Cover photo: People look at a vehicle believed to have been used by two attackers who shot people near a bus stop in Jerusalem, November 30, 2023. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
- Three people were killed and six others injured, three of them seriously, in a shooting attack at a bus stop in West Jerusalem on Thursday morning, said the Israeli police. This attack, which police said was carried out by “two residents of Israeli-occupied and annexed East Jerusalem,” comes at a time when the last-minute ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip was suspended on Thursday morning for a week was extended to seventh day.
- Israel, Hamas and Qatar announced on Thursday morning that the ceasefire would be extended until at least Friday. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it received this morning a list of 10 women and children hostages who are to be released from Gaza today in accordance with previously agreed ceasefire rules. The ceasefire thus continues under the same conditions as in the previous six days, during which Hamas released at least ten hostages a day in exchange for at least thirty Palestinian prisoners released by Israel.
- On Wednesday evening, Hamas released a sixth group of hostages : ten Israelis, including several dual nationals, and four Thais. The Palestinian group had also previously announced the release of two Israeli-Russian hostages. They all arrived in Israel overnight.
- In return, Israel released thirty Palestinian prisoners, sixteen minors and fourteen women. Among those released was Ahed Tamimi, a 22-year-old figure in the Palestinian cause who was arrested on November 6 over an Instagram post calling for the murder of Israelis – something her family denied was behind it. Asmaa Abu Takfa, a 32-year-old Arab Israeli, was also released. She is accused of attempting to carry out a knife attack in Jerusalem in April.
- As in previous nights, the released prisoners were greeted with cheers. Clashes broke out in front of Ofer prison and five people were injuredAccording to the Palestinian Red Crescent, serious injuries were caused by live ammunition, including a serious one, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, where he will meet with Israeli leaders about the ceasefire with Hamas and continuing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. This is his sixth visit to Israel since the war began on October 7th.
- Speaking to CNN, Jason Straziuso, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said his organization had not yet been able to visit the hostages held in Gaza. “We are ready to visit the hostages held by Hamas to check their health and administer medicine, but we will only be able to do this if we have permission. “We don’t know where the hostages are being held,” he told the American television station.
- The Israeli army and intelligence agency Shin Beth announced on Telegram on Wednesday that they had “eliminated two terrorist commanders.” Senior officers, including Muhammad Zubeidi, leader of the Jenin Brigades, carried out shootings.
- The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Wednesday that the Israeli army was “preventing medics from reaching a besieged area of the Jenin refugee camp.” [en Cisjordanie]despite the presence of wounded,” At.
- Israel “confirms” the death of a baby, his brother and his mother announced by Hamas. Earlier, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, announced in a press release the deaths of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who were killed “during a bombardment of the Gaza Strip” by Israeli forces.
- Five premature babies found dead in Gaza City hospitalat the center of fighting ahead of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which came into force on Friday, Agence France-Presse (AFP), the spokesman for the health ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, said on Wednesday.
- “Our people are facing an existential threat”the Palestinian Foreign Minister presented on Wednesday at the United Nationsto ensure that the “Palestinian people remain here despite everything.”
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