Cover photo: In Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers secure the checkpoint attacked by three people, Thursday, November 16, 2023. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
- The Israeli army said it found Hamas “ammunition, weapons and military equipment” at Al-Shifa Hospital on Wednesday, November 15. from Gaza, where it intervened militarily on the same day. “We have evidence that the hospital was used for military and terrorist purposes in violation of international law,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters. For its part, the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip reiterated that the Israeli army “did not take any action.”[vait] No weapons or military equipment were found in the hospital and stated that the presence of weapons in its facilities was not permitted. He added that Israel had used bulldozers at the hospital.
- International pressure on Israeli operations around Al-Shifa Hospital is increasing. US President Joe Biden called on Israel to exercise “extreme caution” on Wednesday. The United States “did not give the green light to the Jewish state’s operations around Al-Shifa Hospital,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “with the utmost firmness” the bombing of civilian infrastructure. Shortly before, the Quai d’Orsay had expressed “its very serious concerns”. Qatar, for its part, called for an “international investigation” into Israeli raids on hospitals in Gaza and described the Al-Shifa operation as a “war crime.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described Israel as a “terrorist state” on Wednesday.
- United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was “relatively optimistic” about the imminent release of hostages held by Hamas and assured that he had asked Israel to be “extremely careful” in carrying out its operations at the main hospital in Gaza. “I don’t want to rush into things because I don’t know what happened in the last four hours, but the Qataris have had great cooperation,” he said during a news conference following a meeting in California with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign on Wednesday evening without waiting for the end of the military operation against the Palestinian Islamists of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Netanyahu should leave immediately. (…) We need changes, Netanyahu cannot remain prime minister,” Mr. Lapid said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster N12. “We cannot afford to have a long election campaign with a prime minister in whom the population no longer has confidence,” Mr Lapid added.
- This was announced by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin GriffithIsrael has decided not to limit the number of trucks allowed to enter the Gaza Strip. The United Nations has kept around 460 trucks waiting in El-Arich, the Egyptian city closest to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip. Mr. Griffith also called for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza without interruption, including through border crossings with Israel, including Kerem Shalom in the south, where more than 60% of trucks entered Gaza during the conflict.
- The United Nations has confirmed the first delivery of fuel to the Gaza Strip. Just over 23,000 liters of gasoline were delivered, “but their use was restricted by the Israeli authorities, [et servira] Only as a transport aid [humanitaire] “Lamented the head of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, Thomas White. This fuel is “not sufficient at all”. According to Mr White, this is equivalent to “half a tanker truck” and represents “only 9%” of the authority’s daily “maintenance” needs [ses] life-saving activities. “Just having fuel for trucks will no longer save lives,” estimated Unrwa chief Philippe Lazzarini, because “at the end of the day, about 70% of Gaza’s population will have no access to drinking water.”
- According to the Hamas government on Wednesday approximately 11,500 Palestinians, including 4,710 children, were killed on the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7th. In addition, 29,800 people were injured.
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