8:49
“I took care of 100 bodies”: Report from Ofaqim, one of the first kibbutz attacked by Hamas
In front of a bullet-riddled house in the village of Ofaqim, which the BFMTV correspondent visited on Monday, the sidewalk is still red with bloodstains. Stigmata of the exchange of fire between Hamas, which took two hostages in this house, and Israeli police officers.
The hostages were freed and the attackers died. Two police officers also lost their lives. Volunteer rescuers work to cover up traces of their blood outside the house.
“I am very tense. I’ve only slept two hours since Saturday evening. I took care of 100 bodies of residents of Ofakim and people who came from Reim.” [une localité voisine lourdement endeuillée, ndlr]”, explains one of them.
8:48
For Gilles Kepel, it seems “very difficult that Hamas alone could have thought of an operation of this magnitude.”
“It seems very difficult that Hamas alone could have thought of an operation of this magnitude,” explains Gilles Kepel on BFMTV-RMC.
“There are a lot of people, it requires enormous training and gigantic logistics,” adds the specialist.
They were “instrumentalized by Shiite Islamism in Iran, which controls the axis of resistance.” However, the political scientist explains that Iran does not want to cross “the upper threshold” by accepting responsibility for these attacks, “otherwise the next step would be a war on a much larger scale.”
8:38
Gilles Kepel believes that “Netanyahu’s government has a great responsibility”
Israeli intelligence services were surprised by Hamas’ simultaneous attacks on Saturday. For political scientist Gilles Kepel, guest on BFMTV-RMC, “there is a great responsibility on the part of the Netanyahu government.”
“(He is) hostage to his extreme right, which means that the entire Israeli army in the West Bank monitored the new settlements and the border with Gaza was largely cleared,” explains the specialist on the Arab world.
8:27
The Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli attack overnight
In the night from Monday to Tuesday there were incessant Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. At least 687 Palestinians have been killed and 3,700 injured since Saturday.
8:17
How Hamas uses social media to “paralyze” with terror.
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”.
Since the attacks in Israel, videos have multiplied on social networks. For more details, see this article.
8:03
Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas terrorists found in Israel
As the Israeli army IDF announced on Tuesday morning, “around 1,500 bodies” of Hamas fighters have been found in Israel since the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
On the fourth day of hostilities, “the army has more or less regained control of the fence on the border” with Gaza, “but infiltrations may still occur,” a military spokesman added. However, “we know that no one has entered Israel from Gaza since (the beginning of) last night.”
7:47
The Israeli army announces that it has “more or less back under control” of the Gaza border
As a spokesman for the Israeli army announced this Tuesday morning, the IDF had “more or less regained control” on the border with Gaza.
7:20
Kurdish demonstration banned after posting messages in support of Hamas in Strasbourg
The prefect of Bas-Rhin bans the Kurdish demonstration called and organized in Strasbourg from October 10th to 13th “after the publication of messages of support for Hamas”.
This Monday, October 9, “publications from leaders of the Kurdish movement, passed on by the organizer of the demonstration, were discovered on social networks,” reports the prefect of Bas-Rhin in her prefectural decree. Messages that “show public support for Hamas’ terrorist actions.”
In the “current context, this support is likely to lead to serious disruptions to public order,” the state representative notes.
The mobilization, the aim of which was “to demonstrate the Kurdish people and their friends to demand the freedom of the leader of the Kurdish people Abdullah Öcalan and for a solution to the Kurdish problem,” was scheduled for the 10th, 11th, 12th and October 13th scheduled from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Avenue de l’Europe in Strasbourg.
7:12
Concern for Eitan, young Frenchman who is “probably” considered a Hamas hostage
Among the 14 French people reported missing after Hamas attacks in Israel is Eitan, a little boy of just 12 years old, whose family has had no news since Saturday morning.
“They put them on motorcycles. On one my sister-in-law and her two daughters and on the other Eitan, 12 years old, my beautiful nephew. They drove them 200 or 300 meters and two tanks came. The first one.” “The motorcycle stopped, but not the second one, with Eitan continuing,” explains Ayala Yahalomi Luzon, his aunt.
>> Read the full article on BFMTV.com
6:23
LFI laments “the lack of a ceasefire request” from Macron
“Unbearable”. The coordinator of La France insoumise, Manuel Bompard, sharply criticized Emmanuel Macron’s press release on the night of Monday to Tuesday on the Hamas attacks on Israel.
In a text signed by Joe Biden, Olaf Schol, Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni: The President of the Republic expresses his “firm and united” support for the Hebrew state and do not call for a ceasefire, regrets the deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône.
“While the Israeli government announces a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, the absence of a ceasefire call in this text signed by Emmanuel Macron is a mistake with serious consequences,” denounces Manuel Bompard.
>> Read the full article here
6:19
The socialist group in the Île-de-France region is “temporarily” suspending its collaboration with the Insoumis
The socialist group (opposition) of the Île-de-France region has decided to temporarily suspend “its joint work” with the Insoumis due to positions since deemed “inadmissible”. Hamas’ attack on Israelin a letter broadcast on X on Monday.
For its part, the rebel group reiterated that this decision “confirms the break initiated by the PS against the Nupes” and accused the socialists of “using the international crisis in the Middle East as an excuse”.
>> Our article
5:20
The Israeli army reports at least 900 dead and 2,616 injured
On X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli army says at least 900 Israelis have died in Hamas attacks since Saturday. According to that report released late Monday, 2,616 people were injured.
According to the IDF, 1,290 Hamas targets were also destroyed.
5:00
Washington has “no intention of sending troops to the region.”
The United States has “no intention of sending troops” after Hamas killed at least 11 American nationals following its attack on Israel, a spokesman for the American National Security Council said on Monday.
On Sunday, however, Washington ordered the carrier strike group from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to head to the eastern Mediterranean.
4:39
Erdogan warns Israel against an “indiscriminate” attack on Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Israel on Monday against an “indiscriminate” attack on civilians in Gaza as part of its war against Hamas, calling on both sides to respect the “ethics” of the war.
The Turkish president passionately supported the Palestinian cause and advocated a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also called on Palestinians to “stop harassing Israelis.”
4:20
In response to the attacks in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is threatening to execute Israeli hostages
Hamas threatened to execute Israeli hostages on Monday evening in response to increasing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on the third day of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s massive offensive that has left more than 1,600 people dead on both sides.
>> Our article
4:00
Hello everyone
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to current events in Israel the attack on the armed wing of Hamas this Saturday, October 7th.