The civil defense of the Gaza Strip announced this Thursday death, “Since dawn”, of 66 people in several strikes from the Israeli army across Palestinian territory. According to Mohammad al-Mughayyir, an official of this first aid organization, three of these victims “Wait in particular to receive humanitarian aid». Earlier, a first assessment evoking the death of 23 people indicated that 8 children “Had been killed following Israeli air strikes aimed at a gathering of citizens in front of a medical center in the city of Deir El-Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip.” Questioned, the Israeli army did not comment immediately on these new bombings.
Hamas announced Wednesday evening that it has agreed to release 10 Israeli hostages after the Israeli Prime Minister expressed his optimism as to a truce agreement in Gaza. “Although negotiations remain difficult due to the intransigence of the occupation, we continue to work seriously with the mediators [Qatar, Etats-Unis, Egypte] to overcome obstacles ”, said the Islamist movement, alluding to indirect negotiations in Doha with Israel which started on Sunday. “In order to achieve efforts, the movement has shown the necessary flexibility and agreed to release ten prisoners,” he added in a press release. Out of 251 people kidnapped during the October 7 attack, 49 are still retained in Gaza, 27 of whom were declared dead by the Israeli army.
Later in the day, in a video, Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ready to negotiate a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a truce of sixty days provided that the Palestinian territory is demilitarized: “At the start of this ceasefire, we will start negotiations on the final end of the war”, said the Israeli Prime Minister since Washington, listing several conditions: “Hamas must lay up arms, Gaza must be demilitarized, Hamas must no longer have military or governance capacities.” Then, more threatening: “If this can be obtained by negotiation, so much the better. Otherwise, we will obtain it by other means, by the force of our heroic army. ”
The head of American diplomacy announced on Wednesday that the United States will soon impose sanctions in Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories in Geneva. Marco Rubio notably implicated on X “Illegitimate and shameful efforts by Francesca Albanese aimed at encouraging the International Criminal Court to take measures against US officials, companies and leaders and leaders”, especially against the Israeli Prime Minister. In response, the President of the Human Rights Council, Switzerland Jürg Lauber, said on Thursday “regret” This American decision. “I urge the United States to quickly lift the sanctions [contre Francesca Albanese], reacted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in a press release. Attacks and threats against the holders of mandate under special procedures, as well as key institutions such as the International Criminal Court, must stop. ”
The European Union reached an agreement with Israel to extend humanitarian aid to Gaza, the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, announced on Thursday. “This agreement means that more crossing points will be open, that more aid and food trucks will enter the Gaza Strip”assured Kaja Kallas on X. The agreement also means that “Vital infrastructure will be repaired and that humanitarian workers will be protected“Said Kaja Kallas again. The agreement provides for the reopening of the Jordanian and Egyptian aid route and the “Possibility of distributing food products through bakeries and public kitchens throughout the Gaza Strip”according to this text. Fuel deliveries for the benefit of humanitarian organizations will also be included, “Up to an operational level”. “We are counting on Israel to implement all agreed measures”added Kaja Kallas, adding that they would come into force “In the coming days”.
The UN was able to bring about 75,000 liters of fuel in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, “The first cargo of this type in one hundred and thirty days”, announced the secretary general spokesman on Thursday, noting that this quantity was largely insufficient to cope with the shortages: “Our partners and we need hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel every day to maintain vital operations and allowing to save lives, which means that the volume entered yesterday is not even enough to cover a day of energy needed”. said Stéphane Dujarric, warning that crucial services would have to “Close if larger volumes do not enter the Gaza strip immediately”.
Israel called on Wednesday the United Nations to follow up on an independent report published on July 8, entitled “Dinah project”, in which Hamas is implicated for having used sexual violence as a weapon of war “Genocidal” During his attack on October 7, 2023. This document of more than 80 pages brings together testimonies from victims, to recognize and judge these violence in wartime. “Sexual and sexist violence linked to the conflict have been used against Israelis brutally and calculated, and yet the United Nations did not act”, thus deplored the Israeli ambassador Daniel Meron.
The United Nations has long been criticized by Israel for having reacted too slowly to the Israeli accusations of rape and sexual violence during the unprecedented attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Update at 8:16 p.m. with the entry of fuel into the Gaza Strip, the warning of Netanyahu in Hamas and the reaction of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the will Ameriaine will sanction Francesca Albanese; At 10:20 p.m. with a new human assessment in Gaza.
