The War Between Hamas and Israel: Essential Updates and News on the Conflict

2024-04-01 06:38:00
The war between Hamas and IsraeldossierThe essential information on the war between Hamas and Israel this Monday, April 1.

The Israeli army withdrew from Al-Shifa hospital. The Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip said Monday that the Israeli army withdrew its tanks from Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the besieged Palestinian territory, and said it had discovered dozens of corpses. The Israeli army launched a military operation two weeks ago once morest this hospital complex located in Gaza City, where it accuses Hamas fighters of hiding. She claimed to have since “eliminated around 200 terrorists” in the area. “The troops completed operational activity in the Al-Shifa hospital area and left the hospital area,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that they “killed terrorists during clashes.”

600 Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the war. The Israeli army announced on Monday that 600 of its soldiers have been killed since October 7, 2023. More than half died during the unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. At least 256 soldiers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 27, the start of the ground military operation launched in retaliation. Other soldiers were killed in the occupied West Bank, or on the border with Lebanon where exchanges of fire have been almost daily since October 7. Furthermore, more than 1,523 soldiers have been injured in the Palestinian territory since the start of the ground operation, according to the Israeli army.

Sister of Hamas leader arrested in Israel. Israeli police announced on Monday that they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh, Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, in southern Israel as part of an investigation into “terrorism” led by the police and the Shin Bet (internal security). ). “She is suspected of having contacts with Hamas agents and of identifying with the organization, while inciting and supporting acts of terrorism in Israel,” a police spokesperson said. .

Hamas apologizes to Gazans. Hamas apologized for the first time to Gazans for the suffering caused by the war, in a long statement published Sunday evening on its Telegram channel. The Palestinian Islamist movement “apologizes” for the difficulties caused by the war once morest the Israeli army which has lasted for almost six months. But he also reiterates his desire to continue this war, which, according to him, must make it possible to achieve “victory and freedom” for the Palestinians. He sent “a message of thanks to the people” of the Gaza Strip whose “exhaustion” he recognizes.

The movement insisted on the measures it said it had tried to put in place to alleviate the difficulties, including attempts at “price control” within the limits of its capabilities “given the ongoing aggression”. Hamas also claimed to communicate with “all components” of Gazan society, mentioning other armed movements, “popular committees” and “families” in order to “resolve the problems caused by the occupation”.

In Jerusalem, thousands of demonstrators demanded Netanyahu’s resignation. Thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday evening in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the second demonstration in two days, with clashes with the police. Police used water cannons to clear a road blocked by angry demonstrators waving hundreds of Israeli flags and lighting fires. “Elections!”, Netanyahu “must go!” and “Bring back (the hostages) now!”, shouted the protesters amid yellow smoke bombs, the color associated with hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

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