What happened in the last few hours?
These are the main news on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza this Thursday, November 29, at 8:00 p.m.:
Hamas claims responsibility for Thursday’s attack in Jerusalem. The Palestinian group Hamas, classified as terrorist by the US and the EU, confirmed on Thursday that two of its members were the perpetrators of the attack that resulted in the deaths of three Israeli citizens who hit the bus in Jerusalem this morning waited. Murad and Ibrahim Namer, 30 and 38 years old, both convicted of terrorist offenses in Israel, were the perpetrators of the attack and were killed at the same scene by armed Israeli soldiers and civilians. The Israeli government has announced that it will seal and demolish their homes and that it will carry out “extensive arrests” among “those who supported and sent them.”
Israel calls its ambassador to Spain for consultations. As the diplomatic crisis between Spain and Israel seemed to be easing, Israel decided to take a qualitative step and summon its ambassador to Madrid, Rodica Radian-Gordon, for consultations, meaning that its diplomatic mission will remain vacant indefinitely. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen made it public on social networks: “Following the outrageous words of the Spanish Prime Minister, who repeats unfounded accusations, I have decided to call the Israeli ambassador to Spain to return to the consultations” in Jerusalem. Israel is acting and will continue to act in accordance with international law, and we will continue the war until the release of all abductees and the destruction of Hamas in Gaza. Cohen announced the news hours after meeting Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares.
Egypt says a two-day extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is being negotiated. Egyptian and Qatari negotiators mediating between Israel and Hamas are trying to secure another two-day extension of the ceasefire in Gaza, the Egyptian government reported. The ceasefire agreed last week, which will last a week after two extensions this Friday, involves the exchange of hostages in the hands of Palestinian militias for prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Netanyahu discusses the ceasefire with Blinken and thanks him for his help in ending Hamas and freeing the hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem for his “support from the beginning” of the war to end Hamas and release the more than 240 hostages held by the fundamentalist movement. He took kidnapped people in Gaza. Netanyahu has asked the US diplomatic chief to address the “next phase” of the conflict, without specifying what he was specifically referring to. Blinken also met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who advocated for a final ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at a meeting in the occupied West Bank and insisted on the need to increase humanitarian aid to Palestine.
The first two Israeli hostages released this Thursday are already in Israel. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari reported on his profile on the Army and Shin Bet Elite social network near the border fence with the Gaza Strip. The hostages were identified as Mia Schem, 21, and Amit Soussana, 40. Schem has dual French nationality and her story came to light when Hamas released a video in October showing the girl with an injured arm being treated by an unidentified health worker. In it she asked to be returned to her family as quickly as possible.
According to a Palestinian NGO, eight women and 22 minors are among the 30 Palestinians who will be released from Israeli prisons this Thursday. Among the 30 Palestinians to be released this Thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, are eight women and 22 minors. This was reported by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. The NGO has published the list of those who will be released from Israeli prisons.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is visiting Israel at the invitation of relatives of the victims of the Hamas attacks on October 7th. The Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, arrived in Israel at the invitation and request of the survivors and relatives of the victims of the attacks carried out by Hamas on Israeli territory on October 7. In a message from X, the court notes that Khan “will also visit Ramallah (West Bank) to meet with senior Palestinian officials.” According to TPI, the trip is “an important opportunity to show compassion for all victims and to engage in dialogue.”
At least 57 journalists have died in the war since October 7th. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 57 journalists and media workers have died in the war since October 7 last year and up to this Thursday. In a message published on his profile on the social network