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Saturday, January 6, 2024

22:29

PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS

In Paris, according to police headquarters, “1,500 participants” marched between the Place de la Bastille and the Place de la Nation at the call of the CAPJPO-EuroPalestine association. On Saturday, several rallies were held in Paris and in provincial towns in support of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, which was affected by Israeli bombings aimed at eliminating Hamas after it attacked Israel almost four years ago.

There were also gatherings in some other cities: almost 250 people in Lille, 300 to 400 in Rennes, 300 in Strasbourg.

22:23

FLASHING IN JORDAN

The American Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan in Amman this Saturday evening before beginning a diplomatic tour through the Arab countries of the region and Israel.

22:22

THE IDF SPEAKER FOR LCI

“At the operational level, more than 8,000 terrorists (…) have been eliminated in the northern region of Gaza. In sensitive regions such as Jabaliya, No. 2 of 11 Regiment was eliminated. Battalions were completely destroyed by the IDF. The Secret Service has.” [aussi] been received. Ultimately the operation [militaire qui vise] “The destruction of Hamas's underground infrastructure has produced very good results,” explains French-speaking Israeli army spokesman Colonel Olivier Rafowicz.

From now on, Israeli operations should focus on the center and south of the Palestinian Strip. “Khan Younes remains the epicenter of the presence of Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip,” said Olivier Rafowicz on LCI.

Hamas-Gaza North: the IDF spokesman on LCISource: TF1 Info

22:21

THE IDF SPEAKER FOR LCI

“This is an initial assessment that we can make after three months of war with important results in the northern region. It is a complex war. The war continues with adjustments and adaptations in the southern area of the Gaza Strip,” emphasizes the Israeli army spokesman Olivier Rafowicz via LCI, as the IDF announced this Saturday that it had “completed the military defeat” of Hamas in the north of Gaza have.

10:05 p.m

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah

Lebanese pro-Iranian Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at a military base in Meron, northern Israel, an attack portrayed as an initial response to the elimination of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, attributed to Israel on Tuesday near Beirut .

The Israeli army said it had in return attacked “a number of terrorist targets” of the Lebanese Shiite movement in southern Lebanon. According to the Lebanese National News Agency (ANI), Israeli strikes targeted several villages and towns in southern Lebanon, injuring a Syrian refugee. Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said six fighters were killed.

9:34 p.m

GAZA, “PLACE OF DEATH OF DESPAIR”

After almost three months of war, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying. One coordinator described the Palestinian enclave as “a place of death and despair” and said it was now “uninhabitable.”

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9:32 p.m

According to Netanyahu, the conflict is far from over

“The war must not stop until we achieve all of its objectives, which are “to eliminate Hamas, free the hostages and ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,” he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement, ending a three-month conflict

8:36 p.m

IDF advances into northern Gaza Strip

The Israeli army announced Saturday evening that it had “completed the dismantling of Hamas's military structure in the north of the Gaza Strip” and was now focusing on dismantling the Palestinian Islamist movement “in the center and south of this territory.”

“We will do it differently […] “It takes time, there are no shortcuts in the fight against terrorism,” Israeli army spokesman General Daniel Hagari said in a news conference as the war entered its fourth month on Sunday.

7:55 p.m

USA DESTROYS DRONE IN RED SEA

The American army said on Saturday it destroyed a drone in the southern Red Sea that was fired from areas under Houthi control in Yemen, where Iran-backed rebels have stepped up attacks in recent weeks in “support” of Palestinians Gaza carried out.

19:54

BLINKEN WANTS TO AVOID SPREAD

The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, said on Saturday in Greece on his way to a new Middle East trip that he wanted to “ensure that the conflict (in the region) does not spread.”

“We must ensure that the conflict does not expand,” he said after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Chania (Island of Crete). “One of the real concerns is the border between Israel and Lebanon, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that there is no escalation,” he added.

17:54

FRANCE WARNS IRAN

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday to call on “Iran and its cronies” to “immediately” stop their “destabilizing actions.”

Catherine Colonna claims she sent “a very clear message: the threat of regional conflagration has never been greater; Iran and its cronies must immediately stop their destabilizing actions. No one would benefit from an escalation,” said a message posted on the social network

I called Iranian Minister A. Abdollahian and gave him a very clear message: the danger of a regional conflagration has never been greater; #Iran and its cronies must immediately stop their destabilizing actions. Nobody would benefit from an escalation. — Catherine Colonna (@MinColonna) January 6, 2024

5:27 p.m

MEETINGS IN FRANCE

Several rallies were held in Paris and in provincial towns in support of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, affected by the Israeli bombings aimed at eliminating Hamas following its attack on Israel three months ago.

In Paris, at the call of the CAPJPO-EuroPalestine association, a procession of 400 to 500 demonstrators started from the Place de la Bastille. “Immediate ceasefire,” the crowd chanted as they marched to Place de la Nation, where a rally organized by Urgence Palestine in support of the Palestinian people awaited them.

There were also gatherings in some other cities: almost 250 people in Lille, 300 to 400 in Rennes, 300 in Strasbourg.

2:10 p.m

For the EU it is “necessary” that Lebanon does not become involved in a war

“It is absolutely necessary to prevent a regional escalation in the Middle East, it is absolutely necessary to prevent Lebanon from being drawn into a regional conflict,” European Union diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said during a press conference in Beirut the head of Lebanese diplomacy Abdallah Bouhabib.

Since the start of the war, Lebanon's Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian Islamist movement, has increased its fire from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, generally targeting military targets near the border. The Israeli army responded with bombing raids. Those clashes are raising fears of a regional conflagration, particularly after the elimination of Hamas' number two, Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed on Tuesday in an attack attributed to Israel in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.

2:07 p.m

BLINKEN-ERDOGAN MEETING

American diplomacy chief Antony Blinken met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on his way to the Middle East to discuss the war in Gaza.

The Turkish president, who denounces U.S. support for Israel and calls Israel a “terrorist” state, had avoided Antony Blinken's previous visit to Ankara in November.

1:03 p.m

Hamas leader calls on US to act

Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh called on American diplomacy chief Antony Blinken, who made his fourth trip to the Middle East since October 7, to focus on “ending” Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

“We hope […] “That this time he will focus on ending the aggression, with the aim of ending the occupation of all Palestinian land,” he said in this video released by his office on Friday evening. “We hope that Mr. Blinken has been able to learn his lessons.” “I understand the mistakes of the last three months and understand the magnitude of the mistakes that the United States has made in its blind support of Israel,” the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement added , who lives in exile in Qatar.