A year later, leaders, particularly Western ones, reiterated on Monday their “horror” at the memory of the “atrocious” attacks committed by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023 and their attachment to peace. From Amsterdam to Tokyo, via Washington or Ankara, numerous declarations as well as rallies with the Jewish community, but also pro-Palestinian demonstrations, marked the anniversary of this day of massacres, the deadliest in the history of the Hebrew state.
US President Joe Biden, whose country supplies arms to Israel, said he was “totally committed” to the “security of Israel”, while conceding that October 7 was also “a black day for the Palestinians”. In Europe, remembrance ceremonies involving relatives of the victims of the attacks took place in Paris, Warsaw, Madrid and Bucharest. In France, Prime Minister Michel Barnier attended a tribute organized by the Jewish community on Monday evening. “We will not let anything pass” and “we will continue to fight anti-Semitism by all means,” he promised. “The pain remains as strong,” Emmanuel Macron had previously underlined.
Information to remember
⇒ New Israeli strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut
⇒ Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv
⇒ Netanyahu promises Israelis to continue the fight
08:10
Turkey will evacuate its nationals from Lebanon on Wednesday
Turkey will evacuate some 2,000 nationals to Lebanon by sea on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday. Two Turkish navy ships will leave a port in the southern province of Mersin on Tuesday to head to Beirut, the same source added.
07:10
Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv
Lebanese Hezbollah announced Monday that it had fired a salvo of rockets towards the main Israeli military intelligence base, Glilot, near Tel Aviv. This military intelligence base would also house, according to Israeli media, the headquarters of Mossad, Israeli foreign intelligence. The pro-Iranian Islamist movement had already announced that it had targeted this base in August and October. He notably dedicated this attack to his leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed at the end of September in an Israeli strike.
07:00
Israeli army says it intercepted “a few” projectiles fired from Lebanon
The Israeli army said Monday evening that it had intercepted “a few” projectiles out of a total of “around five fired” from Lebanon, the others having “fallen on uninhabited areas”. Around 11:15 p.m., warning sirens sounded in numerous locations in central Israel, even in the north of the Tel Aviv metropolis, according to Israeli passive defense. The army then indicated that it had identified “approximately five projectiles” fired from Lebanon and having entered Israeli airspace.
06:50
New Israeli strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut
The official Lebanese agency Ani reported new Israeli strikes Monday evening against the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, which have been shelled relentlessly for several days. The southern suburbs “were the target of two raids,” said Ani, shortly after a new evacuation order issued by the Israeli army to residents of certain sectors of this Hezbollah stronghold, which has been the target of bombings since September 23.
Ani reported a new “violent” Israeli strike against this sector. By early evening, the agency had reported six successive strikes, this time without a prior evacuation order. Earlier on Monday, a security source told AFP that the Israeli air force had carried out a strike near the international airport.
06:40
Washington reiterates its call on Israel to spare Beirut airport
The United States on Monday warned Israel against any attacks on Beirut airport or the roads leading to it, as the Israeli army carries out intense strikes against Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. “We consider it important that not only the airport remains open but that the roads leading to it also remain open” in particular to allow those who wish to leave Lebanon, the State Department spokesperson told the press. , Matthew Miller.
The United States has been chartering almost daily flights for a week to facilitate the departure of its nationals and their relatives, in the midst of the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
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October 7: Netanyahu promises Israelis to continue the fight
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised his compatriots on Monday evening to continue the fight until the war goals set by his government are achieved, in a televised message broadcast on the first anniversary of the October 7 attack.
“We have defined the goals of the war and we are achieving them: to overthrow Hamas [à Gaza]bring all the hostages home, the living and the dead. This is a sacred mission, we will not stop until we have accomplished it,” declared Benyamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister cited under this same “sacred mission” the two other goals of war set by the executive: “eliminate any future threat to Israel from the Gaza Strip” and “bring back the inhabitants of the south and the north [du pays] safe in their homes.” “We will continue to fight,” he said repeatedly, listing those goals. “I will not give up,” he said of the release of hostages. “We will continue to fight and together we will win,” he added. “Victory guarantees eternity,” he said.