2023-10-20 10:06:20
09:17
IDF entry into Gaza not necessarily imminent
It is “not certain” that the entry of Israeli soldiers into the Gaza Strip is “imminent”, judges Patrick Dutartre, general of the Air Force and former fighter pilot on LCI, because it must be “carefully prepared”. Notably because it takes “the necessary time to prepare all the scenarios”, since Hamas’ reaction can vary. “It takes a lot of precaution and perfect knowledge of the terrain,” continues the specialist.
09:03
Progress on the Rafah side
Concrete blocks installed by the Egyptians after Israeli bombings on their border with besieged Gaza have been removed, an Egyptian security source told AFP, appearing to indicate an imminent passage of humanitarian aid.
08:56
Children among the dead in the West Bank
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 13 people, including several children, were killed during clashes with the Israeli army in the Nour Shams refugee camp the day before. The IDF assures, for its part, that it was a question of fighting “armed terrorists”.
08:41
Rishi Sunak in Egypt
After a visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected in Egypt this Friday. He must, in particular, discuss the risks of conflagration in the region as well as the fate of Palestinian civilians.
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08:26
New attack on American troops in Iraq
Attacks against American troops in Iraq have increased in recent days, linked to the support provided by Washington to Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas. Reuters reports that rockets and drones targeted a US base very early Friday morning. The results are, for the moment, unknown.
08:09
” Hurry up “
“We need unhindered access and to deliver our vital aid safely. Time is running out,” argues UNICEF regarding the food ready to enter the Gaza Strip.
07:54
Details of the strike near a church
We were talking about it this morning, a strike attributed to the Israeli army fell near the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Porphyry, in the center of Gaza City, where many civilians took refuge. According to Hamas, there are deaths. The IDF, for its part, admits to having carried out an air raid in the area of the building, affirming that it was to target the “command and control center of a Hamas terrorist involved in rocket and mortar fire to Israel.”
07:44
Bombings continue in Gaza
While aid from Egypt is due to begin arriving in the south of the Gaza Strip this Friday, the Israeli army continues its bombings on the territory. The IDF claims to have attacked “more than 100 targets” during the night.
07:28
New evacuation near Lebanon
Israel asks the population of the town of Kiryat Shmona, near the border with Lebanon, to evacuate. For several days now, the Israeli army has been asking residents living near the border to move away. The State provides them with accommodation.
07:12
“Hands, pieces of skull”: astonishing and frightening, in the giant morgue of the Shura base
06:56
Between 100 and 300 dead at Ahli Arab hospital, according to American intelligence
The human toll from the strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday is “probably at the bottom of a range between 100 and 300” dead, according to an American intelligence note of which AFP was able to consult extracts on Thursday. .
This summary sent to Congress affirms, as Joe Biden declared on Wednesday, that Israel “probably did not bomb the hospital in the Gaza Strip”.
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06:27
Hamas reports deaths inside Gazan church after Israeli raid
In a statement, the Hamas Interior Ministry said Thursday evening that a raid blamed on the Jewish state had left “a large number of martyrs and wounded” in the compound of the Greek Orthodox church in Hamas. Saint-Porphyry. Witnesses for their part said that the strike appeared to have targeted a target close to the place of worship.
06:08
Biden sends Hamas and Putin back to back
“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they have this in common: they both want to completely destroy a neighboring democracy,” Joe Biden declared last night in a rare address to the nation.
This is why the American president will ask Congress on Friday to “urgently” finance aid to Israel and Ukraine, “our essential partners”.
According to a source close to the discussions, the White House wants to ask Congress for a colossal envelope of 100 billion dollars for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the migration crisis on the border with Mexico.
05:55
Humanitarian aid expected to begin arriving in Gaza on Friday
Humanitarian aid long awaited by Palestinians stranded in the Gaza Strip should begin arriving there on Friday, Egyptian media reported Thursday. The Egyptian channel AlQahera News, close to Egyptian intelligence, said Thursday evening that the Rafah crossing point, between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the only one not controlled by Israel, would open on Friday.
Cargo planes full of aid arrived at Egypt’s Al-Arich airport on Thursday.
05:43
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