These are strikes on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of Ramadan fasting month. Air strikes this Sunday, March 30 on Khan Younès, in the south of the Gaza Strip, killed at least 17 people, “for most children and women,” according to Nasser Hospital. One of the strikes targeted a house and a tent housing displaced people in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing eight, including five children, according to Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for the Gaza rescue service.
Info to remember
⇒ Benyamin Netanyahu asks that the Palestinian Islamist Movement of Hamas will render arms
⇒ The Israeli army says it has intercepted a missile drawn from Yemen
⇒ Hezbollah denounces Israel’s “unacceptable” attacks against Lebanon
Benyamin Netanyahu wants Hamas to return weapons
The Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said this Sunday that the increased military pressure of Israel on Hamas in Gaza “works”, insisting that the Palestinian Islamist movement had to return his arms. “Regarding Hamas in Gaza, military pressure works […] We negotiate under fire. We can see breaches start to appear “as part of the negotiations, said Benyamin Netanyahu at the start of a meeting of his cabinet.
“Hamas must lay down their arms. Its leaders will (then) be authorized to leave,” he added, while mediators (Egypt, Qatar and the United States) are still trying to restore the ceasefire and obtain the release of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. A senior Hamas official said on Saturday that the group had approved a new cease-fire proposal presented by the mediators and urged Israel to support her. Benyamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed the reception of the proposal and declared that Israel had submitted a counter-proposition, without further details.
The Israeli army says it has intercepted a missile drawn from Yemen
The Israeli army announced this Sunday that it had intercepted a missile drawn from Yemen after having triggered air alert sirens in several regions of the country. “Following the mermaids that have reached little in several regions of Israel ago, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF (Israeli Air Force) before entering Israeli territory,” the army said in a statement.
The Houthis rebels of Yemen later announced the launch of a “ballistic missile”, of Iranian invoice, to Ben Gourion airport, close to Tel Aviv, said their military spokesperson Yayha Saree.
Hezbollah denounces Israel’s “unacceptable” attacks against Lebanon
The head of the Islamist movement Hezbollah Naïm Qassem judged on Saturday “unacceptable” that Israel continues his attacks against Lebanon, the day after the first Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut since the entry into force of the truce in November. “If Israel believes that he can impose a new equation using false pretexts to kill […] Attack the south, the Békaa and the southern suburbs of Beirut, this is unacceptable, “warned Naïm Qassem in a televised speech.” We cannot accept that Israel attacks Lebanon and acts freely when we see fit, while we remain cross arms, “he added.” We must be put an end to this attack. “
Israel bombed on Friday the southern suburbs of Beirut, a bastion of Hezbollah, for the first time after four months of truce, in response to non -claimed rocket fire which targeted its territory. Hezbollah said he had no connection with these rocket fire.