The World Health Organization said on Sunday, December 17, that it was “shocked by the actual destruction” of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. The day before, the Israeli army announced that it would end its deployment to the health facility. Accordingly a message published on According to the head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “many health workers were arrested” and “at least eight patients” were killed in this operation. In response to this news, the Israeli mission to the United Nations reiterated that “Hamas [s’était] implanted in the hospital”. Follow our live stream.
Israel claims to have discovered the “largest tunnel” in the Gaza Strip. The IDF said on Sunday it had discovered between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip “a vast network of tunnels that divides into several branches, stretching for more than four kilometers and running just 400 meters from the Erez border crossing.” In response to the October 7 attacks, Tel Aviv vowed to “destroy” Hamas and its underground network in the Gaza Strip, particularly through massive bombings.
Catherine Colonna calls for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire”. The French foreign minister visited Israel on Sunday. “Too many civilians are being killed,” she said after meeting her counterpart Eli Cohen, who believed that “any call for a ceasefire” was “a gift to Hamas.” According to the Gaza Strip Health Ministry, more than 18,800 people have been killed in Israeli strikes.
The UN Security Council meets on Monday. Ten days after an American veto, the UN Security Council must decide on Monday on a new text calling for an “urgent and permanent cessation of hostilities” in Gaza. On December 9, despite unprecedented pressure from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the United States blocked the Council's adoption of a resolution calling for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire.”