Cover photo: A convoy of Israeli armored vehicles in southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. MAYA ALLERUZZO / AP
- According to the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Gaza and headed south after Israel ordered the evacuation of the 1.1 million residents of the enclave’s north on Friday morning. Prior to this announcement, the United Nations (UN) already estimated the number of displaced people in Gaza to be more than 423,000 due to the Israeli army’s military response to the Hamas attack on Gaza.
- The leading UN expert on displaced people said on Friday she was “horrified” by the Israeli army’s evacuation order to the population of the northern Gaza Strip., which they believe constitutes a crime against humanity. She called on Israel to reverse its decision, as did UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and many humanitarian organizations.
- The Israeli army announced on Friday night that it had “attacked a Hezbollah terrorist target in southern Lebanon.” in response to “the intrusion of unidentified airborne objects into Israel and the downing of an Israeli drone.” The IDF announced shortly after midnight that it had hit “two unidentified targets over the city of Haifa” in northern Israel, about fifty kilometers from the border with Lebanon, and another projectile near the city of Shefa Amr, also in the north. intercepted the country.
- At least 1,300 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel since the attack on the Gaza Strip a week ago. The Israeli army confirmed on Saturday morning the presence of at least 120 people held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The death toll in the Hamas-controlled enclave rose to 2,215, including 724 children. The local authorities announced this on Friday evening.
- Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Friday evening that “this is just the beginning” of the Israeli offensive. He has again vowed to destroy Hamas as the Israeli army prepares for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
- Sixteen Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces during solidarity rallies with the Gaza Strip in the West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A total of 51 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday.
- Russia, which accuses the United States of being responsible for the situation in Gaza, called on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to act on Friday and tabled a draft resolution calling for a “humanitarian ceasefire.” “We are convinced that the Security Council must act to put an end to this bloodbath and restart peace negotiations with the aim of the long-planned establishment of a Palestinian state,” said Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia.
- In a live interview on CNN on Friday, IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner “categorically” denied that Israeli forces used white phosphorus bombs in Gaza and Lebanon this week. Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Thursday saying it had reviewed videos showing the Israeli army’s use of white phosphorus bombs, even though this was strictly prohibited. against the civilian population.
- The number of French nationals killed in Hamas attacks against Israel has continued to rise, reaching seventeen dead and fifteen missing.The entourage of the French foreign minister, who arrived in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, told Agence France-Presse on Saturday.
- A second plane organized by the Foreign Ministry to repatriate French people from Israel landed at Paris’ Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Friday evening. There were more than 300 passengers on board, an airport source told Agence France-Presse.
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