2023-11-17 21:32:39
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Pope to meet families of Israeli hostages and Palestinians from Gaza
Pope Francis will meet separately on Wednesday with families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and relatives of Palestinians living in this territory, the Vatican announced on Friday.
The 86-year-old pontiff wishes to express “his spiritual closeness to the suffering of everyone” during these talks which will be held on the sidelines of the general audience on Wednesday, indicated his spokesperson Matteo Bruni, mentioning ” the purely humanitarian nature of these meetings”.
21:00
UN humanitarian chief calls for ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza
The head of UN humanitarian operations Martin Griffiths demanded Friday before the United Nations a “ceasefire” in Gaza to help the 2.2 million people trapped by the war between Hamas and Israel.
“We are not asking for the moon. We are asking for basic measures necessary to meet the essential needs of the civilian population and stem the course of this crisis,” protested Martin Griffiths during a video intervention before an informal meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.
“A humanitarian ceasefire. Let’s call it what we want, but what is needed from a humanitarian point of view is simple: stop the fighting to allow civilians to move in safety,” thundered the head of the UN humanitarian operations before UN Member States.
20:23
Five States refer the “situation in the State of Palestine” to the ICC
Five signatory states to the treaty creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) have requested an investigation into the “situation in the State of Palestine”, announced its prosecutor, who confirmed investigating crimes committed since the bloody Hamas attack on October 7.
“My Office received a referral on the situation in the State of Palestine from the following five States Parties: South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia (…) Comoros and Djibouti,” declared Karim Khan.
“In receiving the referral, my Office confirms that it is currently investigating the situation,” he added in a press releaseIt is.
The ICC, created in 2002 to try the world’s worst atrocities, opened an investigation in 2021 into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories, including alleged crimes committed by Israeli forces, Hamas and other groups. armed Palestinians.
20:04
Erdogan claims in Berlin to be “the first to lead the fight once morest anti-Semitism”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he is a leader in the fight once morest anti-Semitism during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
“For us, there should be no discrimination between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the region. I am the first to lead the fight once morest anti-Semitism in the world,” he said in response to a question on his criticism of the Israeli army’s bombings in Gaza following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas.
19:29
Marine Tondelier called on Emmanuel Macron to request “the entry of investigators” from the ICC into Gaza
Marine Tondelier, national secretary of Europe Ecologie les Verts, called on Emmanuel Macron to “ensure that France requests the entry of investigators from the International Criminal Court into Gaza”, she declared following the a meeting with the Head of State and party leaders in Saint-Denis.
“We believe that this is today the only solution to be able to investigate in an impartial, neutral, independent, legitimate manner, the crimes that are in progress, possibly crimes once morest humanity” because “Israeli civilian hostages are there detained” and “Palestinian civilians are killed there”, she pleads.
Emmanuel Macron was “receptive” to this proposal and “committed” to studying it, according to Marine Tondelier.
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19:03
Olaf Scholz calls for “not to question” Israel’s “right to defend itself”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Friday “not to question” Israel’s “right to defend itself” following the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , visiting Berlin.
“It is necessary to make possible, and not to call into question, Israel’s right to defend itself,” he declared, also describing Israel’s “right to exist as “irrefutable.” “.
A week ago, the Turkish president judged that the very legitimacy of the State of Israel was “called into question because of its own fascism”,
19:00
Hamas government announces new death toll of 12,000 in Gaza
The Hamas government announces a new death toll of 12,000 in the Gaza Strip.
18:50
Erdogan says ‘killing children is not in the Torah’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “killing children is not in the Torah” in reference to civilians killed in Israeli army bombings in Gaza following the deadly October 7 Hamas attack during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
“Bombing hospitals or killing children is not in the Torah. You cannot do that,” said the Turkish head of state.
18:28
Families of Israeli victims of Hamas attacks meet with ICC prosecutor
Families of Israeli victims of the bloody Hamas attack on October 7 met on Friday with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), their lawyer said on Friday.
