5:07 p.m
Five French people were among those evacuated from Gaza to Egypt this Wednesday
4:35 p.m
The Israeli army says 15 soldiers have been killed since Tuesday
The Israeli army said on Wednesday that 15 of its soldiers had been killed since the previous day in the Gaza Strip, where it is stepping up land operations in the war against the Palestinian Hamas.
3:42 p.m
Hamas leader accuses Israel of committing “massacres” to cover up its “failures.”
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday accused Israel of carrying out “massacres” in Gaza to cover up its “failures” and asserted that the region would not experience stability if the Palestinians did not gain independence. “We tell the enemy (…) that your efforts to cover up your mistakes will not save you from a crushing defeat,” Qatar’s Ismaïl Haniyeh said in a speech broadcast by Hamas media. “There will be no security and stability in the region and outside the region if the rights of our people to freedom, independence and return are not realized,” he added.
2:52 p.m
The October 7 attack was a response to the policies of the Netanyahu government, says Hamas leader
2:17 p.m
Iran and Turkey call for a conference to prevent the conflict from spreading
Turkish diplomatic chiefs Hakan Fidan and Iranian Amir Abdollahian called on Wednesday in Ankara for an international conference to be convened as quickly as possible to avoid a regional war.
2:11 p.m
The mother of the French children killed in Gaza is close to Hamas and is the subject of an international arrest warrant
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2:08 p.m
Hamas announces that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 8,796
The Palestinian Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 8,796 people, including 3,648 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war with Israel began. The previous report released Tuesday reported 8,525 deaths.
11:41 a.m
The words of three-time Olympic medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi spark outrage
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11:01 a.m
Reporters Without Borders denounces “war crimes” against journalists
The NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced in a press release on Wednesday that it had appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “war crimes against journalists” in the Palestinian territories and Israel.
10:06 am
Nine Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday
The Israeli army released on Wednesday the names of nine soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip a day earlier, bringing its military casualties to 326 since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
09:57.
A first group of several hundred people was allowed to leave Gaza
Dozens of foreigners and dual nationals left the Gaza Strip for Egypt this Wednesday through the Rafah border crossing, which opened to people for the first time on the 26th day of the war between Israel and Hamas. According to Egyptian authorities, almost 650 people are affected, including 90 Palestinians. For its part, BFMTV states that five French humanitarian workers are part of the evacuation convoy.
09:22.
What we know after the Jabaliya refugee camp bombing
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09:21.
Why is the use of white phosphorus controversial?
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07:53.
Amnesty International accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in Lebanon
According to the NGO Amnesty International, which conducted an investigation, the Israeli army used white phosphorus in offensives in southern Lebanon on October 17.
A new investigation by Amnesty has found that the Israeli army used white phosphorus indiscriminately and unlawfully in an attack on Dhayra in southern Lebanon on October 16.
The attack must be investigated as a war crime. pic.twitter.com/RyK1CePSGj
– Amnesty International (@amnesty) October 31, 2023
07:27.
Saudi Arabia condemns the bombing of the Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned “with the utmost firmness” the Israeli bombing of a refugee camp in Gaza that killed dozens of people and, Israel said, targeted a commander of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
07:24.
More than 50 dead in the bombing of the Jabaliya camp
According to the Hamas government’s Health Ministry, the bombing of the Jabaliya camp (116,000 refugees) in the north of the territory on Tuesday left “more than 50” dead and hundreds injured.