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Attacked massively and by surprise by Hamas on Saturday, Israel is at war. And according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this should be “long and difficult”. The Israeli army also announced this Monday that it had struck “more than 500 targets” overnight in the Gaza Strip to try to regain control against Hamas fighters, on the third day of clashes. More than 700 Israelis have been killed since the start of the attack and 2,150 have been injured, the Israeli army announced in a new report published this Monday morning. Foreign nationals are also among the victims, including a French woman. The Israeli army is also working to rescue Israeli hostages. According to the Government Press Office (GPO), Hamas has taken “more than 100 prisoners.” In the Gaza Strip under Hamas control since 2007, 413 Palestinians including 78 children and 41 women were killed and 2,300 injured, local authorities announced on Sunday.
Ukraine, the Middle East… there is no shortage of topics of tension at the UN. Several members of the Security Council condemned on Sunday the surprise offensive by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israel, even if the United States regretted the lack of unanimity during an emergency meeting behind closed doors. Just before the session, Washington called on all Council members to strongly condemn “the heinous terrorist acts” of Hamas “against the Israeli people and their government.” According to diplomats, no state has put a proposal for a joint declaration on the table, while the Council is regularly divided on the Israeli-Palestinian issue and certain members hope for a text going beyond a condemnation of Hamas only. .
The festival was supposed to be a celebration, but it tragically gave way to terror. Very early Saturday morning, a rave party in the Israeli desert ended with a Hamas attack. Dozens of young revelers, participating in the Nova Festival, were killed or kidnapped, in parallel with the “Al-Aqsa flood” launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel. Many families are still without news of their loved ones, but the first victims are beginning to be identified. Two days after this bloody event, 20 minutes takes stock of the current situation for you.