2023-12-10 13:40:11
14:40
UN agency head accuses Israel of preparing ground for mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, accuses Israel of preparing the ground for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt, an accusation rejected by the Israeli authorities.
“If we continue on this path (…) Gaza will no longer be a land for Palestinians,” he said in the LA Times yesterday Saturday.
14:20
Netanyahu tells Putin ‘dissatisfaction’ over Russian vote at UN for ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today expressed his “displeasure” to Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia’s vote in the UN Security Council for a ceasefire between Palestinian Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
“The Prime Minister expressed his dissatisfaction with the positions against Israel adopted by Russian delegates at the UN and in other forums,” said a statement from Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, following a telephone interview between the two leaders.
14:08
Israeli army cites security reasons to justify images of detained Palestinians undressed in Gaza
The Israeli army cites security reasons to justify stripping Palestinians detained in Gaza, presented as Hamas fighters, which the Palestinian movement denies, denouncing “lies”.
Images broadcast in recent days by Israeli television and which have gone viral on social networks, show men dressed only in their underwear, kneeling in a street or a sand embankment, under the guard of Israeli soldiers.
Images of Palestinians arrested in Gaza and broadcast on December 7 on social networks and on Israeli television © X / @EuroMedHR
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13:58
“We will dance again”: the hopeful message from ex-Hamas hostage Mia Schem
The young Mia Schem21-year-old Franco-Israeli woman, captured by Hamas during attacks of October 7 et released on November 30, posted a message on his Instagram account yesterday Saturday.
“I will never forget 10/7/23. The pain and the fear, the difficult scenes, the friends who will not return and those who must be brought back,” she remembers.
She reveals a new tattoo written in English: “We will dance again 7.10.23” in memory of the people who died during the attack on the rave party on October 7.
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13:36
Two Israeli soldiers injured in the north of the country
The Israeli army indicated on its social networks that two soldiers had been “slightly injured” after “suspicious aerial targets passed from Lebanon towards Israeli territory”.
These projectiles, “successfully intercepted”, triggered sirens in northern Israel.
10:49
According to the WHO, there is on average one shower for every 700 people in Gaza
In Gaza, “as more and more people settle into increasingly restricted spaces, overpopulation, combined with a lack of adequate food, water, shelter and sanitation, creates the conditions ideal for the spread of diseases,” warns Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
“On average, there is a shower for 700 people and a toilet for 150 people,” he adds.
The health system in the Gaza Strip is “on its knees”, according to the head of the WHO, who says that only 14 of the territory’s 36 hospitals are still “partially functional”
10:48
WHO chief warns of ‘catastrophic’ impact of war on health in Gaza
The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is having a “catastrophic” impact on health, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Sunday.
“The impact of the conflict on health is catastrophic” and health workers are “doing their best in unimaginable conditions”, he said, at the opening of a special WHO meeting on sanitary conditions in the Palestinian territories.
9:09
Qatar says efforts ‘continue’ to secure new truce
The Prime Minister of Qatar affirms that efforts “continue” to obtain a new truce between Israel and Hamas, ten days after the end of the one which allowed the release of hostages against Palestinian prisoners.
“Our efforts, deployed by the State of Qatar jointly with our partners, continue. We will not give up,” assured Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani during the Doha Forum.
He recognized, however, that “continued bombing reduces these possibilities.”
During a week-long truce at the end of November, 105 hostages, including 80 Israelis, were released in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners imprisoned by Israel. According to the army, 137 hostages are still being held in Gaza out of the approximately 240 kidnapped.
9:07
Antonio Guterres deplores the “paralysis” of the UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores the “paralysis” of the United Nations in the face of the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying he regrets that the Security Council did not vote in favor of ‘a ceasefire.
Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar, Antonio Guterres said the Security Council was “paralyzed by geostrategic divisions”, thus compromising its ability to find solutions to the war.
“The authority and credibility of the Security Council have been seriously compromised” by its late response to the conflict, a damage to its reputation aggravated by the veto opposed Friday by the United States to a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, he said again.
8:33
Israeli army confirms strikes on Khan Younes
The Israeli army confirms having struck Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip, last night.
“During the night, the air force attacked the heart of the city of Khan Younes and destroyed the military infrastructure in which the terrorists operated as well as the underground wells,” the army wrote on X (ex-Twitter) .
It also claims to have carried out a strike on “a military contact site of the Hamas terrorist organization located near a mosque in the south of the Gaza Strip”.
7:07
A French frigate shoots down two drones coming from Yemen in the Red Sea
A French frigate patrolling the Red Sea shot down two drones during the night coming from northern Yemen, territory under the control of Houthi rebels who threaten to disrupt traffic on this strategic sea route as part of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“The interception and destruction of these two distinct threats” took place during the night from Saturday to Sunday, 110 kilometers from the Yemeni coast, near Hodeida, a port in northern Yemen under the control of the Houthi rebels, indicates the army general staff in a press release.
The Houthis threatened on Saturday to attack any ship in the Red Sea heading towards Israel if the population of the Gaza Strip did not receive emergency aid.
6:28
The situation of civilians in the south of the Gaza Strip worries
At the very beginning of its ground offensive, the Israeli army asked the population of the northern Gaza Strip to go to the south. But with the intensification of fighting in the south, fears are growing for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and particularly in the south.
“Nearly a million children have been forcibly displaced and are being pushed further and further south into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food and protection,” said the UNICEF director. for the Middle East, Adele Khodr.
“Restrictions on the delivery of life-saving aid through the Gaza Strip are an additional death sentence for children,” she added in a statement SATURDAY.
6:25
Israel wants to “increase military pressure” in the Gaza Strip
“We must increase the pressure,” launched his army chief of staff Herzi Halevi on Saturday, reporting a growing number of Hamas fighters “killed”.
“Every day we see more and more terrorists killed, more and more terrorists injured, and in recent days we see terrorists surrendering. This is a sign that their network is collapsing, a sign that we need to step up the pressure,” General Herzi Halevi said during a ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
6:22
Fighting intensifies in southern Gaza Strip
Hello everyone and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas are engaged in violent fighting this morning in the south of the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people are trying to protect themselves.
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