November 10th at 10:00 p.m
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November 10th at 9:21 p.m
More than 100,000 Gazans have fled south
More than 100,000 Gazans have fled to the south of the Palestinian enclave in the past two days as Israeli forces operate “deep in Gaza City,” the army chief’s spokesman said on Friday.
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Friday, November 10, 2023. — © Fatima Shbair / keystone-sda.ch
During a televised press conference, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari also assured that “complex” efforts were underway to release hostages held by Hamas since its October 7 attack on Israel. “It will take some time,” he warned.
November 10th at 8:47 p.m
The Jewish state increases the death toll from the October 7 Hamas attack to 1,200 Israeli victims
Israel has revised the death toll from the Hamas attack on its territory on October 7 from 1,400 to 1,200 after identifying the bodies as men from the Islamist movement, the Foreign Ministry spokesman told AFP on Friday.
Israeli authorities have “updated” this report because they now believe that “many of the bodies that have not been identified” are those of people involved in “the Hamas terrorist attack, rather than Israeli victims,” such as Lior Haiat explained.
November 10th at 8:11 p.m
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The Palestinian UN ambassador denounces the West’s “double standards”.
On Friday, Ibrahim Khraishi loudly called for a ceasefire in Gaza at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, surrounded by around forty ambassadors. He denounced the atrocities committed, which were not “collateral damage.”
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November 10th at 7:38 p.m
The conflict between Israel and Hamas, a prime example of journalistic difficulties
The Israel-Hamas conflict is a prime example of the difficulties journalism faces when it comes to disinformation, believes Filipino Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. She presented an international charter on journalism and artificial intelligence in Paris on Friday.
“I have been a journalist for 38 years and have never experienced a situation like the one we are living through,” she said during a press conference at Reporters Without Borders (RSF) headquarters. “It is a geopolitical information war whose target is not governments, but citizens, each of us who carries a smartphone,” continued the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, emphasizing that 18 to 25 year olds were particularly targeted.
On the occasion of the Paris Peace Forum, Maria Ressa, who was honored alongside Russian Dmitri Mouratov for their “courageous fight for freedom of expression,” presented the Paris Charter on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which aims to establish common ethical rules. This charter was drafted by a commission assembled by RSF and chaired by the Filipino journalist. It includes 32 journalism or AI specialists from 20 countries.
November 10th at 6:19 p.m
Major media outlets deny allegations about their photographers in Gaza
Major international media outlets have strenuously denied knowing in advance that Hamas would attack Israel on October 7, responding to allegations directed at certain Palestinian photojournalists in Gaza that were seized upon by the Israeli government.
The American media New York Times and CNN as well as the three global news agencies AP, Portal and AFP have published denials. The controversy began with a post published online Wednesday by the pro-Israel organization HonestReporting highlighting what they say is unfavorable treatment of Israel in the media.
HonestReporting suggested in a questioning that independent Palestinian photojournalists in Gaza, who AP, Portal, CNN and the New York Times said were employed, may have been warned in advance of the attack by the Islamist movement Hamas.
November 10th at 4:11 p.m
in The Field
According to Red Crescent, Israeli snipers fire on a hospital in Gaza City
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least one person was killed and 20 injured when Israeli elite soldiers shot at Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City. There is heavy fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas in this area.
Palestinians who have fled their homes gather at Al-Quds Hospital on October 31, 2023. — © MOHAMMED SABER / keystone-sda.ch
“Violent clashes are currently taking place and snipers from the (Israeli) occupation are firing at Al-Quds Hospital, causing casualties among the displaced,” the medical organization said in a statement. The Israeli army told AFP it could not “discuss potential locations related to our operations” in order to “not endanger the troops.”
© MOHAMMED SABER / keystone-sda.ch
November 10th at 3:55 p.m
More than 100 UN agency staff for Palestinian refugees killed in Gaza
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says more than 100 of its staff have died in the Gaza Strip since the war began.
We are devastated that 101 @UNRWA Colleagues were confirmed to have been killed📍#Gaza since the beginning of the war.
Mothers, fathers, teachers, nurses, doctors, guards, logisticians, support staff, all serving their community.
We honor their memory and service. pic.twitter.com/qJjHeTWa4x
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) November 10, 2023
“Destroyed. Confirmation that more than 100 UNRWA colleagues were killed in a month. Parents, teachers, nurses, doctors, support staff. @UNRWA mourns, Palestinians mourn, Israelis mourn. To end this tragedy, we need a humanitarian ceasefire now,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the X network (formerly Twitter).
November 10th at 3:39 p.m
For Antony Blinken, “far too many” Palestinians have died
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in New Delhi that “far too many” Palestinians had died and more needed to be done to save lives and get help where it was needed most. The United States “appreciates” the measures taken by Israel to minimize civilian casualties, but that is not enough, he announced.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the media at the end of the India-US Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on November 10, 2023. — © JONATHAN ERNST / AFP
November 10th at 12:49 p.m
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said seven of its fighters were killed in Israeli strikes
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said seven of its fighters were killed by Israeli strikes, without specifying where or when, as tensions on the border have escalated since the start of the war.
