Latest Updates on Gaza Truce Discussions: US and Israeli Intelligence Chiefs in Qatar

2023-11-28 13:49:54

14:49

US, Israeli intelligence chiefs in Qatar to discuss Gaza truce

The information was also announced by Archyde.com et CNN.

14:29

Gaza: IDF claims “explosive devices” were activated and says it was targeted by “terrorist” fire

“Over the past hour, three explosive devices exploded near IDF troops in two different locations in the north of the Gaza Strip,” says the Israeli army, denouncing a “violation” of the truce.

“In one of the locations, the terrorists also opened fire on the troops, who responded with fire. A number of soldiers were lightly injured during these incidents,” the IDF said.

14:15

“Neglected, underweight”: the daughter of an 84-year-old hostage released by Hamas testifies about her mother’s state of health

Tali Amano, daughter of the hostage released by Hamas Elma Avraham, testifies to the difficult living conditions experienced by her mother during her captivity.

14:00

IDF opens fire in Gaza Strip after ‘suspects approached Israeli troops’

The army claimed that “suspects had approached Israeli troops” and that a tank had carried out “warning shots”, while the Palestinian movements denounced “violations of the truce” by Israel.

13:46

Palestinian Presidents Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at COP28 on Friday

The Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, and that of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, are each due to speak at the COP28 podium on Friday in Dubai, among more than 80 world leaders expected there, according to the UN Climate.

Two days before the opening of the 28th United Nations conference on climate change, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, the UN published a list of more than 80 leaders who wished to speak before the COP, for speeches not to exceed three minutes.

13:31

The Palestinian Red Crescent has sent “200 aid trucks” since the start of the truce

Since the start of the truce, “Palestinian Red Crescent teams have successfully delivered around 200 aid trucks to Gaza City and its northern region,” the humanitarian organization announced on X.

12:50

Israeli military says two child Hamas hostages transferred to another Palestinian group

Two children kidnapped by Hamas in Israel on October 7 were “transferred” to another Palestinian group in Gaza, the French-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army Olivier Rafowicz assured BFMTV on Tuesday, an assertion already made by the – Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army in an interview yesterday.

“Kfir and Ariel Bibas, aged 10 months and four years, are in the hands of another terrorist group, according to the information we have. They are in the hands of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine”, an Arab nationalist group and Marxist, the spokesperson developed.

“Hamas would have transferred other hostages,” he said.

12:29

A source close to Hamas announces that 10 Israeli hostages will be released today

“There was an exchange of lists of names (…) for the fifth day of the truce, without there being any objection,” he said, adding that “foreign workers detained in Gaza will also be released.

11:24

Lebanon says Israeli shell fell in South Lebanon, first since truce

An Israeli shell fell Tuesday morning near the town of Aïta ash-Chab in southern Lebanon, reports the Lebanese national news agency, a few hours after the extension of a truce in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas.

This truce in the south of Israel does not officially concern Lebanon, in the north of the Hebrew state, but the exchanges of rockets and missiles between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah have ceased since its entry into force Friday morning .

11:21

US sends three military planes loaded with aid to Gaza

The United States will send three military planes to Egypt loaded with humanitarian aid intended for the Gaza Strip starting Tuesday, White House officials announced.

The aircraft, the first of which is due to arrive on Tuesday and the other two to follow “in the coming days”, will be loaded with medical and food aid as well as winter equipment, which will be distributed by the United Nations, they said. they clarified during an interview with the press on Monday, the content of which was under embargo.

11:10

A relative of freed hostages speaks of “relief” but “don’t forget the horror”

Eve Hohman, whose cousin, a former Hamas hostage with her three children, was released on Sunday evening, spoke on BFMTV at the time of these releases of “immense relief”, “but also extremely mixed (…) since we lost two more family members on October 7.”

She recounts their conditions of captivity: “They were in tunnels, they did not see the light of day, they were in the hands of terrorists after seeing the massacre of their own family. They are in good health (.. .) they were together, all four of them.”

“We do not forget the horror they experienced, that the family is not completely complete and that there are many hostages left in captivity and that no celebration can be made until they are all released,” she further emphasizes.

10:45

Sébastien Lecornu assures that the three freed Franco-Israeli hostages “are doing well”

The Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu assured on Europe 1/CNews this morning that the three Franco-Israeli hostages released yesterday “are doing well”.

“They will be subject to significant medical monitoring. (…) After more than 50 days of detention, you can imagine the impact in terms of nutrition and sleep. Psychological monitoring will obviously be important, so this monitoring- this will be done over time,” explained the minister.

10:33

Hamas and Israel could expand criteria for hostage deal

Hamas seeks to extend the terms of the agreement concluded with Israel on the release of hostages it holds in the Gaza Strip to extend it to people other than the women and children already released, said Monday evening a leader of the Palestinian Islamist group.

“We hope that the Occupation (Israel) will respect (the agreement) in the next two days because we are looking for a new agreement, in addition to women and children”, in order to exchange other categories of people, he said. declared Khalil al-Hayya on the Al-Jazeera channel.

Late Monday, Israel expanded the list of Palestinian detainees likely to be released in exchange for hostages, another sign that a review of the terms of the truce is being considered.

10:04

Precise care for the former Franco-Israeli hostages released yesterday

BFMTV’s special correspondent in Tel Aviv, Thierry Arnaud, reports that with a view to the release of the three Franco-Israeli hostages yesterday, “everything was anticipated very carefully”, notably the “first words they heard when “They regained their freedom and met with officials from the Israeli Defense Forces, who had been specially trained on what to say and how to say it.”

The course of their journey to the hospital was also “carefully developed. Upon arrival, the priority is meeting the family. The Kalderon children (Erez and Shahar) spent the night with their mother, no one else other around them at that time”, relates our special correspondent.

