2023-10-26 16:41:15
Cover image: flares fired by the Israeli army over the northern Gaza Strip, photo taken from the town of Sderot, southern Israel, October 26, 2023, JACK GUEZ / AFP
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution in support of Israel. According to the text, approved by 412 votes (10 representatives voted once morest), the Jewish State “defends itself once morest the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists”.Two new competing resolutions, prepared by the United States and Russia, have been rejected at the UN Security Council. In less than two weeks, the Council rejected four draft resolutions, exposing its divisions and causing frustration among a number of diplomats at this inability to act.Israeli planes bombed Lebanon in retaliation for the launch of a surface-to-air missile during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Early Wednesday, the Israeli army also targeted military targets in Syria in response to fire aimed at Israel.In matters of international law, “France does not practice double standards”assured Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday visiting Cairo, alongside his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. Earlier, Qatar and Turkey denounced the policy of ” Two weights, two measures “ from certain Western countries regarding the war between Israel and Hamas and their “incapacity (…) to condemn and prevent the disaster in Gaza”.During her visit, the head of state also announced that a French plane will land in Egypt ” of the [jeudi] to deliver medical equipment » in Gazapassing through the Rafah terminal. “Others will follow”added the president.A land operation « massive » of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip would be ” a mistake “declared the French president once more. Such an operation “is not likely to protect Israel in the long term” et “is not compatible with respect for civilian populations”he said. Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi also called on Israel to avoid a «Gaza land invasion»because she will “a large number of civilian casualties”.The number of French people killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 now stands at 31announced Emmanuel Macron, who added that nine others were being held in “hostage”.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Wednesday evening that he too should ” accountable “ on the “failures” security forces that enabled Hamas attacks. “We will examine in detail until the end what happened (…). But all this will take place following the war”did he declare.United States President Joe Biden said Wednesday evening that Israel not only has the right but also ” the responsibility “ to defend itself following the Hamas attack, while “everything in its power to spare civilians”.The US president also said he did not have “required” of Benjamin Netanyahu that he delays a ground offensive in Gaza until the release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas. According to The Wall Street Journalthe Jewish state would have agreed, under pressure from the Americans, to postpone such a military operation in order to preserve diplomatic efforts aimed at freeing the hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist movement.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ” canceled “ all his travel plans in Israel despite the recent rapprochement between the two countries. “You will not find any other state whose army behaves with such inhumanity”, he added regarding the reprisals carried out by Israel in Gaza. He also considered that “Hamas is not a terrorist group, it is a group of liberators who protect their land”.The health ministry in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip announced Thursday that 7,028 people had been killed since the start of the conflict.
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