11:46
EU announces additional aid of 25 million euros for Gaza
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that an additional 25 million euros in humanitarian aid will be provided to Gaza, bringing the total aid to 100 million euros.
“We have a responsibility to do everything we can to protect civilians who may be at risk,” she emphasizes.
11:29
Britain advises nationals to leave Lebanon
The British Foreign Office has recalled some staff from its embassy in Lebanon due to growing tensions in the country over the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
In addition, British nationals in the country are advised to leave the country for security reasons.
“Events in Lebanon are developing rapidly. The situation risks deteriorating quickly and without warning,” the Foreign and Commonwealth Office warned in a statement.
11:18
Israeli police say they have identified a suspect in a knife attack in Jerusalem
According to Israeli police, the suspect in the knife attack on an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem this morning is a young Palestinian from Al-Issaouiya, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem occupied by Israel since 1967.
According to the same source, “another suspect” was arrested near the scene in connection with the attack.
The attack area near the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to the Old City, is currently cordoned off. Israeli Police Chief Yaakov Shabtaï visited the scene.
11:10
France is negotiating with Egypt for a land medical center near Gaza
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced today that Paris is currently in talks with Egypt to establish a land-based military medical center that would include surgical capacity for seriously injured people in the neighboring Gaza Strip.
“There are still discussions with Egypt to present a French healthcare offer for the rural military, especially for surgery for wounds
War,” the minister explained in an interview with L’Orient-Le Jour.
10:21
François Hollande judges that “Hamas wanted this war situation”
“Hamas is responsible for the situation that has arisen,” said François Hollande on Sud Radio this Monday. “It is Hamas that carries out the terrorist attack, which causes Israel to react,” explains the ex-president.
“If Hamas carries out its operation (…), Hamas knows full well that there will be an Israeli response and that the people of Gaza will be the first victims,” he says.
In his opinion, Hamas wanted “this war situation,” especially “because it allows it to become again the organization that claims to represent the Palestinian people.”
10:12
François Hollande believes that France’s role is to “promote a political solution”.
Given the current situation between Israel and Hamas, “France’s role” is to “promote a political solution,” said François Hollande, interviewed this Monday by Sud Radio.
“France has always defended the two-state solution by recognizing a Palestinian state,” recalls the former President of the Republic.
10:02
The US Secretary of State arrives in Türkiye
After Israel, Jordan, the occupied West Bank, Cyprus and Iraq, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Turkey to try to calm the anger of one of the United States’ most strategic allies.
This first visit by Antony Blinken to Turkey since Israel’s war against Hamas comes as anger against Israel and the West can be heard in the streets of Turkey and in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s palace.
9:55
Around a hundred Britons left Gaza via Egypt
Around a hundred Britons were able to leave the Gaza Strip, which has been relentlessly bombarded by Israel since the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, by crossing the Rafah border post towards Egypt, the British government announced this morning.
The UK is trying to evacuate about 200 British nationals and their families who were put on a list after they asked to leave the enclave.
8:30
Hamas attacks: 40 Frenchmen killed, 8 missing
Élisabeth Borne announces a new assessment of the Hamas attacks in Israel: 40 French people are dead, 8 are missing. “Among these missing people there are obviously hostages,” the prime minister told France Inter.
8:28
Élisabeth Borne promises to be “tenacious” in the face of the “resurgence of anti-Semitism in France.”
Élisabeth Borne sends a message to the French of Jewish faith this Monday on France Inter: “I fully understand their fear in the face of this increase in anti-Semitic acts,” said the Prime Minister, adding:
“The government is doing everything to protect them, we are on their side.”
“We find the perpetrators, we ensure that they are prosecuted and convicted,” explains the head of government and concludes:
“We cannot accept this resurgence of anti-Semitism in our country. We will be persistent.”
8:26
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, more than 200 people have been killed in nightly Israeli attacks
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, more than 200 people died in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on the night from Sunday to Monday.
“More than 200 martyrs died in the night’s massacres,” the ministry said in a statement to the media, clarifying that this number only affected Gaza City and the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
8:23
Borne says: “No one can forget the horrific images” of the Hamas attacks
A month after the Hamas attacks, “no one can forget the horrific images we saw,” Judge Élisabeth Borne condemned this Monday on France Inter “unthinkable acts of barbarism.”
“I think it stays in everyone’s mind,” says the head of government, who also noted the bombings in Gaza and called for a “humanitarian ceasefire.”
