what to remember from Friday December 1st

Fighting and strikes have resumed in the Gaza Strip after a seven-day truce expired.

The end of a truce and the start of new bombings. Fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday, December 1, after the expiration of a truce that began on November 24 and was renewed twice. The Israeli army and Hamas blame each other for the end of this pause in the fighting, which nevertheless allowed the release of around a hundred hostages kidnapped in the attacks of October 7, and more than 200 Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel, as well as the entry of more substantial humanitarian aid into the enclave. Here’s what to remember from this day.

IDF says it has struck “more than 200 terrorist targets” since the end of the truce

The Israeli army announced that it had struck “more than 200 terrorist targets” in Gaza since Friday morning and the expiration of the truce agreement with Hamas. She said he had particularly affected areas “trapped by explosives, tunnels used for terrorist purposes, launch pads [de roquettes] and operations command centers” of the Islamist movement.

For its part, the Hamas government reported more than 178 deaths in Israeli bombings on Friday. A report that franceinfo cannot confirm, due to lack of independent verification on site. According to AFP journalists, the injured flocked to Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals, where residents rushed to donate blood.

Israel accuses Hamas of violating truce

Israel and Hamas blame each other for the end of the truce established since November 24. For its part, the Islamist movement claims to have “proposed an exchange of prisoners and elderly people” among the hostages, as well as the handover to Israel of the bodies of Israeli hostages “died in Israeli bombings”.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of having “violated the agreement” And “fired rockets” towards Israel. The Israeli government then promised the ruling movement in Gaza “the worst beating”and said he was determined to “release all hostages, eliminate the Islamist movement and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to the people of Israel”.

More than 100 hostages released during truce

Of the approximately 240 hostages taken to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 105 were released during a seven-day truce. Among them, 80 were within the framework of the agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement, and 25 outside.

More than 130 hostages still held in Gaza

However, “136 hostages, including 17 women and children” are still being held in Gaza, said Daniel Hagari, the spokesperson for the Israeli army. Among these hostages, whose names the Israeli government does not reveal, are 125 Israelis or binationals, eight Thais, a Nepalese, a Tanzanian and a Franco-Mexican.

Furthermore, the Israeli army confirmed the death of five hostages in captivity. “In recent days, the Israel Defense Forces and police have informed the families of Eliyahu Margalit, Mia Goren, Ronen Engel and Aryeh Zalmanovich of their deaths”, he clarified during a press briefing. Earlier in the evening, the Israeli army announced in a statement published on Telegram that the body of Ofir Tzarfati, 27, had been found in the Palestinian enclave.

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes kill three people

The end of the truce had direct repercussions in Lebanon, where exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on the Israeli-Lebanese border resumed. Three people, including two members of Hamas ally Hezbollah, were killed in Israeli bombings.

Hezbollah also claimed, in a press release, to have targeted “a group of enemy soldiers [israéliens] in the vicinity of the Jal al-Allam position”, in reference to an Israeli site located on the other side of the border. He also claimed four other attacks against Israeli military targets.

Washington and the UN want to work for a new pause

“We remain fully focused on getting feedback from everyone [les otages] at home, their release, a file that I addressed today”, declared the American Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. For his part, the UN Secretary General “deeply regrets” the resumption of military operations in Gaza, in a message posted on X. He says he hopes “that it will be possible to renew the pause which has been established”. And Antonio Guterres added: “There “Resumption of hostilities only shows how important it is to have a genuine humanitarian ceasefire.”