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Fourteen people were injured on Wednesday April 17 in northern Israel, according to emergency services, following a strike claimed by Lebanese Hezbollah, supported by Iran. “Fourteen injured, including two serious, were evacuated from the village of Arab Al-Aramshe, on the northern border”, the Galilee Medical Center first announced in a press release. The Israeli army later explained that fourteen soldiers were injured in the attack. “Six soldiers were seriously injured, two moderately and six others lightly”she clarified in a communicated.
Hezbollah fighters have “carried out a complex attack with guided missiles and explosive drones against the command post of a reconnaissance company” of the Israeli army, detailed the pro-Iranian party in a press release. The attack occurred “in response to the assassination by the enemy of several resistance fighters in Aïn Baal and Chéhabiyé”in southern Lebanon, the day before, he specifies.
The health ministry of the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, announced on Wednesday a new toll of 33,899 people killed and 76,664 people injured in the enclave since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist movement. Palestinian, October 7, 2023.
Benjamin Netanyahu denies any famine in Gaza
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied any “allegation” of famine in the Gaza Strip, during meetings with the heads of British and German diplomacy in Jerusalem.
“During these meetings, the prime minister insisted that Israel reserved the right to protect itself”, the Israeli government said in a statement. Mr. Netanyahu also “disputed allegations by international organizations of a famine in Gaza and said Israel was doing everything possible on the humanitarian issue”.
“Eight trucks of flour from the World Food Program entered the Gaza Strip from the port of Ashdod today (Wednesday) », the Israeli army said in a statement. At the beginning of April, Israel committed to using this port, located about thirty kilometers north of Gaza, to deliver aid.
Negotiations to end hostilities in the Gaza Strip “are stalling,” says Qatar
Negotiations to end hostilities in the Gaza Strip and free Israeli hostages “trample”recognized on Wednesday the Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed Ben Abderrahmane Al Thani, one of the mediators between Israel and Hamas. “We are going through a sensitive phase with some stagnation and we are trying, as much as possible, to overcome it (…), so as to end the suffering of the population in Gaza and obtain the release of the hostages” Israelis, he said.
Qatar, the United States and Egypt are engaged in talks to obtain a truce in the Palestinian territory and the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
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Doha had “warned from the beginning of this war against widening the circle of conflict, and today we are witnessing conflicts on different fronts,” explained the Qatari prime minister. “We constantly call on the international community to assume its responsibilities and put an end to this war”he added, affirming that the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip was facing “to siege and famine”with humanitarian aid being used as “a tool of political blackmail”.
“We are in the process of carrying out a global reassessment of our role” in mediation between Israel and Hamas, Mohammed Ben Abderrahmane Al Thani declared in a press conference on Wednesday.
Turkey on Wednesday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of wanting to drag the Middle East into war “to stay in power”. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who spoke alongside Mohammed Ben Abderrahmane Al Thani, judged that the risk of the conflict in Gaza spreading to the region was ” persistent “. “We will redouble our efforts to end this war”he added.
In the West Bank, demonstrations for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons
On the occasion of Prisoners’ Day, Palestinians from the occupied West Bank demonstrated on Wednesday to demand the release of administrative detainees in Israeli prisons and access for families to their incarcerated loved ones, banned from visiting since the attack by the Islamist movement. Hamas, October 7.
In Ramallah, headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, fewer than 200 people gathered, coming with portraits of a child, a father or a husband. “The issue of Palestinian prisoners is in the hearts and minds of all, it should arouse communion among all”regretted Shawan Jabarin, director of the human rights organization Al-Haq.
The low attendance is explained by political divisions within Palestinian society, according to the organizers, but also by the fear of arrests in the event of calls from participants in the “Liberation of Palestine”which can earn them a conviction for inciting violence.