2023-11-06 07:23:48
► The Israeli army announces “significant” strikes in Gaza which “will continue”
The Israeli army announced that it was carrying out attacks on Sunday, November 5 “significant strikes” Who “will continue in the coming days” in the Gaza Strip, adding that they had cut the Palestinian territory in two.
“Significant strikes are now underway (…) and they will continue tonight and in the days to come”said army spokesman Daniel Hagari, claiming that Israeli forces operating in the territory had cut it in two: “South Gaza and North Gaza”.
Telephone lines and the Internet in the Gaza Strip were cut Sunday evening by Israel, for the third time since the start of the war, according to the Palestinian operator Paltel.
► The King of Jordan announces the airdrop of emergency medical aid to Gaza
Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced the release early Monday, November 6, of emergency medical aid to Gaza, intended for a Jordanian field hospital.
Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza. This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brethren pic.twitter.com/HOWI2VL7hL
– Abdullah bin Al Hussein (@KingAbdullahII) November 5, 2023
“Intrepid members of the Air Force dropped urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza at midnight”the king said on X (formerly Twitter), adding: “It is our duty to help our brothers and sisters injured in the war against Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brothers”.
The airdrop of this aid was done « a coordination » with the Israeli army, an Israeli military spokesperson said Monday morning. “Last night, in coordination with [l’armée israélienne], a Jordanian plane dropped medical equipment and food for the Jordanian hospital in the Gaza Strip. The equipment will be used by the medical profession for patients”declared this spokesperson.
► The heads of major UN agencies call for a ceasefire in Gaza
Faced with a death toll that increases day by day, the leaders of the main UN agencies published a rare joint statement on Sunday evening to express their indignation at the toll of civilian victims in Gaza and to demand a “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas.
“For almost a month, the world has watched the situation unfolding in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory with shock and horror at the (growing) number of lives lost and devastated”wrote the heads of UN agencies.
The leaders of 18 organizations including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization deplored the death toll of the war. “We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. It’s been 30 days. Enough is enough. This must stop now”they wrote in the press release.
► Antony Blinken considers attacks against American troops in Iraq “unacceptable”
On a surprise visit to Baghdad, the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken judged on Sunday “totally unacceptable” attacks carried out against American troops stationed in Iraq or neighboring Syria since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Antony Blinken said during a press briefing that he “clearly said” to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Chia al-Soudani “that attacks or threats from militias aligned with Iran were completely unacceptable”.
► The Turkish president cuts all contact with Israel
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that his country “worked behind the scenes” with its regional allies to try to guarantee an uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Denouncing “the immoral massacre” in Gaza, he cut all contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and recalled Ankara’s ambassador to Israel. He also decided not to meet Antony Blinken, expected in Ankara on Monday.
► 9,770 dead according to the latest Hamas report
According to the latest Hamas report on Sunday, 9,770 people, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7 in Israeli bombardments. In the West Bank, more than 150 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Authority, were killed by fire from Israeli soldiers or settlers.
According to Israeli authorities, at least 1,400 people died on the Israeli side, the majority of them civilians killed on the same day of the attack of unprecedented scale perpetrated by Hamas. At least 30 soldiers have been killed since the ground operation began, according to the army.
► Children of a Lebanese journalist killed in an Israeli strike
On the Israeli-Lebanese border, there are daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah movement in particular, an ally of Hamas. Four family members of a Lebanese journalist in a car, including three children, were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to Lebanese state media.
The Israeli army said it had “hit Hezbollah targets”, “in response to a missile attack that killed an Israeli civilian” in northern Israel. Among the targets, “vehicles and a missile ramp”according to her.
Since October 7, 81 people have died on the Lebanese side, according to an AFP count, including 59 Hezbollah fighters. Six soldiers and two civilians were killed on the Israeli side.
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