UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – Israel's security cabinet is due to vote Tuesday on a ceasefire in the war against Lebanon's Hezbollah, with the United States saying a deal was “close.”
The Israeli security cabinet must decide on Tuesday on a ceasefire after two months of war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, while the United States spoke of a close agreement, while calling for caution. Le Figaro takes stock of the situation in the Middle East this Tuesday, November 26.
EU foreign policy chief urges Israel for ceasefire
Israel n'a “no excuse” to refuse the ceasefire in Lebanon negotiated by the United States and France, said Wednesday the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell. “Let us hope that today the government of (Benjamin) Netanyahu will approve the ceasefire agreement proposed by the United States and France”he said on the sidelines of a G7 meeting near Rome.
“No more excuses, no more requests, stop this fighting, stop killing people, and let’s start thinking about peace”he insisted. Israel's security cabinet is due to vote Tuesday on a ceasefire in the war against Lebanese Hezbollah, with the United States saying a deal was “close”.
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“We think we’re at the point where we’re close.” of an agreement, declared John Kirby, the spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, while emphasizing that nothing was yet certain and calling for caution. “Let’s put pressure on Israel to approve the ceasefire proposal today”said Borrell on Tuesday, worrying about having “heard statements from extremist Israeli government ministers wanting to continue the bombings”.
“A ceasefire is absolutely necessary if we want hundreds of thousands of displaced people to return home”he said, deploring that “all of southern Lebanon has been destroyed”.
UN calls for 'permanent ceasefire' in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza
The UN reiterated its call on Tuesday for a “permanent ceasefire” in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza, while a truce could be announced between Israel and Hezbollah.
“The only way to end the suffering of people on all sides is a permanent and immediate ceasefire on all fronts in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza”Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the press in Geneva.
ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu: France “must apply the rules”
The President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) estimated on Tuesday that as a signatory to the statute of the International Criminal Court, France “must follow the rules” and arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to French territory.
“From the moment France is a signatory, a member of the Rome Statute and recognizes the ICC, I think it must apply the rules resulting from it, there is no reason to deviate from them”explained Yaël Braun-Pivet on Sud radio.
The International Criminal Court, which Israel has not joined and from which the United States has withdrawn, issued arrest warrants on Thursday against Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the armed wing of Palestinian Hamas Mohammed Deif for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A soldier injured on October 7 dies from his injuries
The Israeli army announced Tuesday the death of one of its soldiers who was injured on October 7, 2023 in attacks perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, and who had been hospitalized since.
This death brings to 1,207 the number of people who died, on the Israeli side, as a result of these attacks, according to an AFP count based on official figures and including hostages who died or were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip. .
Yona-Bezalel Brief, 23, a member of an Israeli army commando unit, was injured on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the scene that day of a massacre committed by Hamas commandos.
