Will the truce between Israel and Hezbollah last? Nine people were killed Monday, December 2 in Israeli strikes on villages in southern Lebanon, after Israel announced it would strike dozens of Hezbollah targets in retaliation for an attack claimed for the first time since the entry into force of the ceasefire. Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “serious violation” the shooting by the Lebanese pro-Iranian movement towards a disputed area on the borders of Lebanon and the part of the Syrian Golan occupied and annexed by Israel, promising to “react with force”. “The ceasefire is holding,” the United States, the Jewish state’s main ally, said Monday evening.
Information to remember
⇒ Israel threatens to penetrate “deeper” into Lebanon if the war resumes
⇒ Nine people were killed Monday in Israeli strikes on villages in southern Lebanon
⇒ The Jewish state considers an appeal from Paris, London and Berlin on aid to Gaza “disappointing”
Israel threatens to penetrate ‘deeper’ into Lebanon if war resumes
Israel will penetrate “deeper” into Lebanon if the fragile ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, in force since November 27, were to be broken, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Tuesday. “If we go to war again, we will act with even greater force and penetrate deeper”, and “there will no longer be immunity for the Lebanese State” and Israel will no longer make “distinction [entre le Liban et] Hezbollah,” the minister said during a visit to troops.
Israel considers appeal from Paris, London and Berlin on aid to Gaza “disappointing”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry judged “disappointing” this Tuesday an appeal launched the day before by Paris, London and Berlin asking Israel to provide “unhindered” humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory of Gaza. “It is disappointing that the ministers of Foreign Affairs of the E3 [le trio Allemagne, France et Grande-Bretagne, NDLR] did not address in their letter the massacre of October 7 and the daily attacks on civilians since then,” said Oren Marmorstein, spokesperson for Israeli Foreign Affairs, in a statement.
“Israel facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and does not impose any restrictions on the amount of aid entering the territory,” he said, adding: “Nevertheless, within In the Gaza Strip, international organizations are failing to distribute aid due to Hamas looting, among other reasons.
Hamas and Fatah agree to form committee to administer Gaza after war
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have agreed to form a committee to administer the Gaza Strip after the war, the Palestinian Authority learned on Tuesday. AFP with negotiators from both camps. Following discussions in Cairo under the aegis of the Egyptian authorities, the Palestinian enemy brothers approved a draft agreement to be validated by a presidential decree from Mahmoud Abbas, according to a member of the Hamas negotiating team and another from Fatah.
According to the text of the project seen by AFP, the committee, to be made up of ten to fifteen personalities not affiliated with one or the other movement, would have authority over all matters relating to humanitarian aid, the education, health, economy and reconstruction, in coordination with the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. The committee would also be responsible for administering the Palestinian part of the Rafah crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the small territory’s only gateway to a country other than Israel.
Donald Trump’s warning
Donald Trump warned Monday that the “price to pay would be terrible” for Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip if the hostages were not released before he takes office on January 20. “If the hostages are not released before January 20 (…), the price to pay will be TERRIBLE in the Middle East and for those responsible who perpetrated these atrocities against humanity,” wrote the American president-elect on its Truth Social platform.