• The UN “condemns” the Israeli strike in Damascus
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ” sentenced “ THE « violations » By Israel of the territorial sovereignty of Syria, including the strike near the presidential palace in Damascus, said its spokesman on Friday May 2.
“It is essential that these attacks cease and that Israel respects the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and independence of Syria”said Stéphane Dujarric, on the other hand, of confessional violence.
• In Gaza, 29 dead in Israeli strikes
The civil defense of the Gaza Strip reported 29 people killed in new Israeli strikes on the small Palestinian territory devastated by the war and which Israel has been subjecting a total blockade for two months.
An official of this first aid organization announced that 20 people had died in Israeli bombings since dawn: six in Beit Lahia (North), nine in the refugee camp in Al-Bureij (center), three near Khan Younès (South) and two in a western district of Gaza-Ville (North).
The civil defense then reported nine additional killed people in two strikes: six in Gaza-Ville, and three near Khan Younès.
• Lebanon warns Hamas against the use of its territory
The highest security body in Lebanon launched a warning to the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Friday, May 2 against the use of its territory for its territory “Actions infringing national security”.
This declaration of the High Defense Council, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, occurs after recent rocket fire from Lebanon to Israel having resulted in Israeli strikes in retaliation. “Strict (…) measures (…) will be taken to put an end to any act violating Lebanese sovereignty”said this body.
A ship responsible for assistant to Gaza attacked
Freedom flotilla activists have said that one of their ships responsible for humanitarian aid on the road to the Gaza Strip had been attacked by Israeli drones in international waters off Malta.
“At 12:23 am, Maltese time, conscience, a ship of the coalition of the Liberty Flotilla, was directly attacked in international waters”said the organization in a statement. “Armed drones attacked the front of an unarmed civilian ship twice, causing a fire and a large breach in the hull”she added, by attributing the attack to Israel.
Israel did not immediately comment on these allegations.
• Humanitarian operations “by the collapse”
Humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip are “On the verge of total collapse”warned the International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday May 2, after two months of total blockade of any assistance entry by Israel.
“If the rescue routing does not immediately resume, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will not have the food, drugs and basic necessities it needs to pursue many of the programs it leads to Gaza”underlines the ICRC in a press release.
• Missiles drawn from Yemen
The Israeli army announced Friday noon preparing to intercept a new missile from Yemen, the second in less than 12 hours, and a detonation that can correspond to an interception was heard a few minutes later in the distance, from Jerusalem.
The Israeli armed forces had announced earlier in the morning of intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, a shot claimed by the Houthist rebels supported by Iran.
“Following mermaids that have little time ago in several regions of Israel, a missile launched from Yemen has been intercepted”said the Israeli army in a brief press release on Telegram. The machine was intercepted before it entered Israeli territory, it was specified.
• Israeli strikes on the presidential palace district in Damascus
The Israeli army has announced that it has bombed the presidential palace district in Damascus at dawn, after having threatened the Syrian government with reprisals if it did not protect the Druze minority.
“Combat planes have struck the surroundings of the palace”wrote the Israeli army on Telegram. “It is a clear message sent to the Syrian regime. We will not allow forces (Syrian) to be dispatched south of Damascus or threaten any way the Druze community “said in a statement, published in English by the newspaper Times of Israel, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Defense Israel Katz.
