2023-11-30 21:20:44
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The truce continues in Gaza as mediators continue their efforts, the Israeli army announced. Information confirmed by Qatar as a six-day humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip is about to end this Friday morning.
⇒ Hamas claims responsibility for deadly attack in Jerusalem.
⇒ The truce extended at the last minute until Friday morning.
⇒ Emmanuel Macron in Qatar this Saturday.
Two new Israeli hostages released
The Israeli army announced this Thursday that “two Israeli hostages”, first handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Gaza Strip, were “in Israel”, after having been released as part of an agreement between Israel and Hamas.
One of the two released hostages is the Franco-Israeli Mia Shem, said the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kidnapped during the attack carried out on October 7 by Hamas in southern Israel, Mia Shem, 21, appeared on October 16 in a video broadcast by the Palestinian Islamist movement, lying down and receiving treatment on her arm.
“You are with me, everything is fine,” his mother Keren whispered to him as she welcomed him to a military base, images released by the Israeli government. Mia Shem’s brother, Eli Moshe, was also present. All three hugged each other for a long time before slipping away to find each other in privacy.
The release of Mia Shem is “a great joy that I share with her family and all French people,” declared President Emmanuel Macron on the X platform. “I also express my solidarity with all those who remain hostages of Hamas. France is acting with its partners to obtain their release as soon as possible,” added the French president.
Hamas claims deadly attack in Jerusalem and calls for ‘escalation’
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas claimed responsibility for the shooting attack that left three people dead in Jerusalem on Thursday and called for an “escalation of resistance” against Israel. “The brothers Mourad Nemr (38 years old) and Ibrahim Nemr (30 years old) […]members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades of Sour Baher”, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem “sacrificed themselves by carrying out an operation” which “killed three settlers and injured others”, Hamas said in a statement Israeli police confirmed that the two attackers, brothers from East Jerusalem, had been shot dead.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog lamented “yet another example of the situation we find ourselves in, the endless war we are waging against terrorist organizations, particularly Hamas.”
Macron this Saturday in Qatar
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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Qatar this Saturday after the COP28 on climate in Dubai, to meet the emir of this mediator country who plays a key role in the release of hostages held by Hamas since its attack on Israel in October 7, the Elysée announced this Thursday.
In Dubai, on the sidelines of the climate conference, the French president should already have meetings with several leaders of the region linked to the conflict in the Middle East, among whom should include the Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
“We do not have superpowers”, defends the ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross, accused of doing too little for the hostages in Gaza as it had done in Ukraine for the prisoners of war, recalls that it does not have “super powers” and depends of the goodwill of the belligerents.
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“From time to time we have to tell people that we are not bulletproof. We do not have superpowers. We can only carry out humanitarian action if the authorities in a given region tell us give authorization,” explains a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Jason Straziuso, to AFP.
Qatar confirms extension of truce
An Israeli army spokesperson announced that the truce, which was scheduled to end at 6 a.m. (Paris time) this Thursday, November 30, would continue as mediators continue their efforts to extend the ceasefire. with Hamas. The six-day halt to fighting in Gaza was due to end at 7 a.m. local time (5 a.m. GMT) on Thursday, and follows the release of a group of 16 hostages held by Hamas on Wednesday evening in exchange of 30 Palestinian prisoners.
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The truce between Israel and Hamas will be extended by one day until Friday December 1, mediator country Qatar confirmed on Thursday, as a six-day humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip was about to end. finish.
A new “list” of hostages
The Israeli government announced Thursday, November 30, that it had received a new “list” of names of women and children hostages in the Gaza Strip to be released during the day in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in accordance with the truce agreement with the Islamist movement Palestinian Hamas.
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Entering into force on November 24, the truce was due to expire at 7:00 a.m. (5:00 a.m. GMT) but was extended at the last minute by the two belligerents. “In accordance with the terms of the agreement, Israel recently received a list [de noms] women and children,” said a statement from the Prime Minister’s office, without specifying the number of these hostages to be released.
China calls for ‘lasting humanitarian truce’
China called Thursday for a “lasting humanitarian truce” in the war between Israel and Hamas, in a diplomatic document. While maintaining good relations with the Israeli authorities, Beijing has supported the Palestinian cause for several decades and campaigns for a two-state solution. “All parties involved must […] immediately establish a lasting and prolonged humanitarian truce,” urged the Chinese Foreign Ministry in a document summarizing its position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Thirty Palestinian prisoners released by Israel
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Thirty Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons were released overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in accordance with the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Israel Prisons Authority announced. These prisoners were released after Hamas earlier freed 16 Israeli and foreign hostages held in the Gaza Strip, hours before the truce expired. Qatar, the main mediator of the truce, announced earlier that the Palestinian prisoners to be released are 16 minors and 14 women. Among those released is Ahed Tamimi, a 22-year-old activist who has become a key figure for Palestinians challenging the Israeli occupation.
A drone from Yemen
A US military boat sailing in the southern Red Sea on Wednesday shot down a drone launched from an area of Yemen controlled by the Houthis, pro-Iranian rebels, the US military announced. “At approximately 11 a.m. Sanaa time” the USS Carney, a destroyer “shot down a KAS04, an Iranian-built unmanned flying device launched from an area of Yemen controlled by the Houthis,” the army command said for the Middle East in a press release. The Navy reported no injuries or material damage. The war in the Middle East has fueled tensions in the region.
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