Islamic Jihad hints at truce deal with Israel

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20h50 : In this truce agreement, Egypt, which acts as a mediator between Israel and the Islamic Jihad, undertakes to “to work for the release of two prisoners“These two prisoners are Khaled Awawdeh and Bassem Saadi. The arrest on Monday in the occupied West Bank of the latter, leader of Islamic Jihad in this occupied Palestinian territory, initiated the current outbreak of violence, explains AFP.

20h46 : Earlier in the day, the Egyptian mediator assured, through the voice of an anonymous security source, that he had obtained Israel’s agreement for a truce with the Islamic Jihad, but said he was waiting for a response from the Palestinian armed group. The powerful Islamic Jihad, established in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, had then simply confirmed “ongoing negotiations at the highest level for a truce”.

20h41 : #ISRAEL A step towards the announcement of a truce, after three days of violence between the Israeli army and the Islamic Jihad, in the Gaza Strip. “A short time ago, a formula was found for the Egyptian announcement of the truce agreement, which includes Egypt’s commitment to work for the release of two prisoners,” said in a statement Mohammed Al-Hindi, head of the political wing of Islamic Jihad.

20h13 : Let’s take a quick look at the news at the start of the evening:

• The fire is progressing in Voreppe, in Isère, where three hamlets are being evacuated, according to the Prefecture. In Brittany, in Morbihan, the fire also resumed in places during the day.

Despite information on the possibility of a truce, the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian movement Hamas assures that four children were killed in Israeli strikes, bringing the toll of recent days of violence to 41 people, according to this source. A report disputed by the authorities of the Hebrew state. Follow our live.

• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is worried. Today she judged “increasingly alarming” information from the Zaporijia power plant (Ukraine), the day after strikes carried out near the reactor. What worries the international organization? What do we really know about possible nuclear risks? And the weight of this plant in the conflict? We answer these questions in this article.

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19h19 : The Ministry of Health of the Hamas movement, in power in Gaza, announces the death of five Palestinians in new Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip. In total, since the start of the Israeli military operation targeting the Palestinian armed movement Islamic Jihad on Friday, 36 Palestinians have been killed in the Palestinian enclave, according to the same source.

16h04 : An anonymous source within the Egyptian security services says that Israel has accepted a truce offered by Egypt in the Gaza Strip, where the Jewish state has been carrying out airstrikes for several days. No official source has yet confirmed this agreement.

14h14 : It is 2 p.m. and dust, we have a coffee and we take stock of the news:

• Four ships loaded with grain have left the Ukrainian ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk on the Black Sea, authorities have announced. They have on board “about 170,000 tons of agriculture-related goods”.

• One person was killed in a collision between a train and a vehicle at a level crossing in Gien, in the Loiret, according to the firefighters. The SNCF specifies to franceinfo that there are no injuries on board the train.

• Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid assures that military operations in the Gaza Strip will continue “as long as necessary”. Israeli strikes killed 31 in the Palestinian enclave, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The Jewish state refutes this assessment.

• The fire near Voreppe, in Isère, deteriorated overnight and threatens two factories where gas is stored. Some 120 firefighters are mobilized.

12h13 : It’s noon, here are the main titles of the morning:

• Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid assures that military operations in the Gaza Strip will continue “as long as necessary”. Israeli strikes killed 31 in the Palestinian enclave, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The Jewish state refutes this assessment.

• The death toll from the gigantic fire in an oil depot in Cuba is now one dead and 121 injured. Some 1,900 people have been evacuated from the disaster area and 17 people are missing.

• The fire near Voreppe, in Isère, deteriorated overnight and threatens two factories where gas is stored. Some 120 firefighters are mobilized.

11:47 : Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid assures that military operations in the Gaza Strip will continue “as long as necessary”. The army is thus preparing to “one week” raids on the territory of 2.3 million inhabitants.

10h08 : For its part, the Israeli army claims to have arrested around forty members of Islamic Jihad during operations in the West Bank. She also claims to have “neutralized” the leaders of the organization and killed several fighters in the Gaza Strip.

09h47 : The Islamic Jihad announced this morning that it had fired rockets towards Jerusalem. This is the first time that projectiles have been fired at this old town since the start of the armed escalation that has pitted Israel against the Palestinian armed group for several days.

10h10 : The Palestinian Ministry of Health says that 29 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed since Friday by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities contradict this assessment and claim that Palestinian children were killed by a failed rocket attack from Islamic Jihad towards Israel.

09h14 : Here is first a point on the news of this Sunday morning:

• The toll of violence between Israel and Islamic Jihad is now 29 dead, including six children, announced the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The Israeli authorities contradict this assessment. Follow our live.

• The twenty fires that affected Morbihan yesterday were brought under control overnight, announced the prefecture of the department. “The Morbihan firefighters will gradually reduce their system.”

• The gigantic fire of an oil depot in Cuba has killed one person, according to a new report from the authorities. Some 121 people were injured and 17 are missing.

• Five cargo ships will set sail today from the Ukrainian ports of Chernomorsk and Odessa, in order to continue exporting grain. In total, these ships transport more than 161,000 tonnes of corn and food products to Turkey, China and Italy.

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