Israel and Hamas performed down possibilities of a breakthrough in ceasefire talks quickly, a day after US President Joe Biden stated it was imminent.
Right here’s how issues stand on Tuesday, February 28, 2024:
Preventing and humanitarian disaster
- Gaza’s Ministry of Well being stated 96 individuals have been killed and 172 wounded over the previous 24 hours, in its most up-to-date each day replace.
- The Palestine Purple Crescent Society additionally launched footage of its ambulance groups looking for survivors beneath the rubble on the scene of an Israeli air assault within the metropolis of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
- In the meantime, a two-year-old Palestinian little one referred to as Khaled died after consuming bread created from animal feed within the northern Gaza Strip.
- The UN Inhabitants Fund stated Al-Helal Al-Emairati Maternity Hospital in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah reported that newborns have been dying as a result of moms have been unable to get prenatal or postnatal care.
- Now the prospect of an invasion of Rafah has prompted international alarm over the destiny of practically 1.4 million civilians trapped there. [I’m afraid we’ve been oscillating between 1.4 and 1.5 million]
Regional tensions and diplomacy
- On Tuesday, Israel and Hamas performed down possibilities of an imminent breakthrough in talks for a ceasefire in Gaza, after US President Joe Biden stated Israel had agreed to pause its offensive in the course of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to launch some captives.
- Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar have been working to dealer a ceasefire that might see Hamas free a number of the captives it holds in change for the discharge of Palestinian prisoners.
- And because the struggle continues, with UN truck deliveries of support hampered by the dearth of protected corridors, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and France airdropped meals, medical provides and different support into Gaza on Tuesday.
- At a seashore in southern Gaza, containers of provides dropped from army plane drifted down on parachutes as hundreds of Palestinians ran alongside the sand to retrieve them.
- Individually, within the US, President Joe Biden renewed his name for legislators to approve a international support invoice that features $14bn for Israel in addition to help for Ukraine and Taiwan.
Violence within the occupied West Financial institution
- Within the West Financial institution, the Israeli army stormed town of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, the Wafa information company reported.
- Wafa stated that Israeli forces, supported by army automobiles and bulldozers, have destroyed infrastructure together with roads in each town and the camp.