A new crossing point for aid in Gaza. Trucks loaded with medical equipment, food and basic necessities can now use, since Friday April 12, a corridor in the north of the Palestinian enclave to deliver their precious cargo. During the day of Friday, 213 trucks were able to enter Gaza according to the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civil affairs, all entry points combined. Around a hundred packages were also parachuted into the enclave. Despite this reopening, several NGOs warn that the aid delivered remains largely insufficient in the face of the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Follow our live stream.
Joe Biden plans reinforcements against a backdrop of Iranian threat. In Washington, the American president said Friday that he expected Iran to take action “soon”, in response to a question about threats against Israel, accused by the Islamic Republic of being the origin of the strike against its consulate in Damascus on April 1. The United States will therefore send reinforcements to the region.
Hezbollah fire on Israeli positions. “Dozens of rockets”, that’s what the Lebanese Hezbollah, backed by Iran, says it fired Friday on Israeli territory. The Islamist movement attacked “enemy artillery positions (…) with dozens of Katyusha type rockets”, he wrote in a press release. The Israeli army, for its part, confirmed that a “quarantine” shots were identified coming from Lebanese territory and that “some were intercepted“. “No one was hurt”, specifies the Hebrew State, which adds that in the last few hours, the Israeli army “strike in several locations in southern Lebanon to ward off a threat”.
France warns its nationals. Fearing a resurgence of tensions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends to the French “to absolutely refrain from going in the coming days in Iran, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories”. The Quai d’Orsay also requested the “return of the families of diplomatic agents from Tehran” And “the ban on missions of French civil servants in these countries”where several French people are still hostages like Cécile Kohler, detained for more than 700 days.