- Title: YEARENDER - Highlights of main world events for April 2024
- Date: 20th November 2024
- Summary: Palestinians in southern Gaza held morning prayers by the ruins of Rafah's al-Farouk mosque to mark the first day of Eid al-Fitr on April 10, six months into the Israeli air and ground campaign that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. RAFAH, GAZA (FILE - APRIL 10, 2024) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS SHOWING PALESTINIANS HOLDING EID AL-FITR PRAYERS BY THE RUINS OF AL-FAROUK MOSQUE Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on April 10, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh's family said. The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the attack, describing the three sons as operatives in the Hamas armed wing. The three sons - Hazem, Amir and Mohammad - were killed when the car they were driving in was bombed in Gaza's Al-Shati camp, Hamas said. Four of Haniyeh's grandchildren, three girls and a boy, were also killed in the attack, Hamas said. Asked about the four grandchildren killed in the airstrike, the Israeli military said there was "no information on that right now." GAZA CITY, GAZA (FILE - APRIL 10, 2024) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED CAR WHICH WAS TRANSPORTING SONS OF HAMAS LEADER, ISMAIL HANIYEH COVERED BODIES ON GROUND, PEOPLE LOOKING AT BODIES AND CONSOLING EACH OTHER The following day, Haniyeh denied his sons were fighters for the group when asked if their killing would impact talks. Speaking in Doha, Haniyeh told Reuters they were still seeking a ceasefire deal but that Israel was "procrastinating". DOHA, QATAR (FILE - APRIL 11, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO HANIYEH (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS LEADER, ISMAIL HANIYEH, SAYING: “We are seeking that (to reach a deal), but until this moment the Zionist enemy is still procrastinating and evading a response to the demands and offering what is requested to reach an agreement.” Surveillance footage on the night of April 12 captured the moment dozens of missiles were intercepted in the sky over the Israel-Lebanon border. The Israeli army said in a statement that 'approximately 40 launches were identified crossing from Lebanese territory. Most of the missiles were intercepted while the rest had fallen in open areas, the statement added. No injuries were reported. Israel continued to brace for an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for the killing last week of a senior officer in Iran's embassy in Damascus. KIRYAT SHMONA, ISRAEL (FILE - APRIL 12, 2024) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) MISSILE INTERCEPTION IN SKY OVER ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, AS SEEN FROM ISRAEL
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