The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, met this Tuesday with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. In their meeting, the French president warned that Israel's security and stability in the Middle East will not prosper unless it recognizes “the legitimate right of the Palestinians” to have their own State: “Israel's security cannot be lasting. without the decisive resumption of the political process with the Palestinians”.

“Hamas is a terrorist group, which is why it does not embody the Palestinian cause; it must be fought with force and the Palestinian cause must be understood,” Macron explained, stressing that the stability of the region “will not be guaranteed” unless Israel “accepts the legitimate right of the Palestinians to have a territory and a State in peace and security alongside Israel.”

On the other hand, the French president has also proposed to Israel “a regional and international coalition to fight against terrorist groups”, in a meeting in which terrorism was described as a “common enemy” of Israel and France.

“I came to communicate France's solidarity in the face of our common enemy, terrorism,” Macron told Netanyahu, defending “Israel's legitimate right to defend itself” from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. “France is ready so that the international coalition against the Islamic State, in which we are committed, can also fight against Hamas,” said the French president.

An Alaska Airlines pilot, who was traveling as a passenger, has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut down the engines of a plane in mid-flight on Sunday.

Joseph Emerson, 44, was detained by the Portland Airport Police Department in the United States, where the plane was forced to land, after a security threat was reported on a flight that had taken off from Everett. (Washington) and was heading to San Francisco (California).

Emerson also faces 83 counts of endangering passengers and crew, and one count of endangering an aircraft, according to Multnomah County Sheriff's Office records, cited by US network NBC.

In a statement, Alaska Airlines said that “the occupant of the jump seat attempted unsuccessfully to disrupt the engines” of the plane operated by Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines.

The airline added that the crew responded quickly, ensuring that engine power was not lost and “secured the aircraft without incident.”

Emerson was sitting in the folding seat in the cockpit behind the pilots. Typically, off-duty airline pilots sit in that seat when they fly back to their home base.

The Federal Aviation Administration sent an alert and clarified that the security incident is not related to terrorist threats arising from international conflicts.. The FBI is investigating the incident.

NBC adds that once the plane landed, Portland police arrested the pilot and that all passengers were able to continue their trip on a later flight.

The 85-year-old Hamas hostage Yochved Lifshitz, released this Monday by the al-Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist group that controls Gaza, explained this Tuesday, in a statement from the Tel Aviv hospital where she is hospitalized, how It has been the more than two weeks that she has been detained: “I went through hell.”

“They took me, with my legs on one side and my head on the other, on a motorcycle,” said this woman sitting in a wheelchair during her appearance before the media, where she stated that when she was transported to Gaza her kidnappers beat her with sticks. .

He added that his captors took away the watch and jewelry he was wearing.. After making part of the journey, they later forced him to walk cross-country until they reached a tunnel to enter the Strip.. The elderly woman described Hamas's network of passageways as “a spider web.”

At the end of one of the tunnels she was taken to a large room where there were 25 other Hamas abductees, until two or three hours later she was taken with four other hostages to a separate room. There “they treated us well,” he noted, specifying that they gave him food and medicine. Lifshitz regretted that a fence that has cost “2 billion” has not served to protect Israelis, referring to the security barrier that separates Gaza from Israel.

Visibly affected and somewhat disoriented, she urged that all the hostages, more than 220, be released and able to return to their homes, in a press conference at the Ichilov medical center in Tel Aviv.

The al-Qasam Brigades reported last night the release of Lifshitz and another Israeli woman, Nurit Yitzhak, 80, after mediation by Egypt and Qatar, for what the spokesman for that militia, Abu Obeida, pointed out as “compelling humanitarian reasons.” and satisfactory.

The husbands of both women, who were also kidnapped, remain in the hands of the Islamists. The four were abducted on October 7 from their homes by Hamas in the Nir Oz kibbutz, where Hamas militiamen killed members of that community. Lifshitz's husband is well-known peace activist Oded Lifshitz, 83, who has transported cancer patients in Gaza to Israeli hospitals for treatment.

Around 360,000 reservists, some even on their honeymoon, have been called up by the Israeli Government to fight against Hamas after the unprecedented attack on October 7 that cost the lives of 1,400 people.. Israel's response to the Gaza Strip now exceeds 5,000 fatalities, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Among the numerous reservists there are cases of people who lived outside of Israel and who have had to take a flight back to their native country to lend a hand in the armed struggle, leaving their homes and families behind.

