A good start… but still insufficient. The UN welcomed, on Tuesday, November 28, the arrival of additional aid in the Gaza Strip thanks to the truce in force but warned that this would not be enough to begin to meet the massive needs of the population, calling for a permanent ceasefire. “Aid must be multiplied (…). Here, everything is emergency aid”, declared the Unicef spokesperson. Follow our live stream.
The humanitarian situation remains critical. The needs are “unprecedented” in the Gaza Strip, where the arrival of “200 trucks [d’aide] per day for at least two months”, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). More than half of the enclave’s housing has been damaged or destroyed by the war, according to the UN, and 1.7 million of the 2.4 million residents have been displaced.
Three Franco-Israelis among the new hostages released. The 11 hostages who arrived in Israel Monday evening are all dual nationals, including three Franco-Israelis – Erez and Sahar Kalderon, 12 and 16 years old, and Eitan Yahalomi, 12 years old – and two German-Israelis, said Qatar, the main mediator in the conflict. Emmanuel Macron said to himself “extremely happy” of these releases.
The truce extended for two more days. “The Palestinian and Israeli parties reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian pause in Gaza,” announced the spokesperson for Qatari diplomacy, Majed al-Ansari. This should allow the release of around 20 hostages and 60 additional prisoners.