- The World Food Programme said an aid convoy was denied entry to north Gaza by Israel’s military. WFP said “to avert famine”, there must be road access to Gaza’s north.
- Hamas says ceasefire negotiations are ongoing but “the ball is in the Israeli court”, while the US says obstacles to a truce are “not insurmountable”.
- An Israeli bombing has killed a Hezbollah fighter, his wife and their son in the southern Lebanese village of Hula.
- At least 30,631 Palestinians have been killed and 72,043 wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
- Death toll in Gaza risesAt least 30,717 people have been killed and 72,156 wounded by Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, Palestinian Health Ministry said.In the last 24 hours, Israeli attacks have killed 86 people and wounded 113 in Gaza.Click here to share on social media
- )Israel is avoiding ceasefire demands, Hamas saysHamas says it has shown the flexibility required to reach a truce that stops the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people but Israel is evading demands for a ceasefire.These demands include a permanent ceasefire, the return of the displaced Palestinians in Gaza to their homes, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid.“We will continue to negotiate through our brotherly mediators to reach an agreement that fulfils the demands and interests of our people,” Hamas said in a statement.Click here to share on social media
- List of key events on day 152 of the war
- Israeli forces killed three civilians and injured many others in an attack on a home in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.UNRWA said it has distributed flour to some 370,000 families in southern Gaza. On Tuesday, Israeli forces turned back a 14-truck food aid convoy bound for northern Gaza.The US has tabled a revised draft of a proposed UNSC resolution that calls for “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six weeks in Gaza together with the release of all hostages”.The US defence secretary met Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz in Washington, DC.The US military’s Central Command said it destroyed three Houthi antiship missiles and three unmanned surface vessels in areas controlled by the group.
- US, UK leaders growing more ‘assertive’ with Israel over Gaza aid, ceasefireShifting public opinion in the US and Europe on Israel’s war on Gaza could push political leaders in the West to lobby more aggressively for lasting ceasefire conditions and more aid to Gaza, according to Luciano Zaccara, an assistant professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University.Zaccara told Al Jazeera that the large number of US Democratic primary voters who voted “uncommitted” as a protest vote to Biden’s pro-Israel policies, along with George Galloway’s UK parliamentary election victory on a pro-Gaza platform, shows that voters are thinking more and more about their state’s “foreign policy behaviour” when they go to the ballot box.While there are indications that US and UK leaders are responding to this trend – and being more assertive to Israel about the need for a ceasefire and to supply more aid to Gaza – it remains to be seen what tangible effect this will have as Israeli officials remain “uncommitted”, said Zaccara.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-food-convoy-blocked-from-north-gaza-by-israel