8:22
The Iranian president accuses the US of “encouraging” Israel to “kill” Palestinians in Gaza.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi today accused the United States of “killing” Israel and “encouraging” cruel acts against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Together with the Iraqi prime minister, “we believe that the bombings must stop as soon as possible, that a ceasefire must be declared immediately and that assistance must be provided to the oppressed and proud people of Gaza,” he said during a press conference.
“These terrible crimes against humanity are a genocide committed by the Zionist regime with the support of the United States and certain European countries,” he lamented.
8:03
Israeli soldier seriously injured in knife attack, attacker killed
An Israeli soldier was seriously injured in a knife attack outside an East Jerusalem police station near the Damascus Gate today and the attacker was “neutralized,” Israeli police said.
“A terrorist armed with a knife arrived at Shalem police station and stabbed a female soldier…Border police forces neutralized the terrorist by firing,” police added in a statement.
8:01
Jordan’s aid delivery to Gaza was “in coordination” with Israel
The airdrop of medical aid to Gaza announced by Jordan overnight was carried out “in coordination” with the Israeli army, an Israeli military spokesman said this morning.
“Last night, in coordination with [l’armée israélienne]A Jordanian plane dropped medical equipment and food for the Jordanian hospital in the Gaza Strip. “The devices are used by the medical profession for patients,” said the spokesman.
8:00
Almost a month after the terrorist attacks against Israel, a Hamas leader responds to BFMTV
Our special correspondents Igor Sahiri and Domitie Bertaud were able to speak via video conference with Bassem Naim, Hamas’ head of foreign relations. An interview from which we broadcast some excerpts in order to compare the terrorist movement’s propaganda with reality.
Watch this interview below, accompanied by analysis from our international columnist Ulysse Gosset.
7:12
Israeli army announces arrest of Ahed Tamimi for “incitement to terrorism.”
The Israeli army announced on Monday the arrest of 22-year-old activist Ahed Tamimi, an icon of the Palestinian cause around the world, in a raid in the occupied West Bank.
“Ahed Tamimi, suspected of inciting violence and terrorist activities, was arrested in Nabi Saleh city. Tamimi has been handed over to Israeli security forces for further questioning,” an army spokesman told AFP.
7:04
Israel’s UN ambassador ‘sees no need for humanitarian pause’
During an interview given this Sunday, November 5, to the American channel CNNL’Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said he saw no “need for a humanitarian pause.”
“It will only allow Hamas to rearm, regroup and prevent us from destroying their positions,” he said.
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6:15
“There is no food, no water, no electricity”: a Frenchman evacuated from the Gaza Strip testifies
He is one of 34 French people who left the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening and landed in Orly. According to the testimony of a Frenchman of Palestinian origin collected by BFMTV, the situation in this area is extremely difficult. “Everyone (in Gaza, editor’s note) is locked up and people are living in difficulties, like in a big prison,” he said.
“Gaza is closed. And it’s very complicated. There is no food, no water, no electricity, no cell phone networks,” says this man.
He also described the long journey he had to travel to leave the enclave and find himself in Egyptian territory.
Read the full article on BFMTV.com
5:30
Gérald Darmanin reports 1,040 anti-Semitic acts in France since October 7th
Since October 7, 1,040 anti-Semitic acts have been registered in France and the start of Hamas attacks against Israel, announced Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin this Sunday, November 5th. “The number of anti-Semitic attacks has exploded,” said the minister, who was a guest on France 2 at 8 p.m.
In addition, “486” people were arrested for anti-Semitic acts, the minister added, who reiterated that “all means” would be used to “protect” French Jews.
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5:10
The Jordanian king announces the airdrop of emergency medical aid to Gaza
Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced the drop of emergency medical aid to a Jordanian field hospital in Gaza early Monday morning.
“The intrepid members of the air force delivered urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza at midnight,” the king said on X (formerly Twitter), adding: “It is our duty to help our brothers and sisters injured in the war.” against Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brothers.”
4:50
Internet and telephone lines disrupted again in Gaza, WHO calls for communication to be restored
Telephone and internet lines in the Gaza Strip were cut by Israel on Sunday evening. for the third time since the war began on October 7thannounced the Palestinian operator Paltel.
Sunday evening on .
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4:30 p.m
Heads of major UN organizations are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
The heads of major U.N. agencies issued a rare joint statement on Sunday expressing outrage at the number of civilian casualties in Gaza and calling for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas.
“For almost a month, the world has watched the evolving situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories with shock and horror at the (growing) number of lives lost and destroyed,” the heads of the UN agencies wrote.
The heads of 18 organizations, including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization, deplored the death toll in the war between Israel and Hamas, which was sparked by an attack on Israeli soil by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7