The war between Israel and Hamas, sparked after the Hamas attacks on October 7, enters its 29th day this Saturday. A new report communicated this Saturday morning by the Quai d’Orsay shows 39 French people killed. While the Israeli army claims to have “intensified” his ground offensive on Gaza this Friday, UN chief Antonio Guterres said “horrified” by a strike on an ambulance in the enclave. Israeli authorities confirmed they had targeted the vehicle, which they said was used by “a Hamas terrorist cell”. French President Emmanuel Macron announced this Friday the holding of a “humanitarian conference” on November 9 in Paris. Update on the situation.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a temporary truce” with Hamas “without liberation” of more than 240 hostages kidnapped Israel hit an ambulance used by “a Hamas terrorist cell”, according to the Hebrew State A “humanitarian conference” will be held on November 9 in Paris, announces Emmanuel Macron At least 39 French people died in the Hamas attacks carried out on October 7, according to a new report from the Quai d’Orsay this Saturday morning Several rallies in support of the Palestinians are organized this Saturday According to the latest Hamas report, 9,488 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7. On the Israeli side, more than 1,400 people were killed According to the Egyptian Ministry of Health, “448 foreigners and binationals” “including 96 children” were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt on Friday.
The toll of French people killed increases
At least 39 French people died in the Hamas attacks carried out on October 7, according to a new report from the Quai d’Orsay this Saturday morning. The previous report showed 35 deaths. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also identified nine people missing. “It is now confirmed that some of them are hostages of Hamas”specified the ministry in its press release. “We are doing everything we can to obtain their release. We remain in constant contact with all the families of our nationals who have disappeared or been held hostage”insisted the Quai d’Orsay.
“Around fifty” French people will be evacuated from Gaza this Saturday
“34 French people and their spouses were able to leave” this Friday from the Gaza Strip, shelled by the Israeli army. “We are expecting around fifty today”indicated Olivier Becht, Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French people abroad, invited this Saturday morning on France Inter in “We don’t stop the eco”.
On Friday, during a third day of evacuations, 17 wounded and 448 foreigners, including 96 children, were able to leave Gaza for Egypt, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Health.
Intensification of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza
Israel relentlessly shells the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas attacks in early October. The country has also been waging fierce ground fighting for more than a week, amid the ruins, against Hamas, in power in the territory and whose fighters are entrenched in a network of tunnels. The soldiers, who “intensified” their operations according to the army, have surrounded the city of Gaza, in the north of the territory, since Thursday, in order to destroy the “centre” of Hamas. The Israeli army said on Saturday that the soldiers had killed “dozens of terrorists and destroyed Hamas infrastructure” since yesterday.
Gaza strip. At least 500 kilometers of tunnels used by Hamas © Visactu
Palestinians from northern Gaza, where the fighting is the most violent, are fleeing to the South. “We think between 800,000 and maybe a million people” who were in the northern Gaza Strip “moved south”, said Saturday. He also estimated that another 350,000 to 400,000 were still in the north of the territory, where the fighting is the most violent.
Israel rejects humanitarian pause in Gaza
In Tel Aviv, the head of American diplomacy discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the possibility of “humanitarian breaks” to promote aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. But the head of government said he refused “a temporary truce” with Hamas “without liberation” of the more than 240 hostages kidnapped during the Hamas attack and held in Gaza. According to a senior White House official, the release of the hostages “would require a very significant pause in the conflict”. He spoke on Friday evening of “very serious discussions” in progress.
While the United States is against a ceasefire, it calls for pauses in the fighting to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid that has begun entering the Gaza Strip via Egypt, but in insufficient quantity, according to the UN. Since October 21, and the very partial reopening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, the only opening to the world for the Gaza Strip, 420 trucks of humanitarian aid have arrived, the UN announced on Friday.
Anthony Blinken and Benjamin Netanyahuce vendredi © AFP – Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO) / ANADOLU
UN chief ‘horrified’ by strike on ambulance
The Hamas government had previously announced that an Israeli strike had targeted an ambulance at the entrance to Gaza’s largest hospital this Friday, killing 15 people. Israeli authorities confirmed they had targeted the vehicle, which they said was used by “a Hamas terrorist cell“. The Palestinian movement denied it. UN chief Antonio Guterres said he “horrified” by the “images of scattered bodies”.
“Humanitarian Conference” in Paris on November 9
Emmanuel Macron announced this Friday the holding of a “humanitarian conference” on November 9 in Paris, affirming that “the fight against terrorism does not justify sacrificing civilians”. Traveling to Brittany, the French president explained that this meeting would take place within the framework of the Paris Peace Forum. According to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the countries of the European Union, those of the Middle East, the G20, several UN agencies and large NGOs will be invited.
This humanitarian conference aims to estimate responses in terms of humanitarian aid, in the health, water, energy and food sectors. The different delegations will also be able to present the “initiatives already implemented or planned for the benefit of the populations” but also “discuss their current financial mobilization and announce new commitments”, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Demonstrations in support of the Palestinians this Saturday in France
Several demonstrations to support Palestine are planned this Saturday across France. This Saturday noon, around a hundred people gathered in Niort to demand an “immediate ceasefire”, indicates France Bleu Poitou.
According to France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire, a thousand demonstrators gathered at Place Chavanelle, in Saint-Etienne.
In Valence, at the Champ de Mars, there were 500 of them asking “a just and lasting peace” between Palestinians and Israelis, reports France Bleu Drôme Ardèche. A few hundred people marched this Saturday in Toulouse, indicates France Bleu Occitanie. “A hundred” people gathered in Nîmes (Gard). Between 300 and 400 people gathered in front of Amiens town hall. In Paris, the procession left from Place de la République at 2 p.m., heading towards Place de la Nation. The thousand demonstrators were reached according to the France Bleu Paris reporter on site.
Other gatherings are planned from 3 p.m. in Lyon, Rouen, Rennes, Lille, Nice. Meet at Place du Commerce in Nantes at 4 p.m., at the same time at Place Darcy in Dijon.
A Palestinian flag brandished during the rally at Place de la République in Paris © Radio France – Marion Ferrère
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