The evacuations continue. “Nearly forty French people and their families” were able to leave Gaza through the Rafah border post (Egypt) on Saturday, November 4, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. “They were cared for by the French Embassy and the Crisis and Support Center teams,” it said in a press release, adding that the evacuations will continue “in the coming days” “so that all our compatriots, our agents like.” and their families who wish can leave Gaza.” On Friday, 34 people and their spouses were evacuated. Follow our live stream.
Thirty nine French people died in Hamas attacks, according to a new State Department report. Nine people are still missing and “it is now confirmed that some of them are Hamas hostages,” the ministry said in a statement.
The United Nations condemns the ambulance bombing that killed fifteen people in Gaza. The attack was confirmed by the Israeli army, which said it had used the vehicle to attack Hamas members, something the Palestinian Islamist organization denied. “I am horrified,” reacted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Israel rejects the US-demanded “humanitarian pause” in the Gaza Strip. After meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of a “temporary ceasefire” without releasing the at least 240 hostages in the hands of Hamas.
After Israel, the American Secretary of State travels to Jordan. Antony Blinken will meet King Abdullah II of Jordan on Saturday, a day after a whirlwind visit to the Hebrew state. He is also scheduled to attend a ministerial meeting with several Arab countries and hold a bilateral meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi.