Israeli forces killed more than 200 Palestinians during its ongoing raid on al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the military said. A military statement said that army forces were still fighting at the hospital. “Around 200 saboteurs have been eliminated,” it added.
The army claimed that its forces evacuated civilians, patients, and medical staff to another part of the hospital “which the army prepared and established to allow proper medical treatment to continue.”
The Israeli army raided the hospital, the largest medical facility in Gaza that houses thousands of patients and displaced people, on March 18.
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1045 GMT — More than 32,500 Palestinians killed as Israel continues to pound Gaza
At least 32,552 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said.
A ministry statement said that 74,980 other Palestinians have also been injured in the onslaught.
“Israeli attacks killed at least 62 people and injured 91 others in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said.
“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
0732 GMT — Death toll from Israeli strikes on south Lebanon climbs to 16
The death toll from Israeli air strikes across southern Lebanon has climbed to 16, including several members of Hezbollah and paramedic groups, according to Lebanese state media.
And in northern Israel, one man was killed by a barrage of at least 30 rockets fired by Lebanese group Hezbollah, which said it was responding to a deadly air strike targeting a paramedic centre linked to an aid group.
International mediators have been scrambling to prevent an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah amid near-daily violence, mostly confined to the area along the Lebanon-Israel border.
0842 GMT — Pakistan calls on ‘backers’ of Israel to end massacre of Palestinians
Pakistan called on the “backers” of Israel to bring an end to the massacre of Palestinian people, saying the Israeli war against Gaza continues despite the UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire.
During a weekly press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch demanded Israel lift the inhuman siege and all ow humanitarian assistance to all parts of Gaza.
“It has been three days since the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine. However, the Israeli war on the people of Gaza continues unabated, and the Palestinian people continue to face starvation and genocide,” she told reporters in the capital Islamabad.
0726 GMT — ICC urged to issue arrest warrant over war crimes in Palestine, Israel
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been urged to act against Israeli political and military officials by a UK-based internationally recognised solicitor advocate.
In an open letter he shared on X, Tayab Ali, director of the International Centre for Justice for Palestinians, called on ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to issue arrest warrants for alleged war crimes in occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
Underlining that he had “prepared war crimes cases” himself, Ali wrote that he understands “the difficulties and hard work that must go into the preparation of a serious war crimes arrest warrant application.”
0721 GMT — Gun attack on vehicles in West Bank wounds three
A gunman opened fire on vehicles in the occupied West Bank, wounding at least three people, including a 13-year-old boy, emergency services said.
The Israeli military said soldiers had blocked routes in the area, adjacent to the town of Al Auja in the Jordan Valley, following reports and were pursuing the gunman.
Israeli media said a man wearing military uniform opened fire on passing vehicles, hitting a school bus, in which a 13 year-old boy was hurt by shrapnel, and wounding two other men in separate cars.
0648 GMT — Talks resume on bringing Israeli officials to the US to discuss Gaza operation, the White House says
Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss potential military offensives in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a planned visit this week because he was angry about the US vote on a UN ceasefire resolution, the White House said.
“So we’re now working with them to find a convenient date that’s obviously going to work for both sides,” said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
No date has been finalised yet. One US official said strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi would be among the delegation to come to Washington.
The official were not authorised to speak publicly about the sensitive discussions and spoke to The Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity.
0257 GMT — Prepping for Rafah invasion, Israel orders 40,000 tents from China
Warmonger Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the purchase of 40,000 tents from China to be set up in besieged Gaza, Israeli media reported, in preparation for a ground invasion of Rafah where more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge.
It comes as Netanyahu downplayed global fears of a humanitarian catastrophe if Israel launches a planned ground invasion into Gaza’s southernmost city, saying civilians would be able to flee the fighting into other parts of the war-torn territory.
Speaking to US Congressional delegation visiting Israel, Netanyahu said people sheltering in Rafah — now more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population — will be able to move away from the fighting.
0142 GMT — US Muslim group calls for UN probe into video of Israeli forces shooting, burying Palestinians
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for a UN investigation into a video showing Israeli forces shooting two apparently unarmed Palestinians and burying them with a wheel loader.
“This heinous war crime and the many other similar crimes committed daily by the genocidal Israeli government must be investigated by the UN as part of the ongoing genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced starvation being imposed on the Palestinian people with the complicity of the Biden administration,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper in a statement.
“The forces of the far-right Israeli government seem to kill Palestinians on a whim and then treat their bodies like trash. This genocide must be stopped, not excused or supported with weapons and rhetoric,” he added.
0131 GMT — ICESCO provides $200,000 in financial support to 500 Palestinian students in Egypt
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) has provided $200,000 worth of financial support to 500 Palestinian students at Egyptian universities.
The organisation, based in Morocco, said the support was provided within the framework of a program to assist Palestinian students studying at Egyptian colleges.
According to the statement, the distribution of financial support to the first group of beneficiaries began on March 26 at the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo. It said the total financial support of $200,000 is being distributed in two instalments for the benefit of 500 male and female students.
0112 GMT — German bank freezes account of anti-Zionist Jewish association
A bank in Germany froze the account of the anti-Zionist Jewish association Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and requested a list of its members and their addresses.
The association said that Berliner Sparkasse blocked their account without prior notice for updating customer information.
The bank said in a letter to the association’s board that the move was “precautionary” and requested various documents, including a list of its members’ names and addresses, to be submitted by April 5.
The association questioned the bank’s authority to freeze accounts without explanation, highlighting the unusual request for the list. It suggested that such a demand resembles inquiries made by intelligence agencies or police exerting political pressure on the Jewish association.
2024 GMT — Haniyeh says Israel won’t be able to impose its terms on Palestinians
Head of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh said that Israel will never be able to impose its terms on the Palestinian people, neither through war nor through politics.
During his meeting with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran, Haniyeh praised Iran’s positions towards Palestine and reviewed the course of the Israeli war against Gaza and efforts for its end.
He emphasised that the “(Israeli) occupation shattered the image of its army and appeared in its true form without embellishment, living in political isolation, while the reality of American position and absolute support for the occupation and endorsement of its crimes, including genocide, has emerged.”
He urged the Islamic world to “stand by Gaza.”
