Oct 19, 2023 2:07 p.m
The Palace of Versailles was evacuated due to a bomb threat
A bomb threat triggered another evacuation of the Palace of Versailles. This was reported by the broadcaster Bfmtv on the grounds that it was the fourth time since last Saturday that the palace had been evacuated.
Oct 19, 2023 2:05 p.m
UNRWA: “Hospitals work without anesthesia”
“The situation in Gaza’s hospitals is dramatic: the doctors are exhausted and have been working non-stop for 12 days. They have just informed me that they are operating without anesthesia because the anesthesia has now worn off.” This was reported by Raquel Martì, the director of UNRWA in Madrid, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, into the microphones of the Spanish public television Tve . “We then had to ration the water: we only distribute one liter of water per person per day. Water – he adds – is vital. If there is no water, the population will die of thirst, especially children and the elderly.”
Oct 19, 2023 1:40 p.m
Warning sirens in Tel Aviv
Air raid sirens are wailing in Tel Aviv and central Israel.
Oct 19, 2023 1:34 p.m
Sunak is expected in Saudi Arabia: he will see bin Salman
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Saudi Arabia in the next few hours to meet heir to the throne Mohammed bin Salman. This was announced by Sunak’s spokesman, who arrived in Israel this morning. “Later this afternoon he will fly to Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” the spokesman said, describing the Gulf kingdom as an important regional partner.
Oct 19, 2023 1:25 p.m
Sunak: “Palestinians are also victims of Hamas”
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak noted in Israel, where he met his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, that “the Palestinian people are also victims of Hamas.” “We know,” he noted, “that you are taking increased measures to reduce the harm to the civilian population.” In this context, he praised the Israeli government’s decision to authorize the entry of initial humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
Oct 19, 2023 1:19 p.m
Sunak to Netanyahu: “We want your victory”
“I am proud to be here with you in Israel’s darkest hour,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at a news conference in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will stand in solidarity with you, we will stand with your people. We want your victory,” he added.
Oct 19, 2023 1:18 p.m
US embassies mourn the hospital in Gaza with flags at half-mast
Antony Blinken sent a telegram to all American diplomatic missions around the world, authorizing them to fly flags at half-mast “to mark the mourning after the host government issued an official statement on October 18 about the deaths in the hospital explosion of Ali Ahli had submitted.” “. Diplomats are told that failure to comply would “expose the embassy to further security risks and isolate it from other embassies.” In his message, the US Secretary of State then explains that the US Embassy can still lower the flag to half-mast if the host government expresses solidarity with Hamas, support for terrorism or condemnation of Israel but makes a statement must ensure that this is the case. This is only happening out of solidarity with the innocent victims.
Oct 19, 2023 1:04 p.m
Netanyahu to Sunak: “Fight together against the new Nazis”
“They fought against the Nazis 80 years ago, now we have to fight together against Hamas, which represents the new Nazism,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with his British counterpart Rushi Sunak. “And – he added – a fight for the future: on the one hand there is the axis of evil with Iran, on the other the force of progress.” “This is our darkest hour, the darkest hour in the world.”
Oct 19, 2023 1:03 p.m
The Israeli attack kills nine people, including seven children
Israeli shelling continues to target residential towers across the Gaza Strip. Today, a Jewish state raid hit a residential tower, killing nine people, including seven children.
Witnesses on site reported that people were still trapped under the rubble. Several buildings were razed to the ground.
Oct 19, 2023 1:02 p.m
“Hamas commandos were under the influence of drugs”
Some of the Hamas commandos who carried out brutal acts against Israeli civilians near the Gaza Strip on October 7 were under the influence of a synthetic drug called Captagon. The Israeli private television station 12 learned this. Traces of Captagon had been discovered among Hamas prisoners in Israel, it was said. Pills of this anesthetic were also found in the pockets of Hamas members who remained on the ground after the fighting. It is, the broadcaster added, a drug manufactured in Lebanon and Syria, also known as “poor man’s cocaine.” In the past it was used by IS.