The Israeli army is advancing into the Gaza Strip, where Hamas said a new attack on a refugee camp killed dozens of people on Saturday evening, despite calls for a ceasefire and the despair of Palestinian civilians after 30 days of war.
6:12 p.m
Internet and telephone lines disrupted again in Gaza
Telephone and internet lines in the Gaza Strip were cut by Israel on Sunday evening for the third time since the war began on October 7, Palestinian operator Paltel said. “We regret to announce the complete shutdown of communications and internet services in Gaza after the Israeli side shut down the servers,” Paltel said in a statement.
2:59 p.m
More than 300 Americans or US citizens evacuated from Gaza, the White House announces
More than 300 Americans or U.S. citizens and their family members have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip, a White House adviser announced Sunday. “Over the past few days, through intensive negotiations with all parties involved in this conflict, we have successfully evacuated more than 300 Americans, legal residents and their family members,” national security adviser Jonathan Finer said in an interview with CBS. It states that the United States believes that “a number of Americans still remain in the Gaza Strip.”
2:39 p.m
Europe’s Jews “live in fear again”
The European Commission on Sunday condemned the “resurgence” of anti-Semitic acts across the EU since the Middle East conflict erupted, estimating that “Europe’s Jews are now living in fear again.”
2:38 p.m
Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, while the Israeli army said it killed another Palestinian in the region, which has been plagued by high tensions since the start of the war. between Israel and Hamas.
2:37 p.m
Lebanon: Four injured in Israeli bomb attack on two ambulances in the south
Four rescuers were injured in an Israeli bomb attack on two ambulances belonging to a local association on Sunday in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, that association and the official Lebanese agency (ANI) reported.
2:37 p.m
Türkiye: Police break up pro-Palestinian demonstration near military base
Turkish police fired tear gas on Saturday to break up a pro-Palestinian rally near a military base where American troops and weapons are stationed. The demonstration in front of the Incirlik air base (southeast) was organized by the Turkish NGO Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). In 2010, a flotilla was chartered to attempt to reach Gaza under Israeli blockade, resulting in an Israeli raid that left ten people dead.
2:36 p.m
Abbas links a return of his authority to Gaza with a “settlement” for all Palestinian territories
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday linked a Washington-mentioned return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza after the end of the war between Israel and Hamas to a “political solution” that also includes the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
2:36 p.m
Faure (PS) calls on all parties to rally against anti-Semitism
Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure on Sunday called on “all political forces” to rally against anti-Semitism, amid increasing anti-Semitic acts in France since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7.
2:32 p.m
According to Laurent Nuñez, 257 anti-Semitic acts were registered in the greater Paris area
Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez announced on Sunday that there had been 257 anti-Semitic acts in the greater Paris area and 90 arrests since the conflict between Hamas and Israel began on October 7.
2:31 p.m
Hamas’ health ministry reports a death toll of 9,770
The Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 9,770 people, including 4,800 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war with Israel began. According to the ministry, 2,550 women have been among the deaths registered since October 7th.
12:26 p.m
Before Blinken, Mahmoud Abbas denounced “the genocide” that Israel committed in Gaza
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, addressing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday, condemned “the “genocide” committed in the Gaza Strip by Israel, which has vowed to “destroy” Hamas and has bombed that area since the attack , without releasing its soil on October 7th.
12:26 p.m
Blinken calls for an end to “extremist violence” against Palestinians in the West Bank
Blinken visited the occupied West Bank for the first time since the crisis began and spoke with President Abbas about “efforts to restore calm and stability” in that region. Those efforts “include the need to end extremist violence against Palestinians and hold those responsible accountable,” the American official said.
12:25 p.m
Blinken warns against “forced expulsion” of Palestinians from Gaza
American diplomatic chief Antony Blinken warned against the “forced expulsion” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to one of his spokesmen.
11:31 am
France calls for “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called on Sunday for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” on the 30th day of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas. “An immediate, permanent and sustainable humanitarian ceasefire is absolutely necessary and must be able to lead to a ceasefire,” the French diplomatic chief said after meeting her Qatari counterpart in Doha. She emphasized that France is working to ensure that a corresponding text is adopted by the UN Security Council, which has been very divided on the issue since the start of the war.
11:30 a.m.
Blinken meets President Abbas in Ramallah
American diplomacy chief Antony Blinken spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday, at a time when the international community fears the war between Israel and Hamas could spread to the West Bank. This is the first time the American Secretary of State has visited the occupied West Bank since the war began on October 7, sparked by the bloody Hamas attack on Israeli soil, after making several trips to Israel and Jordan.
10:48 am
The Israeli minister imposed sanctions after speaking about using a nuclear bomb in Gaza
An ultranationalist Israeli minister was sanctioned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday after he claimed that Israel’s use of a nuclear bomb against the Gaza Strip was “an option” in the ongoing war against the Palestinian Hamas.
09:29.
Philippe criticizes certain political “leaders” for “exposing” anti-Semitism.
Former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe criticized on Sunday “the attitude of a certain number of current leaders” who “were able to decapsulate anti-Semitism in France” by targeting, without naming them, in particular La France insoumise officials. “There have always been forms of anti-Semitism in France,” the leader of the Horizons party remarked on Radio J. “But the attitude of a certain number of current leaders, in my opinion, could have beheaded a certain number of people. Could have ultimately conveyed the feeling that we had the right to express our anti-Semitism. That it was something “acceptable.” understandable,” he complained.
09:29.
The majority of victims “are children and women”
“More than 30 martyrs arrived at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah after the occupation carried out the massacre in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip,” it said on the door – Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra, in a press release. The majority of victims “are children and women,” the ministry added, saying that homes had been directly attacked.
09:28.
More than 30 dead in Israeli bombing of Maghazi camp in Gaza, Hamas says
More than 30 people were killed and around 100 others injured in an Israeli bomb attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, the Hamas Health Ministry said.
09:27.
Biden reports progress in securing humanitarian pause
US President Joe Biden on Saturday reported progress on Washington’s “humanitarian pause” in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which is intended to help protect civilians and direct more aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
09:26.
Evacuation of foreigners and dual nationals to Egypt suspended
The Hamas government has suspended the evacuation of foreigners and dual nationals to Egypt because Israel refused to allow injured Palestinians to leave for Egyptian hospitals, a Hamas government official told AFP on Saturday. Border crossings.
09:26.