In the last hours of this April 4, the Israeli offensive left at least 62 dead and 91 injured in Gaza, according to figures published by the Gaza Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call, the details of which are not yet known. For its part, the NGO World Central Kitchen, led by chef José Andrés, called for an independent investigation into the attack in which seven of its workers were murdered.
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Until 62 dead and 91 injured is the figure that the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, has communicated in the last 24 hours due to the most recent attacks by Israel. The figure exceeds 33,000 fatalities since October 7 of last year.
To be specific: 33,037 dead and 75,668 injuredmost of whom are children and women.
It is also estimated that 8,000 people are still under the rubble, where rescue teams cannot reach due to the intensity of the bombing or because they cannot locate them.
The Israeli Army reported that They attacked infrastructure from where numerous projectiles were launched. in the last hours against the communities in southern Israel, close to the Gaza Strip.
Biden and Netanyahu speak after deadly attack that killed seven aid workers
Although details of the content of the call are not yet known, Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu had a telephone conversation to clarify the facts surrounding the attack on the World Central Kitchen car.
Biden, who refers to his Israeli counterpart as “Bibi,” was previously caught on camera expressing his desire to speak with him.
The White House has announced that Biden was 'outraged and heartbroken by the attack'but the president has not made any fundamental changes to Washington's staunch support for Israel in its conflict against Hamas militants.
A U.S. official said before the phone call that Biden was likely to raise the need for improve protection of humanitarian workers and to increase food shipments to Gaza.
World Central Kitchen calls for independent investigation
For Spanish chef José Andrés it was “a direct attack against clearly marked vehicles, whose movements were known to the Israel Defense Forces.”
In his opinion article in the American newspaper 'The New York Times', the cook breaks down his vision of the events and calls for an independent investigation.
The same Israeli State – whose attack was also condemned by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez – excuses itself by saying that never had the “intention to harm humanitarian workers” and it was all due to a “misidentification,” according to the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi.
The confusion took the lives of seven humanitarian workers who dedicated their lives to feeding a population mired in famine. Israel, for its part, has frustrated any intention to deliver humanitarian aid.
Raquela Karamson, spokesperson for the Israeli Government, has expressed that a military investigation is already underway: “In the coming weeks, as the conclusions become clearer, we will be transparent and share the results.”
Additionally, Karamson has acknowledged that “it is clear that something went wrong here and as we learn more and the investigation reveals exactly what happened, and the cause of what happened, we will certainly adjust our practices in the future to ensure that this does not happen.” happen again”.
World Central Kitchen calls for the facts to be investigated independently, without the Israeli State involved: “We have asked the governments of Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland and the United Kingdom to join us in calling for an independent investigation and carried out by a third of these attacks, including whether they were carried out intentionally or otherwise violated international law,” the NGO said in a statement.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
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