Israeli police announced on Monday April 1 that they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh in southern Israel as part of an investigation into “terrorism”. Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh “is suspected of having contacts with Hamas operatives and of identifying with the organization, while inciting and supporting acts of terrorism in Israel”, according to the authorities of the Jewish state. Follow our live stream.
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. Hamas declared that it had discovered “dozens of bodies” and reported material damage “very important”.
New deadly strike on a hospital. An Israeli strike on a camp within the al-Aqsa hospital compound left four dead and 17 injured, the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Sunday. The Israeli army said it had targeted “a command center for Islamic jihad and terrorists positioned in the courtyard” from this establishment in the central Gaza Strip. A WHO team was on site at the time of the incident.
Hamas’s “apology” to Gazans. Hamas presented for the first time “his excuses” to the inhabitants of Gaza for the suffering caused by the conflict, in a long statement published Sunday evening on his Telegram channel. The Islamist movement, however, reiterated its desire to continue this war, which, according to it, should make it possible to achieve “victory and freedom” Palestinians. He addressed “a message of thanks to the people” of the Gaza Strip, of which he recognizes “exhaustion”.
Six hundred Israeli soldiers have died since October 7. “Nadav Cohen, 20 years old, from Haifa (…) fell in combat in the south of the Gaza Strip”announced the spokesperson for the Israeli army on its official website, bringing to 600 the number of Israeli soldiers killed in Israel and the Palestinian Territories since the start of the war.
Benyamin Netanyahu operated “successfully”. Israeli Prime Minister underwent hernia surgery “with success”, according to a press release from his office published Monday. He is “in shape and starting to recover”, at the end of this operation on Sunday evening, followed very closely. At the same time, thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem to call for his resignation and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.