Israel “will begin implementing four-hour breaks each day in certain areas of the northern Gaza Strip, which will be announced three hours in advance,” a White House spokesman said on Thursday, November 9. It “starts today,” he said. However, US President Joe Biden decided on Thursday that there was “no possibility” for a ceasefire in Gaza. Follow our live stream.
• Threatened closure of two hospitals in Gaza. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) explained this risk in its latest situation report as “not enough fuel to run the generators.” Of particular concern is the al-Awda facility in Tal al-Zaatar, in the north of the Palestinian enclave. It is the only provider of maternity services in the region. The Al-Quds Hospital, the second largest in the Gaza Strip, is also threatened with closure.
French aid worth 100 million euros for Gaza. While France announced aid worth 20 million euros for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip after the start of the war, Paris will do the same “Increase these efforts to 100 million euros by 2023,” said Emmanuel Macron on Thursday during this humanitarian conference for Gaza. He also called on “all countries present to increase their financial contributions to the Palestinian civilian population through the United Nations.”
Tens of thousands of Gaza residents are fleeing south. There are still bombings and ground fighting between Israeli soldiers and Hamas, forcing civilians to flee to the south of the besieged Palestinian territory. According to the United Nations, several hundred thousand people in the Gaza Strip remain in a catastrophic humanitarian situation in the north, particularly in Gaza City. On Wednesday, almost 50,000 residents left via an “evacuation corridor,” a spokesman for the organization said. He assured that the corridor would be reopened this Thursday.
Three Palestinian NGOs referred the matter to the International Criminal Court. A notice was sent to the International Criminal Court on behalf of three Palestinian NGOs. They hope that “Israeli officials, who are waging a war with complete impunity in which war crimes and crimes against humanity are committed every day, will understand that they must personally answer for their actions before international justice,” explains their lawyer Emmanuel Daoud to the AFP.