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12:05 : It is noon, here is an update on the news:
• A new attack took place in East Jerusalem, the day after the attack which killed seven people yesterday evening near a synagogue in a district of the holy city annexed by Israel. This morning, a 13-year-old Palestinian, identified by Israeli police, opened fire and injured two people. Follow our live.
• Demonstrations take place in the cities of New York and Memphis following the publication of images of the arrest of Tire Nichols, two days after the imprisonment of the five police officers who beat him to the ground. President Joe Biden said to himself “outraged” and “deeply bruised” by the death of the 29-year-old man, three days after his beating by the police.
The European Union decides to continue sanctions against Russia, while heavy fighting is still underway in the town of Vougledar, in the east of the country.
The Australian Open is coming to an end, it’s the final this Saturday. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina takes on Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka. Follow the game live.
11:55 a.m. : At the same time, in Jenin, the Palestinian inhabitants of this city in the north of the occupied West Bank bury their dead. On Thursday, an Israeli army operation killed nine people. Here is a report on the spot by our journalist Alice Froussard.
11:48 : As a reminder, the Israeli police announced earlier this morning the arrest of 42 people. They are to be questioned about yesterday’s deadly attack near a synagogue in a Jewish-settled neighborhood in East Jerusalem, part of the Holy City annexed by Israel. Follow our live.
11:49 : The victims of the attack are a father and his son, aged 47 and 23, according to the police. Both suffer from “gunshot wounds in the upper body”said the emergency services.
11:40 a.m. : The attack was carried out at the archaeological site of the City of David, in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, and the teenager, from the part of the Holy City occupied and annexed by Israel, was “neutralized and injured”, authorities report.
11:35 a.m. : The shooter who injured two people this morning in East Jerusalem is a 13-year-old Palestinian, Israeli police say.
10:50 a.m. : On the French side, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the “deep concern” of France against “at the risk of escalation, including in the Gaza Strip”. In the United States, a spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House has also indicated that his country is “deeply concerned about the escalation of violence in Gaza”.
10:50 a.m. : Hello here are the main reactions that I could find following the Israeli raid in Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, leading to the death of 9 Palestinians on Thursday. “This endless cycle of violence must end. All those responsible for the violence will be held to account,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Twitter.
10:50 a.m. : Where are the indignant reactions after the 9 deaths Thursday following the intervention of the Israeli armed forces in the West Bank?
10:30 a.m. : Revolt in Iran, presidential elections in Turkey, new government in Israel… The French-speaking Lebanese newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour delivers its analysis on three files to follow in the Middle East in 2023.
10:24 a.m. : Two people were wounded by bullets during an attack in a district of East Jerusalem, reports the Magen David Adom (MDA), the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross. No official report has yet been communicated by the authorities.
09:09 : 42 people were arrested for questioning after the deadly attack perpetrated yesterday near a synagogue in East Jerusalemannounces the Israeli police.
09:58 : It’s 9 a.m. and dust, here is the main news of this morning:
US President Joe Biden denounces “an attack on the civilized world”, after the assault that left seven dead last night near a synagogue in East Jerusalem, a district of the holy city annexed by Israel. France also condemned last night a “appalling terrorist attack” occurred in a “context of growing tensions”.
The European Union maintains sanctions against Russia, as heavy fighting continues in the town of Vougledar in eastern Ukraine. `
Footage of the arrest of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols was released by Memphis police yesterday, two days after five officers were jailed for beating him to the ground. They show the unbearable brutality of the arrest of the African-American, who died three days later.
• Julie Douib’s ex-companion was sentenced on appeal to life imprisonment yesterday evening by the Assize Court of Corse-du-Sud. Bruno Garcia-Cruciani was convicted of killing the 34-year-old woman in March 2019.
