To better understand the latest events in the conflict between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel, 20 minutes takes stock every evening. Between the strong declarations, the diplomatic advances or the dramatic results of the fighting, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
The negotiations were fierce and then they were successful. The resolution adopted by 13 votes in favor, none against and two abstentions (United States and Russia) “requires all parties to authorize and facilitate the immediate, safe and unimpeded delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance” in Gaza and calls for “urgently taking” measures in this regard and to “create the conditions for a lasting cessation of hostilities”.
The text – deemed “insufficient” by Hamas – also requires the use of “all access and circulation routes available throughout the Gaza Strip” for the delivery of fuel, food and medical equipment. throughout the territory. “We know that it is not a perfect text, we know that only a ceasefire will put an end to the suffering,” commented the Ambassador of the Emirates Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, at the origin of the text. But “if we do not take drastic measures, there will be famine in Gaza”, and this text “responds with action to the desperate humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people”, she added before the vote.
The number of the day
410. This is the number of Palestinians killed in 48 hours in the Palestinian enclave. Among these hundreds of people, 16 died this Friday in an Israeli bombing which hit a house in Jabaliya (north) and five, including four members of the same family including a young girl, in a strike against a car in Rafah ( south).
Sentence of the day
The real problem is the way Israel conducts its offensive”
“Many people measure the effectiveness of humanitarian operations in Gaza by the number of trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent, the UN and our partners that are allowed to cross the border. This is a mistake,” lamented UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. “The real problem is the way Israel is conducting its offensive, which is creating massive obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza,” he insisted, adding that a “humanitarian ceasefire is the “the only way to begin to respond to the desperate needs of the people of Gaza and put an end to the nightmare they are experiencing.”
Today’s trend
The Israeli army announced that one of its soldiers was killed and another seriously injured by fire from Lebanon. The two soldiers were hit by fire from Lebanon during an “operational activity” in the Shtoula area, near the Lebanese border, the army said in a statement. Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, exchanges of fire between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah have been almost daily at the border.
Pro-Iran Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, claimed responsibility for several attacks on Israeli army positions on Friday and announced that two of its fighters had been killed by Israeli fire. The violence on the border has left more than 140 dead on the Lebanese side, mostly Hezbollah fighters, and 13 on the Israeli side, including eight soldiers, since October 7.