{"id":42079,"date":"2024-04-02T16:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=42079"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:44:54","slug":"israel-gaza-war-latest-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2024\/04\/02\/israel-gaza-war-latest-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Gaza War: Latest Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Israel\u2019s prime minister has admitted Israeli forces killed seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza in an airstrike yesterday.<\/strong>Saying \u201cThis happens in wartime,\u201d Benjamin Netanyahu described it as \u201ca tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three of the seven people killed were British nationals.<\/strong>&nbsp;The UK summoned the Israeli ambassador in London saying Israel must \u201cput in place an effective deconfliction mechanism immediately and urgently to scale up humanitarian access\u201d. The UK\u2019s foreign secretary&nbsp;<strong>David Cameron<\/strong>&nbsp;said the deaths were \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The group had been travelling in two armoured vehicles branded with the&nbsp;<strong>World Central Kitchen&nbsp;<\/strong>(WCK) charity\u2019s logo. WCK said those killed were from the UK, Australia, Poland and Palestine, as well as a US-Canada dual citizen. The charity said it was suspending operations in the Palestinian territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US president Joe Biden\u2019s administration said it had been in touch with&nbsp;<strong>Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>, who founded WCK. Secretary of state&nbsp;<strong>Antony Blinken<\/strong>&nbsp;said the US had also spoken directly to the Israeli government about the issue. He told the media \u201cWe\u2019ve urged a swift, a thorough and impartial investigation to understand exactly what happened.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>France<\/strong>\u2019s foreign minister&nbsp;<strong>St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9<\/strong>on Tuesday said his country \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d the Israeli airstrike, which \u201cnothing can justify\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Israel has said it plans to open a joint situation room with international groups to enable the coordination of humanitarian aid.<\/strong>&nbsp;WCK on Monday said in its statement about the attack that \u201cDespite coordinating movements with the IDF, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cyprus<\/strong>&nbsp;said on Tuesday afternoon that ships that recently arrived in Gaza were turning back with 240 tonnes of undelivered aid. \u201cAt least two-thirds of the assistance is on its way back,\u201d Cyprus\u2019s foreign minister spokesperson,&nbsp;<strong>Theodoros Gotsis<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/apr\/02\/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-today-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-killed-idf-investigation?page=with:block-660c03f58f08b7266be01e7e#block-660c03f58f08b7266be01e7e\">told the Guardian<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UN spokesperson&nbsp;<strong>St\u00e9phane Dujarric<\/strong>&nbsp;has said that the organisation\u2019s secretary-general&nbsp;<strong>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&nbsp;<\/strong>condemns an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, calling for \u201cutmost restraint\u201d. The attack, which killed at least 11 people, including a senior commander in the al-Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has been widely attributed to Israel.&nbsp;<strong>Turkey&nbsp;<\/strong>said the attack was a violation of international law by Israel.&nbsp;<strong>Iran<\/strong>\u2019s leaders in Tehran described the targeting of a diplomatic mission late on Monday as unprecedented and promised a harsh response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel\u2019s defense minister,&nbsp;<strong>Yoav Gallant<\/strong>&nbsp;said Israel would \u201cact everywhere, every day to prevent the force buildup of our enemies. We are in a multi-front war, in the offence and defence. We see evidence of this every day, including in recent days\u201d. He said Israel was acting \u201cto make it clear to everyone who acts against us, all over the Middle East, that the price for acting against Israel will be a heavy price.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel\u2019s delegation will return from&nbsp;<strong>Cairo<\/strong>having formulated a new proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal with&nbsp;<strong>Hamas<\/strong>, according to reports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The World Health Organization (WHO) said the destruction of&nbsp;<strong>al-Shifa hospital<\/strong>&nbsp;in Gaza amounted to \u201cripping the heart out\u201d of the health system of the territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Israel\u2019s prime minister has admitted Israeli forces killed seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza in an airstrike yesterday.<\/strong>Saying \u201cThis happens in wartime,\u201d Benjamin Netanyahu described it as \u201ca tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three of the seven people killed were British nationals.