2023-12-07 21:37:48
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
An AFP investigation shed light on the facts, almost two months to the day after the tragedy. Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on October 13 by an Israeli shell. Six other reporters were injured by the strike. On the same matter, Amnesty International claims to have “frightening evidence” and calls for an investigation into “war crimes”.
These reporters had come to cover cross-border clashes between the Israeli army and armed groups in southern Lebanon, notably the Hezbollah movement, an ally of Hamas.
The number of the day
350. Like the number of people killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours, according to the new report communicated this Thursday by Hamas. Initially limited to the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli military operations now also affect the south of the territory. The Israeli army claimed to have carried out several operations in Khan Yunis, the south’s largest city, killing “Hamas terrorists” and striking “dozens of terrorist targets”.
Sentence of the day
We are trying to increase humanitarian aid and more than 60,000 tons of aid have entered through Rafah. »
These are the words of Elad Goren, head of Cogat, an agency of the Israeli Defense Ministry that oversees civilian activities in the Palestinian territories. He asserts that Israel will not be a problem for the entry of humanitarian aid.
Since the unprecedented attack on Israel carried out on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which left around 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, Israel has imposed a “complete siege” and massively shelled the Gaza Strip, reducing large areas to ruins. .
Food, water, fuel and medicine are only arriving in trickles, while around 1.8 million people, or 80% of the population, have had to leave their homes since the start of hostilities.
Today’s trend
After Rafah, soon another entry point into the Gaza Strip? An opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip would “change the very nature of humanitarian access” that the Palestinian territory desperately needs, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has said during a press briefing in Geneva.
Antonio Guterres warned of a “total collapse of public order soon” in Gaza. On Wednesday, the UN Secretary General said he feared that “even limited humanitarian aid” would become “impossible” in Gaza, highlighting “the constant bombings of the Israeli armed forces” and “the absence of shelter or the minimum for survive “.
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