1:01 p.m
Macron confirmed the dispatch of a fourth medical aid plane to Gaza earlier this week
After the Armed Forces Minister’s trip to the Middle East, the President of the Republic spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, reports the Élysée.
While he “affirmed his desire to rapidly accelerate humanitarian assistance to Gaza” and “the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire leading to a ceasefire,” Emmanuel Macron announced the “new chartering of a plane carrying more than 10 tons of medical cargo.” Start of the week’.
As announced by the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, this will be the fourth French aircraft to deliver assistance to the JDD.
“He also announced the departure of the Dixmude, an amphibious helicopter carrier configured for hospital care, which will arrive in Egypt in the coming days,” specifies the Élysée.
12:22
Representatives of the hostage family say only 30 members will be able to meet Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow
While 120 people will have the opportunity to meet with War Cabinet member and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz this evening, only 30 relatives of the hostages will be able to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow, according to their representatives.
12:02
Doctors Without Borders condemns “a deliberate attack” on one of its convoys
“Doctors Without Borders condemns in the strongest possible terms a deliberate attack on a convoy that was trying to evacuate its staff, resulting in one death and one injured,” the humanitarian medical association wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that night.
However, MSF claims to have “informed the two parties to the conflict” about the evacuation of “137 people who had been stranded for a week in MSF premises near Al-Shifa Hospital.”
The humanitarian organization regrets that its two cars, “clearly marked by logos,” were “deliberately targeted.”
11:56
The General Director of Gaza Hospitals announces the evacuation of 31 premature babies from Al-Shifa
The 31 premature babies still in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital after yesterday’s evacuation have been removed from the facility, Mohammed Zaqout, director general of Gaza’s hospitals, told AFP.
According to him, “three doctors and two nurses are accompanying them” and “preparations are underway for their evacuation to Egypt” through the Rafah terminal, the only access to the world of the Palestinian territory that is not in the hands of Israel.
11:46
The Israeli army reports that three more Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, bringing the total to 62
Three Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said in a statement. This brings the number of soldiers killed since the start of the war to 62.
The three new victims were all reservists and were killed in northern Gaza, said the army, which has been relentlessly shelling the Palestinian territory and launching a ground offensive there to “destroy” the Islamist Hamas movement.
11:12
Qatar’s prime minister says only “minor” obstacles remain ahead of hostage deal
The conclusion of an agreement on the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas is now based on “minor” practical issues, the Qatari prime minister affirmed, without giving a timetable.
“The remaining challenges in the negotiations are very few (…) They are more logistical, they are more practical,” explained Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani during a press conference in Doha together with the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell .
Comments that contradict those of Benjamin Netanyahu, who reiterated during a press conference last night that “there is no agreement at the moment.”
11:03
“I hope that [Netanyahu] ‘I’ll tell myself everything is OK’: Families of hostages waiting to meet prime minister
Relatives of Israeli Hamas hostages wait to speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their four-day march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to put pressure on the government. A meeting is planned for tomorrow evening.
“I hope that he (Netanyahu, editor’s note) will hug me and tell me that everything is okay, that the government is protecting us and that from now on it will not leave us alone,” Afik said last night , the cousin of a hostage, on the microphone of BFMTV.
The same applies to Iyar Kalderon, the cousin of a hostage: “I expect him to act. We are 43 days after this Holocaust, it is unbelievable that my cousin and his family are still there in the tunnels and nothing is known about them,” he said.
10:34
Riyadh announces the start of a diplomatic trip tomorrow to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza
The Saudi Foreign Minister announced on X (formerly Twitter) the start of a diplomatic trip to advocate for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. A tour that begins with China.
“The first stop will be China, then we will go to a number of capitals to deliver the clear message that there must be an immediate ceasefire,” Minister Faisal bin Farhan said.
He added: “Just as humanitarian aid must be delivered to Gaza immediately, we must work to end this war as quickly as possible.”
9:59
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank
At least two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army today in nighttime raids on at least five towns and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
Yesterday the Israeli army killed five Palestinian fighters in a very rare airstrike.
The Israeli army contacted by AFP did not immediately comment.
9:10
French aid to Lebanese armed forces “released”.
As there are daily exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the French military minister announced to the JDD that during his trip to the Middle East he had released “new aid” to “the Lebanese armed forces, most recently real.” Backbone of the Landes.”
The minister expressed “concern” about Israeli-Lebanese tensions.
“During my trip to Tel Aviv, I delivered a series of messages about the risks of escalation and the need to prevent a conflagration on the blue line between the two countries,” stressed Sébastien Lecornu.
8:46
Lecornu announces that a “fourth plane” carrying humanitarian aid will depart “in the next few days.”
When asked by the Journal du Dimanche, the French military minister recalled that since the beginning of the war, 54 tons of cargo, “or half of the French aid,” had arrived in Gaza through the Rafah border crossing in Egypt on board three “air and air cargo transports” of the Space Force “-A400M flights.
Sébastien Lecornu announces that a fourth aircraft “is being prepared for the next few days”.
8:34
Release of hostages: Military minister reports on “working meetings” in Egypt, Qatar and Israel
During a visit to the Middle East, Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu reiterated to the Journal du Dimanche the “absolute priority” that Emmanuel Macron had given to the release of the hostages
“I had working meetings on the issue of their release, in Egypt, in Qatar and then in Israel,” he explains, while showing his support for the victims’ families.
The minister added: “We must show hope and clarity, and at the same time everyone can understand our impatience more than forty days after the kidnapping of our compatriots.”
7:14
The Israeli army “continues to expand its operations in the Gaza Strip.”
As the war reaches its 44th day on Sunday, the Israeli army “continues to expand its operations in new areas of the Gaza Strip,” it announced, noting that it carried out operations yesterday in the Jabaliya and Zaytoun areas in the north of the territory.
6:05
The White House says it is working hard to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas
The White House said it is “continuing to work hard” to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release hostages and bring about a lull in the fighting.
“We have not yet reached an agreement, but we continue to work hard” in this direction, wrote White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson on An agreement was reached that provided for the release of hostages in exchange for a five-day break in fighting.
6:00
Gaza: WHO calls for evacuation of Al-Shifa hospital, which has become a “death zone”.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it had carried out a mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the target of raids by the Israeli army, and was working on an evacuation plan for the facility, which it described as a “death zone”. “
“WHO and its partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of the remaining patients, staff and their families,” the organization said in a statement, adding that 291 patients and 25 caregivers were still hospitalized as of Saturday.
5:59
Welcome to this live.
Hello everyone, welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
Here is the important information from the day before:
• President Joe Biden wants to “eventually” reunite the West Bank and Gaza Strip under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority.
• Al-Shifa Hospital was evacuated by the majority of its residents, at least 120 patients, including babies who were still present.
• Emmanuel Macron spoke to the presidents of Egypt and Qatar to speed up the repatriation of hostages held by Hamas.