Israeli assaults kill dozens of Palestinians together with 15 folks at a sport centre the place war-displaced folks had been sheltering.
Right here’s how issues stand on Saturday, March 30, 2024:
Preventing and humanitarian disaster
- Dozens of Palestinians had been killed in continuous Israeli assaults throughout Gaza, together with 15 folks at a sport centre in Gaza Metropolis the place a whole bunch of individuals displaced by the bombardment had been sheltering.
- The Palestine Purple Crescent Society mentioned the Israeli army has killed 26 of its employees because the begin of the warfare on Gaza, together with 15 crew members who had been focused whereas performing medical duties.
- At the very least 17 folks had been killed in an Israeli assault on a police station within the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza Metropolis, the Gaza authorities mentioned.
- Gaza’s Ministry of Well being reported at the least 71 Palestinians had been killed and 112 wounded within the final 24 hours. At the very least 32,623 Palestinians have been killed and 75,092 wounded in Israeli assaults on Gaza since October 7.
- Qatar has welcomed a new order by the Worldwide Court docket of Justice that calls on Israel to permit the unimpeded supply of assist into Gaza, the place famine has set in.
Diplomacy and regional tensions
- Defence Minister Yoav Gallant mentioned the Israeli army will develop its marketing campaign towards Hezbollah. “We’ll attain wherever the organisation operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in additional distant locations,” he mentioned, hours after Israel mentioned it killed the deputy head of the group’s rocket and missiles unit in southern Lebanon.
- America will ship one other $2.5bn in weapons to Israel regardless of rising strain from Democratic senators and members of Congress to restrict army assist to Israel, The Washington Submit newspaper reported.
- The package deal consists of 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs, which might inflict injury to folks as much as 1,000 ft (300 metres) away, and have been “linked to earlier mass-casualty occasions all through Israel’s army marketing campaign in Gaza”, the report mentioned.
- Russia and Iran condemned Israel for its lethal air raids on Syria, which killed a number of Hezbollah members, calling it a breach of the nation’s sovereignty.
Violence in occupied West Financial institution
- Within the city of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, Israeli forces killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy and injured a number of different younger folks throughout one other evening of bloody army raids.
