what to remember from Tuesday, November 21

Before his government, meeting Tuesday evening to decide on the agreement being negotiated for the release of hostages, the Israeli Prime Minister considered that it was “the right decision”. The final measure, however, is slow in coming.

A matter of hours before a hostage release? The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 46th day, Tuesday, November 21, and an agreement on the release of hostages kidnapped during the bloody attacks of October 7 and held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, was not reached. never seemed so close. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from the day on the front of the war between the two belligerents.

An imminent agreement to free Israeli hostages

An agreement on the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas is “very close”declared US President Joe Biden on Tuesday from the White House.

The negotiations have not “never been this close to an agreement”, declared before him a representative of Qatar, mediator in this matter. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his government, meeting Tuesday evening to decide on the agreement being negotiated for the release of hostages, that it is a question of “the right decision”. The Prime Minister, who met Monday evening with relatives of the hostages, had previously reported “progress” in the negotiations and says he hopes to “good news soon”. “We are getting closer to concluding a truce agreement,” exiled Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh said on Monday.

A health “tragedy” looms in Gaza, warns Unicef

A truly “tragedy” health crisis is looming in the Gaza Strip due to lack of fuel and water, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.

“If there is not enough fuel, we will see the collapse of sanitation services”declared a spokesperson for Unicef, James Elder, during a press briefing by videoconference from Cairo, describing the situation as a real “tragedy” or like a “perfect storm” caused by the appearance of diseases.

Two of the premature babies who had to be evacuated died, according to WHO

The 33 infants in al-Shifa were scheduled to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital on Sunday. “Unfortunately, (…) two of these premature babies died that night due to lack of care”, said a WHO spokesperson. Twenty-eight others arrived in Egypt on Monday through the Rafah crossing, the only exit from Gaza to the outside that is not controlled by Israel.

Eight people died in Lebanon

Eight people, including two journalists, were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency said, as exchanges of fire at the border intensified in recent days.

Two journalists from the Al-Mayadeen channel were notably killed along with a civilian who accompanied them during“an enemy bombardment” in the border sector of Tayr Harfa, according to the National Information Agency.

Three doctors, including two working for MSF, killed in northern Gaza

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Palestinian Red Crescent announced that three doctors, including two working for MSF, were killed in a strike on al-Awda hospital in the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza. The Red Crescent denounces a strike “Israeli”. “Other medical staff, including MSF employees, were also seriously injured”specifies MSF for its part.

More than 50 journalists killed since the start of the conflict

Fifty-three journalists and media workers have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, according to the latest tally from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Forty-six were Palestinian, four were Israeli and three were Lebanese, according to the press defense organization, headquartered in New York and which counts victims in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese border.