2023-10-10 02:39:28
On the fourth day of the offensive launched by Hamas against Israel, the Jewish state continues to prepare its response. At least 800 Israelis and nearly 700 Palestinians have been killed in the past three days. The major Western capitals are displaying a united front behind Israel and asking Iran, Hamas’s ally, not to expand the conflict. Follow the events of Tuesday October 10 live.
Published on: 10/10/2023 – 04:39
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4:32 a.m.: The White House in Israeli colors
The White House lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag in tribute to the victims of the attacks perpetrated by Hamas, October 9 in Washington. REUTERS – LEAH MILLIS
4:30 a.m.: Venezuelan president accuses Israel of carrying out “genocide” against Palestinians
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday accused Israel of “genocide” against the Palestinians, after the Israeli announcement of a “total siege” of the Gaza Strip, evoking the reaction of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
“The UN Secretary General issued a statement that we have read carefully, a statement of alert, of alarm, in the face of the genocide that has begun against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” Mr. Maduro said on television .
While recognizing Israel’s “legitimate concerns for its security”, Mr. Guterres said he was “deeply upset” Monday evening by the announcement of the “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip.
“In the past, we have already seen massacres, brutal massacres, against the Palestinian people,” also declared the leader of Venezuela, believing that the Palestinians were undergoing a “new apartheid”.
3 a.m.: In Paris, thousands of people in front of an Eiffel Tower in the colors of Israel
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1:30 a.m.: Delta cancels all flights to Israel until the end of October
The American airline Delta announced Monday evening the cancellation of all its flights to Israel until the end of October in the wake of the Hamas military offensive.
“As we continue to monitor events in the region, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our flights to Tel Aviv until October 31, 2023,” Delta said, adding that its teams were trying to “find safe alternatives for customers trying to leave the Israeli metropolis.
Since the surprise Hamas military offensive, which was followed by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, many airlines, including United, American Airlines, KLM-Air France, Lufthansa, have suspended their connections to the international airport Ben-Gurion of Tel Aviv. United Airlines, however, indicated that it had “operated two scheduled flights from Tel Aviv on Saturday evening and early Sunday”.
1:03 a.m.: The United States has “no intention of sending troops”
The United States has “no intention of sending troops” after the Hamas attack on Israel, which left at least 11 American nationals dead, a spokesperson for the American National Security Council said on Monday.
He said the White House would be lit up in Israeli colors on Monday evening as a sign of solidarity with the Jewish state.
12:12 a.m.: Westerners, united, call on Iran to “not extend the conflict”
American Presidents Joe Biden, French Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as well as British Prime Ministers Rishi Sunak and Italian Giorgia Meloni call on Iran not to “expand the conflict beyond Gaza” after the Hamas attack against Israel.
“We call on other extremist groups, or any state that may seek to take advantage of the situation, in particular Iran, not to seek to exploit this situation for other purposes, nor to extend the conflict beyond Gaza “, they declare in a joint press release released this time by the Elysée.
On the third day of the offensive launched against Israel by Hamas, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement announced Monday evening that it will execute a civilian hostage each time Israel carries out an air strike without warning on civilian homes. On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip. The Hamas attack and the Israeli military response left more than 800 dead on the Israeli side and at least 687 dead on the Palestinian side.
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