2023-11-22 17:06:37
The Israeli army announced that it had intercepted with a fighter plane a “cruise missile”, in the midst of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday November 22. Following reports of an airspace intrusion in the area of the city of Eilat, Israel’s southernmost city, the army issued a statement saying that“An Israeli Air Force fighter successfully intercepted a cruise missile that was being launched towards Israel.” She specifies that“no infiltration into Israeli territory has been identified”“. Follow the situation in our live stream.
Emmanuel Macron receives the heads of diplomacy from Arab or Muslim countries. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, are gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Elysée to discuss “the situation in the Middle East”.
The international community welcomes the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas. US President Joe Biden said “extraordinarily satisfied” of the upcoming release of hostages kidnapped in Israel by Hamas militants on October 7, under an agreement to which Israel gave the green light on Wednesday. It provides for the release of 50 hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a truce in the Gaza Strip. “I welcome the announcement of an agreement for the release of hostages and a humanitarian truce”for his part reacted Emmanuel Macron on the social network X. A spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, for his part, mentioned “an important step”but affirmed that it remains “a lot to do”.
Hamas reacts to the “humanitarian truce”. “The provisions of this agreement were formulated in accordance with the vision of resistance and determination which aims to serve our people and strengthen their tenacity in the face of aggression”reacted the Palestinian Islamist organization. “We confirm that our hands will remain on the trigger and that our triumphant battalions will remain on the lookout”she warned.
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