Hello, my name is Anthony and welcome to the Le Monde summary. Hamas military wing spokesman Obeida said on Tuesday that the Palestinians would release the foreign hostages in a few days. This is a focus of today’s French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper said that Obeida said this in a video broadcast by Hamas media. In the video, Obeida warned that the Gaza Strip would become a graveyard and quagmire for Israeli soldiers. He said that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will definitely lose, which will sound the death knell of his political career.
On the Israeli side, the Israeli army confirmed that it bombed a refugee camp in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. In this bombing, they killed a Hamas commander. Israel believes that this commander was one of the main persons responsible for the Palestinian attack on Israel on October 7.
The Israeli military said it eliminated the Hamas commander in a large-scale operation against the terrorist organization’s facilities and terrorists affiliated with the Jabaliya Central Camp. The Jabaliya Central Battalion controls civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip.
French newspaper Le Monde said Palestinians began searching for victims after refugee camps in the Gaza Strip were bombed. The newspaper said the number of victims was very high and that bombs hit several buildings in the Jabaliya refugee camp. Pictures provided by AFP and Reuters showed a large pit and damage to surrounding buildings. AFP video showed at least 47 corpses parked in the hospital courtyard, wrapped and placed on the ground. These bodies were found in the ruins. The actual death toll may be higher. The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said the provisional death toll was at least 50 and condemned the Israeli bombing.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian government is preparing to accept wounded people from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Le Monde quoted the health and security authorities as saying that the health team will wait at the end of the Rafah Pass. As soon as Gaza’s wounded arrive, they will examine them and then decide which hospital to send them to.
Le Monde said the EU’s diplomacy chief Borrell on Tuesday condemned Israeli colonial attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In conversations with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Minister of Egypt, the Foreign Minister of Jordan and the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Borrell said that restoring political channels to restart the peace process and find a long-term and sustainable solution to the conflict should be found for both countries. The solution is a top priority. Burrell said he was shocked by the killing of Shanilok, a German-Israeli man, by Hamas. Locke’s death illustrates how brutal terrorists can be against Israeli citizens and foreigners. The EU calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages in Gaza.
Le Monde said that United Nations Secretary-General Guterres issued a statement expressing deep concern about the intensification of conflicts between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip. The clashes include an expansion of the IDF ground offensive while Israel intensifies air strikes. And the rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip continue. Ordinary people became victims. Guterres reiterated his attack on Hamas on October 7, once again demanded that Hamas release the hostages, and also condemned the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Guterres said he was shocked when he heard that two-thirds of those killed were women and children. He said that the rules of humanitarian rights cannot be implemented selectively at will. He is worried about the dangerous escalation of tensions in the Gaza Strip. Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and leaders of all parties should exercise restraint to avoid greater trouble.
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