Cover photo: An Israeli soldier walks past pictures of Israeli hostages posted on a wall outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, October 16, 2023. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
- The Middle East is “on the brink of the abyss,” warned the UN Secretary General. “Gaza is lacking water, electricity and other essential goods,” Antonio Guterres said in a statement. He also called on Hamas to release the hostages “immediately” and “unconditionally.”
- According to the IDF, Israel will launch “major military operations” once civilians leave. “It’s really important that the people of Gaza know that we’ve been very, very generous with our time,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told CNN overnight Saturday into Sunday. We have given enough warning, for more than twenty-five hours… I cannot emphasize enough that it is now time for the residents of Gaza to leave. »
- Approximately One million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip by the war, said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “This number is likely to rise as people continue to leave their homes,” the UNRWA communications director said. The evacuation order issued by Israel affects 1.1 million residents in the north of the enclave.
- Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz confirmed this on Sunday the restoration of water distribution in the south of the Gaza Strip, following a seven-day shutdown ordered in retaliation for the Hamas attack on Israeli soil. This decision was approved by the Prime Minister [Benyamin] Netanyahu and the President [américain, Joe] Biden will push civilians to the south of the Strip,” Mr. Katz said.
- According to Antony Blinken, driving Palestinians out of Gaza is a “doomed” idea. The American Secretary of State categorically rejected this option during a crisis trip to the Middle East. “We believe that people should be able to stay in their homeland of Gaza,” he said in an interview with Saudi television channel Al-Arabiya broadcast on Sunday.
- Joe Biden believes an Israeli occupation of Gaza “would be a grave mistake.” In an interview with the weekly “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday evening, the American president called Israel’s elimination of the “extremists” of Hamas “necessary” while also calling for “the path to a Palestinian state.” “We have no interest in occupying Gaza or staying in Gaza”the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations said laterGilad Erdan, told CNN.
- Sunday was marked by There were exchanges of fire between Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army. At least one person was killed and several others were injured. Hezbollah announced in the afternoon that it had hit three targets in Israel, prompting Israeli fire. The peacekeeping building in southern Lebanon was hit The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said the missile bombardment caused no casualties.
- The Israeli Air Force continues to bomb targets in the Gaza Strip relentlessly, while Hamas militants continue to fire rockets into Israel, Sunday. According to the Gaza Interior Ministry, the Israeli army carried out dozens of attacks against the Tal Al-Hawa and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods, as well as airstrikes on buildings in Khan Younes, Rafah and Nuseirat camp.
- At least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel since the attack on the Gaza Strip a week ago. The Israeli army confirmed on Sunday the presence of at least 155 people held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The death toll in the Hamas-controlled enclave rose to 2,670. This emerges from a current report from local authorities on Sunday evening.
- The number of French nationals killed in Hamas attacks against Israel has continued to rise, reaching nineteen dead and thirteen missing.the French foreign minister reported on Sunday at the end of her visit to Israel, where she met political leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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