Live coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas today, Thursday 4 April 2024
After almost six months of war, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has almost reached 33,000 dead and 75,500 wounded. But the violence in the Palestinian coastal territory continues. After the Israeli raid that killed seven aid workers from the US non-profit World Central Kitchen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Tel Aviv armed forces spoke of a “tragic fatality” and promised an investigation into the incident. But from the United States, President Joe Biden said he was “indignant” and accused Israel of not doing enough to protect civilians. Meanwhile, unrest against Netanyahu is mounting in the Jewish state. Yesterday, surprisingly, Benny Gantz, centrist leader and minister of the War Cabinet, called for early elections, a request also immediately supported by opposition leader Yair Lapid. But no opening comes from Netanyahu's Likud party: “The Government will continue until it achieves all the objectives of the war.”
Below is the latest news from today, Thursday 4 April 2024, on the Israel-Hamas war.
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10.00 am – IDF suspends leave for all troops after threats from Iran – The Israeli military has suspended home leave for all combat troops following the threat of attacks from Iran. The IDF announced this. The decision comes amid heightened alert in Israel over a potential Iranian response to Israel's alleged assassination of Syria's top Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander, who was killed along with five other officers. Last night, the IDF said it was strengthening air defenses and recalling reservists.
9.30 am – Gaza;: more than 33 thousand victims since the beginning of the war – At least 33,037 Palestinians have been killed and 75,668 injured in the raids conducted by Israel on the Gaza Strip since October 7. This was announced by the Ministry of Health of Gaza City, explaining that in the last 24 hours, 62 Palestinians have been killed and 91 injured.
9.00 am – World Central Kitchen calls for “independent investigation” – World Central Kitchen, the NGO that lost seven aid workers in an Israeli attack on Gaza on Monday, has called for an independent investigation into the incident. In a statement, the international aid organization said it had asked Australia, Canada, Poland, the United States and the United Kingdom, where the aid workers were from, to also join in calling for “an independent, third-party investigation into these attacks.” “We have called on the Israeli government to immediately preserve all documents, communications, video and/or audio recordings and any other material potentially relevant to the April 1 attacks,” the statement read.
8.30 am – Israel: “IDF recalls reservists for air defense” – After threats from Iran following the killing in Damascus of two senior commanders of the alQuds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hassan Mahdavi, the spokesman for the IDF, the Israeli army, announced that “it has been decided to reinforce and recruit reservists for the air defense system”. This was reported by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
8.00 am – USA: the birth of the Palestinian state should not be discussed at the UN – The United States has said that the creation of an independent Palestinian state should occur through direct negotiations between the parties and not at the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday asked to renew consideration of its 2011 application to become a full member of the United Nations. It currently has de facto recognition as the sovereign state of Palestine after the United Nations granted it non-member observer state status in 2012. The position of the United States, Israel's most important ally, mirrors the Israeli position on the issue.
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