Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, engaged in fighting with Israel since the start of the war in Gaza, the Shiite party said on Thursday (November 23). Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian Hamas, said the two officials had “reviewed the latest developments in Palestine, Lebanon and the region and (…) efforts to end Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip”.
While the truce which was to come into force on Thursday between Israel and Hamas was postponed, clashes increased in intensity in southern Lebanon, the day after a strike in which five Hezbollah militants were killed, including the son of the party’s parliamentary bloc. Follow the situation in our live stream.
The release of the hostages postponed until Friday at the earliest. The negotiations “continue non-stop”, said the head of the Israeli National Security Council on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. For its part, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported nighttime Israeli strikes, which corroborates the desire of the Israeli authorities not to take a break for the moment. .
“This war continues,” says the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday, a few hours after the announcement of an agreement reached to free at least 50 hostages held by Hamas and establish a four-day truce. “This war continues until we achieve all our objectives, recover our hostages and destroy Hamas”he said.
Joe Biden discusses Gaza truce with his Middle East partners. The US president spoke with the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Israel on Wednesday about the hostage release and truce agreement in Gaza. The tenant of the White House also raised with his interlocutors the question of the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian crisis is growing.