The Israeli army recognized on Wednesday April 3 a “serious error” after the strike which killed seven collaborators of the humanitarian NGO World Central Kitchen in the Gaza Strip. It is “a serious mistake” Who “shouldn’t have happened”said Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in a video message, referring to “bad identification” in “very complex conditions”. On Tuesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented his “sincere apologies” and shares his “deep sadness” for this strike, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as “unintentional” and of “tragic”. Follow our live stream.
Several NGOs are putting their activities on pause. Based in the United States, the NGO World Central Kitchen, to which the killed humanitarians belonged, announced “suspend its operations in the region” after the strike on Monday in Deir al-Balah. It was the deadliest strike to hit international humanitarian workers since the start of the war.
International condemnations. US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday “unworthy” And “broken heart”believing that Israel does not protect “not enough” volunteers helping the Palestinian population “hungry”. “It is unacceptable. But this is the inevitable result of the way the war is fought.”noted the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, repeating his call for an immediate ceasefire.
Four Israeli police officers injured. Four Israeli police officers were injured in a vehicular attack at a checkpoint in central Israel, police said, citing the death of the assailant. The latter, aged 26, hit four police officers at a roadblock erected to check motorists in Kochav Yaïr, then “has tried to stab security agents, who neutralized him”added the police.