After almost 14 months of war, a Hamas delegation is due to travel this Saturday, November 30 to Cairo, Egypt, for discussions with a view to a truce in the Gaza Strip, according to information communicated by Hamas. At the same time, a little more than 48 hours after the entry into force of a ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Islamist movement Hezbollah, ally of Hamas, the truce already seems to be weakened by initial tensions. The Israeli army announced it had carried out an airstrike on a site on the border between Lebanon and Syria, saying it was used by Lebanese Hezbollah to deliver weapons.
Information to remember
⇒ A Hamas delegation in Cairo this Saturday, with a view to negotiating a truce in Gaza
⇒ Israeli army says it carried out strike against Hezbollah on Lebanon-Syria border
⇒ In Gaza, three dead, including a child, in a stampede to buy bread
The EU extends its recommendations to companies to avoid flying over Lebanon and Iran
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) this Saturday extended its recommendations to airlines to avoid flying over Iran and Lebanon and to apply a “rigorous monitoring process” when flying over Israel, despite the truce entered into force on Wednesday with Hezbollah. These recommendations run until January 31 and are not binding, with the final decision resting with each national civil aviation authority.
“The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has reduced tensions […]. But the overall situation in the Middle East remains uncertain and should be closely monitored by the companies,” writes the EASA in its bulletin. After Israel’s attacks on Iran “on October 1 and 25-26 followed by the Iranian announcement of a response […]Iranian airspace represents a high risk,” adds the agency.
Israeli army says it carried out strike against Hezbollah on Lebanon-Syria border
The Israeli army announced that it had carried out an airstrike this Saturday on a site on the border between Lebanon and Syria, claiming that it was used by Lebanese Hezbollah to transport weapons. The IDF carried out a strike on “military infrastructure sites” near a crossing point between Syria and Lebanon “after finding that Hezbollah was smuggling weapons from Syria to Lebanon after the entry into force of the “ceasefire agreement” on Wednesday, “posing a de facto threat to the State of Israel”, indicates the army in a press release.
Efforts towards a truce in Gaza: a Hamas delegation in Cairo on Saturday
“A Hamas delegation will visit Cairo tomorrow [aujourd’hui, NDLR] for several meetings with Egyptian officials with whom ideas for a ceasefire and a prisoner agreement in the Gaza Strip will be discussed,” a Hamas official told AFP under the cover of of anonymity. The announcement of this visit comes less than 48 hours after the entry into force of a ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Islamist movement Hezbollah, ally of Hamas.
On Wednesday, the White House announced a new diplomatic effort by the United States, with a view to a cease-fire and an agreement to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip, with the help of Turkey , Qatar and Egypt.
Gaza: three dead in a stampede to buy bread
Two women and a minor died on Friday, trampled during a stampede in front of a bakery in Deir el-Balah where a crowd had gathered to buy bread, said witnesses and a medical source in this town in the center of the Gaza Strip. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday of serious shortages of medicine, food, shelter and fuel in the Gaza Strip, describing a “catastrophic” situation on the ground. The UN warned the day before of the closure of “all bakeries in central Gaza” due to “serious supply shortages”, even though they are “a lifeline” and “one of the few sources of food remaining.