On Friday October 27, the UN General Assembly demanded, by a large majority, a “immediate humanitarian truce”, on the 21st day of the war between Israel and Hamas, when the Israeli army announced “extend” its ground operations in the Gaza Strip. The non-binding resolution, castigated by Israel and the United States who denounced the absence of mention of Hamas, received 120 votes in favor, including France, 14 against, and 45 abstentions, out of the 193 members of the UN.
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The Israeli army announces “expand ground operations tonight” in the band of Gaza after intensifying its strikes “in a very significant way”. At the same time, communications and the internet were cut in the Palestinian territory, according to the Hamas government.
A Red Cross medical team has just arrived in Gaza. Accompanying a humanitarian convoy of several aid trucks, it includes several doctors specializing in war injuries, according to a spokesperson for the association.
Emmanuel Macron calls for a humanitarian truce. The French president affirmed Friday from the European Council in Brussels that a “Humanitarian truce is useful today to be able to protect populations on the ground”. France also hopes “evacuate as soon as possible” its nationals present in the Gaza Strip.
Rocket fire towards Israel. Salvos of rockets were fired from Gaza towards central Israel and Tel Aviv. A 20-year-old man was injured and hospitalized, Israeli emergency services said.
Demonstration of support for Gaza in the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Friday in the streets of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, in support of the population of the Gaza Strip.
New ground incursion by the Israeli army into the Gaza Strip. “Tonight there was a new raid” of the IDF against Hamas, Olivier Rafowicz, spokesperson for the Israeli army, said on franceinfo on Friday. This raid “earthly” was “punctual, limited in time and space”, he clarified. IDF has “eliminated Hamas terrorist elements, including cells that use the edge of the border with Israel to fire anti-tank missiles at our forces.” In addition to this incursion, the army claimed to have bombed Hamas sites “throughout the Gaza Strip”.