According to the British press, some soldiers have complained that President Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Yair, 32 years old and resident in Miami since last April, has not returned to Israel to join the Army and remains in Florida.

“Yair is enjoying his life in Miami Beach while I am on the front,” a volunteer soldier serving on Israel's northern front told The Times.. “We are the ones who left our jobs, our families, our children, to protect our families at home and in the country, not the people responsible for this situation. Our brothers, our parents and children go to the front, but Yair has not yet is here. “It doesn't help build confidence in the country's leadership,” he added.

Another testimony, deployed on the border with Gaza, lamented: “I have returned from the United States, where I have a job, a life, my family. There is no way I can stay there and abandon my country, my people, at this moment.” critical. Where is the prime minister's son? Why is he not in Israel? “It is the most unified moment for us as Israelis in our recent history and each and every one of us should be here right now, including the prime minister's son.”

Military service is mandatory for most Israelis when they turn 18. Men must serve 32 months and women 24. After this, most of them can be called up to reserve units up to the age of 40, or even older, in the event of a national emergency, and fight alongside regular troops in wartime. Reservists are also used in non-combat roles.

According to Daily Mail, Israelis living abroad are organizing themselves in WhatsApp groups to manage their return and find available flights, said Yedidya Shalman, 26, who was in Thailand on her honeymoon when the attack occurred. Hamas and war broke out in Gaza.

Spain continues to have the issue of the official status of Catalan, Galician and Basque in the EU marked in red on its agenda, with priority for the former.. But once again he has encountered the refusal of several partners every time that the acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, puts the issue on the table this Tuesday at the General Affairs Council taking place in Luxembourg.. Latvia, for example, has assured that this step “is not a priority” for the bloc right now and also has internal reasons: it has a Russian-speaking minority in the country, so it could open the door to a petition regarding the use of Russian. Despite this, the debate will continue at a technical level.

Albares himself has once again defended the measure and has insisted that the cost of the measure will be assumed by Spain.. However, a final decision is not expected after today's summit, but the acting Government has already received criticism. “We already warned: the EU does not allow itself to be blackmailed by Sánchez's electoral interests. We need a Government that defends what truly matters in Europe, not a president who makes us look ridiculous,” Cs has reacted through its leader, Adrián Vázquez.

Furthermore, Latvian reluctance joins the already known concerns of Finland and Sweden, which, like other EU members, focus on the costs and legal viability of the measure, while Lithuania supports its rejection on the “impact.” political” of the measure. France, for its part, is cautious but insists that it will do its part to “help Spain”. Some other voices consider that this is an internal matter with no real significance for the EU.. The acting Government, in this scenario, is finalizing the report with which to fully defend the proposal after this second position taking.

In general, the context has not changed compared to a few weeks ago, when the melon was opened. “It is not a question of whether the measure is appropriate or not, but rather what needs to be done correctly to carry it out.”. It is a question of seeing the complete picture,” sources consulted by 20minutos commented then, to clarify that among the Member States “there is no rejection” of the Government's approach, but they did want to escape any haste.. For some capitals, the problem comes from the effects that incorporating three more languages could have at once, while others consider that the necessary reform is too far-reaching to be addressed “in a short time.”

There are no dates on the table for the resolution of the issue, even though Sánchez has already started the clock for his possible investiture.. In fact, it is also unlikely that the issue will be finalized during the Spanish presidency of the Council; If that happens, the Belgian one – which takes place between January 1 and June 31, 2024 – will inherit the debate, although its semester will be marked by the European elections next June, so the margin will narrow.

There would be the alternative, already open, that the co-official languages could be languages of use in the European Parliament, a possibility that already started with a request in 2022 and that could be carried out as long as there is no unanimity in the Council. Right now the EU has 24 official languages, after the complete incorporation of Gaelic to the list in 2017.

The al-Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist group Hamas, announced this Monday the release of two Israeli women hostages, elderly women aged 85 and 80, among the at least 220 captives in Gaza after mediation by Egypt and Qatar.

“We freed two captives, Nurit Yitzhak and Yochved Lifshitz,” said the spokesman for Hamas's military wing, Abu Obeida, in a statement, who assured that their release occurs “for compelling and satisfactory humanitarian reasons,” after mediation by Egypt. and Qatar, usual mediators between Hamas and the Israeli authorities.

Obeida added that it was decided to release the two women despite the fact that Israel “has refused since last Friday to accept their receipt,” and accused it of “continuing to neglect” the people who are captives of the Palestinian militias in the Strip, among them which there are more elderly and children, as well as both Israelis and foreign citizens.

