Defense minister says Israeli troops are “in the heart of Gaza City.” Israeli troops are “in the heart of Gaza City,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday evening, on the 32nd day of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas. “We will destroy Hamas (…) Our forces are ready on all fronts,” he told a news conference in Tel Aviv, adding that “Gaza is the largest terrorist base ever established.” “Without the return of the hostages there will be no humanitarian ceasefire. »
New Hamas figure: more than 10,300 dead. The Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health says 10,328 people have been killed in Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7. According to the ministry, the death toll in the Gaza Strip passed the 10,000 threshold yesterday, the vast majority of whom were civilians, including more than 4,000 children.
Gérard Larcher and Yaël Braun-Pivet are calling for a “big march” against anti-Semitism on Sunday. On Tuesday, the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, and the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, called on “all those who profess the values of our Republic” to take part in a “large civil march” on Sunday “Against the Anti-Semitism. “A march for the republic and against anti-Semitism. A march for the France of human rights and for the united nation. A citizens’ march to denounce the perpetrators of hate. “A march for the release of the hostages, including eight of our compatriots,” they wrote in a column in Le Figaro, denouncing the increase in anti-Semitic acts in France since the October 7 Hamas massacres in Israel.
A minute’s silence for the victims of October 7th. A minute’s silence is observed in Israel and many countries at this time. The families of the victims are at the initiative of this minute’s silence. They asked participants to wear black and sing the Israeli national anthem.
Two new groups of French nationals have left the Gaza Strip. Two groups of French nationals, agents and rights holders were able to leave the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing on Monday and Tuesday, the Quai d’Orsay said on Tuesday. “They are safe in Egypt, where they were cared for by the French Embassy and our Consulate General in Cairo, as well as by the Crisis and Support Center teams of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs,” states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In total, France was able to organize the departure of more than 100 people.
Two new complaints against Hamas in France. In France, two new complaints have been filed with the anti-terrorism justice system, including one for crimes against humanity involving people killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. Lawyers Ilana Soskin and Yaël Scemama announced in a press release that they had filed a lawsuit in Paris on Monday afternoon on behalf of two Frenchmen whose three family members were “murdered by Hamas terrorists” in the kibbutz on October 7. Beeri, while “Five other members” are being held hostage in Gaza, including two very young children aged three and eight. » The lawsuit for crimes against humanity “is directed against Hamas and its leaders,” while Kibbutz Beeri is “the scene of the worst atrocities” and even “pogroms,” the lawyers said.