🔴 Live: Israel admits series of 'grave mistakes' in killing of aid workers in Gaza

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Israel said Friday it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" in Gaza when it killed seven aid workers whose deaths caused an international outcry, with its military admitting a series of "grave mistakes" and violations of its own rules of engagement. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on Israel's war on Hamas.

Issued on: 05/04/2024 - 03:04Modified: 05/04/2024 - 13:27

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A person looks at a vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO as the Israeli military said it was co

Summary:

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted to demand a halt to all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people according to the territory’s health ministry.
Israel will allow "temporary" aid deliveries via its border with the northern Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office announced Friday, reopening the Erez crossing into the famine-threatened territory for the first time since the October 7 attacks that sparked the war.
Israel also approved the temporary use of Ashdod port and the expanded entry of aid from Jordan via the Kerem Shalom crossing into southern Gaza, Netanyahu’s office said.
CIA director William Burns is expected to travel to Cairo this weekend to meet with his Egyptian and Israeli counterparts and the Qatari prime minister to try to reach a breakthrough in talks on releasing hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.
At least 33,091 Palestinians have been killed and 75,750 wounded since Israel began its offensive on Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Around 1,140 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.

Yesterday's key developments:

US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a phone call that Washington's policy on the Gaza war depends on Israel's protection of aid workers and civilians in the Palestinian territory. Biden also told Netanyahu to reach an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, the White House said in a statement.
US support for Israel's defence remains "ironclad" despite Biden's warning to Netanyahu, the White House said.
More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the UK Supreme Court, called on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel.
A Hamas official said there has been no progress in Gaza ceasefire talks despite the movement showing flexibility.
Celebrity chef and founder of the World Central Kitchen charity group Jose Andres told Reuters that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his aid workers in Gaza had targeted them "systematically, car by car".

About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.

The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.

The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.

In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN's counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.

For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.

(FRANCE 24 with AP)

For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)