what to remember from Thursday April 11

The threats addressed to Israel by Iran particularly worried the United States on Thursday, to the point of mobilizing a military official there.

Threats of retaliation from Iran against Israel once again raised tension on Thursday, April 11, in the Middle East, sparking calls for restraint at a time when progress towards a truce in the Gaza Strip is underway. make you wait. A senior Hamas official also warned that locating hostages held in the Gaza Strip will take some time. “time and safety”. Eight organizations have also announced that they have seized — or are preparing to do so — the Paris administrative court to demand “the suspension of arms deliveries” from France to Israel. Franceinfo summarizes what you need to remember from this day.

Iran’s threats to Israel worry U.S., other countries

An American general in charge of the Middle East is in Israel to discuss with senior military officials there “security threats in the region” in a context of escalation with Iran, the United States Department of Defense announced Thursday. Tehran again threatened on Wednesday to “to punish” Israel after an attack on April 1 on the Iranian consulate in Damascus which left 16 dead, including seven members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, according to an NGO.

Michael Erik Kurilla to meet in Israel‘”Important leaders and discuss current security threats in the region”, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder told reporters. According to him, this visit planned before the Iranian threats was brought forward “due to recent developments”.

US President Joe Biden pledged support “unshakeable” to its close Israeli partner, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Israel “must be punished and will be punished”. The United States warned Thursday evening that it wanted to restrict the movements of its diplomatic personnel in Israel out of security concerns.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke by telephone with his Chinese, Turkish and Saudi counterparts, calling on them to pressure Iran against any attack targeting Israel, his spokesperson announced on Thursday. “No one has any interest in escalation” in the region and “all countries should urge Iran not to escalate”, Matthew Miller said Thursday. Antony Blinken also spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, “in order to reiterate (its) firm support”.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Washington had “warned” Iran over potential attacks on Israel. Russia and Germany, for their part, called for “detention”.

Hamas executive warns that locating hostages will take time

A senior Hamas official warned Thursday that locating hostages held in the Gaza Strip will take time. “time and safety”, two conditions that a truce in the fighting with Israel is likely to promote. Since Sunday, a ceasefire proposal has been put on the table by the mediators, but has not yet received the approval of the Palestinian Islamist movement and Israel.

According to Bassem Naïm, the captives “are in different places in the hands of different groups. Some of them are under the rubble, killed along with our own citizens”. He added that the movement was negotiating “heavy equipment” to locate them. At the beginning of March, Hamas declared its ignorance “who is alive or dead” among the hostages held in the Gaza Strip. More than 250 people have been kidnapped and 129 remain detained, including 34 dead, according to Israeli officials.

The Israeli government also accused Hamas on Thursday of “to turn your back” to one “very reasonable offer” for a truce in the Gaza Strip, submitted several days ago by a group of mediators. “There is a very reasonable offer on the table and Hamas continues to turn its back on it”said an Israeli government spokesperson, David Mencer, also criticizing “international pressure on Israel” who according to him “for the effect of helping Hamas, to keep him away” of negotiation.

Palestinian membership in the UN is not “consensus”

Members of the UN Security Council failed on Thursday to agree on the Palestinians’ request for full membership in the United Nations, announced the Maltese ambassador, who chairs the Council in April . “There was no consensus”declared Vanessa Frazier after a closed-door meeting, but this lack of consensus does not prevent a member state from submitting the question to a vote by the Council.

At the same time, the UN Security Council also took note of Israel’s promise to open more crossing points for humanitarian aid in Gaza. The members of the Council, emphasizing their “deep concern about the human toll of the conflict, the catastrophic humanitarian situation and the threat of imminent famine”call “the immediate removal of all obstacles to the delivery of large-scale humanitarian aid to the civilian population and the unhindered distribution of this aid”.

NGOs take court action over arms deliveries from France to Israel

Eight organizations, including Amnesty International France, announced Thursday that they had seized — or are preparing to do so — the Paris administrative court to demand “the suspension of arms deliveries” from France to Israel, an action described as “perfectly exceptional”. “There is clearly a risk that the weapons and military equipment that France exports to Israel will be used to commit serious crimes against civilian populations in the occupied Gaza Strip”these NGOs, associations and unions are alarmed.