According to the Ynet website, Israel confirmed the release of the two hostages, who have been transferred to Egypt after 17 days of captivity, after being captured on October 7, when Hamas launched the attack against Israel that included a ground incursion and It broke out the war.

Both were residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a community adjacent to Gaza that was one of the most affected by the Hamas offensive.. Lifshitz is 85 years old, and Yitzhak – also identified as Nurit Cooper by local media – is 80, according to the Israeli press, which assured that the Israeli Government did not take part in the process for their release.

On the other hand, the husbands of the two elderly women, also elderly, remain captive in Gaza. The International Committee of the Red Cross would have had an important role in the release of both hostages, and its team took part in their transfer from Gaza to Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

Hamas already offered to release these same two captives on Sunday, “without asking for anything in return,” when it allegedly accused Israel of rejecting the offer, an assertion rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Today, the spokesman for its armed militias also accused Israel of having committed “more than eight violations of the procedures that were agreed” with the mediators for the handover of hostages.

With Monday's release, four of the at least 222 captured by Palestinian militants have already left Gaza, after Hamas released two US women on Friday citing “humanitarian reasons.”

The two freed Americans were a mother and daughter who were visiting Israel when they were captured.

The Israeli Army has intensified its bombings on the Gaza Strip in recent hours. In the last day more than 300 Hamas targets have been attacked. The projectiles have also hit neighborhoods where hundreds of civilians have died. The war reaches its seventeenth day and the intention of the Jewish State to enter the Palestinian territory remains unchanged. This Monday, the Israeli Army asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give the green light to the ground incursion into the enclave, claiming that Israeli soldiers have been preparing for days and “cannot wait forever.”

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have acknowledged to the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel that “they would achieve their objectives even despite suffering casualties among their ranks.”. This is one of the reasons why the ground invasion of Gaza could be delaying. The military assures that this operation must be launched “as soon as possible” and reiterates the promise made since Hamas attacked Israeli territory on September 7, killing and kidnapping civilians: “destroy the infrastructure of the Hamas terrorist group” and ” eliminate the entire organization.”

Another of the critical points of carrying out this offensive is that Hamas continues to have more than 200 Israeli hostages.. The families of the kidnapped people could be delaying the military entry and the Army fears that the attempt to free them will stop the incursion. This Monday, several US media outlets claim that Netanyahu has stopped the operation at the request of Joe Biden. The US president would have asked him to first release hostages and allow more humanitarian aid to enter.. In fact, this Monday the second release of hostages in more than two weeks of conflict was announced.. According to Hamas, two people have been released thanks to the mediation of Egypt and Qatar citing “humanitarian and health reasons.”

For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said this Monday that Israeli soldiers are preparing for “the next step”, which will be “a multilateral operation by land, sea and air.”. Furthermore, the minister has asked that there be no speculation about internal friction and has assured that there is “total and mutual trust” between Netanyahu and the senior military commanders.

Death toll in Gaza could exceed 5,000

As Israel debates whether to enter, airstrikes continue. According to Hamas, which governs Gaza, at least 5,087 people have been killed by Israeli bombings, in retaliation for the Islamist group's attack that left some 1,400 dead and 222 kidnapped.. This Monday the Israeli Government presented more unpublished images of the Hamas attacks to a hundred international journalists.. These media (including Spanish) were able to observe new videos recorded by the terrorists themselves, by security cameras or by the victims of the massacre against civilians.. At the moment the 43-minute footage has not been made public.

In Gaza, of the total number of deaths, 40% are children and 22% are women or the elderly, always according to the Gazan authorities, since there is not much international press on the ground due to Israel's blockade for journalists to enter. According to the Gaza Health spokesperson, the Israeli bombings of the last few hours have left more than 430 dead. In addition, the death toll due to the bombing carried out on Sunday night on the Jabalia refugee camp, located in the north of the Gaza Strip, has increased to 30. Added to the death toll are 15,273 injured people. and 1,500 who remain under the rubble.

The Israeli Army acknowledged this Monday that during the last 24 hours it attacked more than 320 targets of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.. Israel has also informed the press that its troops have attacked militants from within the Palestinian enclave itself, in an area adjacent to the fence in which they have been operating for days.

