The body of the missing young Israeli was found lifeless on Saturday April 13 at midday. According to the Israeli army, Benjamin Achimeir, 14, did not die accidentally, but was “killed in terrorist attack“. The young man left with his herd at dawn on Friday from the outpost of Malachei Hashalom, an illegal settlement located in the Ramallah area. The return of the animals without their shepherd gave rise to major search operations, which led to violent clashes on Friday. A Palestinian was killed and around ten other people injured. Follow our live stream.
Israeli internal intelligence seized of the case. It is now up to the Shin Bet, the equivalent of the DGSI in Israel, to investigate the circumstances of the teenager’s death and to define whether it fits into the context of violent tensions between Israeli settlers and residents. Palestinians in the West Bank. For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced “a heinous crime”. “We will deal with the murderers and those who help them, as we do with all those who harm the citizens of the State of Israel”he added, cited by the Jerusalem Post.
A new crossing point for aid in Gaza. Since Friday, trucks loaded with medical equipment, food and basic necessities have been able to use a corridor in the north of the Palestinian enclave to deliver their precious cargo. During the day of Friday, 213 trucks were able to enter Gaza, according to the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civil affairs, all entry points combined. Around a hundred packages were also parachuted into the enclave. Despite this reopening, several NGOs warn that the aid delivered remains largely insufficient in the face of the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Joe Biden plans reinforcements against a backdrop of Iranian threat. In Washington, the American president said Friday that he expected Iran to take action “soon”, in response to a question about threats against Israel, accused by the Islamic Republic of being the origin of the strike against its consulate in Damascus on April 1. The United States will therefore send reinforcements to the region.
Hezbollah fire on Israeli positions. “Dozens of rockets”, that’s what the Lebanese Hezbollah, backed by Iran, says it fired Friday on Israeli territory. The Islamist movement attacked “enemy artillery positions (…) with dozens of Katyusha type rockets”, he wrote in a press release. The Israeli army, for its part, confirmed that a “quarantine” shots were identified coming from Lebanese territory and that “some were intercepted“. “No one was hurt”, specifies the Hebrew State, which adds that in the last few hours, the Israeli army “strike in several locations in southern Lebanon to ward off a threat”.
France warns its nationals. Fearing a resurgence of tensions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends to the French “to absolutely refrain from going in the coming days in Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories”. The Quai d’Orsay also requested the “return of the families of diplomatic agents from Tehran” And “the ban on missions of French civil servants in these countries”where several French people are still hostages like Cécile Kohler, detained for more than 700 days.