New releases, on the fifth day of the truce, which has been extended. The Israeli army announced, Tuesday, November 28 in a press release published early in the evening on Telegram, that twelve hostages, including ten Israelis, arrived on Israeli territory, after being handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas. “After an initial medical examination, the released hostages will continue to be accompanied by IDF soldiers during their journey to Israeli hospitals, where they will be reunited with their families,” she clarified. For its part, Qatar affirms that Israel will release 30 Palestinian prisoners, including “15 minors and 15 women”added the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majed al Ansour, on X. Follow our live stream.
The French helicopter carrier Dixmude receives the first wounded. Arriving Monday in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, the Dixmude welcomed its “first patients in relative emergency”, announced the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, on CNEWS. The ship’s hospital structure includes two operating theaters, 40 beds, 80 caregivers, scanners and analysis laboratories, the minister said.
Aid entering Gaza during the truce is not “not sufficient”warns the UN. “Aid must be multiplied (…). Here, everything is emergency aid”, declared the Unicef spokesperson. He would require the arrival of “200 trucks [d’aide] per day for at least two months”, also affirmed 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.