The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday November 3 that he was “deeply concerned” about the return of Palestinian workers from Israel to the Gaza Strip, “despite the seriousness of the situation” in the Palestinian enclave. “Thousands of workers stuck in Israel since October 7 have been returned to Gaza,” a Palestinian official reported after Israel announced such a return. According to Israeli authorities, around 18,500 Gazans had permits to work in Israel at the start of the conflict. Follow our live stream.
An expected speech from the leader of Hezbollah. Amid fears of a regional conflagration, Lebanese Hezbollah’s powerful leader Hassan Nasrallah is due to speak on Friday (2 p.m. in Paris) and indicate whether his formation, allied with the Palestinian Hamas and backed by Iran, will intervene in the dispute. Israel said it carried out a “major attack” in southern Lebanon on Thursday in response to shootings in its territory.
Paris condemns the attacks on the Jabaliya camp. France “condemns the attacks on United Nations facilities and humanitarian personnel,” government spokesman Olivier Véran said on Friday, after several Israeli attacks in recent days on the Jabaliya refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for the establishment of a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip as quickly as possible.
The United Nations estimates the need for Gaza and the West Bank at $1.2 billion. The Humanitarian Coordination Agency said that “the cost of meeting the needs of 2.7 million people – the entire population of Gaza and 500,000 people in the occupied West Bank – is estimated at $1.2 billion (or 1.13 billion euros). She added that the appeal launched on October 12 is currently very inadequate.
An “alarming” situation in the West Bank. The situation in the occupied West Bank is “alarming and urgent,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, emphasizing in particular the violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian population.