26 people killed by strikes in Gaza City, civil defense says
The Gaza Strip’s civil defense reported two Israeli airstrikes before dawn on Thursday, reportedly killing 26 people in Gaza City, as intense fighting between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters took place in the Strip. the Palestinian enclave. Sixteen people were killed in a strike that hit their homes and ten others died in the second strike that hit a mosque and a school, civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said.
Israeli green light to resume negotiations with Hamas
Gathered late this Wednesday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli war cabinet gave the green light to the resumption of negotiations with a view to the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. At the beginning of May, indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel, via mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States, failed to reach an agreement for a truce in the Palestinian enclave associated with the liberation Palestinian hostages and prisoners held by Israel. 252 people were captured during the attack by Hamas on October 7. According to the army, 124 are still held in Gaza, of whom 37 have died. On Tuesday, an Israeli association broadcast, at the request of the families of the hostages, images of the kidnapping of five Israeli soldiers on October 7, denouncing a “national failure” And “abandonment of hostages”.
ICJ decision imminent on request for ceasefire in Gaza
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s highest court, announced on Thursday that it will rule on Friday on a request from South Africa to order Israel a ceasefire in Gaza . Pretoria wants the court to order Israel to stop “immediately» all military operations in the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah, a city where Israel launched ground operations on May 7 despite opposition from the international community. The jurisdiction, seized at the end of December by South Africa for “genocide“, ordered Israel in January to do everything in its power to prevent any act of genocide and allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave. But the court did not go so far as to order a ceasefire. However, for Pretoria, the evolution of the situation on the ground – in particular the operation in Rafah – requires a new order from the ICJ.
Leaders of anti-Israel “axis of resistance” meet in Tehran
Leaders of “axis of resistance” groups discussed the war in Gaza during a meeting Wednesday in Tehran, state media reported Thursday. It brings together Iran’s allies in the fight against Israel, including Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, Yemeni Houthi rebels and Iraqi Shiite groups. The leaders of these movements met after attending ceremonies organized Wednesday in Tehran to pay tribute to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash in the northwest of the country. “During this meeting, the political, social and military situation in Gaza […] and the role of the axis of resistance were discussed», State television Irib said. “The continuation of the jihad and the struggle until the complete victory of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, with the participation of the groups of the axis of resistance was affirmed» by the participants, according to Irib.
Colombia wants to open an embassy in Ramallah
Colombia has decided to open an embassy in Ramallah, in the Palestinian territories, according to information provided to the press on Wednesday by Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Murillo. This declaration comes after the announcement by three European countries (Spain, Ireland and Norway) of their decision to recognize the State of Palestine, an announcement which aroused the fury of Israel. “Colombia had already recognized Palestine as a state in recent years. […] We are convinced that more and more states will recognize Palestine», Commented Luis Murillo. At the beginning of May, President Gustavo Petro had already announced the severance of diplomatic ties with Israel. Since the start of the war, the first left-wing president in the country’s history, elected in 2022, has strongly criticized, on several occasions, the war waged by the IDF in the Gaza Strip, thus breaking with Bogota’s historic position , traditional ally of Israel.
