Key Points
- 12:53 Israeli leaflets in Gaza to track down hostages
- 12:36 Netanyahu to Macron, Hamas like Isis in the streets of Paris
- 12:36 Macron, I will propose an anti-Isis coalition to fight Hamas as well
- 12:35 Hostage Freed: "I've Been Through Hell"
- 12:28 Market hit, dead and wounded in southern Gaza
- 12:00 Pizzaballa: "I condemn both the Hamas attack and the rockets on Gaza"
- 11:20 Army, 'Egypt plays a key role on hostages'
- 10:46 Tajani: "The hospital was not an Israeli missile"
- 10:23 Macron to Herzog, Israelis killed just because they are Jews
- 09:49 Red Crescent, 20 aid trucks will enter Gaza
- 09:49 Ground operation in Gaza, 'Israeli-only decision'
- 09:48 Hamas, '140 dead in Israeli night attacks on Gaza'
- 09:30 Macron to meet President Abu Mazen in Ramallah
- 09:05 Biden: "We will discuss ceasefire after the release of the hostages"
- 08:16 Tajani: "The last of the three missing Italian-Israelis is also dead"
12:53
Israeli leaflets in Gaza to track down hostages
Israel today distributed leaflets in the Khan Yunes area (south of Gaza) asking the local population to help in the search for Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip. "If you want a better future for you and your children, send us credible and useful information about the hostages in your area. We assure you of maximum discretion, protection and even a monetary reward." The leaflet also mentions several possible channels of communication from Gaza with the Israeli army.
12:36
Netanyahu to Macron, Hamas like Isis in the streets of Paris
Hamas is like ISIS in the streets of "Nice, Lyon, Paris: the Israeli people refuse to live with ISIS on their borders. We need to dismantle this terror machine." Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron in Tel Aviv, recalling the ISIS attacks in France with hundreds of victims.
12:36
Macron, I will propose an anti-Isis coalition that also fights Hamas
"I want to propose to our partners in the anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq and Syria" that they build "an international and regional coalition to fight Hamas and the terrorist groups that threaten us all." French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
12:35
Hostage Freed: "I've Been Through Hell"
"I've been through hell. We never thought it would happen." This was said by Yocheved Lifshitz, the 85-year-old woman freed last night by Hamas. "They put me on a motorcycle, blew up the electronic fence that cost $2.5 billion but it didn't help. I was taken hostage, there was no distinction between old and young. It was very painful. They hit my ribs and made it hard for me to breathe."
"We reached a tunnel," he added, "then we walked for miles on wet earth, there's a gigantic system of tunnels, like spider webs."
12:28
Market hit, dead and injured in southern Gaza
An Israeli shelling in the Nusseirat market (in the southern sector of the Gaza Strip) caused a high number of deaths and injuries, according to witnesses on the spot contacted by ANSA.
The target of the attack was, apparently, a building near the largest supermarket in the Gaza Strip, which was very crowded at the time. The victims were transported to the Shuhada hospital in Khan Yunes where there is also an alert situation due to fuel shortages. Israeli air force struck today in the same area in Deir el-Balah and Rafah, causing 18 deaths according to the Maan news agency.
12:00
Pizzaballa: "I condemn both the Hamas attack and the rockets on Gaza"
"Conscience and moral duty oblige me to state clearly that what happened on 7 October in southern Israel is in no way admissible and we cannot fail to condemn it. There is no reason for such an atrocity. Yes, we have the duty to affirm and denounce it," says the Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa in a letter to the Diocese. "The same conscience, however, with a great weight on my heart, leads me today to affirm with equal clarity that this new cycle of violence has led to more than five thousand deaths in Gaza, including many women and children, tens of thousands injured, neighborhoods razed to the ground, lack of medicines, water, and basic necessities for more than two million people. These are tragedies that are incomprehensible and that we have a duty to denounce and condemn unreservedly."
11:20
Army, 'Egypt plays a key role on hostages'
Egypt is playing a ''key role'' in the case of Israelis being held hostage in Gaza and the missing. This was stated by military spokesman Daniel Hagari, commenting on the release yesterday of two elderly Israeli citizens. Egypt's efforts are efficient and welcome. We work in cooperation with Egypt and the Red Cross, and we thank them."
"The release of all hostages has the highest priority for us," he said.
10:46
Tajani: "The hospital was not an Israeli missile"
"It seems to me that common sense has prevailed in Israel so far, the reaction has been proportionate to the cowardly aggression they have suffered. So far, they have only hit Hamas centers. Even the missile that hit a hospital in Gaza and which was initially attributed to Israel, was not actually an Israeli missile, fell on the parking lot of the hospital and caused about fifty deaths and not 500 as reported: it must be prevented from playing negative roles, inflaming the Arab masses." This was said by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to Sky Tg 24.
10:23
Macron to Herzog, Israelis killed just because they were Jews
The Israelis involved in the Hamas attack "were killed only because they were Jews and wanted to live in peace." French President Emmanuel Macron told his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, reiterating France's solidarity "today and tomorrow". Macron, quoted by Israeli media, added that "the hostages must be immediately freed."
09:49
Red Crescent, 20 trucks with aid will enter Gaza
The Palestinian Red Crescent has announced that 20 trucks of humanitarian aid will enter Gaza today. This was reported by local sources.
09:49
Ground operation in Gaza, 'Israeli-only decision'
"The United States, which is our strategic ally, has a set of strategic considerations and interests in the region that we value. But one thing must be kept in mind: the war is happening on our border and not thousands of miles from here," military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in response to a journalist who asked if the decision to launch a ground operation in Gaza was conditional on US advice. "After the war, we will have to live along a border from which there will no longer be a threat like the one on October 7.
So this is a decision that we have to make on our own."
09:48
Hamas, '140 dead in Israeli night attacks on Gaza'
At least 140 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight, the Hamas government said in a statement this morning, adding that there were "hundreds injured" and "dozens of homes were destroyed."
09:30
Macron to meet President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah
French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in Israel today, will meet Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah, after meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and the families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
09:05
Biden: "We will discuss ceasefire after the release of the hostages"
Biden: "We will discuss the ceasefire after the release of the hostages."
08:16
Tajani: "The last of the three missing Italian-Israelis is also dead"
"Unfortunately, Nir Forti has also passed away. He was the last of the 3 missing Italian-Israelis. I embrace the pain of his parents, whom I had met during my visit to Tel Aviv. To die at the age of 29, barbarously killed by terrorists, is profoundly unjust. I pray for you, young Nir." This was written on X by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
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