The French Foreign Ministry called on Monday, December 11, to avoid “any regional conflagration” in the Red Sea, given the “increase in attacks and acts of piracy” in the region. The warning comes after a French frigate shot down two drones that came from northern Yemen, which is under the control of the Houthi rebels and is threatening to disrupt this sea route as part of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. “We condemn all attacks on freedom of navigation,” the Quai d'Orsay said, saying it was monitoring the situation “very closely.” Follow our live stream.
France wants to continue to sanction Hamas. In a letter to the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, France, Italy and Germany are calling for new sanctions against Hamas, which the EU, the USA and Israel consider to be a terrorist organization. They propose “the creation of a new sanctions regime,” said French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
European countries are calling for a ceasefire. European Union countries have called on Brussels to push for a permanent ceasefire in the fighting in Gaza to end the ongoing “carnage”. “We must immediately call on all parties to declare a permanent humanitarian ceasefire that could lead to an end to hostilities,” said the leaders of Ireland, Spain, Malta and Belgium on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Brussels.
A hundred Israeli soldiers were killed in two months. At this point, 101 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the ongoing ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said. She revealed the identities of three other soldiers who died in combat.
New strikes at Khan Younès. On the night of Sunday to Monday, an AFP reporter reported heavy airstrikes on the town of Khan Younes in the south of the enclave, without us being able to confirm this information. The Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza reported “dozens” of deaths in nighttime raids.