More than a hundred people dead in Gaza, Trump threatens Yemen, Iranian nuclear … The news of the conflict to the Middle East this Thursday, May 15-Liberation
The editorial staff of Release You summarize the main news of the day on the conflict at the Middle East. The last point is to be read here.
On the sidelines of His tour in the Middle Eastthe tenant of the White House said this Thursday that the United States wanted to seize the Gaza Strip, ravaged by 19 months of war Between Israel Hamas at its head, and make a « Zone of Liberty ». « I have concepts for Gaza who I think are very good », said the republican billionaire. « I think I would be proud that the United States had it, take it (Gaza)« , To make such a space, he added.
Palestinian help has identified more than 100 dead Thursday in Israeli bombings in the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip, where an NGO supported by the United States says it is preparing to distribute humanitarian aid by the end of the month.
Most of the victims died in the governorate of Khan Younès, in the south of the Palestinian territory, according to the organization of rescuers. On March 18, the Israeli army broke up two -month -old and resumed his offensive in Gaza, grabbing large sectors and diving always the territory in a deep humanitarian crisis. Hamas reacted Thursday accusing « The criminal of war Netanyahu undermines mediation efforts by a deliberate military escalation, showing no regard towards his captives (The hostages held in Gaza, editor’s note) and putting their lives in danger « ,,
While a ceasefire ended on May 6 In weeks of American bombing, the Republican said on Thursday that Washington « Trait (Ait) with the Houthis » with « success ». But if an attack « Surven (Ait) tomorrow »the offensive would resume, however, he warned. Donald Trump himself declared at the beginning of the month the stopping of strikes against these Islamist rebels, allies of Hamas, which forms one of the most powerful non-state groups in the Middle East, claiming that these insurgents had agreed to no longer bomb the ships sailing On an essential path for world trade.
A few days earlier, Wednesday, May 14, the Israeli army called to evacuate three ports controlled by the Houthis, after having announced the interception of a missile pulled by these insurgents. In retaliation for these missile and drones attacks, the Israeli Air Force has led several strikes in recent months against Houthi targets in Yemen, where she put Out of service Sanaa airport And bombed electric stations and cement factories on May 6.
The President of the United States has assured DOHA on Wednesday, May 14, that Washington and Tehran are about to find an agreement on Iranian nuclear power and that the Islamic Republic had « somehow » accepted the terms. Launched on April 12, The talks aim to conclude a new framework To prevent Iran from equipping himself with the atomic weapon – will always denied by the country. But Iran said he was ready to never make nuclear weapons, to get rid of its highly enriched uranium stocks, to Uranium only to the levels necessary for civil use And to authorize international inspectors to supervise the process only on the condition that all American economic sanctions against it is lifted immediately.
Update at 4.30 p.m. With the re -evaluated assessment in Gaza.
