After a visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the head of the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) described the enclave as “hell on earth” as the army carried out bombings. “There are people everywhere, living on the streets and having everything they lack. It's them.” “They're begging to be brought to safety,” he emphasizes. Follow the latest information.
13:17
ISRAEL'S REVIEW
The Israeli army has updated the number of soldiers injured in the war since October 7, bringing the total to 1,683 people. According to the IDF, 263 soldiers are seriously injured, 465 moderately injured and 955 slightly injured.
1:06 p.m
FRENCH SHIP DRONE COMPLETED
A French ship patrolling the Red Sea shot down a drone on Monday that threatened a Norwegian-flagged oil tanker that was attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the French defense ministry said. The multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Languedoc “intercepted and destroyed a drone that directly threatened the Strinda” and then “moved to the shelter of the affected building to prevent the attempt to hijack the ship,” it said the ministry's press release.
12:52
“HELL OF EARTH”
It is “hell on earth” in Gaza, said Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, after a visit to the Palestinian territories constantly bombarded by Israel. “Back in Gaza, a tragedy that just keeps getting worse. There are people living on the streets everywhere who lack everything. They are begging to be brought to safety and for an end to this hell on earth. We demand the impossible to our colleagues, in this impossible situation,” explained Philippe Lazzarini on X.
11:17
A SHOT FROM THE HOUTHI REBEL
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a rocket attack in the Red Sea that hit a Norwegian-flagged oil tanker a day earlier, saying they were acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, where the Israeli army is waging war against the Islamist movement Hamas . The American army announced the previous evening that a missile fired from Houthi-controlled areas hit the tanker off the coast of Yemen without causing casualties, an incident confirmed by Norwegian shipowner J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi.
10:47
A HOSPITAL IN GAZA STORMS
Hamas' health ministry accused the Israeli army of launching an attack on a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip that had been “besieged and bombed” for several days. Israeli forces “launched the attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital after besieging and bombarding it for several days,” says ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidreh, adding that “they are about to attack the men, including medical ones, to regroup. “We fear that the medical personnel will be arrested or killed.”
10:39
A CONVOY CONTROLLED BY THE IDF
The WHO condemned the Israeli army's checks on a medical convoy in the Gaza Strip, which it said had cost the life of one of the injured people transported. “We are deeply concerned about the ongoing controls and detentions of health workers, which are endangering the lives of already frail patients,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X.
According to him, a humanitarian convoy encountered obstacles on Saturday on the way to the northern Gaza Strip and Ahli Arab Hospital and then on the way back. The WHO-led convoy with the Palestinian Red Crescent was stopped twice at an Israeli army checkpoint near Wadi Gaza, which separates the north from the south of the Palestinian territory.
10:04
“ZARA BOYCOTT”
The brand is under fire after a new campaign purportedly commemorates Gaza's victims. Zara has notably removed the controversial images from its social networks and website.
09:33
ACCIDENTS
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, 13 of the Israeli soldiers killed since October 7 were misidentified as terrorists and killed by friendly fire. 7 other soldiers died in accidents involving vehicles or weapons. As a reminder, the Israeli army continues its war against Hamas and is shelling the Gaza Strip from north to south.
07:41
WHITE PHOSPHORUS
Washington expressed concern after an article in the American press that Israel had used white phosphorus. According to the Washington Post, the Israeli army used this American-made ammunition in attacks on southern Lebanon in October. The non-governmental organization Amnesty International had already denounced this in a report at the end of October.
07:27
UPDATE ON THE CONFLICT
The UN General Assembly must again decide on a “humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Israeli army continues to bomb southern Gaza, near Rafah and in Khan Yunis. Here is the information from the last 24 hours.
07:27
Firing a missile rocket into the Red Sea
A missile fired from areas controlled by Houthi rebels hit a Norwegian-flagged ship off the coast of Yemen without causing casualties, the US military said. The Strinda, an oil-chemical tanker, was hit by a cruise missile fired from an area controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen, the US Military Middle East Command (Centcom) said on X.
According to the British maritime safety agency UKMTO, an incident occurred off the Yemeni town of Mokha in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa. According to Centcom, a fire broke out on board and the American destroyer USS Mason came to the ship's aid.
07:23
Biden and Netanyahu
In his Hanukkah speech, Joe Biden referred to the complex relationship he has with Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting that the prime minister is in a “difficult situation” and that the two have had some disagreements. The American president said he had written on an old photo of the two men: “Bibi, I love you, but I don't agree with anything you have to say.”
06:56
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war in Israel and its consequences around the world. There you will find the most up-to-date information throughout the day.
Deadly Israeli airstrikes hit the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, where ground fighting is raging between the army and Hamas, sending civilians into exodus amid desperate humanitarian and health conditions. Witnesses said new attacks targeted the southern Gaza towns of Khan Younes and Rafah, home to hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled fighting in the north.
According to the Hamas Health Ministry, more than 18,200 people have died in Palestinian territory, the vast majority women and people under 18, killed by Israeli bombings on October 7 as part of the Islamist movement's bloody assault on Israel. According to authorities, that attack killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and about 240 other people were taken hostage.
Fighting continued Monday in Khan Younes, where the army was “dismantling Hamas infrastructure,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Monday evening. According to him, “more than 500 terrorists” were also arrested last month in the Gaza Strip, where 104 Israeli soldiers have died since ground fighting began.
Hamas' health ministry on Monday reported “dozens” of deaths in the bombings, particularly in Khan Yunis and Rafah, in Gaza City and the neighboring Jabalia refugee camp in the north, and in the Nuseirat and Maghazi camps (center). Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel caused damage and left one person slightly injured in Holon, a suburb of Tel Aviv, police said.
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