UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – The war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas passed the 100-day mark on Sunday, with more civilians killed in Gaza and relatives of Israeli hostages still fearing for their fate.
The war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas passed the 100-day mark on Sunday, with more civilians killed in Gaza and relatives of Israeli hostages still fearing for their fate. Le Figaro takes stock.
Hamas releases video of three living Israeli hostages
Hamas' armed wing released a video on Sunday showing three living Israeli hostages, two men and a woman, who have been held in the Gaza Strip since October 7. This video gives no indication of when it was filmed. The three hostages ask the Israeli authorities in Hebrew to work for their release.
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Hamas says many hostages were “probably killed recently.”
Hamas's military wing said on Sunday that “many” of the hostages were “probably recently killed” and that Israel took “full responsibility” for their fate. “The fate of many hostages has been unknown for weeks, and the others have all entered the tunnel of the unknown,” Abou Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, said in a televised address, adding that “the others are in great danger. “ ”, for which “the leadership of the enemy and his army bears full responsibility”.
About 250 people were taken hostage on October 7 and 132 are still in Gaza, of whom at least 25 are believed to have been killed, according to Israeli authorities. About a hundred were released in late November as part of a ceasefire.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are on strike
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis observed a 100-minute strike this morning to mark 100 days of hostage confinement, the major trade union confederation Histadrut said. In Tel Aviv, hundreds of people attended a series of events, including a concert by Artifex, the last DJ to perform at the Tribe of Nova festival – 364 of whom were killed by Hamas men on October 7, according to Israel.
In Tel Aviv, hundreds of people took part in a series of events. ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI / Portal
Bashir al-Zayadna, 27, whose uncle and cousin Youssef and Hamza al-Zayadna, 53 and 22, are hostages, says he hopes for only one thing: to be able to hug his loved ones and “tell them it's all over.” .” “We don’t let anyone down. We are doing everything we can to bring them all home. I insist: everyone, without exception,” assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting.
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The employer announced that the Al-Ghad TV video journalist was killed in Gaza on Sunday
A 28-year-old Palestinian, a video journalist for the Cairo-based Arab television channel Al-Ghad, was killed in Gaza on Sunday, the media said, attributing his death to an attack by the Israeli army. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce that the video journalist from Al-Ghad, Yazan al-Zwaidi, was murdered by Israeli fire” while he was “in the north of Gaza,” Arabic TV channel “X” said, without providing further details close.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 82 journalists and media workers have been killed in addition to Mr. Zwaidi since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, the vast majority Palestinians.
More than 100 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday
According to Hamas, more than 100 people were killed in nightly Israeli bombings across the Gaza Strip, particularly in Khan Younes (south). The Israeli army has said in recent days that it is focusing its operations on this southern Gaza city, home to hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled fighting further north. It reported the death of a soldier on Sunday, bringing to 188 the number of soldiers killed since ground operations in Gaza began on October 27.
The Israeli blockade, reinforced by the war, is causing severe shortages of food and fuel, and rain and cold are making daily survival difficult for the 2.4 million residents. The UN estimates that 1.9 million people were forced to leave their homes.
An Israeli woman and her son were killed by a rocket attack from Lebanon
The Israeli army killed three gunmen who entered its territory on Sunday in the border region with Lebanon, where two Israeli civilians, a mother and her son, also died in a rocket attack from the neighboring country. During a patrol “in the Har Dov sector,” Israeli soldiers discovered “a terrorist cell that had entered Israeli territory from Lebanon and opened fire on them,” the army said in a statement. In response, she added that Israeli soldiers had killed “three terrorists” and stated that five soldiers had been injured, two medium and three light.
In a statement quoted by Lebanese media, a previously unknown group presenting itself under the name “Kataeb Al Ezz Al Islamiya” confirmed the deaths of three militants in the operation, carried out in retaliation for the killing of Hamas No. 2 in 2017 became suburbs of Beirut. Saleh al-Arouri was killed in Lebanon on January 2 in an attack attributed to Israel. Pro-Iranian Hezbollah had reiterated that his death “would not go unpunished” and that a response was “inevitable.”
On Sunday, Lebanon's powerful Islamist movement said it had carried out six attacks against Israel, including one on the Israeli border village of Kfar Youval. An Israeli woman in her 70s and her 45-year-old son died after their home in this village was hit by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon, municipal authorities, emergency services and the Israeli army announced.
Five deaths and two arrests in the West Bank
In the occupied West Bank, the scene of renewed violence since October 7, the Israeli army reported the arrest of two sisters of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, on charges of “incitement to terrorism” in a drone strike in Lebanon on January 2 The deaths were attributed to the Israeli army.
Five Palestinians also died on Sunday after incidents and clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli army said it killed two “terrorists” after pursuing a car that passed through a checkpoint near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said two young men were killed in one incident. The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that it had recovered their bodies.
In another incident further north, a 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by the Israeli army during a raid on a refugee camp near Jericho, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the incident. The Palestinian Authority ministry also announced the deaths of two teenagers who were shot near Ramallah in the evening. In a press release, the Israeli army said it had “neutralized two attackers” who had thrown an explosive at a military base near Ramallah.
An Israeli soccer player was arrested in Turkey for “incitement to hatred.”
An Israeli soccer player who posted a message referencing the conflict between Israel and Hamas during a Turkish first division championship game on Sunday was expelled from his team and arrested. He was investigated for “public incitement to hatred.” “The Antalya Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a judicial investigation against Israeli football player Sagiv Jehezkel for 'public incitement to hatred' for his vile celebration in favor of the massacre committed by Israel in Gaza,” Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunç announced on Monday on social network
The Antalyaspor player, who scored a goal during a Sunday match in the Turkish Süper Lig and also won eight caps for the Israeli national team, announced: “100 days. 07/10” is written on a bandage on one of his wrists.
This short message, which refers to the hundred days that have passed since the bloody attack on Israeli soil by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, is interpreted by the Turkish Minister of Justice as a sign of support for the Israeli military operations launched in retaliation in the Gaza Strip . “We will continue to support the oppressed Palestinians,” the Turkish minister wrote, denouncing ongoing “genocide” in Gaza. The Antalyaspor club announced that it had expelled its Israeli player, whom it accused of “acting against the values of our country.”