On the 30th day of the conflict, the Israeli army carries out “significant” strikes in the Gaza Strip, which it claims to have cut in two.
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 30th day on Sunday, November 5. The Israeli army continues to relentlessly bomb the Gaza Strip, even claiming to have cut the territory in two. Earlier in the day, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called for “immediate humanitarian truce”. Here’s what to remember from the day.
Israeli army claims to have cut the Gaza Strip in two
New large-scale bombings in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced that it was carrying out “significant strikes” Who “will continue in the coming days”. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari also said Israeli forces operating in the territory had cut it in two: “South Gaza and North Gaza”.
Earlier in the evening, the Hamas government press service claimed that the Israeli army was carrying out “intense bombardments” around several hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip. Bombings notably took place near the al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, according to the same source. Telephone and internet lines were also cut, for the third time since the start of the war on October 7, according to the Palestinian operator Paltel.
The body of a young Franco-Israeli woman has been found
The body of Ruth Perez, who was among the nine missing French people, has been found, France Télévisions learned on Sunday from her family. This 17-year-old teenager, with a disability, participated with her father at the music festival in Réïm when Hamas terrorists opened fire on October 7, at the very beginning of the war with Israel. Pending a new official report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of French missing or hostages goes from 9 to 8.
Deaths in Lebanon and the occupied West Bank
Four members of the family of a Lebanese journalist, including three children, were killed on Sunday by an Israeli strike on their car in southern Lebanon, according to state media. Shortly after, Lebanese Hezbollah said it fired Katyusha rockets at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in retaliation for the attack. “savage crime”.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed that his army had “struck Hezbollah targets (…) in response to an anti-tank missile fire which killed an Israeli civilian”, without specifying where he was killed. The border area between Lebanon and Israel is the scene of frequent exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in particular, since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
In the occupied West Bank, three Palestinians were also killed by Israeli forces on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said it had killed another Palestinian in the area.
Antony Blinken discusses a humanitarian maritime corridor in Cyprus
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed on Sunday with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides the establishment of a humanitarian maritime corridor between the island and the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Sunday, the Cypriot president said France, the European Commission and Israel supported Nicosia’s proposal to open a humanitarian sea route. “On this basis, we are discussing with the United Nations because it is the UN that will receive the aid, and not Hamas, so that it reaches the population.”he told reporters.
For her part, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called on Sunday for a “immediate, lasting and sustained humanitarian truce”, Who “must be able to lead to a ceasefire”. At the end of a meeting in Doha with her Qatari counterpart, she stressed that France was working to have a text to this effect adopted by the UN Security Council, which has been very divided on the subject since the start of the war. .
More than 1,000 anti-Semitic acts in France since October 7
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Sunday November 5 on France 2 that 1,040 anti-Semitic acts had been committed in France since October 7, the start of the war between Hamas and Israel. It also specifies the number of 486 arrests for anti-Semitic acts. Among these arrested people are 102 foreigners, who see each other “withdraw their residence permits”, assures Gérald Darmanin. Earlier in the day, Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez reported 257 anti-Semitic acts over the past month in the Paris metropolitan area.