The CIA reportedly informed Israel that Iran could launch an imminent attack against its territory, i.e. within the next 48 hours. This was reported by the Arab newspaper Al Mayadeen, according to which senior CIA officials told the Israeli authorities that the Iranian attack would be a combined attack with drones and cruise missiles aimed at hitting strategic points in Israel. The objective would still be to demonstrate that the Iranians are capable of responding to the challenges, but being careful not to aggravate an already particularly tense situation.
New conversation today between the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Axios reported this, citing an Israeli official. Yesterday, Biden accused Israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers and called for a swift investigation into the Israel Defense Forces drone attack in Gaza that killed seven people working for the charity World Central Kitchen. “This conflict has been one of the worst in recent times in terms of the number of aid workers killed,” the US president said, in comments highly critical of Israel's actions in Gaza.
Criticisms also from Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin who, speaking with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, called on Tel Aviv to take concrete steps to protect humanitarian workers and civilians Palestinians in Gaza ''after repeated coordination failures''. In a note released by the Pentagon we read that “Secretary Austin expressed his outrage at the Israeli attack on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy that killed seven aid workers, including an American citizen”. also urged Gallant to conduct a “swift and transparent” investigation, share its findings publicly and hold those responsible to account, the Pentagon said.
Wck calls for independent investigation, Israel preserves useful evidence
World Central Kitchen has called for an ''independent investigation'' into the Israeli airstrike in which seven of its humanitarian workers were killed. And it asked Israel to preserve all documents, communications, video and audio recordings relating to the attack on their convoy and useful to facilitate an independent investigation. ''This was a military attack involving multiple attacks and targeting three Wck vehicles. All three vehicles carried civilians and were marked as Wck vehicles. Their movements were in full compliance with the Israeli authorities, who were aware of their itinerary, route and humanitarian mission,'' we read in a note from the organization. ''An independent investigation is the only way to determine the truth about what happened, ensure transparency, recognize responsibility and prevent future attacks against humanitarian workers,'' adds Wck.
WCK founder José Andrés stated that ''this wasn't just an unfortunate situation where 'oops' we dropped the bomb in the wrong place. It was more than 1.5 kilometres, 1.8 kilometers of a very well defined humanitarian convoy that had signs up on the roof, a very colorful logo that we are obviously very proud of. It's very clear who we are and what we do.”
Gantz calls for elections in September, Likud says no
The leader of the opposition and war cabinet minister, Benny Gantz, called for elections to be held in September, however meeting the firm refusal of Likud, the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Stressing the need to “maintain unity” and “renew confidence” in the government, Gantz – in his first call to vote since joining the unity government formed in the wake of the events of October 7 – declared that “we must agree on an election date in September, about a year after the war,” adding that he had discussed the issue with Netanyahu in recent weeks.
The Likud rejected the request of the opposition leader, arguing that the government will remain in office “until all the objectives of the war are achieved”. “At this fateful moment for the State of Israel and in the midst of a war, Benny Gantz must stop engaging in petty politics just because his party is disintegrating,” the party added.
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