Iran warned this Saturday, November 9, against the risk of the war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon spreading outside the Middle East, where Israel is facing pro-Iranian movements. “The world must know that if the war spreads, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the Middle East region,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
At the same time, Donald Trump spoke by telephone with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, as well as with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohamed Chia al-Soudani. The American president-elect has once again reiterated his desire to “end the war” in the Middle East.
Information to remember
⇒ Iran warns of risk of “spread” of war outside the Middle East
⇒ Exchange between Donald Trump and Mahmoud Abbas, according to the Palestinian presidency
⇒ The “anti-Semitic attacks” in Amsterdam are “abject”, denounces Joe Biden
Gaza: Civil Defense announces 14 dead in two Israeli strikes
Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced this Saturday morning the death of 14 people, killed in two Israeli strikes, one “on a school” in the North, the other on a camp of “tents for displaced people in Khan Younes” in the South. A missile strike on the Fahad al-Sabah school, an establishment in the Al-Touffah neighborhood of Gaza City transformed into an emergency accommodation center, left “five dead, including children, and 22 injured”, said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for Civil Defense in a press release. The other Israeli air strike “on tents of displaced people in Khan Younes” left “9 dead and 11 injured.”
Engaged against the Palestinian Sunni Islamist movement Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip, as well as against the Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli army announced that in the last 24 hours it had struck “more than 50 terrorist targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Iran warns of risk of war “spreading” outside the Middle East
Iran warned this Saturday of the risk of the war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, where Israel faces pro-Iranian movements, spreading to other regions outside the Middle East. “The world must know that if the war spreads, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the Middle East region,” warned Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a speech broadcast on Iranian television. ‘State. “Insecurity and instability can spread to other regions, even very distant ones,” he added.
Iraqi Prime Minister hopes for “end of wars” in the Middle East from Donald Trump
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Chia al-Soudani spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump, saying he hoped he would keep his election “promises” and his “commitment” to “end wars” in the Middle East . During their telephone interview, Mohamed Chia al-Soudani highlighted “his attention to Donald Trump’s declarations and promises during his electoral campaign, including his commitment to ending wars in the region, and the two sides agreed to coordinate to achieve this”, according to a press release from the Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, published Friday evening.
Exchange between Donald Trump and Mahmoud Abbas
Donald Trump and the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, spoke by telephone, the American president-elect pledging to work “to end the war”, the Palestinian presidency announced on Friday. During this exchange, President Abbas wished Donald Trump success and said he was ready to work with him “to achieve a just and complete peace based on international legitimacy.”
For his part, Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, stressed that he would “work to end the war” and that he was “ready to work with President Abbas and the parties concerned in the region and in the world to establish peace in the region.
Vast majority of deaths in Gaza are women and children, UN says
Women and children represent “nearly 70%” of deaths in the Gaza Strip over the period from November 2023 to April 2024, the UN said on Friday after a careful verification of a partial count of victims of the war waged. by Israel against Hamas.
The new report from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also details a wide range of violations of international law, which for many could amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and perhaps even to “genocide”. “The report shows that civilians in Gaza were the most affected by the attacks, particularly during the ‘total siege'” of the narrow strip of territory by Israeli forces, the UN said.
Israel’s embassy to the UN in Geneva “categorically” rejected the report and its “absurd conclusions”, denouncing the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ “inherent obsession with demonizing Israel.” .
“Anti-Semitic attacks” in Amsterdam are “abject”, denounces Biden
Joe Biden on Friday described as “abject” the “anti-Semitic attacks against Israeli football fans” in Amsterdam, an event “which recalls dark moments in history, when Jews were persecuted”. “We must fight relentlessly against anti-Semitism, wherever it emerges,” the departing American president declared on X, adding that he had been in contact with “officials from Israel and the Netherlands.”
UNIFIL once again accuses the Israeli army of damaging one of its positions in Lebanon
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday accused the Israeli army of damaging one of its positions in the south of the country, in an action described as “deliberate and direct”.
The events, which occurred this Thursday, come after “seven other similar incidents” perpetrated by the Israeli army, UNIFIL said. According to the statement, two excavators and a bulldozer “destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure in a UNIFIL position in Ras Naqoura.”
“We also note with concern the destruction and removal this week of two of the blue barrels which mark the withdrawal line demarcated by the UN between Lebanon and Israel,” adds the United Nations Interim Force, noting that the peacekeepers “directly observed” the Israeli army removing one of them.