Have you missed the news a bit in the last two days? We summarize the main information for Saturday October 14 and Sunday October 15.
On Sunday, Israel massed its troops in preparation for a ground offensive in the north of the Gaza Strip, on the ninth day of the war triggered by a Hamas attack, the deadliest ever committed on its soil. The Israeli army claimed to be awaiting a “political decision” before launching its intervention.
A million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, which has more than twice as many people, have been displaced since the start of the conflict and Israeli strikes, the UN announced on Sunday. Israel continues to urge Gazans living in the north of the territory to flee to the south as quickly as possible.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed 2,450 people, according to a latest report released Sunday by Hamas’ Palestinian health ministry. On the Israeli side, more than 1,400 people were killed in the attack by Hamas commandos launched on October 7 in Israeli territory, according to a new report provided Sunday by the Prime Minister’s office.
Several thousand people gathered on Sunday in Arras in memory of Dominique Bernard, the French teacher stabbed to death Friday by Mohammed Mogouchkov, 20, a young Islamist of Caucasian origin. The city siren sounded several times in the central square, packed with people, in a pitch-black silence. According to the prefecture, more than 5,000 people gathered.
In middle and high schools, classes will be canceled on Monday between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal announced on Saturday. A “time of exchange that is both human and educational” will take place within the educational teams, “in memory of the victims of the attacks committed against our school”. However, “minimum reception” will be provided in establishments for students who have no other choice than to come before 10 a.m. and “to allow them to wait before resuming”. School transportation will take place as planned.
In addition, a minute of silence will be observed “at 2 p.m.” in all schools and rectorates. “In primary school, this time of homage and contemplation may take other forms, to take into account the age of the students,” said Mr. Attal.
The government has also planned a series of measures and directives to strengthen the security of schools and the educational community.
Nine people were still in police custody on Sunday, at the anti-terrorist sub-directorate of the judicial police (Sdat) and at the DGSI. Among them: the attacker, Mohammed Mogouchkov; two of his brothers, one of whom is incarcerated; his sister born in 2005; his mother ; one of his uncles and an inmate.
However, two police custody was lifted: two Belarusians, “who had nothing to do with the investigation,” Agence France-Presse learned from police sources.
Since his arrest on Friday, Mohammed Mogouchkov “has not spoken,” said one of these sources. Police custody can last up to 96 hours. The author’s “motivations” “remain to be defined”, said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Saturday, while he affirmed Friday on TF1 that there was “without doubt” a link with the events in the Near -East.
Poles voted on Sunday for a legislative election which promises to be close and which is considered crucial for the future of their country’s ties with the European Union and neighboring Ukraine. The conservative national party Law and Justice (PiS) is hoping to stay in power for a third term against a dispersed democratic camp.
According to polls, PiS would obtain the greatest number of votes. But he risks having difficulty forming a government coalition, paving the way for the pro-European Union opposition led by the former head of the European Council, Donald Tusk.
At the end of a suspenseful match, the All Blacks got the better of the XV du Trèfle (28-24) on Saturday at the Stade de France to secure their semi-final ticket. There they will meet the Argentinian Pumas, who undoubtedly have something to worry about given the performance offered by the Oceanians at the Stade de France.
At the Stade de France, although entirely or almost dressed in green to support Jonathan Sexton and his teammates, the Blacks delivered their best match in a long time. And if they never managed to come away well behind in the score, they achieved the feat of never being behind during the match. They owe this largely to a start carried out at full speed.
France plays against South Africa on Sunday evening to hope to qualify for the semi-finals.
Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani President hoists national flag in regional capital
Policy. The PCF takes note of the “impasse” that the Nupes has become and calls for “a new type of union” of the left
LGBT rights. Homophobia in stadiums: football authorities and the sports ministry launch a series of measures
Magnanville attack. Mohamed Lamine Aberouz appeals his conviction
