The toll is getting heavier again for France. THE “terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel” caused 39 victims among French nationals, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release on Saturday November 4. Nine people are still missing, and “it is now confirmed that some of them are hostages of Hamas”, specifies the ministry. Follow our live stream.
“Around fifty” French people evacuated from Gaza “today”. “Thirty-four French people and their spouses were able to go out yesterday” from the Gaza Strip, and “we are expecting around fifty today”said the Minister Delegate for French People Abroad, Olivier Becht, guest of the show “On n’eststop l’éco” on France Inter.
The UN condemns the bombing of an ambulance which killed fifteen people in Gaza. The strike was confirmed by the Israeli army, which said it had targeted Hamas members using the vehicle, something the Palestinian Islamist organization denied. “I am horrified”reacted the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
Israel rejects the idea of ”humanitarian pauses” demanded by the United States in the Gaza Strip. After his meeting with American Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of“a temporary truce” without release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas, who number at least 240.
After Israel, the American Secretary of State goes to Jordan. Antony Blinken is due to meet King Abdullah II of Jordan on Saturday, the day after a whirlwind visit to the Jewish state. He is also scheduled to participate in a ministerial meeting with several Arab countries and have a bilateral meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi.