Vital
- This Monday, the war between Israel and Hamas will enter its 80th day.
- “We are paying a very high price for the war, but we have no choice but to continue fighting,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday.
- Since Friday, 15 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, the highest death toll since the conflict began.
- The UN Security Council in a resolution on Friday demanded the “immediate, safe and unhindered” delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip “on a large scale.”
- Negotiations continue in Cairo to end the war and release the remaining hostages.
- Emmanuel Macron expressed “concern” over the “dramatic” situation of the only Catholic parish in Gaza.
The Pope reminds us of the “losing logic of war”
“Our heart is in Bethlehem tonight,” Pope Francis said during a Christmas Mass in Rome, denouncing the “losing logic of war.”
No respite in Gaza
The Gaza Strip saw no respite on Christmas Eve. A bomb blast near the small village of Al-Zawaida (center) killed 12 people early Monday morning, according to the Hamas health ministry.
An overnight explosion in Khan Younes (south) killed at least 18 people, he added in a press release. The center of the territory also suffered about fifty successive attacks.
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Source: Le Parisien
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