The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, deplored on Sunday December 10 the “paralysis” of the United Nations in the face of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He regrets that the Security Council did not vote in favor of a ceasefire, after the United States veto. “The authority and credibility of the Security Council have been seriously compromised” by its late response to the conflict, he also judged. Sfollow our live stream.
Qatar continues its mediation efforts with a view to a new truce. “Our efforts, deployed by the State of Qatar jointly with our partners, continue. We will not give up”, assured the Prime Minister, Mohammed ben Abdelrahmane Al-Thani, during the Doha Forum. However, he recognized that “the continuation of the bombings” Israelis reduced the possibilities of an agreement.
The army Israeli conducts “very violent raids” in the Gaza Strip. The IDF and Hamas are engaged in heavy fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people are desperately trying to protect themselves. According to the Palestinian movement, the Israeli air force carried out “very violent air raids” near Khan Younes.
A French frigate shoots down two drones coming from Yemen in the Red Sea. “The interception and destruction of these two identified threats” took place 110 km from the Yemeni coast, near Hodeida, a territory controlled by the Houthi rebels who threaten to disrupt the conflict. They vowed on Saturday to attack any ship in the Red Sea heading towards Israel if the people of the Gaza Strip did not receive emergency aid.