The evacuations continue. “Nearly forty French people and their families” were able to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing (Egypt) on Saturday November 4, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. “They were supported by the French embassy and the teams from the Crisis and Support Center”specifies a press release, which adds that evacuations will continue “over the next few days”, “so that all our compatriots, our agents and their families who wish can leave Gaza”. On Friday, 34 people and their spouses were evacuated. Follow our live stream.
Thirty nine French people died in Hamas attacks, according to a new report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nine people are still missing, and “it is now confirmed that some of them are hostages of Hamas”specifies the ministry in a press release.
The UN condemns the bombing of an ambulance which killed fifteen people in Gaza. The strike was confirmed by the Israeli army, which said it had targeted Hamas members using the vehicle, something the Palestinian Islamist organization denied. “I am horrified”reacted the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres.
Israel rejects the idea of ”humanitarian pauses” demanded by the United States in the Gaza Strip. After his meeting with American Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of“a temporary truce” without release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas, who number at least 240.
After Israel, the American Secretary of State goes to Jordan. Antony Blinken is due to meet King Abdullah II of Jordan on Saturday, the day after a whirlwind visit to the Hebrew state. He is also scheduled to participate in a ministerial meeting with several Arab countries and have a bilateral meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi.