11:24
Lebanon says an Israeli shell hit southern Lebanon for the first time since the ceasefire
An Israeli shell struck near the town of Aïta ash-Chab in southern Lebanon on Tuesday morning, the Lebanese national news agency reports, hours after extending a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas.
This ceasefire in southern Israel does not officially affect Lebanon, in the north of the Hebrew state, but exchanges of rockets and missiles between the Israeli army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been halted since it came into force on Friday morning.
11:21
The US is sending three military planes loaded with aid supplies to Gaza
The United States will send three military aircraft to Egypt carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip starting Tuesday, White House officials announced.
The planes, the first of which is due to arrive on Tuesday and the other two to follow “in the coming days”, will be loaded with medical and food aid as well as winter equipment to be distributed by the United Nations, it said. They clarified during an interview with the press on Monday that the content was under embargo.
11:10
Relative of freed hostages speaks of ‘relief’ but ‘don’t forget the horror’
Eve Hohman, whose cousin, a former Hamas hostage, was released with her three children on Sunday evening, spoke on BFMTV at the time of these publications of “immense relief,” “but also extremely mixed (…) because we lost two .” other family members on October 7th.”
She recounts the conditions of their captivity: “They were in tunnels, they did not see the light of day, they were in the hands of terrorists after witnessing the massacre of their own family. They are in good health (…) that was them together, all four of them.”
“We do not forget the horror that they have experienced, that the family is not completely complete and that many hostages are still in captivity and that no celebration can take place until they are all released,” she continued.
10:45
Sébastien Lecornu assures that the three released French-Israeli hostages are “doing well”
The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, assured this morning on Europe 1/CNews that the three French-Israeli hostages released yesterday are “doing well”.
“They will undergo extensive medical monitoring. (…) After more than 50 days of imprisonment, you can imagine the impact on diet and sleep. Psychological monitoring will of course be important, so this monitoring will be carried out over time,” explained the minister.
10:33
Hamas and Israel could expand the criteria for taking hostages
Hamas is seeking to extend the terms of the agreement reached with Israel to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip to include people other than the women and children already released, a leader of the Palestinian Islamist group said on Monday evening.
“We hope that the occupation (Israel) will respect (the agreement) in the next two days because, in addition to women and children, we also seek a new agreement” to exchange other categories of people, he told Khalil al-Hayya on the channel Al Jazeera.
Late Monday, Israel expanded the list of Palestinian prisoners expected to be released in exchange for hostages, a further sign that it is considering a review of the terms of the ceasefire.
10:04
Precise care of the former French-Israeli hostages released yesterday
BFMTV’s special correspondent in Tel Aviv, Thierry Arnaud, reports that in view of yesterday’s release of the three French-Israeli hostages, “everything was expected very carefully”, especially the “first words they heard when they regained their freedom and met with Israel Defense Forces officials who were specially trained in what to say and how to say it.”
The course of her trip to the hospital was also “carefully worked out. When you arrive, the priority is to get to know the family. The Kalderon children (Erez and Shahar) spent the night with their mother, no one else was around them at that time,” says our special correspondent.
9:28
The Iranian president will not travel to Turkey this Tuesday to discuss Gaza
Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi’s planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday has been canceled, the Turkish presidential office told the AFP news agency, without giving a reason.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the date of his Iranian counterpart’s visit in mid-November, saying that this meeting was aimed at discussing a common position on the war in Gaza.
9:15
Olivier Véran sends “his thoughts” to the “five missing French nationals”
After the release of three young hostages of French nationality yesterday, government spokesman Olivier Véran welcomed “good news” on France Info and explained that “the first thoughts obviously immediately turn to the five French nationals who miss the call”.
“Some, as we know, are held hostage, and for others there is uncertainty,” recalls Olivier Véran.
8:30
The aunt of Eitan, a 12-year-old former French hostage, says he “experienced horrors” in detention.
“Eitan experienced horrors there,” assures BFMTV Deborah Cohen, the aunt of the young 12-year-old French-Israeli hostage who was released on Monday after 50 days of captivity in Gaza. She claims to have been aware of her nephew’s prison conditions.
“Hamas forced him to watch the horror movie that no one wants to see, the whole movie,” she explains, playing a video recording of the Islamist organization’s October 7 attacks in Gaza.
