2024-04-08 10:01:53
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchezconsidered yesterday “absolutely unacceptable” the Israeli explanations for the death of seven aid workers in a bombing in Gaza, increasing international pressure on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The bodies of the six collaborators of the ONG United States World Central Kitchen (three British, one Australian, one Polish and one Canadian-American) were handed over to diplomats in Egypt, to be repatriated to their respective countries. The seventh victim, a Palestinian, was buried to the south, in Rafah.
Israel took responsibility for Monday’s bombing in Deir al-Balah, in the center of Gaza Stripbut the head of General Staff, Herzi Haleviassured that it was a “serious error” that occurred “after an identification under very complex conditions.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologized and ultranationalist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He indicated that it was a “tragic incident.” Sánchez considered these explanations “absolutely unacceptable” and “insufficient.”
His statements increase the pressure on Israel by international organizations and even its own allies to guarantee the protection of the civilian population in the offensive it launched against Hamas since October 7.
Library raided Haitian National
The gangs that control a large part of Port-au-Prince yesterday attacked the National Library of Haiti, according to its general director, in a new episode of violence in the Caribbean country that awaits the appointment of its transitional authorities.
“Our documentary collections are in danger. “We have rare documents that are more than 200 years old and of heritage importance that run the risk of being set on fire or damaged by bandits,” he warned. Dangelo Néard, for whom the attack represents a hard blow against Haitian thought.
The armed groups also attacked and looted the premises of the National School of Arts and the Higher Normal School in the last week.
“These acts of vandalism (…) against the country’s educational institutions have devastating consequences for the future of the Haitian society UNESCO condemned yesterday.
After several days of decreasing violence, the gangs resumed attacks in several neighborhoods of the capital, Prince Port. Haitians have to deal every day with shortages of food, medicine and other basic products.
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2024-04-08 10:01:53