2023-10-15 07:42:46
Videoconference summit of European leaders on Tuesday
European Council President Charles Michel convened a summit of leaders of the 27 European Union countries on Tuesday by videoconference following the outbreak of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas.
“It is of the utmost importance that the European Council, in accordance with the Treaties and our values, defines our common position and establishes a clear and unified course of action that reflects the complexity of the current situation,” he said. .
Hostages killed
The Israeli army announced on Saturday evening that it had found “corpses” of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during incursions into the Gaza Strip, without further details.
Hamas earlier reported 22 hostages killed in Israeli bombings.
Catherine Colonna will meet the families of the French victims
Arriving in Israel on Saturday, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will meet this morning the families of French nationals “affected by the disappearances of their loved ones” at the French embassy in Tel Aviv.
The minister will also go to Jerusalem for a meeting “with religious people and leaders of humanitarian associations”.
Israel prepares “joint and coordinated attack from air, sea and land”
In a statement released on Saturday, the Israeli army gave details of the upcoming offensive in the Gaza Strip. The IDF says it is preparing to “expand the offensive” by implementing a “wide range of offensive operational plans”. The Israeli army thus refers to a “joint and coordinated attack from the air, sea and land”.
Israeli offensive will not begin this Sunday, army spokesperson says
Awaiting a ground offensive for which Israel said it was preparing, the army on Friday called on civilians in the north of the Gaza Strip, or 1.1 million people, to move south, and urged them Saturday not to “delay”.
According to the Israeli army, the center of operations of the Palestinian Islamist movement is in Gaza City, in the north of the territory.
But an army spokesperson said on Saturday evening that they were still giving the Palestinians time to leave for the south, and assured that the ground offensive would not start on Sunday, for humanitarian reasons.
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