- Hundreds of rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 7, 2023. This spectacular offensive by Palestinian Hamas ended a ceasefire that had been widely respected since the end of a five-day war last May.
- According to the head of Hamas’ armed wing, this is what triggered Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Surprised by the attack, the Israeli army will nevertheless launch its response, Operation Iron Swords. As for Benjamin Netanyahu, he immediately warned the Israelis that they were “engaged in a long and difficult war.”
- Who did what? Who says what? And who supports whom and why? You can find out everything about the course of this new war in the Middle East every evening on 20minutes.fr.
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News of the day
The conflict is expanding. After an explosion at the barrier between the two countries, Israel bombed several locations in southern Lebanon on its border. A Lebanese security source reported an “infiltration attempt” from Lebanon. According to the Lebanese Hezbollah channel al-Manar, there were exchanges of fire at the border after this attempt. Rockets struck an area in the border village of Alma el-Chaab where a group of journalists from at least three different media outlets were staying. A Portal journalist was killed. Two journalists from AFP and two others from Al-Jazeera were also injured.
The conflict also affects the West Bank, a Palestinian area where Israel has been building colonies for several years. Several demonstrations in support of Hamas led to clashes with Israeli security forces. At least nine Palestinians have died.
The two numbers of the day
13 and 15. Like the 13 hostages, “including foreigners,” who, according to Hamas, died in Israeli bombing raids on the Gaza Strip this Thursday. According to the Israeli army, around 150 people, Israelis, foreigners and dual nationals, were kidnapped by Hamas fighters. In addition, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pointed out at the beginning of the evening on the program “C à vous” that 15 French people had been killed in Israel since the beginning of the conflict.
Sentence of the day
Our people in Gaza are experiencing genocide and Gaza has become a disaster zone
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, who is not affiliated with Hamas, accused Israel on Friday of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, which has been bombed by the Israeli army in the war against the Islamist movement. According to Hamas, at least 1,799 people, including 583 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip following Israeli bombings.
Today’s trend
After Israel issued an ultimatum last night, Hamas refused to evacuate the northern half of the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli army is threatening to destroy. To persuade Palestinian civilians, Tel Aviv also dropped leaflets in Arabic with a map delineating the area to be evacuated and an arrow pointing south. Although several thousand Gazans are now on the move, they actually have nowhere to go. The border with Egypt is closed for the time being. At the end of the day, the Israeli army said it did not wait for the end of its ultimatum to carry out targeted ground actions in the Gaza Strip in the “last 24 hours.”
However, the threat to Gaza has prompted a comprehensive response from the international community, particularly since the WHO highlighted the “impossibility” of evacuating frail patients from hospitals in the Palestinian city. Norway therefore condemned the “unacceptable” siege of the Gaza Strip and the Arab League described the “forced relocation” of Palestinians as a “crime.” Vladimir Putin compared the siege of Gaza to that of Leningrad, and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on Israel to take “every possible precaution” to avoid the deaths of civilians.