Cover photo: Residents of Gaza City and other parts of the northern Gaza Strip flee to the south of the Palestinian enclave, November 9, 2023. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
- Hamas has lost control of the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said on Wednesday, November 8th. “We saw 50,000 Gazans flee [mercredi] from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip. They are moving because they understand that Hamas has lost control in the north,” the army spokesman said on Wednesday (Nov 8). Israel claims to have destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
- The Israeli army said it attacked Hezbollah’s infrastructure in Lebanon on Wednesday evening. “A terrorist cell operating near Biranit in northern Israel” was the target of this attack, the army said.
- According to the United Nations, medicines and medical equipment were delivered to Gaza’s main hospital, Al-Shifa. But the United Nations has warned that more is needed. According to a journalist from Agence France-Presse (AFP), bomb attacks occurred again near the hospital on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
- Thirteen NGOs called for an immediate ceasefire on Wednesday. on the eve of the international humanitarian conference organized on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum. They therefore call for “ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and respect for international humanitarian law.”
- Benjamin Netanyahu again rejected a ceasefire without the release of the hostages on Wednesday, while information about Qatar-led negotiations circulated.
- The G7 foreign ministers advocate “humanitarian breaks and corridors” in the Gaza Stripin particular to enable the “urgent” delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians threatened by the fighting.
- It is “very premature” for Israel to discuss the future of Gaza. “We are examining several options with our international partners,” said an Israeli government spokesman, noting that the “common denominator” is that the Gaza Strip should be “demilitarized” so that it “never again” becomes a “nest of terrorism.” War Cabinet member Benny Gantz, previously one of the opposition leaders, spoke of an “alternative mechanism for Gaza” after the ongoing military operation.
- The head of American diplomacy wants the aspirations of the Palestinian people to be “at the heart of the Gaza Strip government.”. He advocated “unification” with the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Antony Blinken also said that Israel should not “reoccupy” the enclave.
- The head of the Hamas government’s press service, Salameh Maarouf, attacked the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), accusing it of “collusion” with “the occupation.” [israélienne] and its plans for forced relocation.” According to Philippe Lazzarini, the agency’s director, 92 of its employees have been killed in Gaza since October 7.
- Hamas leaders justified the October 7 attack to the New York Times. Khalil Al-Hayya, a member of the governing body of the Islamist movement in Doha, Qatar, claims he wanted to “change the whole equation and (…) not settle for confrontation.” “We managed to put the Palestinian issue back on the table,” he added.
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