The armed conflict continues for a 14th day between the Israeli army and the terrorist organization Hamas, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid is long overdue.
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12:15 | What we know about the hostage crisis
According to Israel, 203 Israelis, foreign and dual nationals, are in the hands of Hamas after the attacks on October 7. More than 20 of them are minors, between 10 and 20 are over 60 years old. The hostages are of 22 different nationalities, including ten Americans, at least seven Germans, eight Argentinians and three Frenchmen. Hamas, for its part, said there were “between 200 and 250” and claimed that 22 were killed in Israeli bombings.
12:12 p.m. | Tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrate for Gaza
Tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to show their support for the Palestinians in Gaza, including a few thousand in Cairo’s emblematic Tahrir Square, noted AFP journalists.
11:59 a.m. | 14th day of war: our journalist takes stock
11:36 a.m. | Tension persists on the Lebanon-Israel border, an Israeli town evacuated
Exchanges of fire have increased in the border area between Israel and Lebanon under very high tension, announces the Israeli army.
11:03 a.m. | US troops targeted by two attacks in Iraq
Two rocket attacks targeted American troops stationed on two bases in Iraq without causing any injuries, we learned from American and Iraqi security sources, against the backdrop of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas.
10:30 a.m. | US President Joe Biden’s budget request includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine, $14.3 billion for Israel
7:54 a.m. | 4,137 Palestinians killed since war began, Hamas health ministry says
At least 4,137 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardments since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas government’s Health Ministry announced on Friday, the 14th day of the conflict. In addition, 13,162 were injured, according to this new report.
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7:10 a.m. | Israeli army estimates ‘majority of hostages’ in Gaza ‘are alive’
The Israeli army estimated in a statement Friday that “the majority of hostages” kidnapped by Hamas during its October 7 attack “are alive.”
“Of the approximately 200 hostages currently in the Gaza Strip, more than 20 of them are minors, between 10 and 20 of them are over 60 years old, the majority of the hostages are alive,” he said. indicated the spokesperson in the press release.
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6:25 a.m. | UN chief at Egypt’s Rafah crossing to prepare aid entry into Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived Friday at the Rafah crossing, the only opening into Gaza not in Israeli hands, to prepare for the arrival of humanitarian aid in the strip. from Gaza.
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5:00 a.m. | Aid should enter Gaza no earlier than Saturday, UN says
International humanitarian aid should be able to enter the Gaza Strip “tomorrow (Saturday) or those waters”, said UN emergency chief Martin Griffiths.
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4:42 a.m. | Zelensky hails Biden’s “powerful speech”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday welcomed the “powerful speech” of his American counterpart Joe Biden, who called the day before for new aid from the United States to Kiev, Israel and Taiwan.
“Together we will not let hatred destroy freedom, and we will not let terrorists destroy democracy,” Mr. Zelensky wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
4:29 a.m. | Gaza: military escalation will be “catastrophic” for residents: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Any escalation or even continuation of Israel’s military action in Gaza will be “catastrophic” for the local population, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said on Friday.
“I can tell you with certainty that any further escalation or even continuation of military activities will be simply catastrophic for the people of Gaza,” Grandi said at a news conference in Tokyo.
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3:09 a.m. | Thirteen Palestinians killed Thursday in a camp in the West Bank, death toll rising
Thirteen Palestinians were killed Thursday by Israeli forces in the Nour Shams refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to a rising toll published Friday by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
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2h49 | Egypt clears passage for aid to Gaza
Concrete blocks installed by the Egyptians after Israel’s bombings on their border with besieged Gaza have been removed, an Egyptian security source told AFP on Friday, appearing to indicate an imminent passage of humanitarian aid.
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2h06 | Israel will evacuate the town of Kyriat Shmona, on its border with Lebanon
Israel will evacuate the town of Kyriat Shmona, on its border with Lebanon, which has been under high tension since the attack launched by Hamas on October 7, the Israeli army announced on Friday.
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