17:55
Visiting Germany, Erdogan says “Israeli attacks on Palestinian territories must stop”
Visiting Germany, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed during an interview with his German counterpart that “Israel’s attacks on the Palestinian territories must stop”, reports the Turkish presidency on X (ex-Twitter) .
He “said that a ceasefire should be established immediately in the region and that humanitarian aid should be delivered,” according to the presidency.
“Both leaders expressed agreement that a two-state structure is the only solution for lasting peace and agreed to work together to secure a ceasefire in the region and to provide humanitarian assistance to the region as soon as possible,” continues the same source.
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17:43
German head of state underlines Israel’s “right to exist” in meeting with Erdogan
German head of state Frank-Walter Steinmeier emphasized Israel’s “right to exist” on Friday during his meeting in Berlin with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently appeared to question the legitimacy of Hebrew State.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier “underlined Israel’s right to exist as well as its right to defend itself” following the deadly attack on October 7 by Hamas, the German president’s spokesperson said on his X account (ex -twitter).
15:40
Hamas Health Ministry announces 24 deaths at al-Shifa hospital in two days due to lack of electricity
According to him, these patients died “because vital medical equipment stopped working due to the power cut” in the largest hospital complex in the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel. Most hospitals in Gaza no longer have a drop of fuel to power their generators.
14:50
Top UN official calls on Israel to ‘stop using water as a weapon of war’
“Every hour that passes anywhere that Israel prevents the provision of clean water to the Gaza Strip, in flagrant violation of international law, puts Gaza residents at risk of dying from thirst and diseases linked to the lack of clean water ” said Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
“These often invisible casualties of war can be avoided, and Israel must do it,” he said. “Israel must stop using water as a weapon of war,” he also said.
13:57
Israel allows daily entry of two fuel trucks into Gaza
The Israeli war cabinet has authorized the daily entry of two fuel trucks into the Gaza Strip, in order to “comply with the request of the United States”, Israeli officials announced Friday.
“The war cabinet unanimously approved a joint recommendation from the army and the Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service) to comply with the US request and allow the entry of two trucks tanker of fuel per day for UN needs,” officials said in a statement.
13:13
WHO calls for daily evacuations of patients to Egypt
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for regular, daily flows of patients to be allowed to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment in Egypt, to relieve overwhelmed hospitals.
Richard Peeperkorn, head of the WHO Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, explained during a video conference to journalists that 50 to 60 patients per day would have to be evacuated to Egypt.
Before the war between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the Islamist movement’s attack on Israeli soil on October 7, there were around 3,500 hospital beds in Gaza. “Today there are around 1,400,” said the WHO official.
He also reported tens of thousands of cases of acute respiratory infections and diarrhea. The WHO is also concerned regarding chickenpox and skin diseases in particular.
12:37
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected in Berlin for a tense visit
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on Friday for a visit which promises to be very tense following the Turkish head of state accused Israel of acting like a “terrorist” state in its war once morest Hamas.
The Turkish president has left his country and is due to land shortly following 2 p.m. at Berlin international airport.
He must first meet his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier before going to the chancellery for a meeting with Olaf Scholz followed by a dinner following which he must leave for Turkey.
12:35
Palestinian government announces death of two Palestinians killed by Israeli army in Hebron
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced “two Palestinian deaths hit by Israeli army bullets at the northern entrance to Hebron”, a West Bank city.
Also in Hebron, following an attack on Thursday once morest a dam near Jerusalem during which an Israeli soldier was killed and five others injured, the Israeli army announced that it had taken “measurements” on Friday from the houses of the three attackers killed. This step precedes the destruction of the homes of the attackers, a measure that Israel regularly applies.
10:56
Israeli army raids Islamic Jihad ‘command post’
The Israeli army attacked “a post of the commander of the northern zone of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, which includes the offices of senior officials of the terrorist organization and a factory for the production of strategic munitions”, announces a door -IDF spokesperson on X.
10:47
In Gaza, 830,000 displaced residents are sheltered by the UN
“Nearly 830,000 displaced people have found refuge in 154 UNRWA installations across the Gaza Strip,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on X.
In total, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that more than 1.5 million people have been displaced within the Gaza Strip since October 7.
