The armed conflict between Hamas fighters and the Israeli army is now in its fourth day. Hundreds of deaths and injuries have been recorded among both Palestinians and Israelis.
Follow our live coverage for the latest details on this war:
8:30 p.m. | Death toll from attacks in Israel rises to “more than 1,000 dead”
The death toll from attacks in Israel has risen to “more than 1,000,” the Israeli army said on Tuesday evening, compared to 900 registered so far.
According to Israeli authorities, more than 2,800 people have been injured in the Gaza Strip and 50 people are officially considered “hostages or missing.”
7:25 p.m. | Pro-Palestine protester arrested in Montreal
A pro-Palestinian protester was arrested Tuesday for physically attacking people who gathered in support of the Israeli community outside the Israeli Consulate General in Montreal in Westmount.
6:26 p.m. | Pro-Palestine positions: Air Canada pilot suspended
An Air Canada pilot has been suspended for his “unacceptable” pro-Palestinian stance, the airline announced late Tuesday.
5:13 p.m. | “Luciferian barbarism”: “Beheading babies, that’s what we’re talking about”
For La Joute panelist Mathieu Bock-Côté, the news that Israeli babies have been beheaded by Hamas opens a new paradigm in the war.
“We are leaving the domain of war, we are leaving the domain of war excesses, we are falling into a form of Luciferian barbarism,” he fumes.
5:03 p.m. | Hamas surprise attack: “It’s a bit like Pearl Harbor”
Mario Dumont reiterates that the work of the Israeli intelligence services was compromised by the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday, October 7th.
“What a black eye for the Israeli secret services!” explains the columnist on LCN and also reminds us of the institution’s good reputation.
4:54 p.m. | Hamas attack on Israel: “An atrocity unprecedented since the Shoah”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a telephone interview with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening that Hamas’ attack on Israel was “an atrocity not seen since the Holocaust.”
4:50 p.m. | Festival-goer massacre: Some may be “hiding in the woods, injured in the countryside.”
Independent journalist in Israel, Théophile Simon, met a woman who was visiting the notorious site of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where around 260 festival-goers were killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on Saturday.
“She says half the people who were at that party haven’t been found yet; 260 bodies have been identified, but half of the people are still missing. Some of them were definitely taken hostage,” explains the journalist.
3:36 p.m. | In the ruins of the ghost city of Gaza, “death is very close”
Mohammed Mazen and his neighbors stayed in the entrance of their building all night to escape Israeli bombing. When they went out in the morning, they discovered the catastrophe: their neighborhood was nothing but ruins and deserted streets.
The 38-year-old father of three initially couldn’t believe his eyes.
“My wife and I said to ourselves: ‘Is this all real?’ We had the impression that we were in a ghost town and that we were the only people still alive,” he told AFP.
3:33 p.m. | At 95, he joined the fight against Hamas
Ezra Yachin became the oldest Israeli reservist to wear a uniform to help the Israeli army respond to Hamas attacks.
While the nonagenarian was previously a soldier fighting within a paramilitary group, he is now called to the front to “motivate the IDF troops” and “tell how he survived the unrest in Jerusalem in his childhood.” It said it was reported by Israel National News and shared a photo of Mr. Yachin in uniform and holding a rifle.
3:32 p.m. | Babies have reportedly been beheaded by Hamas militants
Israeli soldiers reportedly discovered the bodies of decapitated babies on Saturday in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza that has been hit by Hamas terrorist attacks.
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According to certain media reports, which could not be confirmed, forty babies were killed and beheaded.
3:31 p.m. | “Joe Bien said very clearly what some politicians in Quebec cannot say”
Guillaume Lavoie applauds American President Joe Biden, who did not mince his words when he called Hamas a “terrorist organization.”
“He said very clearly what some politicians in Quebec cannot say: Hamas is a terrorist organization that terrorizes both Israel and the Palestinian people themselves,” emphasized Raoul-Dandurand, associate member of the chair.
