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Main events on April 18th
- Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 58 people have been killed by Israeli attacks since dawn on Friday.
- An Israeli air raid has hit a makeshift barber shop in Khan Younis, killing at least six people.
- More US attacks hit Yemen as the death toll in overnight attacks on Ras Isa port goes up to 80.
- Hezbollah “will not let anyone disarm” it, the Lebanese group’s leader, Naim Qassem, said, as the US presses Lebanon to compel the group to hand over its weapons.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry says two people have been killed in separate Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon.
- UNRWA stated that it estimates nearly 420,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the Gaza ceasefire broke down on March 18.
US ‘holds the most cards’ to stop Israel’s war on Gaza
Analysts at the International Crisis Group say that while Trump “has the power to influence” Israel’s policies, the question is: Will he?
“While Trump is aligned with Israel’s objectives, he has made clear that he wants to see results. He may even want to have something in place by the time he travels to Saudi Arabia in May,” they wrote in a briefing note on the situation in Gaza.
“During Netanyahu’s visit to the White House in early April, Trump said that he would ‘like to see the war stop, and I think the war will stop at some point. That won’t be in the too distant future’. So far, however, there is no sign that he is going to turn this vaguely expressed preference into a forceful policy.”
At the same time, the analysts said Israeli leaders “seem convinced that Hamas has been damaged enough for the army to swoop in for the kill”.
“Despite vocal dissent in Israel over the hostages, the government still has the capacity and will to fight on, bolstered by US backing and diplomatic cover. Moreover, even if it falls short of its goals of destroying Hamas and recovering the hostages, Israel holds out hope of achieving its larger plans for depopulating Gaza.”
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli attack targeting tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, April 17
US is also literally fueling the war, so much it's just as much US' war on Gaza and the Middle East.
Israeli military attacks tent in southern Gaza, killing 5
An Israeli military helicopter has attacked a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least five people, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.
Medical sources in Gaza have told Al Jazeera that at least 64 people have now been killed in Israeli raids across the Strip since dawn on Friday.
So much for 'Good Friday'
