8:12
According to the Israeli army, a Hamas official was killed
The Israeli army claims to have killed a Hamas official who was responsible for “paramotors, drones, tracking devices and air defense.”
“Asem Abu Rakaba took part in organizing the massacre of communities on the Gaza border on October 7,” “he led the terrorists who infiltrated Israel with paramotors and was responsible for the drone strikes on IDF surveillance posts,” it says it in the statement.
7:47
The Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip continue
According to AFP journalists based on the ground, Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip continued on Saturday morning.
No casualty figures were given, but medical sources in the Palestinian territories told an AFP journalist that they feared a large number of casualties and significant damage following these bombings.
An AFP journalist this morning still heard sporadic explosions in the Gaza Strip, coming from Israeli warplanes, artillery and the sea. The intensity of the air strikes and artillery fire has weakened compared to the night, said this journalist.
7:33
The Israeli army says it has attacked “150 underground targets” in Gaza
As ground fighting rages today in the Gaza Strip, the target of unprecedented Israeli attacks, the Israeli army said in a press release that it had attacked “150 underground targets” in the north of the enclave overnight.
“Overnight, IDF warplanes struck 150 underground targets in the northern Gaza Strip, including tunnels used by terrorists, underground fighting sites and other underground infrastructure. Hamas terrorists were killed,” said the statement, issued after a night of intense Israeli attacks on the area.
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7:21
“We are extremely concerned”: Médecins du Monde’s director of international operations says she has “lost contact” with her teams in Gaza
While the Palestinian Red Crescent and several UN organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), said in recent hours that they had lost contact with their teams in Gaza, Héléna Ranchal, director of international operations at Médecins du Monde, expressed regret same situation.
“Unfortunately we lost contact. We are extremely concerned. We are talking about the civilian population, caregivers, humanitarian workers. They are without any protection,” she explained on BFMTV.
“The people of Gaza cannot call an ambulance (…) There really needs to be a ceasefire. People are dying in horrific ways,” she added.
6:49
On the Israeli side, the night was quiet
After the expansion of Israel’s “land operations” in Gaza with numerous attacks on the enclave, the night was quiet on the Israeli side, our special envoys report.
No rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel this Saturday morning.
6:33
The French ambassador to Israel speaks about “triggering the second phase” of the war against Hamas
The French ambassador to Israel, Frédéric Journès, announced that he had been “informed” by the Israeli army “of the triggering of the second phase” of the military War between the Jewish state and Hamastwenty days after the terrorist group’s attacks.
“They have recalled all the reservists,” he added, “there are 350,000 soldiers who have joined the IDF positions.”
6:28
Cutting communications in Gaza risks hiding “mass atrocities,” Human Rights Watch says
Disrupting telecommunications and the internet in the Gaza Strip, which is under intense Israeli bombardment, risks “serving as a cover for mass atrocities,” human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned.
“This information blackout risks serving as a cover for mass atrocities and contributing to human rights violations going unpunished,” HRW researcher Deborah Brown lamented in a statement.
The Palestinian Red Crescent and several UN organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), also said they had lost contact with their teams in Gaza.
6:20
The UN General Assembly calls for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, Israel denounces “disgrace”.
“Shame on you!” Israel’s UN ambassador exclaimed on Friday, calling it a “disgrace.” the General Assembly’s vote on a resolution calling for a “humanitarian ceasefire.”but without mentioning Hamas, on the 21st day of the war between Israel and Hamas.
“It is a dark day for the UN and for humanity,” castigated Gilad Erdan, assuring that Israel would continue to use “all the means at its disposal” to “rid the world of the evil that Hamas represents.” and “to bring the hostages.” home.”
6:11
The Israeli army expanded its ground operations in Gaza last night, with Hamas reporting “violent fighting”
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli army “expanded its ground operations in Gaza” last night, spokesman Daniel Hagari announced, after suggesting that the IDF had increased its attacks in the north of the enclave “very significantly.”
Hamas reported “violent fighting” with the IDF in the enclave.
“We are facing Israeli ground attacks in Beit Hanoun (north) and al Boureij (centre). “Heavy fighting is underway,” Hamas’s military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said in a statement.