9:47
West Bank: Israeli army says it killed “five terrorists” in Jenin
The Israeli army announced Friday that it had killed at least “five terrorists” in Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, while Hamas announced the death of three of its fighters “in the Battle of the Flood of al-Aqsa in Jenin.
“Al-Aqsa Flood” is the name that the Islamist movement gave to its bloody attack of October 7 which left 1,200 dead in Israel. Since then, the Israeli army has relentlessly bombed the Gaza Strip, held by Hamas, and multiplied its incursions into the West Bank, particularly in Jenin and its bustling refugee camp.
9:08
Georges Malbrunot believes that “Emmanuel Macron’s zigzagging policy risks quarreling him with many people” in the Middle East
“Emmanuel Macron’s zigzagging policy risks embroiling him with many people” in the Middle East, believes the great reporter Georges Malbrunot, who revealed in Le Figaro a note from French ambassadors in the Middle East expressing their concern.
Despite a “repositioning in favor of the Arab street” through an interview with the BBC, “the image is printed that Emmanuel Macron has taken up the cause for Israel”, according to the journalist.
9:02
According to Georges Malbrunot, “we are far from having proof that the al-Shifa hospital housed the Hamas operational center”
“We are far from having proof that the al-Shifa hospital housed Hamas’ operational center,” Georges Malbrunot, a senior reporter specializing in the Middle East, said on BFMTV.
“The operation is quite meager in terms of results. We were shown a few Kalashnikovs and bulletproof vests. We have the impression that the Israeli army’s communication is slipping a little,” he said, referring to the images. provided by the IDF.
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7:30
New communications cut in Gaza
Communications have been out of service in Gaza since yesterday Thursday.
“The communications network in Gaza is down because there is no fuel. It is therefore impossible to manage or coordinate humanitarian aid convoys,” said UNRWA, the Gaza agency. UN for Palestinian refugees.
7:02
Israel says body of hostage soldier Noa Marciano found near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
Israel says the body of soldier and hostage Noa Marciano, announced dead on Tuesday, was found near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
On Monday, Hamas released a photo presenting the 19-year-old woman as “killed by an Israeli bombing”.
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6:25
Professor charged with manslaughter following death of Jewish protester in California
Loay Alnaji, a Californian professor, is being prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter following the death of a Jewish protester during a rally that turned into an altercation with pro-Palestinians near Los Angeles in early November, authorities announced Thursday local.
Aged 50, he was arrested in the morning and taken into custody, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. His bail is set at one million dollars.
A higher education professor, he had already been briefly detained by the police following the demonstration which cost the life of Paul Kessler, a man of Jewish faith.
6:18
US calls on Israel to take ‘urgent’ action once morest settler violence
Through the voice of its head of diplomacy Anthpny Blinken, the United States called on Israel this Thursday to take “urgent” measures to put an end to settler violence once morest Palestinians in the West Bank.
The latter, who is in San Francisco for an Asia-Pacific summit, made the call during a telephone conversation with Benny Gantz, an Israeli opposition leader who joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet.
The minister “underscored the urgent need to take concrete steps to defuse tensions in the West Bank, including addressing increasing levels of violence from extremist settlers,” the US State Department spokesperson said , Matthew Miller.
6:15
The Israeli army continues its incursion into Gaza
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The Israeli army, which continues its air and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, carried out searches yesterday in the al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Palestinian enclave. An operation filmed by the IDF.
6:15
Body of hostage kidnapped by Hamas discovered in Gaza by Israeli army
The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had discovered, near the al-Chifa hospital in Gaza, the body of a hostage kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack in Israel and murdered, according to it, by the movement Palestinian Islamist. The victim was identified by Israeli forces.
6:12
The French Minister of the Armed Forces has “hope” regarding the fate of the French hostages
The French Minister of the Armed Forces declared that he had “hope” regarding the fate of the French hostages held by Hamas, following taking stock Thursday in Qatar on the current discussions.
“We have hope which requires concentration until the last minute so that everyone keeps their word,” declared Sébastien Lecornu, “publicly” thanking Qatar, one of the mediators in the hostage crisis. .
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