Cover photo: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023. IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / Portal
- Two American citizens, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, were released by the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades on Friday. Hamas’s military wing says it acted “for humanitarian reasons and to prove to the American people and the world that the claims of Biden and his fascist government are false and unfounded.” This is the first reported release of hostages by Hamas since the start of the war.
- Emmanuel Macron referred to Qatar’s “very important role” in the release of the two American hostages. He added that seven French people were missing in Israeland that “young Mia Shem is the only one whose hostage status is confirmed.” Thirty Frenchmen died The State Department announced that the war was between Hamas and Israel.
- Egypt assures that the Rafah border crossing is open and denies having prevented the departure of Palestinians with dual nationality from the Gaza Strip. Cairo believes that Western media is unfairly blaming him for the current situation, while “Israel [a lancé] targeted attacks [sur Rafah]refused entry for humanitarian aid [dans la bande de Gaza] and implied that Egypt was responsible for hindering the departure of third-country nationals.”
- International humanitarian aid should be able to reach the Gaza Strip “tomorrow.” [samedi] or in these waters »said UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths. “We are in intensive and advanced negotiations with all parties involved to ensure that a relief operation in Gaza begins as quickly as possible,” he said.
- Fighting between the Jewish state army and Hezbollah continues on the border between Lebanon and Israel. The IDF said it bombed a cell of “three Hezbollah terrorists” and came under fire, including from anti-tank missiles.
- Joe Biden is asking Congress for $14.3 billion for Israel. The White House on Friday released a series of broad proposals to support Ukraine and Israel. The budget increase of more than $105 billion demanded by the American president must also respond to the arrival of migrants at the southern border of the USA.
- According to Israeli authorities, more than 1,400 people have been killed on Israeli territory by Hamas men since the October 7 attack. According to the IDF, around 1,500 Hamas fighters were killed in the counteroffensive, which allowed Israel to regain control of the areas attacked. Israel estimates the number of hostages kidnapped by Hamas and then brought to Gaza at 200.
- On the Palestinian side, according to the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, Retaliatory attacks by the Israeli army killed more than 4,100 people, mostly civilians, and injured more than 13,100 others.
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