Main events on April 13th
- Israeli forces have killed at least 37 people in attacks across Gaza on Sunday, including six brothers in a charity vehicle who were delivering desperately needed food to displaced Palestinians.
- The Palestinian Red Crescent says one of their paramedics who went missing during the Israeli attack that killed 15 emergency workers is in Israeli detention.
- The World Health Organization says at least one child died due to disruption of medical care after Israeli forces bombed the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, forcing hundreds of sick and wounded people to flee.
- Global condemnation is growing over the Israeli attack, which destroyed al-Ahli Hospital’s emergency room, laboratory, emergency room X-ray machines and the pharmacy.
- US forces are continuing bombing Yemen, killing at least five people and wounding 13 others in an attack on a factory near the capital, Sanaa, according to media reports.
- Yemen’s Houthis have claimed firing two ballistic missiles towards Israel, targeting the Ben Gurion International Airport.
Israeli attack kills six volunteer brothers delivering food in Gaza
Six brothers, aged between 10 and 34 years old, have been killed in an Israeli bombing as they were helping to deliver food to hungry Palestinians in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.
Zaki Abu Mahadi, the boys’ father, said his children had been helping people in need since the beginning of the war and that they didn’t carry weapons.
Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli bombing of al-Ahli Hospital
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s bombing of the hospital in the “strongest terms”, describing the attack as a “heinous crime” and a “flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, including international humanitarian law”.
The ministry called on the international community to take responsibility for stopping Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians and said the “repeated violations” were endangering Gaza’s health system.
The attack on the hospital has been widely condemned, including by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, which runs al-Ahli Hospital and which said the attack occurred on “Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian year”.
Egypt, Germany, Jordan, Qatar and the United Kingdom have also condemned the attack.
The strike damaged several hospital departments, including the pharmacy
