Cover photo: Palestinians pray for their relatives killed during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir al Balah, Thursday, October 26, 2023. Hatem Moussa / AP
- The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution supporting Israel. According to the text, which was approved with 412 votes (10 deputies voted against), the Jewish state defends itself “against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.”
- Two new competing resolutions from the US and Russia were rejected in the UN Security Council. In less than two weeks, the Council rejected four draft resolutions, exposing its differences and causing frustration among a number of diplomats over this inaction.
- Israeli planes bombed Lebanon in retaliation for the firing of a surface-to-air missile on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. Early Wednesday, the Israeli army also targeted military targets in Syria in response to shelling directed at Israel.
- When it comes to international law, France “does not practice double standards,” Emmanuel Macron assured on Wednesday Visit to Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. Qatar and Turkey had previously denounced the “double standards” policy of some Western countries regarding the war between Israel and Hamas and their “inability (…) to condemn and prevent the catastrophe in Gaza.”
- At your visit The head of state also announced that a French plane would land in Egypt “soon”. [jeudi] to deliver medical equipment to Gaza, past the Rafah terminal. “Others will follow,” the president added.
- A “massive” ground operation by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip would be “a mistake,” the French president said. Such an operation “is unlikely to protect Israel in the long term” and “is not compatible with respect for civilians,” he said. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi also called on Israel to avoid a “land invasion of Gaza.”because it will cause “a large number of civilian casualties”.
- The number of French people killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7th now stands at 31announced Emmanuel Macron, who added that nine more “hostages” were being held.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Wednesday evening that he too must be held “responsible” for the “security deficiencies” that enabled Hamas attacks. “We will investigate exactly what happened until the end (…). But all this will happen after the war,” he said.
- United States President Joe Biden reiterated on Wednesday evening that Israel has not only the right but also “the responsibility” to defend itself after the Hamas attack while “doing everything in its power to protect civilians.” protect”.
- The American president also said he had not “demanded” Benjamin Netanyahu to postpone a ground offensive in Gaza until the hostages were released from Hamas hands. According to the Wall Street Journal, under pressure from the Americans, the Jewish state agreed to postpone such a military operation in order to maintain diplomatic efforts to release hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist movement.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “cancels” all travel plans to Israel despite the recent rapprochement between the two countries. “You will not find another state whose army behaves so inhumanely,” he added of Israel’s reprisals in Gaza. He also appreciated that “Hamas is not a terrorist group, but a group of liberators protecting their country.”
- The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Thursday that 7,028 people had been killed since the beginning of the conflict.
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