🔴 Live: Israeli strike kills at least 36 Syrian soldiers near Aleppo

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ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

An Israeli air strike on Syria's Aleppo province killed at least 36 Syrian soldiers on Friday, according to a war monitor, which added that Hezbollah weapons depots were located in the area. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in Israel's war on Hamas.

Issued on: 29/03/2024 - 04:59Modified: 29/03/2024 - 07:07

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An Israeli Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter plane performs at an air show at Israel’s Hatzerim base in the Negev desert on June 29, 2017.

Summary:

The Syrian army says Israeli air strikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo have killed at least 36 Syrian soldiers, wounded several people and caused material damage.
Thousands of Jordanians rallied near the Israeli embassy on Thursday in a fifth day of large protests against Israel calling for an end to Jordan's unpopular peace treaty with its neighbour to the west.
At least 32,552 Palestinians have been killed and 74,980 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:

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to tackle crippling shortages in the war-ravaged enclave.
Palestinian Authority prime minister Mohammad Mustafa formed a new cabinet on Thursday in which he will also serve as foreign minister, making an immediate ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza a top priority.
France will provide over €30 million ($32.41 million) to UNRWA, the embattled United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, this year to support its operations in Gaza, the foreign ministry said.
Israel has not received every weapon that it has sought from its US ally, in part because President Joe Biden's administration is not willing to provide at least some of them, the top US general told reporters.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's top court for a new delay on compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews, an issue that has put his ruling coalition at risk.
The White House has called on Israel and Lebanon to put a high priority on restoring calm after new deadly border crossfire and Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah.
Air strikes and intense fighting continued on Thursday around three hospitals in Gaza, raising fears for patients, medical staff and displaced people inside them.
Southern Gaza came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight Wednesday into Thursday despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire.

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)

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)