3:21 p.m. | International medical NGOs warn about the health situation in Gaza
International medical NGOs warned on Tuesday about the health situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been bombarded by the Israeli army since the Hamas attack on Saturday, and called for a humanitarian corridor to support medical assistance and respect humanitarian law.
“The situation is catastrophic (…) I don’t think anyone in Gaza is safe,” lamented Sarah Chateau, head of MSF’s Palestine program.
3:11 p.m. | Destruction of Hamas: “The fear is that there will be a bloodbath”
Israel stepped up its retaliation against Hamas on Tuesday; However, this is just the beginning of the escalation of violence, warns an expert.
2:36 p.m. | “I stood in a corner, vomited and cried,” says an emotional Israeli lieutenant
While numerous testimonies have emerged since Saturday about the horrors experienced by the Israeli people during the Hamas attacks on the Jewish land, a Jewish lieutenant colonel confessed on Tuesday that he had never seen anything like it.
2:34 p.m. | War in Israel and Gaza: Family of five killed in cold blood
Three children, ages 6 and 4, and their parents were killed “coldly” by Hamas members on Saturday in the shelter where they were hiding, according to their relatives, who moved heaven and earth to get rid of them to experience.
2:28 p.m. | Hamas’ attacks on Israel are “pure evil,” says Biden
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Palestinian Hamas attacks on Israel “purely evil” and reported “heartbreaking” news of “babies killed and entire families massacred.”
2:21 p.m. | Families of US hostages in Gaza call for help
Families of American citizens likely held in the Gaza Strip following Hamas’ offensive against Israel asked the Biden administration on Tuesday for help in the safe return of their loved ones.
2:10 p.m. | Snipers, drones, bulldozers: This is how the “Iron Wall” gave way to Hamas
Israel has long believed that its “Iron Wall,” a vast metal and concrete barrier that encircles the Gaza Strip, is impenetrable. State-of-the-art cameras, sharp barbed wire, sensors and remote-controlled machine guns were not enough to prevent the Hamas offensive.
2:04 p.m. | Israel-Gaza: EU threatens Musk with sanctions for spreading “illegal content”
European Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton on Tuesday gave Elon Musk, the head of X (formerly Twitter), 24 hours to answer questions about “disinformation” and the “spreading of illegal content” on his platform.
“Following the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel, we have evidence that your platform is being used to spread illegal content and disinformation in the EU,” wrote Thierry Breton in a letter to Elon Musk, warning of possible sanctions, consulted by AFP.
2:02 p.m. | There was an incredible massacre of civilians in Kfar Aza
Three small bicycles neatly parked next to six Israeli body bags, with bodies of Palestinian attackers in the background. Saturday’s attack by Hamas militants on the Kfar Aza kibbutz ended in a bloodbath in which more than a hundred civilians were killed, according to Israeli soldiers.
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1:53 p.m. | Hamas says Israel killed two senior figures in the movement in attacks in the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said on Tuesday that two of its senior officials had been killed in Israeli army strikes in the Gaza Strip, confirming an army announcement.
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Both members of Hamas’ political bureau, Zakaria Mouammar, headed the economic department, and Jawad Abou Shamala, as head of the national relations department, coordinated relations with other Palestinian factions, the movement added in a statement.
1:16 p.m. | A rally in support of the Israeli people in Montreal
Around a hundred people are present in front of the Israeli Consulate General in the heart of the Westmount district in metropolitan Quebec to show their support for the Israeli people.
1:05 p.m. | After escaping Hamas: A mother talks about her ordeal with her one-month-old baby
A young Israeli mother managed to escape from Hamas terrorists with her one-month-old baby, who was completely dehydrated after 27 hours without food and could no longer produce tears when crying.
12:30 p.m. | Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas terrorists testifies
An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas terrorists described the hell she experienced when gunmen burst into her home and killed her friend in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
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12:20 p.m. | Quebec postpones the opening of its Tel Aviv office
The war between Israel and Hamas is forcing International Relations Minister Martine Biron to postpone next week the official opening of the Quebec office in Tel Aviv, which she was scheduled to attend.
