an attack on a checkpoint in Jerusalem; Israeli operations still underway at Al-Shifa hospital

• The Israeli army said it found, on Wednesday November 15, “munitions, weapons and military equipment” belonging to Hamas in Al-Shifa hospital from Gaza, where it intervened militarily the same day. “We have proof that the hospital was used for military and terrorist purposes, contrary to international laws”, army spokesperson Daniel Hagari told the press. For its part, the health ministry of the Gaza Strip, administered by Hamas, affirmed that the Israeli army “has not[vait] found neither weapons nor military equipment at the hospital, specifying that it does not authorize the presence of weapons in its establishments. He added that Israel would have deployed bulldozers in the hospital.
• International pressure increases on Israeli operations around Al-Shifa hospital. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Israel to be “extremely cautious”. The United States does not have “gave green light to Jewish state operations around Al-Shifa hospital”, said the spokesperson for the American National Security Council, John Kirby. French President Emmanuel Macron, for his part, condemned “with the greatest firmness” bombing of civilian infrastructure. Shortly before, the Quai d’Orsay had announced “his very deep concern”. For its part, Qatar demanded “an international investigation” on Israeli raids on hospitals in Gaza, calling the operation in Al-Shifa a ” war crime “. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a“terrorist state”.
• The President of the United States, Joe Biden, said on Wednesday “relatively optimistic” regarding the upcoming release of hostages held by Hamas and assured that he had asked Israel to be “extremely cautious” in the conduct of its operations in Gaza’s main hospital. “I don’t want to get ahead of myself, because I don’t know what happened in the last four hours, but we have had great cooperation from the Qataris”he declared during a press conference following a meeting in California with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
• Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called on Wednesday evening for the departure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without waiting for the end of the military operation against the Palestinian Islamists of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Netanyahu should leave immediately. (…) We need change, Netanyahu cannot remain prime minister”Mr. Lapid said in an interview with Israeli channel N12. “We cannot afford to lead a long campaign with a Prime Minister in whom the population no longer has any confidence”added Mr. Lapid.
• The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffith, announced thatIsrael decided not to limit the number of trucks allowed to enter the Gaza Strip. The United Nations has around 460 trucks waiting in El-Arich, the Egyptian town closest to the Rafah crossing point into the Gaza Strip. Mr. Griffith also asked that humanitarian aid be able to be delivered without interruption to Gaza, including through crossing points with Israel, including that of Kerem Shalom, in the South, which saw more than 60% of trucks entering Gaza. the enclave before the conflict.
• The United Nations has confirmed a first delivery of fuel to the Gaza Strip. A little over 23,000 liters of gasoline were delivered, “but their use was restricted by the Israeli authorities, [et servira] only for transport aid [humanitaire] “, lamented the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, Thomas White. This fuel is not “not at all sufficient”. According to Mr. White, this amounts to “half of a tanker truck” and does not represent “only 9%” of the agency’s daily needs to “maintain [ses] life-saving activities. “Having fuel only for trucks will not save more lives”for his part, estimated the boss of Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, because, “By the end of the day, around 70% of the population of Gaza will not have access to drinking water”.
• According to the Hamas government on Wednesday, approximately 11,500 Palestinians, including 4,710 children, were killed in Israeli bombardments on the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on October 7. Additionally, 29,800 people were injured.

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