War between Israel and Gaza: summary of 03/04/2024 |

Israel’s military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, assured this Monday that the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) employs more than 450 “military operatives” from Hamas and other armed groups. “More than 450. This is not a mere coincidence. This is systematic,” said Hagari, who noted that Israel has shared this information with the United Nations.

Regarding the negotiation of a possible truce, US Vice President Kamala Harris has asked Hamas to accept an immediate six-week ceasefire “given the immense magnitude of the suffering in Gaza.” Harris has urged Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Sunday to resume talks with delegations from Qatar, Egypt and the United States. There is no representative from Israel in protest of Hamas’s refusal to provide a list of hostages still alive, according to sources. officials cited by Israeli media.

In addition, a foreign agricultural worker has been killed and seven other people have been injured by the impact of an anti-tank projectile fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. It is the seventh civilian fatality in the country due to the firing of projectiles from Lebanon since the exchange of fire on both sides of the border began in October, as a contagion of the war in Gaza.

In the occupied West Bank, a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager died in the Al Amari refugee camp, near Ramallah, after being shot by Israeli troops, who were carrying out a raid there. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has identified the victim as Mustafa Abu Shalbak. “Early in the morning, the occupation forces stormed the Al Amari camp and clashes broke out in which live bullets were fired at the youth.”

In total, at least 30,500 Palestinians have died since the start of the clashes in October, 124 in the last day, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which detailed in a statement published on its account on the social network Facebook that “the balance of the Israeli aggression amounts to 71,920 injuries.” Thus, he specified that “the Israeli occupation committed thirteen massacres against families in the Strip during the last 24 hours, leaving 124 dead and 210 injured.”

The president of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, has described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic, inconceivable and shameful”, after the Israeli army has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians and deaths from hunger. Francis was speaking at the opening of a special session of the Assembly called for the United States to explain its latest veto on February 20 in the Security Council of a resolution demanding an unconditional and immediate ceasefire.

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, has indicated that the Government is preparing to sanction a first group of 12 “violent” settlers from the West Bank, while once again demanding a “ immediate and permanent ceasefire” and the release of the hostages held by Hamas. This is the first time that the minister specifies the specific number that will be affected by the measure prepared by the Government, after it has not been possible to reach an agreement with Twenty-seven so that the EU could take a step in this regard.