11:50 a.m. | The identity of the second Canadian victim has been confirmed: he is a 22-year-old from British Columbia
11:14 am | Attacks on Israel: “The nation of Quebec stands by your side,” says François Legault
Prime Minister François Legault on Tuesday pledged his support to Israel and that of Quebec in the face of attacks carried out for several days following a surprise attack by Hamas.
“These are terrible acts. “The nation of Quebec stands with you,” the prime minister said at a press conference marking the inauguration of a technical school in Montreal on Tuesday.
11:09 am | Hamas killed “more than 100” people in one kibbutz alone
Palestinian Hamas militants who launched an offensive in southern Israel on Saturday killed “more than 100” people in Kibbutz Beeri alone, said the spokesman for the NGO Zaka, which was involved in identifying the bodies.
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11:07 am | 2 Hamas terrorists killed, Israeli police release footage of high-speed chase
Israeli police have released footage of a high-speed chase on a highway near the Gaza Strip in which two Hamas terrorists were killed by police.
11:03 am | Rockets were fired at Israel from Lebanon
10:30 a.m. | ON VIDEO | An alert will be triggered when it is live on LCN
Megane Dreyfuss was preparing to do an interview on LCN when a new bomb threat exploded at her home.
9:56 am | Interview with France-Isabelle Langlois, CEO of Amnesty International Francophone Canada
“The system implemented by Israel in the occupied territories is an apartheid system that constitutes a crime against humanity. Of course, this does not excuse or justify Hamas’ actions,” said Nuance France-Isabelle Langlois, CEO of Amnesty International in French-speaking Canada.
9:25 am | “It literally makes my blood run cold”
8:08 am | The Israel-Hamas conflict is an “example of Washington’s failure” in the Middle East, says Putin
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8:04 am | Israel: It is “probable” that “help” was provided to Hamas, says Macron
7:52 am | Mario Dumont gives his column on the Hamas attack in Israel
7:17 am | The Quebec flag flying over the National Assembly is at half-mast
The Quebec flag flying over the National Assembly will be at half-mast all day today in memory of the victims killed by Hamas in Israel
7:04 am | “It is very difficult to analyze what is happening from a human perspective because there is violence on both sides”
Watch the interview with Zaccaria Laban, an independent journalist in the West Bank.
7:00 am | Terrorist attack in Israel: Forced to hide under corpses for seven hours
A festival-goer who was in a crowd of 3,000 people during a terrorist attack by the Hamas group in Israel on Saturday had to hide under bodies for more than seven hours to avoid death.
5:56 am | The young Israeli woman finds out about her grandmother’s murder on Facebook
The death of a grandmother filmed on Facebook, armed fighters announcing the death of their relatives to Israelis over the phone, humiliating videos of hostages in Gaza… Hamas’s massive propaganda in this new conflict with Israel has, according to experts, targets Israel through terror “paralyze”.
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5:23 am | Gaza: Three Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strikes
Three Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City early Tuesday, a journalists’ union and a local official said, on the fourth day of the war between Israel and Hamas.
5:16 am | Ayatollah Khamenei denies that Iran is behind the Hamas attack in Israel
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s highest authority, on Tuesday denied his country’s involvement in Saturday’s massive Hamas attack against Israel while reaffirming Iranian support “for Palestine.”
4:55am | The total siege of Gaza is prohibited by international humanitarian law
The total siege of the Gaza Strip announced by Israel’s defense minister on Monday is “prohibited” by international humanitarian law, the United Nations reminded on Tuesday.
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3:15am | “Around 1,500 bodies” of Hamas fighters found in Israel
The Israeli army said Tuesday morning that it had found “around 1,500 bodies” of Hamas militants in Israel since the Palestinian Islamist movement’s attack from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
Watch the interview with Nicolas Rouger, independent journalist in Israel and Palestine.