Cover photo: Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of a bombed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 9, 2023. SAYS KHATIB/AFP
- Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel does not intend to rule Gaza
The Israeli prime minister reiterated on American television on Thursday evening, November 9, that the army had made “extraordinarily good progress” in its offensive against Hamas. “We do not seek to rule Gaza. We don’t want to occupy it, we want to give it and ourselves a better future,” he assured. - Israel agrees to daily four-hour “breaks” in northern Gaza, White House announces
The Israeli army “will begin conducting four-hour breaks every day in certain areas of the northern Gaza Strip, which will be announced three hours in advance,” Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday. National Security from the White House House. “The Israelis told us that there would be no military operations in these areas for the duration of the pause [et] that this device started [jeudi] “, he added. Joe Biden welcomed a “step in the right direction.” - Israel attacks Syria after drone crash in Eilat
She reported that the Israeli army carried out an attack in Syria at dawn on Friday in response to a drone that crashed on a school in Eilat, southern Israel, on Thursday. Israel “holds the Syrian regime responsible for any terrorist attack originating from its territory,” the Israel Defense Forces said. - Several rockets were intercepted near Israel
The Israeli army spokesman announced that the IDF intercepted a missile over the Red Sea using the Arrow missile defense system. The armed forces later said they had intercepted “a suspicious projectile” in southern Israel using Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and said the projectile “did not enter through Israeli territory.” - Hamas reports that its leader traveled to Egypt for talks with the Egyptian intelligence chief
Egypt, which has the only access to the world of the non-Israeli-controlled enclave, the Rafah border crossing, has historically been a key mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Palestinian Islamic Jihad releases a video of two people it portrays as hostages being held in Gaza
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, released a video on Thursday of two Israelis – a woman in her 70s and a teenager – whom it portrayed as hostages being held in the Gaza Strip. The broadcast of this video constituted “psychological terrorism of the worst kind,” an Israeli army spokesman, Richard Hecht, immediately condemned during a press conference. - The Israeli army says it has attacked “two anti-tank terrorist cells” on the border with Lebanon
Since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, there have been daily exchanges of fire on the Israel-Lebanese border between the IDF and pro-Palestinian armed groups, including Hezbollah. - The Italian Foreign Minister proposes the creation of a UN force for Gaza
The United Nations has “a role to play” in Gaza, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday, pointing to a similar solution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). - International Gaza Conference in the Elysée Palace: Humanitarian organizations disappointed
A large number of humanitarian organizations have denounced the impossibility of providing aid while the bombings in Gaza continue. According to the French presidency, the countries that took part in the international Gaza conference organized on Thursday in Paris have announced new aid pledges worth more than one billion euros. - March against anti-Semitism: The Association of Mayors of France is calling for rallies in front of prefectures on Sunday
In view of the increase in anti-Jewish acts in France, the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, and the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, appealed to “all who recognize themselves in the values of our Republic” on Sunday, November 12th to take part in a “big citizens’ march” against anti-Semitism.
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