Cover photo: Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on buildings in Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
- Three days after the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood launched by Hamas on Israeli territory, the Jewish state announced the implementation of a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip. “No electricity, no water, no gas,” emphasized Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant. We fight animals and act accordingly.” Subsequently, the immediate cutoff of Israel’s water supply, ie 10% of annual consumption in the Gaza Strip, was implemented. Food restrictions were also implemented by the military.
- The Israeli army said late Monday morning that it was in “complete control” of the attacked southern cities.although an IDF spokesman acknowledged that “there may still be terrorists in the area from which thousands of Israelis were evacuated.”
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahusaid that the campaign has just begun and will help “transform the Middle East.” A few minutes after this statement, Hossam Badrane, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, said: said that “no negotiations on the prisoner issue or anything else are currently possible.”
- The latest figures from Israeli authorities show that at least 700 people were killed and more than 2,616 others were injured. More than 260 people were murdered at a rave party in southern Israel. Below, two French nationalsas well as American, British, Thai and Nepalese nationals.
- According to the latest report from the Palestinian authorities, at least 560 people have been killed and more than 2,900 others injured in the Gaza Strip. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, 16 people were also killed in the West Bank.
- There have been hundreds of bomb attacks in the Gaza Strip since Sunday. The Israeli army says it has attacked “more than 500 targets” of Hamas and Islamic Jihad with aircraft and artillery. The Israeli army said it particularly bombed and attacked the Al-Forqan area, which is considered a “safe haven” for Hamas. The Palestinian health minister accused Israel of targeting hospitals and medical teams.
- More than a hundred hostages are still being held by Islamist groups. Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they have captured 100 and 30 people, civilians and soldiers, respectively, and taken them to Gaza. This number cannot be verified.
- Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon following Islamic Jihad infiltration. The Israeli army carried out attacks after “several people infiltrated Israeli territory.” The armed wing of Islamic Jihad, another Islamist group present in the Gaza Strip, claimed responsibility for the attack.
- EU suspends development aid for Palestinian areasand has decided to reassess all its current programs, amounting to 691 million euros, announced EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, for whom “the level of terror and brutality against Israel and its people represents a turning point”.
- Rallies take place in France and the illuminated Eiffel Tower “in solidarity” with Israel. The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) called on “all friends of Israel” to a “solidarity march” on Monday at 6:30 p.m. from Place Victor-Hugo (16th arrondissement) towards Trocadéro. Meetings are also planned in Nice, Strasbourg, Nancy, Tours, Lille, Montpellier, Marseille and Bordeaux. Lyon follows on Tuesday and Toulouse on Wednesday.
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