2023-12-15 21:14:26
To better understand the latest events in the conflict between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel, 20 Minutes takes stock every evening. Between the strong declarations, the diplomatic advances or the dramatic results of the fighting, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
The Israeli army announced on Friday that soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip had killed three Israeli hostages by mistake. “During fighting in Shujaiya, the army mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the soldiers opened fire in their direction and they were killed,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said on television.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli army announced that Elya Toledano, a 28-year-old Franco-Israeli taken hostage on October 7 by Hamas, had been found deceased. His remains were recovered and brought back to Israel. “Profound sadness this morning upon learning of his death in Gaza. I share the shock and pain of his family,” reacted President Emmanuel Macron, promising to “continue to work tirelessly to free all the hostages” taken by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. There are now still three “disappeared” Franco-Israelis, probably hostages in the Palestinian territory.
The number of the day
60. This is the number of journalists and media workers who have died since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The last journalist killed was this Friday, during a bombing in the Gaza Strip. The victim, Samer Abou DaqaIl, was a cameraman for the Qatari channel Al Jazeera.
Sentence of the day
No one should be silent. This is not a response. October 7 became a pretext not only to make Gaza unlivable but to colonize the West Bank. »
These are the words of the first secretary of the French Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who reacted to a post on “X” from Médecins sans frontières (MSF) dating from Thursday, in which the NGO deplored that “the Israeli forces have just killed a unarmed teenager inside the Khalil Suleiman hospital. The reaction to “X” from the boss of the PS earned him strong criticism. “The First Secretary of the Socialist Party must apologize. He dishonors the history of his political family,” denounced Éric Ciotti, president of the Republicans. “Shame on Olivier Faure… Let me not meet him… Who now explains that October 7 is a pretext for Israel,” even threatened the former PS deputy for Essonne, Julien Dray.
Today’s trend
France, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and The European Union expressed, in a joint statement, “their deep concern at the unprecedented number of attacks perpetrated by extremist settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank”.
In addition to condemning settler violence, the foreign ministers of these countries reiterate their “position regarding the settlement policy, which is illegal under international law and we remind Israel of its obligations under international law, in particular Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. »
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