For the first time since the start of the conflict, the UN Security Council called on Wednesday for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” for a few days in the Gaza Strip.
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 40th day on Wednesday, November 15, and, for the first time, the UN Security Council broke its silence by calling for “humanitarian breaks and corridors”. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from the day on the war front.
UN Security Council calls for humanitarian pauses
The UN Security Council has called for “humanitarian breaks and corridors” of a few days in the Gaza Strip, a first since the start of the conflict.
This text, which received 12 votes in favor and 3 abstentions (United States, United Kingdom, Russia), is the first resolution adopted by the Council since the end of 2016 on the Israeli-Palestinian issue which divides the UN body. The resolution prepared by Malta “calls for extensive and urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors for a sufficient number of days” to enable the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.
Israeli army claims to have found weapons in al-Chifa hospital
The Israeli army said it found “munitions, weapons and military equipment” of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in al-Chifa in Gaza where it intervened militarily.
“We have proof that the hospital was used for military and terrorist purposes contrary to international laws”, said army spokesperson Daniel Hagari. The Hamas Ministry of Health, at the same time, claimed that the Israeli army “did not find any weapons or equipment” military in the building, ensuring “not to allow” the presence of weapons in its establishments.
Hamas says Israeli army deployed bulldozers to hospital
The Health Ministry of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip claimed that the Israeli army had deployed bulldozers at al-Chifa hospital, suspected according to it of serving as a military site for the Palestinian Islamist movement. “Israeli bulldozers destroyed parts of the southern entrance” from the hospital, the ministry announced in a brief press release. The Israeli army indicated that an operation was underway at the site of this hospital.
France expressed, earlier today, “its very serious concern about Israeli military operations in Al-Chifa hospital” of Gaza, believing that the Palestinian population had no “not to pay for Hamas’ crimes.”
NGOs say they are “extremely worried”
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Health Organization have said “extremely worried” of the impact on medical staff, patients and civilians who took refuge in al-Chifa. Qatar called for a “international investigation” on Israeli military operations against hospitals in the Gaza Strip, denouncing the raid on al-Chifa hospital as a “war crime”.
Aid operations “on the brink of collapse” despite the arrival of a first fuel truck
A fuel truck from Egypt entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the start of the war, according to Egyptian state media.
It’s not “not at all sufficient”, reacted the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). A little over 23,000 liters of gasoline were delivered “but their use has been restricted by the Israeli authorities, [et servira] only for transporting aid” humanitarian. Its director Thomas White emphasizes that there is no “no oil to run water supplies or hospitals”. Aid operations are “on the verge of collapse”insists his colleague Philippe Lazzarini.
Hostage gave birth during captivity, Israel says
A woman kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack in Israel gave birth in Gaza, says the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter released by the latter’s services.
“One of the women who was kidnapped by Hamas was pregnant. She gave birth to her baby in captivity”writes Sara Netanyahu in a letter in English addressed to American first lady Jill Biden.