Norobiik @#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
Nazzal told #AlJazeera that #Hamas fear that the Israelis are “not seriously committed to this deal”. He said the inclusion of the permanent ceasefire in the second stage of the agreement has been put there to test whether they are. #Israel #Gaza #GazaCeasefire
Hamas say no counterproposal details can be 'compromised', reports Al Jazeera
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/07/middle-east-crisis-live-diplomatic-push-to-secure-gaza-ceasefire-as-hamas-responds-to-plan?page=with:block-65c3500b8f08c26648889e09#block-65c3500b8f08c26648889e09
Some details of the #Hamas #ceasefire plan here:
Hamas draft three-stage ceasefire plan details, according to Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/07/middle-east-crisis-live-diplomatic-push-to-secure-gaza-ceasefire-as-hamas-responds-to-plan?page=with:block-65c3426a8f08c26648889dae#block-65c3426a8f08c26648889dae
Here are some of the latest images coming through from #Gaza, #Israel and #France on the newswires:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/07/middle-east-crisis-live-diplomatic-push-to-secure-gaza-ceasefire-as-hamas-responds-to-plan?page=with:block-65c347a78f08c26648889dcf#block-65c347a78f08c26648889dcf
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/07/middle-east-crisis-live-diplomatic-push-to-secure-gaza-ceasefire-as-hamas-responds-to-plan?page=with:block-65c347a78f08c26648889dcf#block-65c347a78f08c26648889dcf
Israeli prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of #Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern #Gaza town, reports the Associated Press (AP).
Netanyahu made the announcement Friday after international criticism of #Israel’s plan to invade the crowded town on #Egypt’s border.
#Moody's downgraded #Israel's #CreditRating on Friday, citing material political and fiscal risks for the country from its war with the Palestinian militant group #Hamas.
The impact of the conflict raises #PoliticalRisk and weakens Israel's executive and legislative institutions, and its #FiscalStrength for the foreseeable future.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/moodys-downgrades-israel-a2-2024-02-09/
Egypt will tear it up - they aren't bluffing.
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The #CampDavidAccords have been one of the foundations of peace between #Israel and #Egypt since they were struck in the wake of the 1973 #ArabIsraeliWar. Revoking them would spread further uncertainty in the volatile region
Invasion of #Rafah could threaten key Israel-Egypt peace treaty
https://www.politico.eu/article/invasion-rafah-threaten-key-isreal-egypt-peace-treaty-report-gaza-hamas/
...and if #Egypt does repudiate the #CampDavidAccords, don't expect the #AbrahamAccords the #UAE & #SaudiArabia signed with #Israel to last long either. It won't take much after that to spark the next deadly Middle East war.
Norobiik @[email protected] (@[email protected])
Egypt will tear it up - they aren't bluffing. ----- The #CampDavidAccords have been one of the foundations of peace between #Israel and #Egypt since they were struck in the wake of the 1973 #ArabIsraeliWar. Revoking them would spread further uncertainty in the volatile region Invasion of #Rafah could threaten key Israel-Egypt peace treaty https://www.politico.eu/article/invasion-rafah-threaten-key-isreal-egypt-peace-treaty-report-gaza-hamas/ Back toot: https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111867855016261784
#Israel’s defence forces say hostages were freed during a special raid in #Rafah as residents say two mosques and several houses were bombed
Two #IsraeliHostages freed in #Rafah, says IDF, as Palestinians report dozens of deaths | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/12/israeli-hostages-freed-rafah-idf-gaza-report-dozens-palestinians-killed-strikes
"It really, we think, is impossible to see how you can fight a war among these people, there is nowhere for them to go.
