Israel proposed dismantling UNRWA: Report
The United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper is reporting that Israel has given the United Nations a proposal to dismantle UNRWA, which has been operating in the Palestinian territories since 1950.
The Israeli plan proposes the creation of a replacement organisation to handle large-scale deliveries of food aid to Gaza, the Guardian said, citing unnamed UN sources. About 300 to 400 staff would be transferred to the new agency or other UN agencies such as the World Food Programme, the report said.
More staff, as well as the UNRWA’s assets, would be transferred in later stages, it added. The paper said that the Israeli chief of the general staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, presented the plan to UN officials in Israel last week. It was forwarded to UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday.
Israel has been refusing to work with UNRWA since last Monday amid unproven claims that some of the agency’s staff were with Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
UNWRA has 13,000 workers in Gaza alone...
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against government
Tens of thousands of Israelis marched on Sunday calling for Netanyahu’s government to go and for more efforts to free the dozens of people still held captive by Hamas. Demonstrators began their rally outside parliament and later blocked a main highway in Jerusalem. Police, some on horseback, jostled and pushed protesters back as they shouted that Netanyahu “must go”. They also used water cannon.
Protesters say the demonstration was the biggest since the start of the war in Gaza nearly six months ago. Families of the captives have said will protest every night this week in a bid to “bring them home”.
Suspected drone hits building in Israeli’s southern resort city of Eilat
The Israeli military says there was a suspected drone attack. An Iraqi armed group has claimed responsibility.
Israeli media says a military building was damaged. No injuries have been reported.
US airman to start hunger strike to draw attention to plight of Gaza’s children
Veterans for Peace says US Air Force senior airman Larry Hebert will start a hunger strike to highlight the plight facing Gaza’s children.
Veterans for Peace is an association of former soldiers who advocate for peace, highlighting the costs of war and conflict.
Today active-duty Air Force Senior Airman Larry Hebert will begin a hunger strike to highlight the plight of the starving children of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/qRyVwBtsWS
— Veterans For Peace (@VFPNational) March 31, 2024
Israeli army says 600 soldiers killed since start of war
The Israeli military announced the death of a 20-year-old soldier, Nadav Cohen, and updated its overall toll to 600 killed since October 7.
Over 300 were killed on October 7th, the IDF is close to doubling it's own death toll with their revenge spree.
