While Qatar announced the end of its mediation between Israel and Hamas, the human toll in Gaza and Lebanon continues to rise after new Israeli strikes.
In summary:
- The Israeli army continued its strikes on Saturday on the Gaza Strip. Thirty people died, including thirteen children, in two strikes on a family home in Jabalia, in the north of the strip, and on a neighborhood house in Gaza city.
- Qatar has decided to withdraw its mediation between Israel and Hamas, criticizing “lack of will and seriousness” of both parties in achieving an agreement for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages.
- At least 33 people were killed in Lebanon on Saturday in a series of strikes in the east and south of the country. Since Israel intensified its strikes at the end of September, more than 2,600 people have been killed in bombings.
- Find all the information about Saturday right here.
A Lebanese flag burned, IDF condemns. They have “violated orders”. The Israeli army condemned on Saturday the staging of two of its soldiers filming themselves filming a Lebanese flag in South Lebanon, in the presence of other soldiers singing a song with warlike accents.
“We consider the act of some soldiers burning the Lebanese flag in southern Lebanon as a violation of orders, incompatible with the values of the defense forces and out of step with the objectives of our military activities in Lebanon,” Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee commented on the social network “Our war is against the terrorist Hezbollah,” he said.
8h28
Concern among Israelis after the end of Qatari mediation. Taking to the Israeli streets on the 400th day of the war unleashed by the Islamist movement, thousands of people expressed their concern after the suspension of Qatari mediation between Israel and Hamas. “I am very worried. I don't really understand to what extent Qatar can or cannot help, but for me this is another proof that this is really lacking in seriousness and that these agreements are being sabotaged. explained a demonstrator.
In the procession, several people brandished signs with the number 400 or slogans demanding the return of the hostages and the end of the war. “We’ve been waiting for 400 days,” testified Gal, a 60-year-old man. Qatar “failed in the issue of mediation, and not only them, but the others also failed.”
8h25
The Hamas office in Doha will remain open. The Qatari mediation may have ended, due to lack of “will and seriousness” on the part of the Islamist movement and Israel in the negotiations, the Hamas office will remain open in Doha, while the question of its closure arose. “The main objective of the office in Qatar is to be a channel of communication between the parties involved, and this channel helped achieve a ceasefire” previously, declared the spokesperson for Qatari diplomacy Majed Al Ansari, who also indicates that “Qatar will resume [les négociations] when the parties demonstrate willingness and seriousness.
8:15 a.m.
30 people killed in strikes in Gaza on Saturday. The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza announced on Sunday the deaths of 30 people, including 13 children, killed in two Israeli airstrikes on two separate houses in the Gaza Strip. A first strike made “at least” 25 dead, “including 13 children”, in a family home in Jabalia, northern Gaza, and “more than 30 injured” early in the morning, Civil Defense said. Palestinian emergency services also reported another Israeli strike on a house in the al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, which left five people dead and others missing. “A number of civilians are still under the rubble”they clarified.