They can’t go south into #Egypt, they can’t go north and back to their homes because many have been destroyed." - #DavidCameron UK foreign secretary
#UK government 'deeply concerned' about planned offensive in #Rafah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/12/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-hostages-freed-rafah-strikes-latest-news?page=with:block-65ca18c18f08dea6cfed5896#block-65ca18c18f08dea6cfed5896
Relatives of two hostages rescued overnight from #Gaza have appealed for a broader deal between #Israel and #Hamas to secure the release of other people still held in the Palestinian territory.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/12/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-hostages-freed-rafah-strikes-latest-news?page=with:block-65c9f53c8f08dea6cfed56e1#block-65c9f53c8f08dea6cfed56e1
Former UK foreign secretary #WilliamHague says the decision to go into #Rafah where more than 1m #Palestinians are crammed “represents the most crucial strategic moment since the war,” and the moment #Israel has to choose between those that want to rely wholly on #deterrence and those that believe a #TwoStateSolution is the only route to peace."
Former UK foreign secretary calls for removal of #Netanyahu
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/13/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-ceasefire-deal-truce-agreement-joe-biden-prevent-rafah-offensive-latest-update-news?page=with:block-65cb39448f08978344f926c1#block-65cb39448f08978344f926c1
A #Hamas source has told news agency Agence France-Presse that a delegation is heading to #Cairo to meet Egyptian and Qatari mediators, after Israeli negotiators held talks with the mediators on Tuesday. #Egypt
Mediators are racing to secure a pause to the fighting before #Israel proceeds with a full-scale ground incursion into the #GazaStrip’s far-southern city of #Rafah, where more than 1.4 million #Palestinians are trapped.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/14/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-cairo-ceasefire-talks-latest-news?page=with:block-65cc766b8f084fe73a994044#block-65cc766b8f084fe73a994044
About 100 representatives of hostages flew to #TheHague on Wednesday to file a “#CrimesAgainstHumanity” complaint at the international criminal court (#ICC) against #Hamas, reports AFP
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/14/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-cairo-ceasefire-talks-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-65cc7bd78f08140417ebb680#block-65cc7bd78f08140417ebb680
#Netherlands argues that #Israel cannot be singled out for an #embargo, because the Dutch government exports parts to all countries in the #F35 programme under a single licence, labelled AV009.
#GazaWar threatens to shut down the West’s fifth-gen fighter programme
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/14/gaza-war-threatens-to-shut-down-the-wests-fifth-gen-fighter-programme
President grants deferral to about 6,000 #Palestinians for next 18 months, citing worsening humanitarian conditions in #Gaza. #Israel
#Biden signs order to shield Palestinians in #US from deportation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/biden-order-shields-palestinians-deportation
Named “#Philadelphi” after a randomly chosen Israeli military code name for what is also called the “#SaladinAxis”, the strategic corridor is a 14 kilometre-long and 100 metre-wide buffer zone. It was set up in accordance with the terms of the 1978 #CampDavidAccords between #Egypt and #Israel.
The ‘Philadelphi Corridor’: A goal for Netanyahu, a red line for Egypt
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240214-israel-egypt-philadelphi-corridor-goal-netanyahu-red-line-war
The ‘Philadelphi Corridor’: A goal for Netanyahu, a red line for Egypt
A narrow buffer zone between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the "Philadelphia Corridor" has come under increasing scrutiny as Israel plans a full-scale military offensive on Rafah, Gaza’s crammed, southernmost city near the border. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has repeatedly declared his country’s intention to take control of the strategic sliver of land. That has Egypt worried amid fears of a breakdown of the decades-old Egypt-Israel peace accords.
Hundreds of potential hostages per ship - a nightmare scenario.
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The ships include #Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and P&O Cruises' Arcadia, which were both due to head home to #Southampton via the #SuezCanal and #Mediterranean.
Both ships will now spend an extra seven to 10 days travelling around the southern tip of #Africa and home through the #Atlantic.
