what to remember from Saturday April 6

On the eve of six months of conflict in the Middle East, the Israeli army announced that it had recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza.

Six months after the October 7 attacks and the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas, is a ceasefire in sight? American, Qatari, Israeli and Hamas negotiators are expected in Cairo on Sunday April 7 for yet another attempt to reach a truce. The latter is associated with a release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, ravaged by this devastating war. Franceinfo summarizes what you need to remember from this day.

Israeli army announces recovery of body of hostage in Gaza

The Israeli army announced that it had recovered the body of a hostage in Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Elad Katzir, who was 47 years old at the time of his October 7 kidnapping from Kibbutz Nir Oz, “reportedly killed in captivity by the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad”, states the IDF press release on Telegram. His body was repatriated to Israel, where he was formally identified. Around a hundred hostages are still being held by Hamas.

American and Israeli negotiators expected in Cairo to resume negotiations for a truce

According to American media, CIA chief Bill Burns is traveling to Cairo this weekend to meet with Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea, as well as Egyptian and Qatari officials. The White House confirmed talks. An Israeli delegation and a Hamas delegation will also visit the Egyptian capital on Sunday, alongside Bill Burns and the Qatari foreign minister, pro-government Egyptian media outlet Al-Qahera News, close to the Egyptian security services, said on Saturday. .

US President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “to conclude a hostage agreement” kidnapped during the Hamas attack. Hamas said Saturday it would not give up its demands for a truce. In a press release announcing the departure of a delegation from the movement on Sunday in Cairo, he asked “a complete ceasefire, a withdrawal of the occupying forces from Gaza, a return of the displaced, freedom of movement and aid (to the population) and a serious hostage exchange agreement” and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

After a one-week truce at the end of November which allowed the release of around a hundred hostages in exchange for Palestinian detainees, several rounds of indirect negotiations between the protagonists, via international mediators, took place for a new ceasefire. -fire, in vain. More than 250 people were kidnapped during the attack and taken to Gaza where 129 remain detained, including 34 who died, according to Israeli officials.

Israeli army says it killed terrorists in Khan Yunis

The army reported on Saturday that “terrorists killed” during operations in Khan Younes, and claimed to have “eliminated on Wednesday in the south of Gaza a senior Hamas terrorist official, Akram Abed al-Rahmane Salamé”.

New anti-Netanyahu demonstration in Tel Aviv

Tens of thousands of demonstrators jeered at Benjamin Netanyahu and his government on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv. These opponents demanded the negotiation of an agreement for the release of the hostages still held by Hamas for six months. Tensions with the police punctuated these gatherings, according to several journalists present on site.

UN humanitarian chief denounces ‘betrayal of humanity’ in Gaza

As the war enters its seventh month on Sunday, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office denounced the fact that, despite “global outrage”, “so little has been done to put an end to it, leaving room for such great impunity”. Martin Griffiths, requested on Saturday April 6 that “accounts be held for this betrayal of humanity” represented, according to him, by war.