2023-11-10 13:08:34
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) speaks out again on the situation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. “The carnage must simply stop,” said Philippe Lazzarini, Friday, November 10, in a statement sent to the media, where he calls for an end to the siege of the enclave and requests circulation “sans restrictions” humanitarian aid. “Razing entire neighborhoods is not a response to the heinous crimes committed by Hamas”, believes this senior United Nations official. “Instead, it creates a new generation of aggrieved Palestinians who are likely to perpetuate the cycle of violence.” On X (ex-Twitter), he also claims that more than 100 UNRWA employees have been killed in Gaza since October 7. Follow our live stream.
“Still much to do” for civilians in Gaza, admits Washington. While greeting the “progress made”US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for going further “in terms of the protection of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid” in the Gaza Strip, the day after the announcement of daily humanitarian breaks of a few hours to allow residents of the north of the enclave to flee to the south. “Far too many Palestinians have been killed”launched the head of American diplomacy, from New Delhi (India).
No ceasefire, but humanitarian “breaks”. According to the United States, Israel agreed to establish “pauses” daily humanitarian efforts to enable civilians to flee the north of the Gaza Strip, where the fighting and bombings are the most intense, towards the south of the enclave. These interruptions “four o’clock, in certain areas of the northern Gaza Strip, will be announced three hours in advance”said White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. “Humanitarian organizations will not be able to work”however deplored the secretary general of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, on franceinfo on Friday.
“Nothing will stop us,” insists Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister has once again rejected calls for a lasting halt to the Israeli army’s operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on the American channel Fox News on Thursday, excluding this outcome as long as the hostages held since the attacks of October 7 are not released. The leader said a ceasefire would amount to a “surrender to Hamas”.
The Israeli army strikes in Syria. Israel announced that it had struck Syria on Friday in response to the downing of a drone the day before in the seaside resort of Eilat in the south of the country. The aircraft fell on a school, causing no injuries. The Israeli army targeted “ the organization that carried out the attack” from Syria, she declared on X (formerly Twitter), without specifying the name of this organization. Israel “holds the Syrian regime responsible for any terrorist act emanating from its territory”, she warned.
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