Cruises diverted from #RedSea after #Houthi attacks
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-68294622?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bmicrosoft%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D
The longer transits around the #CapeOfGoodHope are delaying the arrival of the empty vessels going back to #Asia to pick up more #US imports. The delays are impacting the consistency of trade which can impact the supply chain. #MaerskHangzhou
Shipping giant #Maersk says #red Sea vessel diversions could extend into second half of 2024
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/14/shipping-giant-maersk-doesnt-expect-red-sea-transits-anytime-soon.html
The strikes were the heaviest since cross-border exchanges began between militant groups in #Lebanon and the #IsraelDefenseForces (IDF) on 8 October, the day after #Hamas’s incursion in southern Israeli in which about 1,200 people were killed.
#Hezbollah vows to retaliate for civilian deaths in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/hezbollah-vows-to-retaliate-for-civilian-deaths-in-israeli-airstrikes-on-lebanon
#Israel has asked the #ICJ to dismiss a request by #SouthAfrica to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in #Gaza into the city of #Rafah. Israel argued that the emergency measures issued three weeks ago already cover “the situation of hostilities in Gaza as a whole”. #TheHague
Israel asks World Court to reject request for Rafah emergency orders
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/israel-asks-world-court-to-reject-request-for-rafah-emergency-orders
Here are some satellite images that show where #Egypt is reportedly setting up an area as a contingency measure along the Egypt-#Gaza border near #Rafah:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/16/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-rafah-hamas-biden-cairo-ceasefire-talks-live-news?page=with:block-65cf18658f0867c21574db5d#block-65cf18658f0867c21574db5d
With 1.5 million people now in #Rafah, these visuals show how destruction has travelled from north to south, leaving Gazan civilians with nowhere to turn. #Israel #Egypt
How #Gaza’s ‘safe’ city Rafah came to be on the precipice of catastrophe – visualised | #IsraelGazaWar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/how-gazas-safe-city-rafah-came-to-be-on-the-precipice-of-catastrophe-visualised
A spillover of refugees from #Gaza into #Egypt 'would be a disaster for the future of peace', says #UN high commissioner
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/16/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-rafah-hamas-biden-cairo-ceasefire-talks-live-news?page=with:block-65cef4dc8f08fee2fe08bd5e#block-65cef4dc8f08fee2fe08bd5e
Sudan is on the verge of becoming a failed nation-state - just like #Yemen.
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Attacks by #Houthi forces against ships in the #RedSea are holding up shipments of vital aid to #Sudan and driving up costs for cash-strapped humanitarian agencies in the east African country, where conflict has put millions at risk of famine. #Israel #Gaza
Houthi attacks in Red Sea having a ‘catastrophic’ effect on aid to Sudan
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/16/houthi-attacks-in-red-sea-having-a-catastrophic-effect-on-aid-to-sudan
#Russia has invited #Hamas and other Palestinian factions including #Fatah to Moscow for talks on the #Israel-Hamas war and other issues in the #MiddleEast
The #ICJ's judges acknowledged that the recent developments "'would exponentially increase what is already a #HumanitarianNightmare with untold regional consequences'" but, although #Israel needed to act immediately to ensure the safety and security of #Palestinians, that did not require "the indication of additional provisional measures" #TheHague #Rafah
Top #UN court rejects #SouthAfrica request for more #Gaza measures
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240216-top-un-court-rejects-s-africa-request-for-more-gaza-measures
Throughout the bloodshed, #Sinwar has managed to stay one step ahead of the Israeli forces pursuing him.
Every day he remains at large is an act of defiance, and the Israeli military has vowed there won’t be many more of them. #Israel #Gaza
Hunt for #Hamas leader #YahyaSinwar heats up after video emerges
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-manhunt-leader-yahya-sinwar-video-tunnels-gaza-rcna139032
#Israel has not presented specific evidence that #Hamas is diverting #UN aid, and its recent targeted killings of #Gaza police commanders safeguarding truck convoys have made it “virtually impossible” to distribute the goods safely, a top US envoy said in rare public criticism of Israel reports The Associated Press (AP).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/17/middle-east-crisis-live-nasser-hospital-patients-gaza-hamas-israeli-raid?page=with:block-65d0a58c8f08fee2fe08cc84#block-65d0a58c8f08fee2fe08cc84
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/17/middle-east-crisis-live-nasser-hospital-patients-gaza-hamas-israeli-raid?page=with:block-65d0a58c8f08fee2fe08cc84#block-65d0a58c8f08fee2fe08cc84
“How can we possibly allow another #Nakba? Have we really lost our minds?”
