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What happens next with the Hamas hostages? A six-page paper is said to have surfaced. The news ticker about the Israel War.
Papier von six pages: Newspaper gives details about possible hostage deal“Still no agreement“: Netanyahu denies agreement on hostage releaseThe information processed here about the war in Israel comes from local and international media as well as news agencies. Much information about the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip cannot be independently verified. We remain transparent in these cases too.
Update from November 20th, 6:20 a.m: The Israeli military says it has discovered a tunnel under Al-Shifa Hospital. According to the news agency, the access is on the hospital grounds in a building where ammunition was found Archyde.com with.
It publishes a video that is supposed to show the underground, concrete facility. The tunnel is secured with an explosion-proof door after 55 meters. The radical Islamic group Hamas has denied that its tunnel system, which is used for military purposes, also extends to civilian facilities such as hospitals. The information could not initially be independently verified.
Photo from November 19th: heavy smoke over the Gaza Strip under fire © Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP
Update from November 19th, 10:55 p.m.: According to the Islamist Hamas, the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 13,000 since the start of the war. More than 30,000 people were injured, the government press office in Gaza said on Sunday evening. Thousands of people are still missing. These figures cannot currently be independently verified. Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the USA.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip recently stopped publishing a daily update of the number of victims. Observers cited Israeli attacks, the increasing collapse of the healthcare system and the actions of Israeli troops in the north of the sealed-off coastal strip as reasons. The Hamas press office recently spoke of around 12,300 deaths.
Two men can be seen in the footage, apparently being taken to the Al-Shifa clinic by armed men. According to Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari, the two hostages come from Nepal and Thailand. The army has not yet been able to locate them. “We don’t know where we are,” said Hagari.
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War in Israel: Babies taken from Shifa hospital in Gaza
Update from November 19th, 7:40 p.m.: 31 premature babies were brought from the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The “very sick” babies were transferred from the Al-Shifa hospital in the city of Gaza to a clinic in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip under “extremely intensive and high-risk security conditions,” wrote World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , in the online service previously called Twitter
According to the WHO chief, the premature babies were brought to Rafah in six Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulances. In addition to the premature babies, six medical employees and ten family members of the staff were also transported. “Further missions” to transport patients and staff from Al-Shifa Hospital are planned, but the parties to the conflict must guarantee safe passage. The WHO described the clinic as a “death zone” after an hour-long visit by WHO staff.
War in Israel: Irish head of government complains about “double standards” in dealing with Gaza
Update from November 19th, 5:40 p.m.: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has accused other countries of double standards in view of the escalation in the Middle East. In an interview with Irish broadcaster RTÉ, he mentioned the EU and other Western countries. “It is perceived as a double standard that the absolute rejection of what (Vladimir) Putin did in Ukraine is not accompanied by a similar response regarding Israel,” Varadkar said on Sunday.
The Irish government had already warned shortly after the terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas that Israel should not go too far in its response in the Gaza Strip because otherwise it would risk losing the support of other states.
Varadkar is calling for a ceasefire. Ireland took the clear position early on that Israel had a right to self-defense, said Varadkar. But Israel does not have the right to break humanitarian law. He is also concerned that the double standards of some countries are now undermining Ukraine’s fight. He and European heads of government worked hard to win support for Ukraine from the global south.
War in Israel: Clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah
Update from November 19th, 3 p.m.: Mutual shelling broke out again on the border between Israel and Lebanon on Sunday German press agency reported. Hezbollah said it had shelled several targets in the border region and “directly hit” Kibbutz Hanita on the Israeli side. Hezbollah also attacked a location with rockets and artillery shells and a “gathering of enemy people and vehicles,” the militia said loudly dpa.
Israel’s army said it had attacked several “suspicious air targets” flying from Lebanon toward Israel, according to several Israeli media outlets. One of them was successfully intercepted. There were also further attacks from Lebanon, to which Israel responded with shelling. There were no reports of injuries.
War in Israel: Negotiations to release hostages – Qatar reports progress
Update from November 19th, 12:59 p.m: Qatar has indirectly advanced negotiations on a Release of the Hamas hostages confirmed. Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said at a press conference with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell that they are more confident than ever that an agreement will be reached.
The challenges associated with this are now only very small. But the talks would still continue. The points of contention relate to practical and logistical issues.
Israel and Hamas are reportedly close to a hostage deal
First report from November 19th: Tel Aviv/Gaza Strip – Israel, the USA and the radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas have agreed on a five-day break in fighting for the Gaza Strip, according to a media report. In return, the tentative agreement provides for the release of dozens of women and children held hostage by Hamas, reported Washington Post over the weekend, citing people familiar with the agreement.
The break should also serve to significantly expand humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was still no agreement.
War in Israel: Newspaper gives details of possible hostage deal
Die Washington Post reported, citing a six-page agreement, that the release of the hostages could begin in the next few days provided there are no further problems. It is planned that all sides will stop fighting for at least five days, while at least 50 hostages should be released in groups every 24 hours.
During its attack on Israel, in which it killed around 1,200 people, Hamas took around 240 hostages and kidnapped them to the densely populated Gaza Strip with its 2.3 million inhabitants. Loud Washington Post The draft ceasefire agreement was drawn up during weeks of talks in Qatar.
War in Israel: Netanyahu denies agreement on hostage release
Netanyahu said about the report at a press conference on Saturday evening (November 18) that there were many unfounded rumors and false reports regarding the hostages. “I want to make it clear: there is no agreement yet.” If there is something to say, it will be informed.
A White House spokesman said Israel and Hamas had not yet agreed to a temporary ceasefire. However, the USA would continue to strive for an agreement. (with news agency material)
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