Israel-Hamas war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Hamas’s newly appointed political leader Yahya Sinwar to accept a Gaza ceasefire, saying the alleged mastermind of the October 7 attack was the crucial decider. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates.
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Summary:
- Hamas said on Tuesday it had chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the October 7 attacks, as its new leader. Sinwar replaces Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran last week in a presumed Israeli strike.
- At least 39,653 Palestinians have been killed and 91,535 injured in Israel‘s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday’s key developments:
- Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed in a televised address on Tuesday that his group’s response to last week’s Israeli attacks would be “strong and effective”, adding that Hezbollah would act either alone or with its regional allies.
- Palestinian officials said on Tuesday that 12 Palestinians were killed during Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank, as world leaders try to stop tensions in the Middle East from boiling over into a regional war.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(France 24 with Reuters, AFP, AP)