“When we arrived in Gaza, all the civilians, everyone beat him. We are talking about a 12-year-old child (…) Every time a child cried, they threatened him with a gun so that “he would be silent”, she says: “Maybe I’m naive: I wanted to hope that he was good is treated, but apparently not: they are monsters.”
8:07
Catherine Colonna “has no official confirmation” of new releases of French hostages
Finally, in an interview with RTL, the Foreign Minister assured that she had “no official confirmation” of the release of new French hostages today.
“There should be two new series, this ceasefire must be expanded into a permanent ceasefire, to allow the release of the hostages, there are still children, then to allow the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, to treat the wounded, to bring out the most serious .” “Work for a ceasefire,” she emphasizes.
8:02
Catherine Colonna wants to “pay tribute to Qatar” for its role in the release of French hostages
On RTL on Monday, the Foreign Minister wanted to honor Qatar for its role in the release of the first French hostages.
“These are difficult negotiations between Qatar, to which I pay tribute, Israel, the United States, Egypt and the ICRC. Until the last moment we don’t know, there are lists and difficulties all day, questions, everything went well and “at the end of the day a sigh of relief,” explained Catherine Colonna.
7:55
Catherine Colonna assures that the news of the three French hostages released is “good”.
When invited this Tuesday morning on RTL, the Foreign Minister returned to the release by Hamas on Monday of the first three French hostages, three minors who had returned to Israeli territory.
According to the “indirect messages” she has, it’s “good.”
“Indirect information that I have, yes, there is a classic medical follow-up, but they do not seem to know beyond what this terrible detention may have caused a psychological shock, for the moment everything is fine,” assured Catherine Colonna.
7:12
Who benefits from the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas?
While the ceasefire needs to be extended by at least 48 hours, Gregory Philipps, former BFMTV correspondent in Israel, believes that this ceasefire “will primarily benefit the civilian population.”
“Hostages are being released. The further the ceasefire progresses, the greater the chances of getting out. There are also the people of Gaza who are seeing the arrival of humanitarian aid.”
Will these times without fighting allow Hamas to reform? “I’m not sure if they will be able to introduce new weapons, but moving troops to the south can give them breathing space.”
6:59
Images of the release of the three French hostages by Hamas
While 11 new hostages were released by Hamas, the Islamist group transmitted a video of that release.
In this propaganda sequence, filmed and edited from all angles, we can see the hostages, including the three French minors, heading towards a Red Cross vehicle. As they leave, they can also be seen greeting their captors.
“It’s a great joy, he will be able to live his life like a child that was stolen from him,” said Jocelyne Goldapper, grandmother of little Eitan, 12, who was kidnapped from a kibbutz during the October 7 attacks and released yesterday became.
5:20
Israel announces the release of 33 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for freed hostages
Israel’s prison authority announced on Monday night that it had released 33 Palestinian prisoners, just hours after Hamas released 11 Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since its Oct. 7 attack.
On Friday, Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement committed to freeing about 10 women and children hostage every day in exchange for three times as many Palestinian prisoners, women and teenagers under 19.
That agreement runs until Thursday, Hamas and the Qatari mediator said, while Israel said it had prepared a list of 50 new prisoners who could be released in the next two days.
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5:00
The Iranian president wants to establish a common position on the Gaza war in Turkey
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will make his first visit to Turkey on Tuesday, hoping to put aside past differences and formulate a common response with Ankara to Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an ardent supporter of the Palestinian cause, took up Hamas’s cause as the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip rose due to Israeli retaliation after the Islamist movement’s deadly attack on October 7 that left 1,200 people dead , increased in Israel mainly civilians.
According to the Hamas government, at least 15,000 Palestinians, again mostly civilians, have been killed in bomb attacks since the start of the war.
4:40
Three Frenchmen are among the 11 Hamas hostages currently on their way to Israel
Three Frenchmen Hamas hostages since October 7 were released this evening, Monday, November 27, during the fourth wave of releases since the ceasefire agreement came into force on Friday, BFMTV learned from sources familiar with the matter.
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4:20
Ceasefire between Hamas and Israel extended, more releases expected
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will be extended for the first time on Tuesday with the planned release of more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation remains “catastrophic.”
The agreement, which came into force on Friday and was negotiated under the auspices of Qatar and with support from Egypt and the United States, has so far enabled the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and 150 Palestinians detained in Israel.
About 19 other hostages, mostly foreign workers, were released by Hamas, but outside the scope of this agreement.
4:00
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