As part of negotiations for a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, Emmanuel Macron receives the Emir of Qatar, Tamim ben Hamad Al-Thani, this Tuesday at the Elysée.
On the ground, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted an Israeli military base in response to raids which targeted eastern Lebanon, for the first time since the start of the war in Gaza, leaving two dead in the ranks of the powerful formation. Lebanese.
Information to remember
⇒ Biden hopes for a ceasefire “by Monday”
⇒ New US strikes against Houthi missiles in the Red Sea
⇒ Jordan drops humanitarian aid “directly to the population” of Gaza
Biden evokes an “agreement” with Israel to cease its “operations” during Ramadan
“There was an agreement by the Israelis that [les Israéliens] would not engage in operations during Ramadan, in order to give us time to bring out all the hostages” held by the Palestinian Islamist movement, Joe Biden declared this Monday in an interview on American television NBC. Furthermore, The President of the United States was optimistic about the hope of a truce between Israel and Hamas. “I am hopeful that by next Monday, we will have a ceasefire,” said said Joe Biden. And to qualify: “My national security adviser tells me that we are close, it is not yet done.”
Egypt, Qatar, the United States, France and other countries have been trying to negotiate a new ceasefire for several weeks. An Israeli official told the Ynet news site that “the trend is positive” on condition of anonymity.
The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, begins a two-day state visit to Paris this Tuesday, the French presidency announced. The Qatari leader is expected to meet Emmanuel Macron at 4 p.m. (3 p.m. GMT) at the Elysée.
Red Sea: new American strikes against Houthi missiles
According to the US Middle East Military Command (Centcom), the United States on Monday struck drones and anti-ship cruise missile systems of Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Drones and missile systems, identified in areas controlled by Yemeni rebels, presented “an imminent threat” to American merchant ships and warships, Centcom said.
Israelis vote for municipal elections postponed by war
Initially scheduled for the end of October then postponed twice, the municipal elections are taking place this Tuesday and some 7.2 million people are called to the polls in Israel, in Jerusalem, in the settlements of the occupied West Bank, and in part of the annexed Golan.
The municipal elections were, however, postponed until November in towns and kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip as well as in towns in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, the scene of heavy exchanges of fire between the army Israeli and Lebanese Hezbollah.
Gaza: Jordan drops humanitarian aid
Jordanian forces carried out “four airdrops carrying aid to the population of Gaza” (food and relief supplies), following the order of King Abdullah II, according to an army statement. The operation aimed to “deliver aid directly to the population and drop it along the coast of the Gaza Strip, from north to south.”
“Four C-130 aircraft, including one belonging to the French armed forces,” made the deliveries, it is specified in the press release. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this operation, adding that “2.2 tonnes of food packages and hygiene kits” had been dropped by the French aircraft “in specific containers equipped with parachutes”.
Israel continues to limit humanitarian aid, say NGOs
This Monday, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israel of continuing to limit humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, despite the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) request in January to do everything to prevent a genocide in the besieged territory.
The two NGOs say the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza has fallen by around a third since the court’s ruling.
Hezbollah bombs military base in Israel
Hezbollah announced on Monday that it had bombed an Israeli military base in response to raids which targeted eastern Lebanon, for the first time since the start of the war in Gaza, leaving two dead in the ranks of the powerful Lebanese formation.
Mahmoud Abbas accepts the resignation of the Palestinian government
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of the government, announced earlier today. He subsequently mandated the former head of government, Mohammed Shtayyeh, and his ministers “to temporarily remain in office until a new government is formed.”
The resigning Prime Minister, in office since 2019, affirmed that “the next step” required “new governmental and political measures that take into account the new reality in the Gaza Strip” as well as an “urgent need for a inter-Palestinian consensus” and the creation of a Palestinian state with authority over the West Bank and Gaza.