Israel still excludes the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, eleven dead after strikes, MSF denounces a « common pit » … The news of the conflict to the Middle East this Wednesday, April 16-Liberation

« No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza », said the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, in a statement on Wednesday, two days after the announcement of the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA) indicating that Palestinian territory knew « Probably the worst » Humanitarian situation since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. Israel has been blocking entry to all aid since March 2. Katz, one of the members of the government closest to Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, said this choice was « One of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas » to use humanitarian aid. The Israeli government accuses The Islamist movement to divert it and ensure its distribution for months, which it denies. On March 18, the Israeli army resumed its offensive on the Gaza Strip, saying wishing to bend Hamas and obtaining the release of all the hostages removed in Israel on October 7. The Minister of Defense also recalled that his country ultimately wished to entrust the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza to « Civil societies ».

Eleven people whose women and children died in Gaza this Wednesday in Israeli strikes, According to the Palestinian Civil Defense. « Our teams have transferred to the Al-Chifa hospital in the city of Gaza ten martyrs and several injured, including a number of children and women, following the targeting of the Hassouna family’s house », The spokesperson for this rescue organization, Mahmoud Bassal, told AFP. He said the shot had taken place « At dawn » In the Al-Tuffah district, in the northeast of the city of Gaza. Solicited by AFP on this strike, the Israeli army did not respond immediately. A little girl was also killed in the bombing of a house west of Khan Younès (South). The Israeli army announced earlier on Wednesday that it has killed « The main assistant of the commander of the Gaza de Hamas brigade » A few days earlier in the center of the Palestinian territory. The man, presented in a press release as Mahmoud Ibrahim Hassan Abu Hisirah, is involved after TSAhal in the October 7 attack, as well as in a 2014 attack on Israeli soldiers.

A shock sentence which sums up the situation in the Palestinian enclave: « Gaza has become a common pit for the Palestinians and those who help them », denounced this Wednesday, April 16, the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in reaction to military operations and on the blockade imposed by Israel on humanitarian aid. « We are witnessing in real time the destruction and forced displacement of the entire population of Gaza », declares Amande Bazerolle, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza, who considers that the humanitarian response is « Gravely hampered by constant insecurity and critical shortages ». A series of deadly attacks led by Israeli forces testifies « A blatant contempt for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers in Gaza », Accused the organization, which eleven employees have been killed since the start of the war in the narrow Palestinian territory. « We call on the Israeli authorities to immediately remove the inhuman and deadly siege imposed in Gaza, to protect the lives of the Palestinians as well as those of humanitarian and medical staff, and to work, with all the parties, to the restoration and the maintenance of a cease-fire », continues MSF in its press release.

Berlin is evacuating around 25 German citizens from the Gaza Strip, targeted by Israeli and humanitarian aid strikes for a month and a half, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. « Right now the Gaza evacuation of two dozen German nationals »said a spokesperson for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, questioned about this in a press briefing in Berlin. He said « Not being able yet » Give additional details because the operation was « underway », only adding that it took place in close collaboration with the Israeli authorities. He said he was staying in the Gaza Strip still « A small number, less than ten, of German nationals who wanted to leave ». On April 2, Germany had already announced the evacuation of 19 of its nationals and 14 of their relatives of the Gaza Strip.

A person was killed in a new Israeli strike on southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced, the day after a similar raid that killed two. Despite the ceasefire entered into force on November 27, Israel continues to regularly carry out strikes on the neighboring country, claiming to target Hezbollah pro-Iranian.