The pause in fighting will continue. “Qatar announces that an agreement has been reached to extend the truce for two more days in the Gaza Strip”announced the spokesperson for the Quatarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on, Monday November 27. In the process, Hamas confirmed the extension of the truce.
A little earlier in the afternoon, the Palestinian Islamist movement announced that it was preparing a new list of hostages to be released in order to “extend the truce”. The Israeli government spokesperson also said he had offered Hamas a “option” in this direction. The truce, which began on Friday, was due to end on Tuesday at 7 a.m. local time. Follow our live stream.
The French medical aid ship “Dixmude” arrived in Egypt. This is what franceinfo learned from the Ministry of the Armed Forces, confirming information from AFP. The helicopter carrier, configured to provide hospital support to the wounded in the Gaza Strip, arrived in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich on Monday.
Nearly 40 hostages freed in three days. The agreement provides for the release of 50 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for 150 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, as well as the daily entry of aid into Gaza. Since Friday, 39 hostages have been released under the agreement – as well as 24 hostages outside the agreement, mostly Thais who worked in Israel – and 117 Palestinian prisoners have been released, at a ratio of one hostage to three prisoners. .
UN experts call for investigation into war crimes. Morris Tidball-Binz, United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, and Alice Jill Edwards, special rapporteur on torture, called on Monday for independent investigations into the “allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity” by all parties since the October 7 attack launched by Hamas in Israel.
Elon Musk visiting a kibbutz. The billionaire and boss of the social network Elon Musk has been under fire for the proliferation of hate speech on X since he took control in October 2022.