The UN Human Rights Council demanded, Friday April 5, an end to all arms sales to Israel at war against Hamas in Gaza, in a resolution evoking fears of “genocide” against the Palestinians. This is the first position taken by the Human Rights Council on the conflict that has raged since October 7 and the unprecedented attack by Hamas in Israel. The Council has no binding means of imposing its resolutions. Follow our live stream.
NGOs are warning again. International NGOs have once again warned of their near impossibility of working in the Gaza Strip, ravaged by a war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas which, in the eyes of the president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), “amounts to genocide”. “The conditions for providing humanitarian assistance are not met”said Isabelle Defourny, president of MSF France.
Israel is strengthening its defense measures. The Israeli army announced that it had strengthened its defense measures due to increased tensions with Iran, after the attack on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus and Iranian threats. The army notably decided to temporarily suspend permissions “fighting units”. Israeli media also reported that the army was recalling more reserve soldiers.
The opposition calls on the government. The rebellious MP Mathilde Panot accused the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, of having spoken “without any proof” when he denied France’s sale to Israel of components for cartridge parts that could have been used against civilians in Gaza. “He said that the license did not allow the Israeli far-right government to use these components in the Gaza Strip. I don’t know who here can believe that? At least I don’t believe it.” .