The #UN special rapporteur on #Palestine has slammed #Netanyahu’s pledge to push on with #Israel’s ground offensive in the city of #Rafah in #Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2715024
Rabbi #JonathanWittenberg created controversy last week with a moving plea about the pain of Israelis after 7 October and the plight of #Rafah’s Gazans. #Israel #UK
#Hamas cruelty, #Gaza’s ordeal and a tide of fear sweeping #Britain’s Jews | #AntiSemitism
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/17/hamas-gaza-britains-jews-rabbi-jonathan-wittenberg
Gantz made similar comments on a timeline on Friday, according to the Times of Israel, but otherwise, the Israeli government has not previously specified a deadline for its planned assault on the city where most of the 1.7 million displaced #Palestinians have sought refuge. #Gaza #BennyGantz
#Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, is expected to begin on 10 March.
After the attacks, 200,000 people were evacuated from #Israel's border areas - both the southern border with #Gaza and the northern border with #Lebanon, where the #Iran-backed group #Hezbollah, in support of Hamas, has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces.
'Evacuating was a mistake': Israelis push to return to border homes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68338551
#UN agency #Unicef has warned the #Gaza Strip is poised to witness an increase in what an official said was “the already unbearable level of #ChildDeaths” due to a worsening #FoodCrisis. #Israel
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (#ASBMs) in the #RedSea has spurred interest in #Asia about the systems used to shoot them down, experts and industry officials say - although #China, with its huge ASBM arsenal, presents a tougher challenge. #Israel #Gaza #Houthi
Red Sea ballistic missile attacks trigger Asian interest in defences
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/other/red-sea-ballistic-missile-attacks-trigger-asian-interest-in-defences/ar-BB1iDm4A
Though slower than an airborne #SuicideDrone, a #UUV is harder to detect and more likely to hit a slow, vulnerable cargo ship below the waterline - with deadly effect.
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The #Houthis have a new weapon to use in their attacks on ships in the #RedSea; Iranian-made uncrewed underwater vessels, or #UUVs. #Israel #Yemen #Gaza
The Houthis have underwater drones now
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-houthis-have-underwater-drones-now/vi-BB1iFdqd?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&pc=EMMX01&cvid=9164e7e9dfba47809e0ca30688889d9c&ei=21
The principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (#IASC), the coordinating body of global humanitarian organisations, released a statement on Wednesday in which it said “civilians in #Gaza are in extreme peril while the world watches on”. It listed ten requirements “to avoid an even worse catastrophe”. #Israel
#UN attempt to deliver 10 convoys of food aid to northern #Gaza over seven days was suspended earlier this week after trucks were looted by crowds, a driver was beaten and gunfire reported amid chaotic scenes. #Israel
Gaza aid deliveries paused amid ‘incredible level of desperation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/un-agency-pauses-gaza-food-aid-deliveries-after-looting-and-gunfire
The intelligence report, released last week, declared it had “low confidence” in the basic claim that a handful of staff had participated in the attack.
It also cast doubt on accusations that the #UN agency was collaborating with #Hamas in a wider way.
#US intelligence has ‘low confidence’ in some of Israel’s #UNRWA claims, report says | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/us-intelligence-unrwa-hamas
The panel of experts said there was evidence of a least two cases of #rape, alongside other cases of #SexualHumiliation and threats of rape. #ReeAlsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, said the true extent of #SexualViolence could be significantly higher.
Claims of Israeli sexual assault of Palestinian women are credible, UN panel says | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/claims-of-israeli-sexual-assault-of-palestinian-women-are-credible-un-panel-says
DROP\ TABLE Hacker of Earthsea@Norobiik it is kind of ironic that Gaza built their own prison by their own actions.