The war between Hamas and Israel continues. The latest information.
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- The war between Israel and Hamas has left 5,791 dead, including 2,360 children, and 16,297 injured on the Palestinian side, according to figures from the Hamas government, which should be taken with caution. In Israel, the death toll is still estimated at 1,400 deaths.
- “It is important to recognize that the Hamas attacks did not occur out of context,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last night at a Security Council meeting. Israel demanded his resignation and refused to grant visas to UN officials, considering these statements to justify the Hamas attack. “The grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the horrific attacks by Hamas,” Antonio Guterres tweeted in response, adding: “These horrible attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
- The Israeli army does not relax the military pressure and continues its strikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. She assured Tuesday that she had “attacked more than 400 military targets” of Hamas and “eliminated [trois] commanders of the terrorist organization […] who were preparing to launch rocket attacks and other terrorist actions towards the Israeli rear.” The Israeli chief of staff further declared that the objective is to “bring Hamas to a state of complete dismantling “. Tuesday evening, the spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that around fifty people had been killed in one hour in “several sectors”, between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Paris time.
- The UN, through its Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, again called on Tuesday for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” before the Security Council. For its part, the White House maintained its position, once again affirming that “a ceasefire at this stage would only benefit Hamas.”
- A fourth humanitarian convoy was able to enter the Gaza Strip, the Red Crescent revealed late Tuesday evening. This fourth convoy, which arrived in Gaza since October 21 via the Rafah border post in Egypt, would be composed, according to the post X (ex-Twitter) of the humanitarian organization, of five trucks of water, two of food and one of medicines. However, aid remains insufficient. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell called for “more aid, more quickly” for the Gaza Strip on Monday. The UN also considers the humanitarian aid entering the Palestinian territory insufficient. While just over 60 trucks have entered the enclave, the organization estimates that 100 trucks per day are needed to meet the needs of Gazans. The American president continues to urge the Israeli Prime Minister to “maintain a continuous flow” of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- At the end of his visit to Israel and the West Bank on Tuesday, the French head of state considered that Hamas’ attack on Israel is “a catastrophe for the Palestinians.” Emmanuel Macron once again called to “protect civilians everywhere and everywhere”. He also called for international cooperation to fight terrorism. Emmanuel Macron went to Amman, Jordan late Tuesday evening. He is due to meet King Abdullah II there on Wednesday. The head of state also reiterated France’s support for Israel in the fight against Hamas, but called for a fight in accordance with humanitarian law which “does not [prend] not target civilians.”
- 220 hostages are still being held by Hamas, according to the Israeli army. Four of them, all American women, were released on October 20 and 23. Tuesday evening, Qatar’s negotiators said they were “hopeful” to release other hostages soon. Among those detained were around thirty children, according to the IDF.
- Still nine French people are missing since the Hamas strikes in Israel, Emmanuel Macron said this Tuesday, October 24. If the Head of State spoke of “detained” nationals, the Élysée specifies that it has not heard from them, but cannot confirm their hostage status despite a strong presumption that they are detained by Hamas . For the moment only the presence of French national Mia Shem is confirmed among the hostages. In addition to the hostages, 56 French people are stuck in the Gaza Strip without the possibility of being exfiltrated according to the French consulate in Jerusalem. Finally, 30 nationals have been killed since the start of the war.
- The war between Israel and Hamas risks spreading. The Hebrew State and Hezbollah continue to exchange strikes, Israel particularly targets southern Lebanon and the infrastructures of Hezbollah, an Islamist movement supporting Hamas. Benjamin Netanyahu brought together his generals and his war cabinet this Monday to take stock of the evolution of the conflict. Israeli strikes were also launched in Syria, on the airports of Damascus and Aleppo, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA. Iran has warned Israel and the United States that the war in the Middle East will become “out of control” if they do not “immediately put an end to crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza.”
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Context
The war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023 with a surprise and massive strike launched by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on the Jewish state. Many fighters carried out incursions near the Gaza Strip border while airstrikes were launched. These terrorist attacks gave rise to scenes of horror and massacres in several Jewish kibbutzim in Israel.
Israel ordered the response within hours of the attack before imposing a siege on Gaza on Monday, October 9. The same day the Israeli army announced that it had regained control of the border with the Gaza Strip. Since then it seems to be preparing a ground attack on Palestinian territory.