Five Palestinians were killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the Tulkarem sector, in the north of the occupied West Bank, the director of the local hospital announced Tuesday, November 14. These are five men aged 21 to 29, killed during an Israeli army operation in the town and camp of Tulkarem. The Israeli army confirmed an operation in this sector of the occupied West Bank without immediately specifying the reasons or commenting on the Palestinian toll. Follow our live stream.
Thousands of Palestinians stuck in hospital. Israeli tanks are massed at the gates of al-Chifa hospital, main in Gaza, considered by the IDF as a strategic Hamas hideout. “The situation is very serious, it’s inhumane”alerted Doctors Without Borders.
American warning. Joe Biden on Monday asked Israel to protect the main hospital in Gaza, near which fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas fighters is taking place. “I hope and expect less intrusive actions regarding the hospital” Al-Chifa, said the American president. “The hospital must be protected.”
Identity of hostage confirmed. The Israeli army confirms the identity of a female soldier held hostage by Hamas, after the publication by the Palestinian Islamist movement of a video showing the young woman in captivity. This is the first time that the army has confirmed the identity of one of the approximately 240 people taken hostage by the Islamist movement.
New assessment. The Israeli army announced the death of two new soldiers in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, bringing to 46 the total of its soldiers killed in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Hamas which rules it. The Hamas government, for its part, announces a toll of 11,240 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombings since October 7. These reports could not be verified by franceinfo on site.