According to the Hamas Health Ministry, incessant Israeli bombings since October 7 have killed 11,180 people, mostly civilians, including 4,609 children, Agence France-Presse said. More than 240 hostages are still being held by Hamas since October 7, the day of the group’s deadly attack in Israel that killed at least 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
The fighting is concentrated in the heart of Gaza City, in the north of the territory, in particular around certain hospitals suspected by the Israeli army of housing Hamas’ strategic infrastructure, which the population uses as such “human shields”She says.
The Palestinian territory, where more than 1.5 of the 2.4 million residents have been displaced according to the UN, has been under a total siege imposed by Israel since October 9, depriving the population of water, electricity, food and medicine. Nearly 200,000 Palestinians fled the territory’s north in three days “Corridors” open daily for “breaks”to seek refuge in the south of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said on Saturday evening.
This morning we return to the highlights of the night from Sunday 12th to Monday 13th November 2023.
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UN flags at half-mast in memory of personnel killed in Gaza
On Monday, flags were lowered to half-mast at U.N. buildings across Asia and staff called for a minute’s silence to remember their colleagues killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.
The blue and white United Nations flag was lowered in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing at 9:30 a.m. local time the day after the UN announcement “A significant number of dead and injured” in the “Bombing Raid” from the UN Development Program (UNDP) headquarters in Gaza.
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AFPTV images this Sunday also showed a crater in the middle of the courtyard of a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. UNRWA said on Friday that more than 100 of its staff had died in the Gaza Strip since the war began.
Netanyahu talks about negotiations to release hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with American broadcaster NBC on Sunday, raised the possibility of an agreement to release some of the approximately 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, which he said would be a condition of any ceasefire.
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“The less I say about the issue, the greater the chances that it will happen.”Benjamin Netanyahu said shortly before Monday, without commenting on the negotiations to release the hostages.
In the face of wars, the demand for ammunition increases
At a defense factory owned by British defense giant BAE Systems in northern England, the munitions factory is in full swing, boosted by the war in Ukraine and an increasingly bleak geopolitical horizon, France Media Agency reports.
“The world seems to be becoming less and less stable”What “suggests that demand for ammunition will increase and that this will be a sustainable scenario for us”, estimates Steve Cardew, Head of Business Development. Since the start of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, the group’s shares have risen about 13%. They have almost doubled since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Interstate conflicts are a greater concern for states as Russia is more belligerent and China has territorial claims. Like other weapons manufacturers “It is very likely that (BAE Systems) will continue to benefit from worsening conflicts around the world, to the detriment of civilians.”regrets Dr. Sam Perlo-Freeman, research coordinator of the NGO Campaign Against Arms Trafficking, in an interview with Agence France-Presse.
Dozens of unionists blocked a BAE Systems plant in southeast England, accusing the British company of making components for military aircraft used by Israel to bomb Gaza in the war against Hamas.
Sébastien Lecornu fears for the future of the region
The humanitarian issue and the protection of the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip are “absolutely crucial” and calls “Measure and Proportionality” on the part of Israel, French Military Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Sunday in an interview with the LCI news channel, Agence France-Presse reported.
The way Israel manages the continuation of the conflict will have an impact on “the security environment in which the Middle East will find itself in the next 10 to 15 years,” the French minister continued. The Palestinian Islamist group “Hamas must be taken out of action, but the way in which the civilian population is dealt with may have an impact on containing the general escalation.”emphasized Sébastien Lecornu.
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Regarding criticism of French diplomacy as either pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, Sébastien Lecornu recalled France’s historical position. “The problem with a balanced position is that everyone blames you for it. On the one hand, you are accused of not doing enough for the security of Palestinian civilians, and on the other hand, we are accused of not doing enough for the security of Israel.he said.
When France calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, it is also defending Israel’s right to defend itself. “The dilemma facing the IDF (Israeli Army)is that Hamas is obviously using the civilian population as human shields.confirmed Sébastien Lecornu.