Emmanuel Macron once again calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, while the situation of civilians in Gaza is “unacceptable for too long”. During a telephone exchange with the Israeli Prime Minister, Monday April 22, the French president mentioned “absolute emergency” has “guarantee a massive entry of humanitarian aid through all access points to the Gaza Strip”. The Head of State reaffirmed to Benjamin Netanyahu “his firm opposition to an Israeli offensive on Rafah”, according to the Elysée. After the attack “unacceptable” from Tehran on Israel, Emmanuel Macron highlighted “the need to avoid a conflagration” in the Middle East, reiterated his “determination to strengthen measures to confront Iran’s destabilizing actions”. Follow our live stream.
Resignation of the head of Israeli military intelligence. General Aharon Haliva announced Monday that he had submitted his resignation for his “responsibility” in the attacks of October 7. “The intelligence service under my command did not fulfill the mission entrusted to us”, he explains in a letter published by the Israeli army. He is the first Israeli official – political or military – to resign since the death of 1,170 people, the majority civilians, in the attacks perpetrated by Hamas.
A vehicular attack leaves two injured in Jerusalem. “Two civilians were knocked down (…) in Jerusalem, resulting in minor injuries”reported an Israeli police spokesperson Monday morning. “Two terrorists fled the scene on foot and on their escape route a homemade weapon was found”he added, specifying that large security forces were combing the area to find the suspects.
The IDF says it is preparing “the next stages of the war”. Israel is preparing to “increase military pressure” in the Gaza Strip, where Benjamin Netanyahu wants “deal new hard blows” to Hamas. The Israeli chief of staff met on Sunday with the commanders of military operations in Gaza, and “approved the next stages of the war”said his spokesperson.
Around fifty bodies discovered in Khan Younès. At least 50 bodies were found buried in the courtyard of a hospital targeted by an Israeli army raid, Gaza civil defense said on Sunday. According to this source, some of the bodies found “were stripped of their clothes, which certainly indicates that they were arrested, tortured and subjected to ill-treatment by the occupying army”.