On Tuesday April 9, Joe Biden made one of his harshest remarks against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military operation he is leading against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “I think what he is doing is wrong. I don’t agree with his approach”the American president declared to the Spanish-speaking American channel Univision, in response to a question about Israel’s conduct of the war. “What I’m asking is that the Israelis call for a ceasefire, that they allow for the next six or eight weeks, full access to food and medicine coming into the country.”, he continued. Follow our live stream.
The Israeli government before the Supreme Court. In Israel, the government must respond to the country’s courts on Wednesday regarding its humanitarian policy in the Gaza Strip. On March 18, five NGOs submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, hoping that authorities “respect their obligations as an occupying power” by providing all necessary assistance to the civilian population of the Palestinian enclave.
Hamas says it is studying a truce project. The Palestinian Islamist movement said Tuesday that it was studying a proposed truce in the Gaza Strip, accompanied by the release of hostages held in the Palestinian territory since the October 7 attacks. Saying “to wish” an agreement, the movement affirmed in a statement that Israel “did not respond to any” of his requests. “Despite this, the leadership of the movement is studying the proposal (…) and will inform the mediators of its response”Hamas said in a statement.
An offensive on Rafah not “imminent”, assures Washington. American Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured Tuesday that Israel had not provided the United States with a date for a possible offensive in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, while Benjamin Netanyahu assured Monday that the schedule was set. According to the head of American diplomacy, this possible operation is not “imminent”.