In his first statements since the outbreak of the ongoing conflict, the leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, defended the attack by the Hamas group in Israel, which left around 1,400 people dead, and assured that the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu must promote negotiations to achieve the release of the more than 200 kidnapped people in the hands of the Islamist movement. Meanwhile, thousands of people from Gaza who were working in Israel before the ongoing war broke out were expelled to the Palestinian enclave this Friday, November 3. The measure comes as the Israeli Army intensifies its air, sea and land offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where the death toll has increased to 9,227, according to the latest update from local authorities.
Returned to a territory at war. That is the situation for thousands of Palestinians who had permits to work in Israel and the West Bank, after they were expelled to the Gaza Strip on November 3.
The measure, which was confirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, comes almost a month after the Hamas attack that left around 1,400 dead in the south of Israeli territory, and at a time when the Army intensifies its incursion into the enclave. . Hit by bombs, lack of water, food and without a safe place to take refuge, Palestinians face the death of themselves or their loved ones as the hours pass.
In the midst of this panorama, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel, where he asks for “protection for the civilians of Gaza.” A position with which he qualifies Washington’s complete support for the military operation of his ally.
Here, the main news of the day:
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9:08 Nasrallah calls for allowing the “resistance” in Gaza to “succeed”
Before thousands of people who filled a square in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, the leader of Hezbollah,Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, tooHe noted that two short-term objectives must not be lost sight of: ending the war in Gaza and allowing the “resistance” in the Palestinian enclave, including Hamas, “to triumph.”
In his extensive remarks, Nasrallah praised Hamas’ bloody assault four weeks ago in which militants attacked farming villages and military outposts in southern Israel. “This large-scale operation was purely the result of Palestinian planning and implementation (…) Great secrecy made this operation a great success,” Nasrallah said, suggesting that his militia had no part in the attack.
His speech comes a day after the most significant escalation of clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon in recent weeks, after that group claimed responsibility for launching 12 missiles into Israeli territory.
Furthermore, his public intervention coincides with the visit to Israel of the top American diplomat, Antony Blinken, who met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to urge that civilians be protected in the fighting with Hamas. All at a time when Israeli troops intensify the siege of Gaza City.
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8:39 (BOG) Nasrallah: Israel can only recover hostages through negotiation
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8:32 (BOG) Hezbollah leader: “Hamas’ decision was the right one”
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah issued a speech in which he defended the bloody attack by the Hamas movement on October 7, which left around 1,400 people dead in southern Israel.
In his first statements since the outbreak of the ongoing conflict, Nasrallah assured that this assault was a “100% Palestinian” action and thanked groups in Yemen and Iraq for “participating in the battle against Israel.”
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7:30 (BOG) Blinken urges Israel to “protect Palestinian civilians”
The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, arrived in Tel Aviv this Friday where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while trying to press for “a humanitarian pause” in the fighting against Hamas in Gaza. A position that contrasts with the strong support that Washington has assured the Israeli Government since the current conflict began.
But in recent days, US President Joe Biden has called for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting to organize the evacuation of foreigners and Gazans with other nationalities, as well as to try to secure the release of 240 hostages held by Hamas and increase humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza.
“We strongly support the proposition that Israel has not only the right, but also the obligation to defend itself and to ensure that October 7 never happens again (…) The way Israel does it is important and it is very important that when “This is about the protection of civilians caught in the crossfire created by Hamas, everything possible is done to protect them and provide assistance to those who so desperately need it,” stressed the top representative of American diplomacy.
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6:41 UN: the situation in the West Bank is “alarming and urgent”
In addition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that the situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is “alarming and urgent” due to “multidimensional violations of the human rights of Palestinians” there.
Spokesperson Liz Throssell said that Israeli forces are increasingly using tactics and weapons in their operations in the area and that settler violence towards Palestinians “which was already at record levels” has increased. However, she also called on members of Palestinian militias to stop their actions against Israel.
“We have serious concerns that both sides are not respecting the principles of distinction and proportionality (…) We strongly urge Palestinian armed groups to immediately stop launching inherently indiscriminate rockets against Israel,” Throssell said at a news conference in Geneva. .
With the latest violent eventsthe number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank rose to 144, since October 7when Hamas carried out the bloody attack in southern Israel.
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6:25 (BOG) West Bank: at least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli operations
Israeli forces killed six Palestinians this Friday in raids in different locations in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported, while violence increases in the occupied territory alongside the war in the Gaza Strip. According to the portfolio, three men, between 17 and 26 years old, were killed in Jenina stronghold of Palestinian armed groups and the target of frequent military incursions.
In the southern city of Hebron, two more Palestinians, aged 33 and 36, died during a military raid on the Fawwar refugee camp, the Palestinian Health Ministry added. There, Israeli troops said their soldiers “responded with fire” after Palestinians threw Molotov cocktails and stones at them while they seized “weapons-making” equipment.
A sixth Palestinian, aged 29, died during an Israeli arrest operation in the Qalandiya refugee campbetween Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Ministry added.
For its part, the Israeli Army explained that its troops were “operating against Hamas” throughout the West Bank, with operations in Jenin and the northern city of Nablus.
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6:14 (BOG) Israel declares maximum alert on the border with Lebanon
Israel is on “very high alert” along the northern border with Lebanon, an Army spokesman announced.
The military man also warned that his country “will respond to every incident” in the border area.
The announcement comes after weeks in which the military of the Jewish-majority country has exchanged fire with the Shiite group Hezbollah, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks, while demanding an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
A day earlier, the Lebanese movement said it launched at least 12 rockets towards northern Israel.
A speech from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected in the coming hours.
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5:57 (BOG) At least 9,227 people have died in Gaza since October 7
The majority are civilians who died during Israel’s airstrikes, in response to the attack by the Hamas movement, the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip said in recent hours.
Among the fatalities are 3,826 children. The number continues to increase as the hours go by.
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5:38 (BOG) Thousands of Palestinian workers are expelled from Israel to Gaza
Through the Kerem Shalom crossing, thousands of Gaza employees and day laborers working in Israel returned to the besieged enclave this Friday, after their expulsion was announced the night before by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah: “Those workers from Gaza who were in Israel on the day the war broke out will be returned to Gaza (…) Israel is cutting all contact with Gaza. There will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza.”
Some workers said they had been detained and mistreated by Israeli authorities after the Hamas attack in southern Israel. Others still had plastic stickers with numbers around their legs.
“We used to serve them, working for them in houses, restaurants and markets for the lowest wages, and yet now we have been humiliated,” said Jamal Ismail, a worker from the Maghazi refugee camp in central from Gaza.
Israel had issued more than 18,000 permits to Gazans to cross into their country and into the occupied West Bank to work in sectors such as agriculture or construction.
“No one knows what’s going on,” lamented Ghazal Ghazal, 50, who worked in a candy factory in Tel Aviv before escaping to the West Bank last month after learning from colleagues that Israeli authorities were making arrests.
With Reuters, AP and local media
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