Cover photo: On the way to Salaheddine in Zeitoun district, southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP
- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it conducted an operation at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Saturday, November 18and worked on an evacuation plan for the facility, which she described as a “death zone.” According to the WHO, 291 patients were still in hospital on Saturday, including 32 babies in critical condition and 25 caregivers.
- Hundreds of people left Al-Shifa Hospital on Saturday morning, the WHO confirmed. The Israeli army assures that it did not issue an evacuation order, but “responded to a request” from the hospital director. On Saturday she opened a corridor leading to this street.
- A column published on Saturday by the American newspaper Washington Post said: Joe Biden calls for a future “reunification” of the West Bank and Gaza under a “revitalized Palestinian Authority”.
- Attacks on the Jabaliya refugee camp on Saturday reportedly left more than 80 people dead, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which mentions Israeli attacks. The Israeli army said Saturday evening that it had “received reports of an incident in the Jabaliya area,” adding that it was “this incident.” [était] under review”.
- UNRWA announced the bombing of one of its schools in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday evening. Philippe Lazzarini, the UN agency’s commissioner general for Palestinian refugees, said at Camp on Saturday morning.
- According to the Israeli army, 236 people are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip. The families had been informed, an army spokesman said on Saturday evening. A previous report said 239 hostages had been taken since the October 7 Hamas attack.
- The Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons announced Saturday that “all families” were able to meet “the entire War Cabinet” on Monday evening., including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Around 25,000 people joined the families’ march between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Saturday to demand the return of the hostages.
- There will be no “significant” break in Gaza until the hostages are released, assures Joe Biden’s first adviser on the Middle East. “The influx of humanitarian aid, the influx of fuel [et] “Once the hostages are released, there will be a pause in the fighting,” Brett McGurk said at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) annual security forum in Bahrain.
- Jordan rejects any displacement of the population. Jordan and Egypt “will never allow this.” “This would not only be a war crime, but also a direct threat to our national security,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said at the forum organized by the IISS.
- The French military minister returns to Qatar. Sébastien Lecornu is in Qatar, where he will meet Prime Minister Mohammed Ben Abderrahmane Al Thani, who is also Foreign Minister, to discuss the issue of hostages.
- The Israeli army justified its attack on Nablus in a press release. The Israeli military and internal security service Shin Bet said Israeli forces operating in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the West Bank had killed militants planning an impending terrorist attack against Israeli targets.
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