2023-10-31 21:01:21
Two French children were killed in the Gaza Strip, their mother and her third child having probably been injured, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday October 31.
“France learned with sadness of the death of two children of French nationality found in the north of the Gaza Strip with their French mother who herself was injured, as well as her third child,” reported the Quai d’Orsay in a press release, which does not specify the circumstances of the deaths.
The French consulate general in Jerusalem “however does not manage to establish direct contact on the ground with this national”, which does not allow “at this stage to verify the situation of this family”, continued the French authorities, who say they are continuing their efforts to “reach out to this national and provide assistance and support to her, as well as to her family”.
#Gaza | France learned with sadness of the death of two children of French nationality who were in the north of the Gaza Strip with their French mother who was herself injured, as was her third child.
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Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza fighting
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that two of its soldiers had been killed in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, on the 25th day of the war against Palestinian Hamas. The two soldiers “fell in the fighting in the north of the Gaza Strip,” the army said in a statement, a few hours after reporting “fierce fighting” with Hamas in this sector.
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The Israeli army also indicated that it had intercepted a missile fired from the Red Sea region. “A surface-to-surface missile was fired towards Israeli territory from the Red Sea area and was successfully intercepted by the air defense system,” according to a statement. Houthi rebels in Yemen, close to Iran, claimed to have launched several missiles and drones towards Israeli territory.
Israeli army confirms bombing of Jabaliya
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, a bombing hit the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian territory, killing “more than 50” people. The Israeli army confirmed this bombing carried out as part of an operation which killed a Hamas commander, presented as one of those responsible for the October 7 attack.
Hamas announces that it will release foreign hostages “in the coming days”
The spokesperson for Hamas’ military branch said Tuesday that the Palestinian movement would release “in the coming days” foreign hostages among those it has been holding in Gaza since its attack on Israeli territory on October 7.
“We have informed the intermediaries that we will release a number of foreigners in the coming days,” Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Palestinian movement’s military wing, said in a video broadcast by Hamas media.
Gaza, “cemetery for thousands of children”
“Gaza has become a cemetery for thousands of children,” Unicef spokesperson James Elder said in a statement, with the UN organization calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, said he was “deeply concerned about the intensification” of the conflict in Gaza.
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Strikes in Lebanon
In a message published on “Fighter planes recently attacked the infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah on the territory of Lebanon,” the IDF said.
“Among the infrastructure attacked, weapons, positions and sites used by the organization were destroyed,” the statement also added. A new stage in the regionalization of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, after the terrorist attack of the Islamist movement on Israeli soil on October 7.
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Palestinian Red Crescent denounces strikes near hospital in Gaza
The Palestinian Red Crescent was alarmed on Tuesday by strikes near one of its hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, where civilians took refuge to protect themselves from Israeli bombings.
The humanitarian organization reported “Continued artillery and air strikes in the Tel al-Hawa area of Gaza where the al-Quds hospital is located,” in a message published Tuesday on the social network X.
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“The building is shaking and the displaced civilians and the teams at work are in fear and panic,” she added. The Red Crescent had already reported bombings in this area on Sunday evening. After several calls from humanitarian organizations to stem the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory, the Israeli Prime Minister on Monday ruled out any ceasefire in the conflict.
The United States calls the assault on an airport in Dagestan a “pogrom”
The storming of an airport in the predominantly Muslim Russian republic of Dagestan on Sunday by a crowd of men hostile to Israel is comparable to a “pogrom”, the White House ruled on Monday.
Videos, broadcast on social networks and in Russian media on Sunday, showed men checking cars, checking the identity of a passenger, forcing doors into the terminal and gathering at the foot of a plane on the tarmac.
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“Some will compare this to the pogroms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and I think that is probably an apt description, given the video that is circulating,” said the spokesperson for the National Security Council of John Kirby White House, in reference to the frequent murderous attacks against Jews that took place at this time in history in the Russian Empire.
Washington is also not in favor of a ceasefire
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After the refusal a few hours earlier by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to consider a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, a White House spokesperson judged Monday evening that it was not ” not the right answer at the moment.”
Washington estimated that the Palestinian Islamist group “would be the only ones to benefit.” The American executive, on the other hand, is in favor of “temporary and localized humanitarian pauses to allow aid [humanitaire] to reach certain specific populations and perhaps even to help with the evacuation of people who want to leave” the enclave from the south, added John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council.
At least 31 journalists killed
At least 31 journalists have been killed since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli soil, including 26 Palestinians, four Israelis and one Lebanese, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), based in the United States.
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