9:28

Iranian president will not travel to Turkey to talk about Gaza this Tuesday

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the date of his Iranian counterpart’s visit in mid-November, specifying that this meeting aimed to discuss a common position regarding the war in Gaza.

9:15

Olivier Véran addresses “his thoughts” to the “five French nationals who are missing”

After the release of three young hostages of French nationality yesterday, government spokesperson Olivier Véran welcomed France Info “good news”, while specifying that “the first thoughts immediately are obviously for the five French nationals who are missing”.

“Some, we know, are being held hostage and for others there is uncertainty,” recalled Olivier Véran.

8:30

The aunt of Eitan, a 12-year-old former French hostage, says he “experienced horrors” in detention

“Eitan experienced horrors there,” assures BFMTV Deborah Cohen, the aunt of the young 12-year-old Franco-Israeli hostage released Monday after 50 days of captivity in Gaza. She claims to have been aware of the conditions of detention of her nephew.

“Hamas forced him to watch the horror film that no one wants to see, the whole film,” she explains, playing a video recording of the Islamist organization’s attacks in Gaza on October 7.

“Arrived in Gaza, all the civilians, everyone hit him. We’re talking about a 12-year-old child (…) Every time a child cried, they threatened him with a weapon so that “he is silent”, she says, “maybe I am naive: I wanted to hope that he would be treated well but apparently not: they are monsters”.

8:07

Catherine Colonna “has no official confirmation” of new releases of French hostages

Finally, and still speaking to RTL, the Minister of Foreign Affairs assured that she had “no official confirmation” of the release of new French hostages today.

“There should be two new series, this truce must be extended into a lasting truce, to allow the release of the hostages, there are still children, then allow humanitarian aid to enter and its distribution, treat the wounded, get the most serious out, work for a ceasefire,” she insists.

8:02

Catherine Colonna wants to “pay tribute to Qatar” for its role in the release of French hostages

On RTL, the Minister of Foreign Affairs wanted to pay tribute to Qatar for its role in the release of the first French hostages on Monday.

“These are difficult negotiations between Qatar, to which I pay tribute, Israel, the United States, Egypt and the ICRC. Until the last moment, we do not know, there are lists and difficulties, questions throughout the day, everything went well and at the end of the day a sigh of relief,” explained Catherine Colonna.

7:55

Catherine Colonna assures that the news of the three freed French hostages “is good”

Invited this Tuesday morning on RTL, the Minister of Foreign Affairs returned to the release of the first three French hostages by Hamas on Monday, three minors who returned to Israeli territory.

According to the “indirect news” she has, it “is good.”

“Indirect information that I have yes, there is classic medical follow-up, but they do not seem to experience beyond what this terrible detention may have caused psychological shock, for the moment everything is fine,” assured Catherine Colonna.

7:12

Who benefits from the truce between Israel and Hamas?

While the truce must be extended by at least 48 hours, Gregory Philipps, former correspondent for BFMTV in Israel, believes that this truce “benefits civilians first and foremost.”

“There are hostages released, the more the truce progresses, the more chances there are of getting out. There is also the population of Gaza, who sees humanitarian aid arriving.”

Will these times without fighting allow Hamas to reform? “Not sure if they will be able to bring in new weapons, but moving troops to the South, the respite can allow them to do that.”

6:59

Images of the release by Hamas of the three French hostages

While eleven new hostages were released by Hamas, the Islamist group transmitted a video of this release.

In this propaganda sequence, filmed from all angles and edited, we can see the hostages, including the three French minors, heading towards a Red Cross vehicle. As they leave, they can also be seen greeting their captors.

“It’s a great joy, he will be able to live his life as a child that was stolen from him,” rejoiced Jocelyne Goldapper, grandmother of little Eitan, 12, kidnapped from a kibbutz during the attacks of October 7 and released yesterday.

5:20

Israel announces release of 33 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for released hostages

The Israeli Prison Authority announced on the night of Monday to Tuesday that it had released 33 Palestinian prisoners, a few hours after Hamas released 11 Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since its October 7 attack.

On Friday, Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement committed to freeing around ten women and children hostages every day in exchange for three times as many Palestinian detainees, women and young people under the age of 19.

This agreement runs until Thursday, said Hamas and the Qatari mediator, while Israel announced that it had prepared a list of 50 new prisoners who could be released over the next two days.

>> Our article

5:00

Iranian president in Turkey to secure common position on Gaza war

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will make his first visit to Turkey on Tuesday, hoping to put aside past differences and formulate a joint response with Ankara to Israel’s actions in Gaza.

A fervent defender of the Palestinian cause, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took up the cause of Hamas as the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip increased, due to Israeli retaliation after the deadly attack by the Islamist movement. October 7 which left 1,200 dead in Israel, mainly civilians.

At least 15,000 Palestinians, again mostly civilians, have been killed in bombings since the start of the war, according to the Hamas government.

4:40

Three French people among the 11 Hamas hostages currently on their way to Israel

Three French people Hamas hostages since October 7 were released this Monday, November 27 in the evening, during the fourth wave of releases since the truce agreement came into force on Friday, BFMTV learned from sources close to the matter.

>> Our article

4:20

Hamas-Israel truce extended, other releases expected

The truce between Israel and Hamas is extended for the first time on Tuesday with the planned release of other Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip where the humanitarian situation remains “catastrophic”.

Entering into force on Friday, the agreement negotiated under the aegis of Qatar, with the support of Egypt and the United States, has so far enabled the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. and 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.

Some 19 other hostages, mostly foreign workers, were released by Hamas but outside the framework of this agreement.

4:00

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