The Lebanese Islamist movement declined to identify the seven fighters in a statement, saying they were “martyrs on the way to Jerusalem,” a term used by Hezbollah to mourn the deaths of its slain members – a total of 68 since the start of the clashes at the Israeli-Lebanese border more than a month ago.
November 10th at 12:25 p.m
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees calls for an end to the ‘carnage’
The head of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, called for an end to the “carnage” in the Gaza Strip and an end to the Israeli-imposed siege of the area. “The destruction of entire neighborhoods is not a response to the heinous crimes of Hamas. Instead, a new generation of damaged Palestinians is emerging who are likely to continue the cycle of violence. “The carnage simply must stop,” he told a press gallery, according to a UNRWA press release sent to media on Friday. “The siege of the Gaza Strip must end and humanitarian aid must continue to flow into the Gaza Strip without restrictions.”
November 10th at 12:24
Hamas government announces 13 dead in Israeli attack
According to the government of the Palestinian movement Hamas in Gaza, 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured on Friday in an Israeli attack on the Al-Shifa hospital complex, the largest in the area under Israeli fire. “Thirteen martyrs and dozens injured in an Israeli attack on the Al-Shifa compound today” in central Gaza City, said Salameh Maarouf, head of Hamas’ press office.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on such an operation. For more than a month, it has been bombing the Gaza Strip to “destroy” the Palestinian Islamist movement, which is in power in Gaza in retaliation for an unprecedented bloody attack by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7th. “Israeli tanks have fired on al-Shifa Hospital,” said its director, Doctor Mohammad Abou Salmiya, at the scene. On Thursday evening, an Israeli army spokesman said an army division was conducting major operations in an area “very, very close to Shifa Hospital.”
November 10th at 12:22 p.m
Berlin calls on people not to “give up” on the possibility of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
The prospect of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors “should not be given up despite the war,” the German foreign minister said on Friday before an official tour of Israel and the Gulf. “In this almost insoluble conflict, it is crucial not to lose the long-term vision. “The historic chance for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors must not be given up,” Annalena Baerbock said in a statement. “That is exactly the goal of the terrorists,” she said.
The minister will travel to the Gulf on Friday evening for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel. “Even if a lasting solution to the Middle East conflict currently seems a long way off […] It is our responsibility to continue to respond with all our might,” added the head of German diplomacy.
November 10th at 10:46
There is “still a lot to do” in Gaza to protect the civilian population
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the pause in Israel’s offensive in northern Gaza, saying there was “still much to be done” to protect civilians.
“I think progress has been made,” he said during a whirlwind visit to New Delhi. “But I also knew that there was still a lot of work to be done in terms of protecting civilians and providing humanitarian assistance.”
November 10th at 5:05 am
Israel attacks Syria in retaliation for drone crash
Israel attacked Syria at dawn in response to a drone that fell on a school on Thursday, the Israeli army said. “In response to a drone from Syria that hit a school in Eilat, the Israeli Defense Forces attacked the organization that carried out the attack,” the army said on X (formerly Twitter), without naming that organization. Israel “holds the Syrian regime responsible for any terrorist attack originating from its territory,” she added.
November 10th at 3:33 am
First use of the Arrow 3 missile defense system
The Israeli army says it has used its Arrow 3 missile defense system for the first time to intercept a projectile fired “from the Red Sea region.” Houthi rebels in Yemen claim to have fired ballistic missiles against Israel. “Soldiers of the Israeli air defense networks successfully fired an Arrow 3 interceptor,” the Israeli army and defense ministry said in a statement. This system, jointly developed and produced by Israel and the United States, was deployed in 2017 but had never intercepted a target in operational conditions.
November 10th at 3:18 am
Israel has a “duty to distinguish between terrorists and civilians,” says Joe Biden
Joe Biden hails a “step in the right direction” after Israel agreed to daily humanitarian “pauses” in the Gaza Strip, according to the Americans. In a series of messages on the social networkThe American president asserts that he has been discussing “for weeks” with the Israeli authorities “the importance of humanitarian pauses in fighting to bring civilians to safety, enable the release of hostages and increase access to food, water and medicine.” Gaza.”
Israel has “the duty to distinguish between terrorists and civilians,” he says, while making it clear that the Israeli army is fighting Hamas, “an enemy that hides among the civilian population.” Joe Biden also previously reiterated in an exchange with journalists that there is “no possibility” for a long-term ceasefire, a position that the American executive branch has not changed.
November 10th at 3:06 am
“We don’t want to rule Gaza,” says Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Fox News that his intention was neither to rule nor to occupy Gaza. “I think the Israeli army is behaving exceptionally,” he told the American broadcaster, adding: “We are not trying to rule Gaza. We don’t want to occupy it, but we want to give it and ourselves a better future.”
There is one thing we have not accepted and that is a ceasefire
“A ceasefire with Hamas means a surrender,” and “without the release of the hostages there will be no ceasefire,” he said again when asked about his talks with American President Joe Biden. “But we have agreed to establish safe corridors” for the passage of civilians from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip.
November 10th at 3:05 am
The day of Thursday
Here you will find our follow-up to the events of November 9, 2023.