Israeli strikes targeted eastern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is strongly established, on Sunday April 7 at dawn. The army claimed on Telegram that “fighter jets struck a military compound and three other terrorist infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah’s air defense network, in the Baalbek region, Lebanon”. She says she targeted these sites in response to the destruction of one of its drones by the Islamist movement on Saturday above Lebanon. Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, which is entering its seventh month, daily exchanges of fire have pitted the Israeli army against Hezbollah, which supports Hamas. Follow our live stream.
UK ‘shocked by bloodshed’ in Gaza. “This terrible war must end. The hostages must be released. Aid (…) must flow”, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement. He also assured that his country continues “to defend Israel’s right to defeat the threat of Hamas terrorists and to defend its security.”
Gaza’s largest hospital has been reduced to an “empty shell”, according to the WHO. “Al-Chifa, once the backbone of Gaza’s health system, is now an empty shell with graves,” wrote WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on. In a statement, the WHO announced that there were no more patients in al-Chifa hospital following the withdrawal of the Israeli army.
Ongoing talks for a truce. According to American media, including New York Times, CIA chief Bill Burns is in Cairo this weekend to meet with Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea, as well as Egyptian and Qatari officials. The White House confirmed talks.