🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Bombing has increased in places where Israel told Palestinians to flee.

An analysis by the civilian harm watchdog Airwars shared with NPR finds that in the first week after Israel began telling civilians to move south, the bombardment on these areas increased. The increase was part of intensified airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.
The group parsed every report of harm to civilians south of Wadi Gaza in the first week after Israel told civilians to go there. Including only those events they could geolocate, Airwars gathered 127 allegations of civilian harm between Oct. 14 and Oct. 21.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1213579692/israel-gaza-evacuation-south-attacks

Bogdan Ermokhin is back in Ukraine.
UNICEF and Qatar would have contributed his return.

🇺🇳 Statement by the Secretary-General - on Gaza 
I am deeply shocked that two UNRWA schools were struck in less than 24 hours in Gaza. Dozens of people – many women and children – were killed and injured as they were seeking safety in United Nations premises.    
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians are seeking shelter at United Nations facilities throughout Gaza due to the intensified fighting. I reaffirm that our premises are inviolable. 
This war is having a staggering and unacceptable number of civilian casualties, including women and children, every day. This must stop.  
I reiterate my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.   
I also want to express my deep appreciation for all the mediation efforts led by the government of Qatar. 

🇫🇮 Finland to close some border crossings with Russia after rise in asylum seekers.
Finnish president had accused Moscow of guiding people towards Finland in act of revenge for cooperation with US.
According to Iltalehti (Finnish media), Finland reportedly ready to close eastern border at midnight on Tuesday 21st of November.

🇫🇷 Young supremacist, soldier, retired police officer... raid and weapons seized in the ultra-right movement.

Four people were brought before an anti-terrorism judge in Paris on Friday evening for indictment for criminal terrorist association and arms trafficking. Among these members of the ultra-right, a 20-year-old fan of the Ku Klux Klan and a former Territorial Intelligence police officer who is now retired.

https://leparisien.fr/faits-divers/jeune-supremaciste-militaire-policier-retraite-coup-de-filet-et-armes-saisies-dans-la-mouvance-dultra-droite-18-11-2023-434A5RYM5BAZVMVUYM3ZB47YAM.php?xtor=AD-366

Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein arrived in Al Arish, Egypt, to oversee the preparation and dispatch of the 41-bed capacity Jordanian field hospital to provide medical aid to Khan Younis.

(Source : The Royal Hashemite Court)

As of November 20, in the Israel-Gaza war, CPJ has documented:

- 48 journalists dead: 43 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 1 Lebanese
- 9 injured
- 3 missing
- 13 arrested
- Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.

https://cpj.org/2023/11/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/

In War-Torn Gaza and Israel, a Foreign Passport Is Key to Options
The document can offer escape or the option to flee, though some choose to stay.

By Lisa Goldman.

https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-war-torn-gaza-and-israel-a-foreign-passport-is-key-to-options/

Houthi forces published footage of the hijacking the ship Galaxy Leader an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) traveled to Qatar on Monday to advance humanitarian issues related to the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza.

President Mirjana Spoljaric met with Ismaël Haniyeh, Chair of Hamas’ Political Bureau, and separately with authorities of the state of Qatar.

Lebanon 🇱🇧 : two journalists from Al Mayadeen TV channel were killed in southern Lebanon. « Israel deliberately targeted Al Mayadeen's correspondent Farah Omar, and cameraman Rabih Me'mari, killing them both after they had just ended their live broadcast from South »
According to the TV channel.

Farah Omar and Rabih Maamari.

Iraq 🇮🇶 Explosions were reported in the Abu Ghraib area west of Bahgdad last night. Target is unclear. Reports suggest that a car belonging to the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) was targeted.

Israël 🇮🇱
L’annonce d’un accord d’otages entre Israël et le Hamas pourrait intervenir dès mardi.

Israël, le Hamas et les États-Unis sont sur le point de parvenir à un accord  qui pourrait être annoncé dès mardi pour que le Hamas libère 50 femmes et enfants otages que le groupe militant avait pris en otage lors de l'attaque terroriste du 7 octobre contre Israël, en échange de quatre - à cinq jours de pause dans les combats et trois prisonniers palestiniens.
(CNN)

Plusieurs partis d’extrême droite qui font partie de la coalition au pouvoir ont appelé mardi soir au rejet de l’accord proposé et à l’intensification de l’offensive israélienne à Gaza pour obtenir de meilleures conditions.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/21/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-hamas-hostage-release-deal-gaza

🇮🇶 🇺🇸 Des frappes américaines ont ciblé deux sites en Irak en réponse aux attaques de groupes pro-Iran.

Communiqué du CENTCOM: « Dans la matinée du 22 novembre, en Irak, les forces du Commandement central américain (USCENTCOM) ont mené des frappes discrètes et précises contre deux installations en Irak. Ces frappes étaient une réponse directe aux attaques contre les forces américaines et de la coalition par l'Iran et des groupes soutenus par l'Iran, y compris celle en Irak le 21 novembre, qui impliquait l'utilisation de missiles balistiques à courte portée. »

La milice pro Iran Kataib Hezbollah irakien a déclaré que cinq de ses membres avaient été tués lors de frappes américaines dans la région de Jurf al-Sakhar, au sud de Bagdad.

Selon Politico, l'administration Biden semble s'inquiéter d'une conséquence inattendue de la pause à Gaza : l'accès des journalistes à Gaza qui pourraient éclairer davantage les scènes de dévastation et ainsi retourner l'opinion publique contre Israël.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/21/biden-hostage-israel-hamas-war-00128351

🇸🇩 Les Forces de défense du peuple du Soudan du Sud (SDF) ont été accusées d'avoir attaqué des civils lors de l'embuscade de dimanche matin qui a fait 40 morts dans la zone contestée d'Abyei.
(BBC)

La cour d'appel de Paris a confirmé le renvoi devant une cour d'assises d'un ancien porte-parole d'un groupe rebelle syrien pour complicité de crimes de guerre en Syrie entre 2013 et 2016.
Majdi Nema sera également jugé pour complicité d'enrôlement de mineurs dans un groupe armé.

https://www.justiceinfo.net/fr/125108-crimes-de-guerre-en-syrie-proces-aux-assises-confirme-en-france-pour-un-ex-rebelle-salafiste.html