Minister Benny Gantz, member of the Israeli war cabinet, affirmed on Wednesday April 10 that Hamas was “militarily defeated” by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. “Its fighters have been eliminated or are in hiding. Its capabilities are reduced and we will continue to strike what remains”he said, adding that “victory will come step by step”. “We will enter Rafah. We will return to Khan Younes”, a southern city from which the Israeli army announced its withdrawal on Sunday, Benny Gantz also said. Follow our live stream.
Three children of Hamas leader have been killed, announces the latter. Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh declared on Wednesday on the Al Jazeera channel the death of three of his sons and several grandchildren in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. “I thank God for the honor given to us by the martyrdom of my three sons and some of my grandchildren”, declared Ismaïl Haniyeh from Doha in a statement to the Qatari channel. The Israeli army confirmed having killed them.
The reframing of the American president. 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.
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.