The essential
US President Joe Biden said Friday he is "hopeful" that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could happen by Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that begins on the evening of March 10 or 11.
The United States destroyed a surface-to-air missile from the Houthi rebels in Yemen that posed an “imminent threat” to American aircraft in the region, the United States military Command for the Middle East (Centcom) announced on Saturday.
The essentials of the day before
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "strongest disapproval" on Friday and demanded "truth" and "justice" after the death, announced by Hamas, of more than 110 people during an aid distribution in Gaza.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said Friday that Egypt hopes that talks initiated by Qatar will result in an agreement to cease hostilities in Gaza before the start of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The armed wing of Hamas said Friday evening that seven hostages held in the Gaza Strip had died in recent weeks in Israeli "bombings" on the Palestinian territory.
Joe Biden declared on Friday that the American army would parachute humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip in the coming days, considering the amount of aid authorized by Israel to enter the Palestinian enclave devastated by the war to be very insufficient.
With AFP
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