Any attempt by Israel to re-occupy the Gaza Strip would be a “serious error”, warns the American president as Israeli troops prepare for a probable ground offensive against Hamas. In an interview broadcast on the CBS channel, Sunday October 15, Joe Biden also recalled that Hamas “does not represent all the Palestinian people”. Follow our live stream.
Israel says 155 hostages are in Hamas hands. The Israeli army updated its figure on Sunday which previously showed 126 captives in the hands of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We are making colossal efforts to free the hostages”, assured Daniel Hagari, a military spokesperson during a press conference. He specified that the families of “155 captives” had been contacted.
France ever more bereaved. At least 19 French people were killed during the Hamas attack in Israel, announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs during a trip from Tel Aviv. “We have no reliable news from 13 others”added Catherine Colonna, believing that “some of them may be being held hostage”. The latest report showed 17 dead and 15 missing among French nationals.
More than a million Gaza residents displaced, according to the UN. Faced with airstrikes and after calls from the army to evacuate the north of the Gaza Strip, more than a million people were displaced in a week in this territory of 362 km2, which has a total of 2.4 million inhabitants, according to the UN.