2023-10-14 18:19:04
Israeli airstrikes continued this Saturday on northern Gaza, releasing enormous black smoke into the sky. The Hamas attack and the war it unleashed last Saturday created an unprecedented shock wave in the region and beyond, fueling fears of an extension of the conflict and a humanitarian catastrophe for the population of Gaza, under complete siege, deprived of water, electricity or food supplies. “L’Obs” takes stock of this eighth day of conflict.
The death toll in Gaza rises to 2,215, including 724 children.
The increase in Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, has cost the lives of 2,215 Palestinians over the past week, including 724 children, the Hamas Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. 8,714 people were also injured.
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Palestinian relief workers, accompanied by civilians, cover bodies discovered in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, with white sheets. (AHMED ZAKOT/STORY PICTURE AGENCY)
The leader of Palestinian Hamas on Saturday accused Israel of “war crimes” in Gaza: “Israeli atrocities constitute war crimes and flagrant violations of international law”wrote Ismaïl Haniyeh in an open letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, according to a press release on the website of the Palestinian Islamist movement. “Even wars have rules”launched the UN Secretary General on Friday before a Security Council on the situation in Israel and Gaza.
More than 1,300 community buildings have been completely destroyed in the Gaza Strip, the UN said on Saturday, after a week of bombing, along with 5,540 homes, while nearly 3,750 others were so damaged that they are also uninhabitable.
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Israel claims to have killed Hamas leader involved in October 7 attack
A leader of the Islamist movement Hamas who led the bloody attack against Israel on October 7 was killed by the Israeli army, a military spokesperson assured this Saturday. He added that the information on the death of this Palestinian, Ali Qadi, in Gaza, was based on intelligence collected by the army and the internal security services (Shin Beth).
According to this spokesperson, Ali Qadi had been released by the Israeli authorities as part of the exchange of detainees following the release of the Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit kidnapped on June 25, 2006 by Hamas and released on October 18, 2011 after five and a half years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.
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Nine hostages killed by Israeli strikes in 24 hours
Israeli raids also caused the death of at least 22 Hamas hostages in the Gaza Strip, including nine (five Israelis and four foreigners) in the last 24 hours, the military wing of the Islamist movement said this Saturday afternoon. Palestinian.
They were killed by “strikes on the places where the prisoners were held”, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades specified in a press release, without further details.
More than 150 Israelis, foreigners and dual nationals were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, according to the Israeli government.
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Civilians flee Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing this Saturday through the devastated streets of Gaza City, hoping to find refuge further south following the Israeli army’s appeal to all civilians in“evacuate their homes to the south, for their own safety”. An injunction that resonates like an ultimatum, as Israel prepares for a ground offensive in retaliation for the bloody attack launched by Hamas.
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” This is just the beginning “ Israeli operations in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Friday.
An Israeli soldier throws a V for victory this Saturday, October 14. (ARIEL SCHALIT/AP/SIPA / ARIEL SCHALIT/AP/SIPA)
This Saturday, October 14, the Israeli army recommended to the population of Gaza City to “don’t delay” to evacuate their homes and move towards the south of the Palestinian territory before the launch of a military offensive, while the roads are already congested in the north.
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There is a “slot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.” (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Paris time) Saturday, Army spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters, without specifying whether there was a deadline. “We know this is going to take time, but we recommend people not wait. »
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Imbroglio surrounding the exit of the Americans present in Gaza
The situation is confused regarding the Americans present in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Egypt announced that they had given the green light to let the Americans leave the landlocked territory on Saturday through the Rafah crossing point, an American official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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These two partners of the United States would have agreed to leave the only crossing point between Gaza and Egypt “open from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Paris time),” said an official accompanying Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh.
This opening only concerned American citizens, not other foreign nationals, and even less Palestinians. President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said on Thursday that the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip must show themselves “unshakeable and remain on their land”.
But in fact, no one seems to have left the Gaza Strip this Saturday. Not even the Americans.
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Reuters journalist killed in Israeli bombing in Lebanon
A Reuters video journalist was killed on Friday and six other journalists from AFP, Reuters and Al-Jazeera were injured while covering clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the three media outlets said.
A group of journalists from different media outlets were near the village of Aalma ech-Chaab, near the Israeli border, when they were caught in cross-border shelling, one of the two injured AFP journalists said.
Terrible images.
In Lebanon, on the border with Israel, Reuters’ live video feed has just been interrupted after the team was hit by an (unknown) projectile.
“I can’t feel my legs anymore,” shouts one of the team’s journalists.pic.twitter.com/GFBUz4TuVZ
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Qatar’s Al-Jazeera channel said two of its journalists, Carmen Joukhadar and Elie Brakhya, were injured, saying that “their vehicle had been hit by Israeli bombings”. “We are deeply concerned that a group of clearly identified journalists were killed and injured while doing their work”declared Phil Chetwynd, director of information at AFP.
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Saudi Arabia suspends talks on possible normalization with Israel
This is a direct consequence of the Israeli bombings on Gaza: Saudi Arabia, a heavyweight in the Middle East, has decided to suspend negotiations on possible normalization with Israel sponsored by the United States. This decision was announced on Saturday by a source close to the government, during a visit by American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Riyadh on Friday evening after visits to Israel and several Arab countries.
The Gulf kingdom has never recognized Israel and has not joined the 2020 Abraham Accords, brokered by the United States, which allowed its neighbors, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Morocco , to establish official ties with Israel.
“Hamas’ goal is to provoke an Israeli response such that it prevents Saudi Arabia from moving closer to Israel”
He has been pressed in recent months by the American administration to do the same, with Riyadh demanding in exchange security guarantees from Washington and assistance in developing a civil nuclear program. Thus, in an interview with the American channel Fox News last month, the crown prince and de facto ruler of the kingdom, Mohammed bin Salman, said he “bring closer every day” of a normalization agreement with Israel, while emphasizing the importance of the Palestinian question for his country.
“In reality, Israel was not really ready to reach an agreement with the Palestinians that would meet the minimum of their demands,” says Saudi analyst Hesham Alghannam in retrospect.
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