what to remember from Monday April 1st

Israeli soldiers withdrew from the al-Chifa hospital complex in Gaza, with Hamas reporting hundreds of deaths nearby and in the building.

Israeli soldiers withdrew on Monday April 1 from the al-Chifa hospital complex in Gaza after two weeks of operations, leaving behind immense destruction and corpses. While the conflict between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel has raged for six months, the Hamas Ministry of Health announced the death of at least 60 people, mostly civilians, in Israeli nighttime bombings. Franceinfo takes stock on the main information relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli army withdraws from al-Chifa hospital

This withdrawal, observed by witnesses and reported by Hamas, was made official by Israel, which confirmed “the end” operations launched two weeks ago against the largest health facility in the Gaza Strip. “We have killed more than 200 terrorists and arrested more than 900 terrorist suspects who have surrendered. Among them, more than 500 members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad, including some in high positions,” said the Israeli army spokesperson.

A spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense Agency, run by Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007, said 300 people died in and around the hospital during the Israeli operation. An unverifiable assessment from an independent source. Doctors and civilians at the complex told AFP that at least 20 bodies had been found, some of which appeared to have been driven over by military vehicles.

Eleven dead in strike attributed to Israel near Iranian embassy in Syria

An Israeli strike destroyed an annex to the Iranian embassy in Syria, according to Iranian state media. In the first videos, we see a thick cloud of black smoke and an impressive pile of debris. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), based in the United Kingdom, but with an important network of sources in Syria, reported eleven deaths in this raid.

According to an AFP correspondent in Damascus, the building was razed by the strike. “Hossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, and his family were not injured in the Israeli attack”adds the Iranian Nour news agency.

Antony Blinken incites Mahmoud Abbas to carry out reform of the Palestinian Authority

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated his call to reform the Palestinian Authority in an interview with its President Mahmoud Abbas, the State Department announced. The telephone call comes a few days after the formation of a government under the leadership of the new Prime Minister, Mohammed Mustafa, an economist close to President Abbas and appointed on March 15.

The international community is urging Mahmoud Abbas to undertake institutional reforms, in particular to prepare for the post-war period in the Gaza Strip, which is led by Hamas. Une Palestinian Authority “revitalized was essential to achieve results for the Palestinian people, both in the West Bank and Gaza”underlined Anthony Blinken.

Israelis promise to “take into account” American concerns

Israeli officials, who spoke with their American counterparts remotely, “agreed to take into account” US concerns about Israel’s planned offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza, the White House said.

During the two-hour exchange, the United States, according to a press release from the American executive, “expressed their concerns on several action plans in Rafah”a city in the south of the Gaza Strip where there are 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them displaced, and whose situation concerns the international community.

Sister of Hamas leader arrested in ‘terrorism’ investigation

Nearly six months after the start of the conflict, Israeli police announced that they had arrested Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, the 57-year-old sister of the Hamas leader who has Israeli nationality, in her home in Tel Sheva, in the south from Israel where she lives. It is notably “suspected of incitement to commit acts of terrorism in Israel”. His brother, Ismaïl Haniyeh, is based in Qatar.

During a search of the suspect’s house in Tel Sheva, in the south of the country, police said they discovered documents, telephones and “proofs [montrant qu’elle est] linked to the commission of serious offenses against the security of the State of Israel”.

Benyamin Netanyahu wants to ban the Al-Jazeera channel

The United States ruled “worrying a possible ban in Israel on the broadcast of the Al Jazeera channel, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to implement “immediately”. LThe Israeli Parliament voted during the day a law to prohibit the broadcasting in Israel of foreign media that undermine state security. The text targets in particular the Qatari channel. “We believe in freedom of the press”said the spokesperson for the American executive, Karine Jean-Pierre, during a press briefing in Washington.