what to remember from December 21

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an investigation into “the possible commission of a war crime” by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Hamas estimated Thursday, December 21 that the objective of eliminating the terrorist organization was “doomed to failure”, while the UN asked Israel to open an investigation into “the possible commission of a war crime” in Gaza. In France, around forty left-wing deputies are calling for the lifting of Meyer Habib’s judicial immunity. Here is what to remember from this new day of conflict and its consequences around the world, two and a half months after the deadly Hamas attack.

Hamas accuses Israel of deadly strikes in Gaza

According to the Hamas government, Israeli planes struck the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, killing four people, including its director. The Hamas Health Ministry announced that the ministry’s general director, Mounir al-Barch, was injured and his daughter killed in an Israeli bombardment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip.

The military wing of Hamas also affirmed that the objective set by Israel to eliminate the movement was “doomed to fail” and conditioned the release of the hostages on “stopping the aggression” Israeli in Gaza.

An investigation into “the possible commission of a war crime” requested by the UN

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Israel to open an investigation into “the possible commission of a war crime” by his forces in Gaza, saying he had received “disturbing information” about the death Tuesday of “11 unarmed Palestinians”. Israel has rejected these accusations.

A blockage on the vote on a resolution at the UN

The United States said it was working “actively” to lead to the vote on a UN Security Council resolution intended to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, after several postponements. The Council, widely criticized for its inaction since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, has been negotiating this text sponsored by the United Arab Emirates for several days. Discussions are stuck, according to various sources, on the question of controlling aid entering Gaza.

Increased risks of famine in Gaza, says UN

Gazans will face high risks of food insecurity, or even famine, for the next six weeks, according to a report by the UN hunger monitoring system. “Humanitarian aid should be completely uncorrelated from the military negotiations that take place”pleads for its part Médecins sans frontières, on franceinfo.

A complaint from an Israeli organization against the Red Cross

The Israeli right-wing organization Shurat Hadin, which campaigns for the rights of the families of victims of attacks, announced that it had filed a legal complaint against the International Red Cross, accused of inaction and bias in the case of the hostages held at Gaza.

Human Rights Watch accuses Meta of “silencing” pro-Palestinian voices

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta, is accused of censoring pro-Palestinian content by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). “Meta’s content moderation policies and systems increasingly silence voices for Palestine”writes HRW in his 51-page file. In total, HRW says it examined 1,050 “cases of censorship and other content deletions” which the NGO nevertheless judges “peaceful”in more than 60 countries, on Instagram and Facebook, between October and November.

Woman killed in Lebanon by Israeli bombing

An octogenarian was killed Thursday and her husband injured in an Israeli bombardment on a border village in southern Lebanon, according to official media. The Israeli army reported two Israeli civilians lightly injured in an area near the Lebanese border by fire from Lebanese Hezbollah.

Left-wing deputies demand the lifting of Meyer Habib’s parliamentary immunity

In France, left-wing deputies are calling for the parliamentary immunity of LR Meyer Habib to be lifted. They denounce a sentence pronounced by the deputy for the 8th constituency of French people established outside France during the government questions session on Tuesday. “While the minister [des Affaires étrangères, Catherine Colonna] was invited to react to the death of a Quai d’Orsay agent following Israeli bombings on a residential building housing civilians, MP Meyer Habib distinctly and twice pronounced the words: ‘And it’s not over !'”, relate the 39 left-wing deputies.