Bombings continue on the Gaza Strip. An AFP team reported, Thursday June 13, in the early hours of intense artillery fire and strikes by Israeli helicopters in the Rafah sector, at the southern tip of the Palestinian enclave, near the border with Egypt. Follow our live stream.
THE Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel. THE Lebanese Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, launched a hail of rockets on northern Israel on Wednesday and promised to intensify its attacks to avenge the death of a top military commander killed the day before in a targeted Israeli strike on southern Lebanon . Anti-rocket warning sirens were still ringing early Thursday morning in northern Israel, according to the army.
The American Secretary of State still seeking a ceasefire. Antony Blinken, who concludes his tour in the Middle East, says his country will continue to work with the other mediator countries, Qatar and Egypt, to reach a ceasefire agreement. “More [la guerre] lasts, the more people will suffer, and it is time to stop the bargaining”said the head of American diplomacy.
Israel and seven Palestinian armed groups accused of war crimes. A UN commission of inquiry found on Wednesday that Israel was responsible for “crimes against humanity”, in particular for “extermination”, in the Palestinian territory. She also accused the Israeli authorities and seven Palestinian armed groups, including Hamas, of war crimes. The Israeli embassy in Geneva accused the commission of “systematic discrimination” against the Jewish State.