► Qatar ceases its mediation between Israel and Palestinian Hamas
After months of unsuccessful efforts to end the war in the Gaza Strip, Qatar has decided to withdraw its mediation between Israel and Palestinian Hamas, a diplomatic source said on Saturday (November 9). According to this same source, the Hamas political office in Doha “no longer has any reason to exist”although its closure has not been announced at the moment.
“The Qataris have informed the Israelis and Hamas that as long as both sides refuse to negotiate a deal in good faith, they cannot continue to play the role of mediator”said this person.
However, according to a Hamas official interviewed by AFP, the movement has not received at this stage “no request to leave Qatar”.
► Lebanon: Israeli strikes on Tire left seven dead, including two children
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced, Saturday, November 9, the death of seven people, including two girls, in Israeli strikes the day before on the city of Tyre, in the south of the country. The strikes also left 46 injured, added the ministry, specifying that “clearance operations continue to search for missing people.”
According to the official Lebanese agency Ani, the attacks targeted three buildings in the coastal city and caused significant damage to dozens of houses. Ani also reported that a “enemy fighter plane” had destroyed two houses in the southern town of Nabatiyeh.
► Gaza: Civil Defense announces 14 deaths in two Israeli strikes
Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced, Saturday morning, November 9, the death overnight of 14 Palestinians in two Israeli strikes, one “on a school in Gaza City” transformed into an emergency accommodation center, and the other on a camp “tents for displaced people in Khan Younes”in the south of the Gaza Strip.
According to the press release from Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for Civil Defense, the first raid made “five dead, including children, and 22 injured”. The second did “9 dead and 11 injured”.
The Israeli army announced strikes in the last 24 hours “more than 50 terrorist targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip”.
► Gaza: new toll of 43,552 dead and 102,765 injured
The Ministry of Health of the Hamas government in Gaza announced, Saturday, November 9, a new toll of 43,552 dead and 102,765 injured in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel, more than a year ago. .
At least 44 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, he said in a statement.
► The north of the Gaza Strip on the verge of famine, warns the UN
Famine threatens in the north of the Gaza Strip, in a context of intensification of Israeli army operations and an almost total cessation of food aid, warns a UN report on Saturday.
This report from the Integrated Food Safety Classification Framework (IPC) warns against “an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip”. “The famine thresholds may have already been crossed or will be in the near future”estimates this report.
On October 17, a previous IPC report, the result of the expert work of NGOs and UN agencies including that for Food and Agriculture (FAO) based in Rome, estimated that some 345,000 Gazans reportedly face hunger at one level “catastrophic” between November and April 2025, or 16% of the population.
► Iran warns of risk of “spread” of war outside the Middle East
In a speech broadcast on state television on Saturday, November 9, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned of the risk of the war spreading to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, where Israel is facing pro-government movements. -Iranians, to other regions outside the Middle East.
“The world must know that if the war spreads, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the Middle East region”he said, adding that “insecurity and instability can spread to other regions, even very distant ones”.