<\/strong>&nbsp;The UK summoned the Israeli ambassador in London saying Israel must \u201cput in place an effective deconfliction mechanism immediately and urgently to scale up humanitarian access\u201d. The UK\u2019s foreign secretary&nbsp;<strong>David Cameron<\/strong>&nbsp;said the deaths were \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The group had been travelling in two armoured vehicles branded with the&nbsp;<strong>World Central Kitchen&nbsp;<\/strong>(WCK) charity\u2019s logo. WCK said those killed were from the UK, Australia, Poland and Palestine, as well as a US-Canada dual citizen. The charity said it was suspending operations in the Palestinian territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US president Joe Biden\u2019s administration said it had been in touch with&nbsp;<strong>Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>, who founded WCK. Secretary of state&nbsp;<strong>Antony Blinken<\/strong>&nbsp;said the US had also spoken directly to the Israeli government about the issue. He told the media \u201cWe\u2019ve urged a swift, a thorough and impartial investigation to understand exactly what happened.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>France<\/strong>\u2019s foreign minister&nbsp;<strong>St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9<\/strong>on Tuesday said his country \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d the Israeli airstrike, which \u201cnothing can justify\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Israel has said it plans to open a joint situation room with international groups to enable the coordination of humanitarian aid.<\/strong>&nbsp;WCK on Monday said in its statement about the attack that \u201cDespite coordinating movements with the IDF, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cyprus<\/strong>&nbsp;said on Tuesday afternoon that ships that recently arrived in Gaza were turning back with 240 tonnes of undelivered aid. \u201cAt least two-thirds of the assistance is on its way back,\u201d Cyprus\u2019s foreign minister spokesperson,&nbsp;<strong>Theodoros Gotsis<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/apr\/02\/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-today-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-killed-idf-investigation?page=with:block-660c03f58f08b7266be01e7e#block-660c03f58f08b7266be01e7e\">told the Guardian<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UN spokesperson&nbsp;<strong>St\u00e9phane Dujarric<\/strong>&nbsp;has said that the organisation\u2019s secretary-general&nbsp;<strong>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&nbsp;<\/strong>condemns an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, calling for \u201cutmost restraint\u201d. The attack, which killed at least 11 people, including a senior commander in the al-Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has been widely attributed to Israel.&nbsp;<strong>Turkey&nbsp;<\/strong>said the attack was a violation of international law by Israel.&nbsp;<strong>Iran<\/strong>\u2019s leaders in Tehran described the targeting of a diplomatic mission late on Monday as unprecedented and promised a harsh response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel\u2019s defense minister,&nbsp;<strong>Yoav Gallant<\/strong>&nbsp;said Israel would \u201cact everywhere, every day to prevent the force buildup of our enemies. We are in a multi-front war, in the offence and defence. We see evidence of this every day, including in recent days\u201d. He said Israel was acting \u201cto make it clear to everyone who acts against us, all over the Middle East, that the price for acting against Israel will be a heavy price.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel\u2019s delegation will return from&nbsp;<strong>Cairo<\/strong>having formulated a new proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal with&nbsp;<strong>Hamas<\/strong>, according to reports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The World Health Organization (WHO) said the destruction of&nbsp;<strong>al-Shifa hospital<\/strong>&nbsp;in Gaza amounted to \u201cripping the heart out\u201d of the health system of the territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4836,6850,9436,11065,6349,8311,5304,3347,5178,6044,5268,1953,7960,12283,7241,11254,10307,9351,1677,8116,12246,5345,5575,2629,10736,2264,6345,5930,12634,6825,10825,8251,12957,11166,10954,10197,3095,3092,2471,9515,10342,3684,8719,9237,422,8637,5568,837,3805,12103,3174,6431,7444,2570,12605,5465,6348,11331,5251,36,594],"class_list":["post-42079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-access","tag-aid","tag-airstrike","tag-al-shifa","tag-antonio-guterres","tag-antony-blinken","tag-attack","tag-australia","tag-biden","tag-blinken","tag-british","tag-canada","tag-case","tag-ceasefire","tag-charity","tag-citizen","tag-convoy","tag-damascus","tag-david-cameron","tag-destruction","tag-diplomatic","tag-foreign-minister","tag-france","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-strip","tag-government","tag-guterres","tag-hamas","tag-health","tag-hospital","tag-hostage","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-idf","tag-innocent","tag-international","tag-investigation","tag-israel","tag-israeli-ambassador","tag-joe-biden","tag-killed","tag-law","tag-london","tag-middle-east","tag-nio","tag-offence","tag-palestine","tag-palestinian","tag-poland","tag-president","tag-price","tag-prime-minister","tag-release","tag-tehran","tag-turkey","tag-uk","tag-un","tag-us","tag-us-president","tag-war","tag-world","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42081,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42079\/revisions\/42081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}