The lull won’t be there any time soon. The truce agreement between Israel and Hamas will not come into force before Friday, the head of the Israeli National Security Council announced on the night of Wednesday November 22 to Thursday November 23. The negotiations “continue incessantly”, he added. At the same time, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported nighttime Israeli strikes, which corroborates the desire of the Israeli authorities not to take a break for the moment. Follow the situation in our live stream.
“This war continues,” says the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday, a few hours after the announcement of an agreement reached to free at least 50 hostages held by Hamas and establish a four-day truce. “This war continues until we achieve all our objectives, recover our hostages and destroy Hamas”he said.
Son of Hezbollah MP killed in Israeli bombing in Lebanon. The son of Mohamed Raad, president of the Hezbollah group in the Lebanese Parliament, and four other fighters were killed Wednesday in an Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, announced the Shiite movement, ally of Palestinian Hamas. For its part, the Israeli army claimed Wednesday evening to have struck a number of Hezbollah targets and points of origin of fire coming from Lebanon, including a “terrorist cell” Hezbollah, and infrastructure.
Joe Biden discusses Gaza truce with his Middle East partners. The US president spoke with the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Israel on Wednesday about the hostage release and truce agreement in Gaza. The tenant of the White House also raised with his interlocutors the question of the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian crisis is growing.