Israel says it is making progress on Palestinian soil. “Israeli troops are in different parts of the northern Gaza Strip”declared the army on Tuesday October 31, claiming to have “brings in heavily armored vehicles, tanks, armored combat vehicles, bulldozers”. She recognized a humanitarian situation “difficult” for the Gazans, “but it’s not our doing”, she defended. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported an extension of the Israeli ground offensive “in measured and very powerful steps, progressing methodically”. Follow our live broadcast on this 25th day of conflict.
Lebanon hit again. The Israeli army declared on Tuesday that it had carried out airstrikes in Lebanon targeting the Shiite movement Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas. “Among the infrastructure attacked, weapons, positions and sites used by the organization were destroyed”, she said. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati assured Monday that his country was doing everything possible to avoid being drawn into the conflict, saying he feared “that an escalation does not encompass the entire region”.
Strikes near a hospital in Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent was alarmed on Tuesday by strikes near one of its hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, where around 14,000 civilians took refuge to protect themselves from Israeli bombardments. “The building is shaking and the displaced civilians as well as the teams at work are in the grip of fear and panic”, described the organization. This weekend, the Israeli army gave the order to evacuate the site, a call condemned by the World Health Organization, which judged “that it is impossible to evacuate hospitals full of patients without putting their lives in danger”.
The UN calls for a ceasefire. LUN agency for Palestinian refugees demanded a “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, “a matter of life and death for millions of people”an appeal rejected by Israel which refuses to “surrender to Hamas”. Washington, Israel’s ally, said on Monday that a ceasefire was not “the correct answer for now”while being favorable to “humanitarian breaks”.
Families of hostages in Paris. “We want the international community to put pressure on Hamas to release all the hostages.” Around ten families of Franco-Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian organization Hamas arrived in Paris on Monday evening to “to make heard”. They were welcomed at Roissy airport by around twenty people who held up portraits of hostages. These families will go to the Israeli embassy in Paris on Tuesday and will meet several elected officials, accompanied by the association “October 7, 2023, broken life in Israel”, which brings together families of French victims.