Israeli president says war against Hamas ‘bloody and difficult’

FRANCE 24

6 April 2024 at 2:18 am·1-min read

Israel is fighting a “bloody and difficult war”, President Isaac Herzog said in a statement to mark the conflict reaching its half-year mark on Sunday. His comments come as US, Israeli and Hamas negotiators are set to meet in Cairo in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

This blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, please click here.

Summary:

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and to call for new elections.
Hamas said that a delegation headed by the group’s deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, will go to Cairo on Sunday for ceasefire talks.
Israel's army said on Saturday its troops recovered the body of a hostage abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attacks on southern Israel. "The body of the abductee Elad Katzir … was rescued overnight from Khan Younis and returned to Israeli territory", the army said in a statement.
The Israeli military’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has triggered unprecedented criticism from European leaders, who are stepping up calls for a ceasefire and in some cases halting arms sales to Israel as the war’s toll mounts.
Read more on FRANCE 24 English

Read also:
Israel fires two military officers over 'mistakes' in strikes on WCK aid workers
In a divided Europe, Spain emerges as a champion of Palestinian statehood
Biden threatens change in US policy if Netanyahu fails to protect Gaza civilians

Business Insider
Massive drone strike suggests Ukraine is going after Russia's devastating glide bombs
Russia has increasingly relied on glide-bomb strikes to hammer Ukrainian positions on the front lines and in the rear over the past few months.
11 hours ago
HuffPost UK
'Where Are Those 40 Hospitals?': Health Secretary Victoria Atkins Skewered Over Tory Election Pledge
"You're doing this thing where you ask me to remember all the stats in my brain."
18 hours ago
Evening Standard
Furious judge considers jailing Donald Trump to stop him flouting gag order in hush money trial
A judge has found Donald Trump in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order in his hush money case - as he warned he could be jailed if he does it again. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M Merchan found there were nine. Mr Merchan wrote that Trump "is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment."
10 hours ago
Business Insider
Ukraine's new ATACMS could make Crimea 'militarily worthless,' war expert says
Long-range ATACMS supplied by the US to Ukraine could strike Crimea, a crucial logistics and military hub for Russia, hard, a military analyst said.
10 hours ago
The Telegraph
Behind enemy lines, Ukraine is busy setting Russia ablaze
Sometimes the metaphors write themselves. As Putin purportedly seeks to showcase the illusion of Russian strength by parading a captured British Saxon armoured personnel carrier from the 1970s in Red Square – donated to Ukraine in 2015 from mothballed British stocks – Ukrainian saboteurs are deep behind Russian lines actually doing the business.
2 days ago
The Telegraph
Hypocritical Ireland is now facing the consequences of its woke virtue signalling
Who could possibly have imagined that the Irish public would turn out to be no more keen on illegal migration than people in Britain? This is, after all, the country of Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who still travels the world lecturing us all about how the rich world is oppressing the poor and weak through climate change.
2 days ago
Business Insider
Russian forces have hit on a cheap way to foil US precision weapons in Ukraine
The Pentagon said some US GPS-guided weapons given to Ukraine had been repeatedly stopped by Russian electronic warfare.
11 hours ago
The Telegraph
Humza Yousaf was even worse than Nicola Sturgeon
In the end, Humza Yousaf surprised us all. This time last week, no one could have predicted he had only a week of his tenure as First Minister left. Even fewer could have guessed that his decision to end his party’s parliamentary agreement with the Scottish Greens would be the spark that led to the shortest term in Bute House since Labour’s Henry McLeish.
2 days ago
Reuters
Britain 'comfortable' with Irish proposal on returning migrants
Britain expressed support on Monday for an as-yet-unpublished proposal from Ireland for new rules to let Dublin resume returning asylum seekers to the UK, which a court had halted because of Britain's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to deport unlawful migrants to Rwanda without an opportunity to seek asylum in Britain, a centrepiece of his legislative agenda ahead of an election within the next nine months.
a day ago
The Telegraph
SNP’s Westminster leader ‘had pivotal role in Yousaf’s downfall’
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, is believed to have played a pivotal role in Humza Yousaf’s downfall.
a day ago
INSIDER
A 15-year-old law review by Brett Kavanaugh offers a clue at how the Supreme Court Justice could rule in Trump's immunity case
In a 2009 law review, Kavanaugh explained when he believed the law allows for a former president to face criminal prosecution.
2 days ago
HuffPost
'Couldn't Have Said It Better': Biden Team Taunts Trump Over 'Bone Crushing' Claim
The president's rapid response team mocked the latest fundraising appeal from Trump.
19 hours ago
Business Insider
Israel's strike showed Iran's air defenses were 'woefully unprepared.' Here's what Tehran may do next.
Israel showed it can take out a key part of Iran's air defenses with a single missile. Iran has two leading options to upgrade its air defenses.
a day ago
HuffPost
Barack Obama Hits Donald Trump With A Harsh Truth About His Hometown
The former president also told "Smartless" podcast hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes what had surprised him about the GOP.
18 hours ago
HuffPost
Judge Rules On Trump’s Alleged Gag Order Violations In Hush Money Trial
Judge Juan Merchan warned the former president could face jail time if he continues to violate the directive.
13 hours ago
Business Insider
Ukraine is defying the US over strikes on Russian oil refineries. Experts say it's a necessary risk.
Ukraine continues to target Russian oil facilities despite reported US objections, with one military expert calling it a 'risky move' to continue.
2 days ago
The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exercise in vanity has failed — spectacularly
Not even the people we might have expected to go with MTG seem to have the appetite to back her up this time
6 hours ago
INSIDER
Trump won't rule out election violence if he loses to Biden in November: 'It depends'
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time that "it always depends on the fairness of an election."
11 hours ago
The Hill
Judiciary Republicans zero in on top prosecutor in Trump hush money case
The House Judiciary Committee is again singling out a top prosecutor in former President Trump’s hush money case, asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over the bulk of its communications relating to Matthew Colangelo. Colangelo, who delivered the opening statement in Trump’s New York trial last week, was a senior Justice Department official…
8 hours ago
The Telegraph
Who gets to ask the questions on Question Time?
Last Thursday, I appeared on BBC Question Time. On being told, when invited, that the venue would be the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, I had asked how the studio audience would be selected.
22 hours ago

Summary:

Latest stories