- The International Court of Justice hands down its verdict in a case against Germany for its military support of Israel as global reverberations against the Gaza war intensify.
- More than 900 protesters have been arrested over the last 11 days across the United States as demonstrations against Israel’s attack continue to spread.
- “Stopping the attacks against Palestinians is not generous,” a senior Hamas says as the group studies an Israeli offer of a 40-day pause in fighting.
- At least 34,535 Palestinians have been killed and 77,704 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive.
- Students continue late-night anti-war demos at Columbia with chantsStudents are still occupying the Hamilton Hall building at Columbia University, which we reported on earlier, social media posts show. Despite it being the middle of the night in New York, the protestors are still chanting, as they voice their continuing opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza.Students had earlier unfurled a banner that read “Hind Hall”, covering the name of the building and renaming it in commemoration of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
- ICC arrest warrants? Netanyahu phones Biden: ReportUS news outlet Axios reports PM Netanyahu phoned President Biden to ask for help in preventing the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the grisly war on Gaza.Two unnamed Israeli officials were quoted as saying the phone call took place on Sunday amid increasing alarm that senior figures may face international justice for the attack that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians.The Axios story comes after Reuters reported ICC prosecutors interviewed staff from Gaza’s two biggest hospitals about possible crimes committed in Gaza. More than 300 bodies were uncovered from mass graves at Nasser Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew on April 7.
- Medics recover bodies from a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis [Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency]
- US hypocritical over ICC probe into Israel war crimes in Gaza: RussiaRussia says the United States is being hypocritical by opposing the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of Israel but supporting its arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.The ICC – which can charge individuals with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide – is investigating Hamas’s attack and Israel’s devastating military assault on Gaza, now in its seventh month.“Washington fully supported, if not stimulated, the issuance of ICC warrants against the Russian leadership,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a post on Telegram.But “the American political system does not recognise the legitimacy of this structure in relation to itself and its satellites”, Zakharova said, adding such a position is intellectually “absurd”.White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the US doesn’t support the ICC’s investigation of Israel as it doesn’t have jurisdiction.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-34-killed-in-gaza-amid-ceasefire-negotiations
