to discuss the Israel-Hamas war as Palestinians stream out of northern Gaza on orders from the Israeli military.

Friday’s council meeting was scheduled before the evacuation order was issued and added still more urgency to the discussion. The U.N. has said the order affects 1.1 million people, about half Gaza’s population, and could turn an already dire humanitarian crisis into a calamity.

The council emerged without any collective message or action from another closed-door meeting Sunday on the Israel-Hamas fighting. At that meeting, the United States pressed unsuccessfully for a strong condemnation of Hamas from all 15 members of the U.N.’s most powerful body, where divisions have sharpened amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

EVACUEES FROM ISRAEL ARRIVE IN CYPRUS AS THEY AWAIT REPATRIATION

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cypriot authorities say they’re gearing up to host significant numbers of third-country evacuees from Israel as the first 268 foreign nationals have used Cyprus as a waystation for their repatriation.

Cyprus Foreign Ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said Friday most of the people were Portuguese citizens flown out on Portuguese Air Force C-130 transport aircraft on three flights. Others among them included Austrians and Spaniards.

Gotsis said cruise ships are also ferrying foreign nationals including Germans out of Israel. The arrival of Danish and British citizens is expected later Friday.

Cyprus has set aside temporary accommodations for evacuees until they can be repatriated.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military on Friday ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours, a United Nations spokesperson said.

The order, delivered to the U.N., comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas militants. U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the evacuation would be “impossible” without “devastating humanitarian consequences.”

This could signal an impending ground offensive, though the Israeli military has not yet confirmed such an appeal. On Thursday, it said that while it was preparing, a decision had not yet been made.