American Secretary of State Antony Blinken deplored, Monday, November 4, that Hamas had once again rejected a temporary truce in the Gaza Strip, in a call with his Egyptian counterpart. In a telephone call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, the head of American diplomacy “noted that Hamas had once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages in order to secure a ceasefire and relief for the people of Gaza”according to a press release from the State Department. Follow the situation in our live stream.
What results for Blinken's visit to the Middle East? While Antony Blinken traveled to the Middle East after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar, where he had tried, without success, to relaunch negotiations for a ceasefire, the States The United States is working to establish post-war plans for Gaza that would allow Israel to declare an end to the conflict, even in the absence of a negotiated settlement.
Israel bans the actions of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees. The Jewish state officially announced on Monday that it would ban UNRWA by the end of January. “Let’s be clear: there is simply no alternative to UNRWA”reacted the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “This ban will not make Israel safer. It will only increase the suffering of the people of Gaza and the risk of epidemics”he added.
The Israeli army call 7 000 ultra-Orthodox Jews. She said Monday she had approved new conscription orders for 7,000 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. This is a highly sensitive issue in the country as army numbers come under pressure after more than a year of war in Gaza. These orders are in addition to the 3,000 orders issued in July, the army wrote in a statement. These calls for compulsory 32-month military service for men, which will be sent “in the days to come”aim “to achieve recruitment objectives”.
