A summit meeting. The UN Security Council is meeting urgently on Tuesday, May 28 to address the situation in Rafah, which was the target of a deadly Israeli strike on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay told France Télévisions . “Faced with the seriousness of the situation, France considers it more necessary than ever for the Council to adopt a new resolution”he added.
The closed-door meeting was scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. in New York (9:30 p.m. Paris time), as French Ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Rivière, declared during a press briefing rebroadcast on the network social “Humanitarian aid must be able to enter Rafah en masse”, he urged. Follow our live stream.
A new strike in a camp in Rafah. Less than two days after the deadly bombing by the Israeli army of a camp for displaced people, a similar strike on another camp in the west of the city left 21 dead on Tuesday, according to Gaza Civil Defense. Questioned by journalists, the Israeli army declared that it had no information on this latest operation. Around a million civilians have since fled Rafah, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said on Tuesday.
A video of a living hostage released by Islamic Jihad. The Palestinian terrorist organization on Tuesday circulated a video of a living Israeli hostage speaking in Hebrew in a short message. The young man, identified by Israeli media as Sasha Trupanov, 28, is an Israeli-Russian citizen. He was captured on October 7 in the Nir Oz kibbutz, then taken to the Gaza Strip. This broadcast comes as negotiations are at a standstill between Israel and Hamas. According to the main mediators, Qatar and Egypt, the latest Israeli strikes endanger the talks.
Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognize the State of Palestine. As announced a week earlier, Madrid, Dublin and Oslo have officially recognized the State of Palestine. This recognition is “a necessity” For “achieve peace” between Israelis and Palestinians, in addition to being “a question of historical justice” for the Palestinian people, said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Benjamin Netanyahu regrets “a tragic accident”. “We are investigating what happened and we will draw conclusions”, reacted the Israeli Prime Minister on Monday. The Israeli army has confirmed that it is investigating the deaths of civilian victims in the displaced persons camp. Initially, she claimed to have targeted two senior Hamas officials with “precise ammunition”.