The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in force since the end of November, will he hold out? The Israeli army said yesterday to have “intercepted” a drone launched, according to her, by the Islamist movement towards Israeli territory. This Friday, January 31, Tsahal said that he had hit several hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight. The Hebrew state, however, claims to remain “engaged” in the ceasefire.
Another truce, with Hamas, allowed the release of three new Israeli hostages yesterday and five Thai hostages, detained in the Gaza Strip since the attack on October 7, 2023. In exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners. Delayed by a few hours, the release of Palestinian detainees began after the Israeli government announced that it had received the “guarantee” that the next captive hostage releases in Gaza would be “in complete safety”, while those on Thursday have been marked by chaos scenes.
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⇒ The Israeli army strikes several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
⇒ The International Red Cross requires more security during the release of the hostages
⇒ Donald Trump is sure that Egypt and Jordan will receive displaced Palestinians
The Israeli army strikes several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
The Israeli army announced this Friday morning that it had hit several targets of the Islamist movement Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon in the night, despite a cease-fire in force since the end of November. “During the night (Thursday) […]the Israeli Air Force has struck multiple terrorist targets of Hezbollah in the Békaa valley […] Who presented a threat, “said the army in a message on social networks, claiming to remain” engaged “in the ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese movement.
One of the targeted sites contains an “underground infrastructure, used for the development and manufacturing of armaments”, added the army, which says it has also struck “Syro-Lebanese border used by Hezbollah for traffic D ‘Weapons for Lebanon “.
On Thursday, the Israeli army announced that it had “intercepted” a Hezbollah drone launched, according to it in the direction of Israeli territory. The army denounced Friday a “violation” of the cease-fire agreement which ended the war on November 27 between Israel and the Pro-Iranian movement.
The International Red Cross requires more security during the release of the hostages
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for “an improvement” of security and dignity during the release operations held in the Gaza Strip, after scenes of chaos on Thursday. The conditions under which the captives have been released “emphasize the importance for all parties to respect their agreements and ensure that operations take place safe and worthy,” wrote Mirjana Spoljaric in a press release, greeting the role of his teams in these transfers.
On Thursday, the liberation of Arbel Yehud, a 29 -year -old civilian, and Gadi Moses, an 80 -year -old farmer, took place in the middle of a noisy and overwhelmed crowd. Images have shown the frightened look of Arbel Yehud, escorted for long minutes in the crowd of Palestinians by a squad of combatants.
The ICRC – which advocates an absolute neutrality in which it draws its effectiveness on dangerous terrains – facilitated the transfer of hostages as well as that of Palestinian prisoners this Thursday, like all the transfers that preceded. “The ICRC does not control the moment of liberation, the place, the environment. Details and logistics are determined by the parties themselves,” said the organization based in Geneva.
Donald Trump is sure that Egypt and Jordan will receive displaced Palestinians
“They will do so,” said Donald Trump Thursday about Jordan and Egypt of displaced Palestinians, even if these two countries reject this transfer mentioned by the American president. “We do a lot for them and they will do it,” the republican president told the White House to a journalist who asked him how he could bring Amman and Cairo to change positions, without giving more details.
Egyptian head of state Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi and King Abdallah II of Jordan categorically rejected the idea put forward by Donald Trump on Wednesday to transfer the Palestinians of Gaza to their countries. “The deportation and displacement of the Palestinians of their land is an injustice in which we will not take part,” said the first. The second underlined in a press release “the firm position of Jordan on the need to maintain the Palestinians on their land and to allow them to obtain their legitimate rights, in accordance with the two -state solution”.
Liesse in Ramallah on arrival of released Palestinian prisoners
Stating flags and firing shots in the air, thousands of Palestinians in joy welcomed prisoners released by Israel in Ramallah in occupied West Bank. For this third exchange of Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners as part of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian authority led by Mahmoud Abbas organized the reception and only the yellow flags of the Fatah Party of the latter were visible at the start.
But when the two buses arrived carrying the released prisoners, the Palestinian police had trouble retaining the crowd, according to an AFP correspondent on the spot. Shots were fired as a celebration. Several Palestinians chanted pro-Hamas slogans and others agitated the green flag of the Palestinian Islamist movement which took power in Gaza in 2007.
A total of 110 Palestinians were released Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian authorities said.