Israel estimated on Tuesday, September 10, that it was “very likely” that shots from his army killed “indirectly and involuntarily” Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American activist, during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
International reactions have also increased following the Israeli attack that left at least 19 dead in the humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The health ministry of the Hamas-run enclave announced a new death toll of 41,020 in the territory devastated by the military campaign launched by Israel in retaliation for the bloody attack by Hamas commandos on October 7, 2023, which left several people dead, mostly civilians.
Israeli military must make ‘fundamental changes,’ says Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticised the Israeli military following the shooting death of a Turkish-American woman, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, on Friday in Beita, near Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. “In our view, Israeli security forces must make fundamental changes to the way they operate in the West Bank, including their rules of engagement.”He said at a press conference in London, judging “unjustified” the death of the 26-year-old activist.
The Israeli army ruled “very likely” that shots from his army killed him “accidentally”: an investigation “demonstrated that it was very likely that it was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire. [les forces armées israéliennes] that were not directed at her, but [qui] “They were targeting the main instigator of the riots.” The young woman’s family accuses the Israeli army of having killed her and demands a “independent investigation”The UN and Türkiye also accused the Jewish state.
Since the start of the war, violence between Palestinians on the one hand and the Israeli army and settlers on the other has escalated in the West Bank: at least 662 Palestinians have been killed there by gunfire from Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and at least 23 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed there in Palestinian attacks or military operations, according to official Israeli data.
UN envoy for Middle East peace process deplores Israeli attack “in a densely populated area”
Tor Wennesland, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, deplored in a statement the Israeli attack on the humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi on the night of Monday to Tuesday. “in a densely populated area, a humanitarian zone defined by Israel in Khan Younes, where displaced people were taking refuge.” He added that “Civilians should never be used as human shields”in reference to statements by the Israeli army that it attacked a Hamas command center.
Türkiye denounced “war crime” Israeli. British Foreign Minister David Lammy judged “shocking” the deaths caused by this strike.
The airstrike that hit crowded tents in the humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 early Tuesday, the Hamas-run enclave’s health ministry said. It added that the death toll could rise as more bodies are found. The Hamas-run Civil Defense had earlier announced 40 deaths.
Israeli defence minister defends negotiated truce as ‘strategic opportunity’
The Israeli defense minister calls for a truce agreement in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that would allow the release of hostages held in this Palestinian territory. bring back the hostages, “It is the right thing to do, it is not only one of the aims of the war, but it also reflects our values”Yoav Gallant said on Monday during an interview with reporters. For him, “achieve a [tel] agreement, it is also a strategic opportunity that offers us a high probability of changing the security situation on all fronts.”.
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Gallant made the remarks during an interview with a small number of foreign journalists, excerpts of which were authorized for publication on Tuesday. The remarks come as the United States increases pressure on Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to agree to terms for a truce that would bring some relief to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
For Mr. Gallant, “Israel should reach an agreement that allows for a pause [des combats] for six weeks and the return of the hostages,” in reference to the first step of the plan towards a permanent ceasefire proposed by US President Joe Biden. According to him, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip made it possible to create on the ground “required conditions” for a ceasefire agreement.
“Hamas, as a military formation, no longer exists” in Gaza, he believes. “We continue to fight Hamas terrorists and pursue their leaders” of the movement, he said, but Hamas did not ” led [désormais plus qu’]a guerrilla war ».
French courts close complaint alleging torture attributed to a French-Israeli
The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT, competent in matters of war crimes and crimes against humanity) dismissed at the beginning of September the complaint of three associations that denounced torture attributed to YO, a French-Israeli soldier, on men presented as Palestinian prisoners. The plaintiffs accused YO of having committed a war crime by “acts of torture” in the context of a “genocidal military attack”.
But the complaint was closed on September 2, Agence France-Presse learned on Tuesday from a judicial source. “At the end of the examination of this procedure, the reported facts appear insufficiently characterized, and the elements provided in support of the complaint are not sufficient to establish the existence of possible material acts of complicity.”it became clear.
The associations’ lawyers expressed their astonishment. A complaint could be filed with the constitution of a civil party to try to get an investigating judge to investigate the alleged events.
Polio vaccination campaign moves to northern Gaza, WHO announces
A polio vaccination campaign for children in the Gaza Strip began on Tuesday in the north of the Palestinian territory, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Tarik Jasarevic announced on Tuesday. Following the discovery of the first case of polio in Gaza in twenty-five years, a large-scale campaign began on January 1.Ahem September, with the assistance of “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting, which targets 640,000 children under the age of 10.
Vaccines, cold chain equipment and other materials. “They were delivered to the north of [la bande de] Gaza yesterday »WHO spokesman said, but “A WHO mission carrying fuel for hospitals and polio campaign vehicles, as well as polio monitoring experts, was hampered”.
WHO is concerned that some areas in the northern Gaza Strip subject to Israeli evacuation orders are also among those where humanitarian pauses have been decided.
