The Israeli army carried out an intense series of strikes on Gaza overnight from Sunday to Monday, after a black week that left some 200 dead.
The UN Security Council met on Sunday without the adoption of a declaration or proposals leading to a cessation of hostilities.
The Israeli army carried out an intense series of strikes on Gaza early Monday morning. Witnesses there speak of the most significant bombing since the resumption of clashes between Israel and Hamas last Monday. The strikes caused power cuts and hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to local authorities, who did not immediately report casualties. And appeasement is not yet in sight, recalls Bertrand Badie, professor emeritus at Science Po, guest of Europe 1 Monday morning.
The new Israeli strikes come after the Palestinian enclave had recorded its heaviest daily death toll the day before since the start of this new episode of violence: 42 Palestinians, including at least eight children, perished in raids, according to the ministry of local health.
In total, since May 10, 197 Palestinians have been killed.
Israeli side, 10 people killed and 294 injured
"This insistence of the Netanyahu government on the death of a large number of civilians and the destruction of infrastructure are all war crimes and crimes against humanity", indignant at the microphone of Europe 1 Wassel Abu Youssef , member of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO).
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On the Israeli side, ten people were killed, including a child, and 294 injured after shooting by Palestinian armed groups from Gaza.
They have fired more than 3,100 rockets at Israel since the start of hostilities.
"There is no appeasement without genuine negotiation and without a peace plan. The big problem is that the peace plan that had been displayed for years, the two-state solution, is no longer credible. today."
The professor explains: "The continued progress of colonization makes the Palestinian space unsustainable. That it becomes overnight into a state would involve the displacement of hundreds of thousands of settlers, which is absolutely unimaginable. "
"No change" in attitude on the side of the United States
On Sunday, the UN Security Council met for a third emergency session on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a week, without the adoption at this stage of a joint declaration or of proposals allowing a rapid conclusion to be reached. a cessation of hostilities.
"It is not the United Nations that is in question, it is the powers that block within the United Nations, which is a little different. What happened on Sunday shows that there is no change substantial in the American attitude with the election of Joe Biden ", analysis Bertrand Badie.
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Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his campaign "against terrorist organizations" was continuing "at full speed". "We will continue to act as long as it is necessary to restore calm and security for you citizens of Israel. It will take more time," he said.