As of: April 2, 2024, 4:55 a.m
By: Sonja Thomaser, Christoph Gschoßmann
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Update from April 2nd, 4:55 a.m
.: According to a US aid organization, “several” helpers were killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. The group “lost several of our sisters and brothers” in an attack by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, said the founder and head of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization, Jose Andres, on Monday (local time) on the online service X. He was heartbroken and mourning the loss of their families and friends.
Andres called on the Israeli government to stop the “indiscriminate killing.” “It must stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon.”
The Gaza Strip Health Ministry, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, said four foreign aid workers and their Palestinian driver were killed when their WCK car was targeted in an Israeli attack. These are people with British, Australian and Polish citizenship. The nationality of the fourth person was initially unclear. The fifth person was a Palestinian driver and translator.
A plane drops humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip. (Archive image) © Tsafrir Abayov/dpa
The Israeli military said it was conducting a “thorough investigation at the highest level” “to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.” It added that it had worked closely with WCK in distributing aid to the population of the Gaza Strip. A journalist from the AFP news agency saw five bodies in Al-Aqsa hospital and three foreign passports lying nearby.
WCK was involved in the delivery of relief supplies brought by ship from Cyprus and the construction of a temporary pier in the Gaza Strip.
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Update from April 1st, 5:01 p.m
.: According to informed circles at Cairo Airport, a high-ranking Israeli delegation left the Egyptian capital on Monday afternoon. During her two-day visit, she held talks about a ceasefire in the Gaza war as well as the release of other hostages held in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. The Qatari television channel
Al Jazeera
previously reported that the indirect negotiations had not brought any significant progress.
Israel's army withdraws troops from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city
Update from April 1st, 4:33 p.m
.: After two weeks of operations in the Al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has withdrawn its troops from there. The army units had “finished their precise operational activities in the area of Shifa Hospital,” the army said on Monday. Meanwhile, thousands of people demonstrated in Israel over the weekend for the return of the hostages from the Islamist Hamas and against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The soldiers had “left the area of the hospital,” the Israeli army said at the end of the operation at and in the Al-Shifa hospital complex. More than 200 “terrorists” were killed in the hospital and large stocks of weapons, explosives and cash were discovered. A journalist from the
AFP
news agency observed the withdrawal of tanks and other vehicles. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas, confirmed the withdrawal.
The Hamas ministry also said dozens of bodies had been found in and around Al-Shifa hospital. The ministry also reported damage to numerous buildings.
On March 18, the Israeli army launched a major operation in the Al-Shifa Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, the largest clinic in the coastal region. According to Israeli information, the operation was directed against high-ranking Hamas members in the complex in the city of Gaza.
Missile hits port city – militias the perpetrators?
Update from April 1st, 8:06 a.m
.: A flying object coming from the east hit a building in the Red Sea port of Eilat on the southern tip of Israel. The Israeli military reported that there were no injuries. The origin of the missile remains unclear for now. The military suspected it might have been launched in Iraq. Militias allied with Iran are active there.
According to Israeli media reports, the origin of the drone could point to a group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. This is a kind of umbrella group of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq that have been operating together under this name since the massacre by Hamas and other Islamist groups in Israel on October 7th.
Meanwhile, it was announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hernia was successfully operated on. Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem said he was conscious again and was talking to family members. How long his convalescence will take remains unclear.
War in Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu has to undergo surgery
Update from March 31, 4:20 p.m.:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has to undergo surgery for a hernia. The injury was discovered during a routine examination. This was announced by the Prime Minister's office. The operation is scheduled to take place on Sunday. Because the procedure is performed under general anesthesia, Netanyahu's deputy, Justice Minister Jariv Levin, will serve as prime minister.
First report from March 31, 2024, 9:29 a.m.:
Is there new hope for a ceasefire in the Middle East? According to a media report, negotiations in the war between Israel and the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas are set to resume on Sunday in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egyptian security circles confirmed this, reported the state-affiliated Egyptian television station
Al-Kahera News
. He also highlighted the “joint efforts of Qatar and Egypt” to mediate in the war “to preserve the progress” of previous rounds of negotiations.
Jerusalem also gave the green light for talks: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also gave the green light on Friday for further talks with Hamas about a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip. After consultation with the heads of the Israeli secret services, Netanyahu agreed to a new round of negotiations “in the next few days in Doha and Cairo,” his office said in Jerusalem on Friday. Despite efforts by the mediating countries Egypt, Qatar and the USA, talks about a ceasefire are stalling. Israel and the Islamist Hamas blame each other for this.
War in Israel has been going on since October 2023
The war in Israel, which has lasted almost six months, was triggered by the unprecedented major attack on Israel on October 7th by Hamas, which the EU and the USA classify as a terrorist organization. According to Israeli reports, at least 1,160 people were killed in the attack and around 250 were taken hostage to the Gaza Strip. 130 of them are still in the control of Hamas. 34 of them are said to be dead.
Jerusalem declared after the attack that it would destroy Hamas and has since launched massive military operations in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, which cannot be independently verified, more than 32,700 people were killed.
(speaking with agency material)