Since the beginning of the war, tension has also intensified in the occupied West Bank, where at least 95 Palestinians have died after clashes with Palestinian forces.. At least two have died and four others have been injured this Monday in clashes with the Israeli Army in the Jalazone refugee camp. Since October 7, more than 800 Palestinians have been detained in this region accused of being Hamas militants.

A third humanitarian aid convoy enters

Regarding the humanitarian situation, this Monday there was the third entry of aid through Egypt. A third convoy consisting of twenty trucks entered from the Rafah crossing. The trucks transport medicines, medical supplies and baby formula, an Egyptian security source told the EFE agency.

This Monday the Egyptian authorities did not allow media access to the Rafah crossing. This came after Israel shot and wounded some Egyptian border guards on Sunday.. Israel assured that it was “a mistake” that it is investigating. The Sinai Peninsula is a region that has been militarized for years due to the presence of terrorist groups and Cairo does not allow the international press to enter some areas.

The arrival of this aid is essential for Gaza, which has been blocked for two weeks. This Monday the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has assured that the main hospital center in Gaza, the Shifa Hospital, is “on the verge of collapse”, as well as other health facilities due to the lack of electricity, medicines, equipment and personal. Shifa currently treats about 5,000 patients, when its theoretical capacity is 700, to which must be added the 45,000 internally displaced people sheltered in the facilities.. International organizations recognize that the aid that is arriving helps, but it is still insufficient.

Rome's train stations today experienced a day of chaos with delays of up to four hours and cancellations due to a “technical problem” in the electrical system, with repercussions on the entire national railway line.

Rome station panels announced delays of up to 250 minutes in High Speed train departures and arrivals, as well as cancellations and itinerary changes, and all rail traffic in the capital remains “severely slowed down.”

For example, the high-speed train that crosses the country every day from Venice to Naples has been stopped at the Prenestina station.

The Ferrovie dello Stato group confirmed in a statement that this situation is due to “a technical problem on the power line” and that, since it occurred in Rome, the epicenter of the national railway system, it has affected “all regional lines.”

The failure occurred in the convoys' electrical supply system and is still being investigated.. The Roman stations, such as the main one, Termini, or Tiburtina, experienced a day of large crowds, with hundreds of people waiting to leave for other parts of the country.

At least one student has died and three others have been injured after being shot in a shooting that occurred early Monday morning inside the Sapopemba state school, located in the southeast of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

As reported by the Ministry of Public Security, a 15-year-old adolescent entered armed and opened fire inside the educational center. The minor had reported in April that he had been the victim of attacks and threats by other students at the center.

A young woman has lost her life after being shot at point-blank range in the head and two of the injured have been taken to the emergency room with wounds to the chest and collarbone; while the third injured person suffered cuts to his hand while trying to flee from the attacker.

The Military Police have traveled to the scene of the events, where they have also managed to capture the alleged perpetrator of the shooting, as reported by the government of Sao Paulo in a statement to the Brazilian news portal G1. The agents have seized the murder weapon, which belonged to the father of the alleged perpetrator and had been acquired legally.

“At this time, the priority is to provide assistance to victims and psychological assistance and support to students, education professionals and families,” added the São Paulo government.

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has expressed his condolences on social networks, where he has taken the opportunity to emphasize that the country “cannot normalize” that young people have access to weapons, which can lead to “tragedies like this.”

The Minister of Justice has also expressed his condolences and has indicated on his social networks that the agents of the Cybercrime Laboratory are collaborating with the Police in the ongoing investigations.

This is the second armed incident in an educational center in Sao Paulo in just seven months. At the end of March, a teacher died and four students were injured after a student at the center, a 13-year-old boy, attacked them with a knife.

The dating platform Tinder announced this Monday that users can ask their friends and family, regardless of whether they have an account or not, to act as their “cupid” and recommend Tinder profiles.

This new feature, called Tinder MatchmakerTM, is available in fifteen countries, including the United States, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom, and will be implemented worldwide “in the coming months,” according to the application. .

Tinder explains in a statement that users can share their link with up to fifteen friends or family, these selected people have 24 hours “to play cupid” and will be able to “recommend profiles for the Tinder user, but they will not be able to chat or send messages on your name”.

“Once the session expires, Tinder users will have the opportunity to review the profiles their matchmakers like,” emphasizes the statement from the world-famous dating app.

“For years, singles have asked their friends to help them find their next match on Tinder, and now we make it super easy with Tinder Matchmaker,” Melissa Hobley, Tinder's chief marketing officer, writes in the release.