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Chinese foreign minister travels to New York for UN meeting on Gaza
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to New York this week for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The topic: the conflict between Israel and Hamas, as the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced.
“When China assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month, it will hold a high-level meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian issue on November 29,” the spokesman said, adding that Wang Yi will chair the meeting.
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Abigail Idan, 4 years old, former hostage and orphan, rescued from Kibbutz Kfar Ara
A four-year-old Israeli-American hostage was released yesterday as part of an agreement between the Jewish state and Hamas.
“What she endured is unimaginable,” President Joe Biden lamented upon her release after 50 days in captivity.
But Abigail Idan’s return to the country will be difficult. The little girl’s parents were killed by Hamas terrorists in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza on October 7th. Her father lost his life protecting her.
A story that touches Israel. “She no longer has parents, but she has a whole nation supporting her. We will take care of all their needs,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised.
The little girl will now be under the responsibility of her grandfather, “relieved” but grieving over the loss of his son on October 7th.
8:07
Discussions continue regarding the list of hostages that may be released today
According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel today received the names of 11 hostages who could be released later in the day.
Information was partially confirmed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s team to Israeli media Israel Hayom. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that “discussions regarding a hostage list are ongoing.”
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The last day of the ceasefire agreement and talks on its extension are scheduled for Monday
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which allowed for the release of hostages, prisoners and emergency aid in the Gaza Strip, enters its fourth and final day on Monday amid talks over an extension.
On Sunday night, the Palestinian armed Islamist movement reiterated in a press release that it would “seek an extension of the ceasefire beyond its four days” with the aim of “increasing the number of prisoners released,” as provided for in the agreement.
A source close to Hamas told AFP that the Palestinian movement had “informed mediators” that it was in favor of an extension of “two to four days.”
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Yemen: Crew of Israel-linked oil tanker ‘safe’
An oil tanker belonging to an Israeli-linked company was boarded in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, a US military official said, but its crew was “safe”.
The United States and coalition forces intervened and “the crew of the M/V Central Park is currently safe,” a U.S. defense official said.
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Musk discusses “online anti-Semitism” with Israeli president in Jerusalem.
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At this meeting, scheduled for the afternoon, President Herzog will be accompanied by “representatives of the families of the hostages held by Hamas” and will “emphasize the need for measures to combat growing anti-Semitism on the Internet,” according to a press release from his services.
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4:40
Israel is under pressure to extend the ceasefire with Hamas
Israel is under pressure to extend the ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli military officials fear losing the momentum that would allow them to “destroy” the Palestinian Islamist movement, the war’s stated aim.
The agreement, which was reached through American, Qatari and Egyptian mediation, will initially last four days, i.e. end on Monday evening, and can be extended by a maximum of ten days. Every 24 hours, as long as the guns are silent, a dozen Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7 must be released in exchange for three times as many Palestinians held by Israel.
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Biden announces the release of a four-year-old American girl by Hamas
President Joe Biden announced Sunday the release of a four-year-old American hostage by Hamas and called for the continuation of the ceasefire in Gaza. The little one named Abigail is “free and she is in Israel,” he said during a speech from the US state of Massachusetts.
The child was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 during its attack on Israel. According to White House Counsel Jake Sullivan, “she saw her parents killed in front of her.”
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