“There will be no ceasefire, no general ceasefire, in Gaza without the release of our hostages.” As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its second month on Tuesday, November 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again rejected the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza. In a television interview with the American channel ABC News, broadcast Monday evening, the leader added that the Jewish state would take “For an undetermined time” there “general responsibility for security” in the Gaza Strip following the conflict. Follow our live stream.
The UN estimates that Gaza has become “a children’s cemetery”. Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments come after the head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, called for a “humanitarian ceasefire”, “more urgent with each passing hour” in the Palestinian enclave, transformed into “children’s cemetery”. “The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a crisis of humanity”, he lamented. Antonio Guterres also reiterated his condemnation of “heinous terrorist acts” of Hamas on October 7, and castigated the Palestinian movement, which uses “civilians as human shields and continues to fire rockets towards Israel indiscriminately.”
The American diplomatic effort continues. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposing the “humanitarian breaks”Joe Biden discussed Monday during a call with him “the possibility of tactical breaks” of the Israeli army to allow the Palestinian civilian population to flee the fighting. Although it still opposes a ceasefire, the United States has negotiated with Israel the reopening of the Rafah crossing point, which connects the besieged Gaza Strip to Egypt, where transit drops 400 trucks of humanitarian aid in two weeks – before the war, 500 trucks passed through there every day.
Houthis claim drone attack. Yemen’s Houthi rebels, close to Iran, claimed to have carried out a new drone attack against Israel on Monday, in response to the war waged by the Israeli army against Hamas. “The Yemeni armed forces (…) have launched in recent hours a salvo of drones on various sensitive targets of the Israeli enemy in the occupied territories,” declared the spokesperson for the Houthi armed forces on the X network (formerly Twitter). “Following the operation, activity in the targeted bases and airports was interrupted for several hours”he said. Israel did not immediately confirm this information.