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Draft Hamas-Fatah agreement, Israel threatens Lebanon, strikes in Damascus… News of the conflict in the Middle East this Tuesday, December 3 – Libération

Most of the information on the war between Hamas and Israel this Tuesday, December 3.

Towards a Hamas-Fatah agreement to administer Gaza after the war?

Are the Palestinian enemy brothers about to reach an agreement? The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have reportedly approved the formation of a committee responsible for administering the Gaza Strip after the war, AFP learned Tuesday from negotiators from the two camps. The discussions took place in Cairo under the aegis of the Egyptian authorities who reportedly took into account the observations of both parties to formulate a proposal.

Speaking to the Palestinian news agency Quds News Network, a source close to the matter said that the Hamas delegation would have welcomed the document. The same goes for the Fatah delegation, which has yet to send it to President Mahmoud Abbas. According to the same source, a response from Fatah is expected this week. If positive, further meetings will be organized to resolve remaining details.

According to the text of the project, the committee, to be made up of ten to fifteen personalities not affiliated with one or the other movement, would have authority over all matters relating to humanitarian aid, education, health, economy and reconstruction, in coordination with the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. The committee would also be responsible for administering the Palestinian part of the Rafah crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the small territory's only gateway to a country other than Israel.

Israel threatens to penetrate 'deeper' into Lebanon if war resumes with Hezbollah

Israel will penetrate “more in depth” in Lebanon if the fragile ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, in force since November 27, were to be broken, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Tuesday. “If we go to war again, we will act with even greater force and penetrate deeper”et “there will no longer be immunity for the Lebanese State” and Israel will no longer do «distinction [entre le Liban et] and Hezbollah» the minister said during a visit to troops.

Israeli strike targets car on Damascus airport road

An Israeli strike targeted a car on the road leading to Damascus international airport, the official Syrian agency Sana reported, citing police. “A car exploded after being targeted by an Israeli attack on the road to the airport”said Sana. Israel regularly carries out strikes on Syria, particularly targeting pro-Iranian groups.

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill nine people after Hezbollah fire

Nine people were killed in Israeli strikes on villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, after Israel announced it was striking dozens of Hezbollah targets in retaliation for an attack claimed for the first time since the cease-fire took effect. the fire, which «tient» according to Washington. On Monday evening, the Israeli army announced that it had struck dozens of Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, including “terrorist launch pads and infrastructure”. The Lebanese Health Ministry said the raids killed five people in the village of Harris and four in the village of Tallousa, in the south of the country.

Israel considers “disappointing” an appeal from , London and Berlin on aid to Gaza

The Israeli Foreign Ministry ruled “disappointing” an appeal launched the day before by Paris, London and Berlin asking Israel to provide humanitarian aid “unhindered” to the Palestinian territory of Gaza. “It is disappointing that the E3 foreign ministers [le trio Allemagne, et Grande-Bretagne, ndlr] did not address in their letter the massacre of October 7 and the daily attacks on civilians since then”said Oren Marmorstein, spokesperson for Israeli Foreign Affairs, in a statement. “Israel facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and imposes no restrictions on the amount of aid entering the territory,” affirme Oren Marmorstein. “Nevertheless, inside the Gaza Strip, international organizations are failing to distribute aid due to Hamas looting, among other reasons”he adds.

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