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

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-65cf4cf58f08dfb189f4e451#block-65cf4cf58f08dfb189f4e451

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

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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 #Gaza #Netanyahu

source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/17/middle-east-crisis-live-nasser-hospital-patients-gaza-hamas-israeli-raid?page=with:block-65d0ab8f8f08dfb189f4f0f6#block-65d0ab8f8f08dfb189f4f0f6

“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.

#Israel indicates timeline for planned #Rafah offensive

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/19/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-war-latest-news-updates-idf-rafah-attack-hostages-not-released-hamas-benny-gantz-benjamin-netanyahu-un-who-nasser-hospital?page=with:block-65d2d0368f08dfb189f4fe77#block-65d2d0368f08dfb189f4fe77

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/20/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-yemen-houthi-lebanon-hague-court-justice?page=with:block-65d4650d8f08f68df4ca9a84#block-65d4650d8f08f68df4ca9a84

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/22/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-65d7092d8f08aff1ffae31bd#block-65d7092d8f08aff1ffae31bd

#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

According to the #Israel Hayom newspaper, the song references the victims of the 7 October #Hamas attacks, with lyrics including: "They were all good children, each one of them."

#Eurovision organiser The EBU said it was currently assessing the song. The contest's rules forbid #PoliticalMessages, in a gesture to neutrality.

Israel's Eurovision entry under scrutiny over alleged reference to Hamas
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68379762

"There is a tiny, reed-thin chance that something better might come out of this horror show of a war. To grasp it, the #Palestinians need to be free of #Hamas and #Israelis free of #Netanyahu. Every day those men remain in power is a curse on both peoples – who have surely been cursed long enough." #Israel #Gaza

Hamas and Netanyahu are a curse on their peoples. Yet amid the horror, there is a sliver of hope | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/23/hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-rafah-talks-paris

"The population is fast losing patience with a leadership that they see as fanatical and corrupt, and willing to sacrifice democracy and hostages" #Israel #gaza

Israelis take little heed of global anger. But their contempt for #Netanyahu is growing | Dahlia Scheindlin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/25/israelis-take-no-heed-of-global-anger-but-contempt-for-benjamin-netanyahu-growing

Vietnamese buddhist monks used to set themselves aflame to protest the #VietnamWar. It's a fatal form of protest with great symbolic power.
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"A video posted online showed a man in a uniform shouting '#FreePalestine' as he burned while identifying himself as an active air force member. The man was reportedly on fire for about a minute before law enforcement put it out." #US #Israel #Gaza

Air force serviceman sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington DC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/25/man-set-himself-on-fire-israel-embassy

The #Houthis have been targeting vessels with connections to #Israel and Western countries, forcing dozens of shipping companies to take a 4,000-mile detour around the continent of #Africa at significantly higher costs and extra shipping days.

Unfortunately, resurging attacks coming from notorious piracy hotspots have shipping companies worried about the new route. #Gaza

#Houthi #RedSea Attacks Are Boon for Pirates as Ships Reroute
https://investingchannel.com/article/607225/houthi-red-sea-attacks-are-boon-for-pirates-as-ships-reroute

#US President #JoeBiden said #Israel has agreed not to engage in military activities during #Ramadan in the #GazaStrip, where it is at war with #Hamas militants, and said the Jewish state risked losing support from the rest of the world as #Palestinians die in high numbers.

Biden also said Israel had committed to make it possible for Palestinians to evacuate from #Rafah in #Gaza's south before its campaign against Hamas. #GazaCeasefire

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/biden-israel-agrees-to-halt-military-activity-over-ramadan-risks-losing-world-support

#US president appears upbeat as
#Hamas reportedly mulls 40-day
halt in fighting with Palestinian
#prisoners swapped for Israeli
#hostages. Additionally, hospitals and bakeries in #Gaza would be repaired, 500 aid trucks would enter into the strip daily and thousands of tents and caravans would be delivered for shelter. #Israel

#JoeBiden hopeful of #GazaCeasefire by Monday as details of proposal emerge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/26/israel-gaza-ceasefire-biden

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"[The #Houthi attacks] threaten a key maritime route essential for a significant share of global container traffic and over $1 trillion in annual merchandise,” Zera Zheng, #Maersk’s global head of business resilience consulting, said in a report by the World Economic Forum. #Israel #Gaza

#RedSea tensions’ impact on the oil and shipping market in the West
https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/red-sea-tensions-impact-on-the-oil-and-shipping-market-in-the-west/

The loss of civilian lives was the biggest in weeks. #Hamas said the incident could jeopardize talks in #Qatar aimed at securing a #ceasefire and the release of #IsraeliHostages it is holding. When asked if he thought it would complicate the talks, US President #JoeBiden said: “I know it will.” #Israel

More than 100 killed while seeking aid in #Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war-updates-march-1-2024/

The march is taking place amid complex and slow #hostage negotiations as the war churns on, so far claiming the lives of more than 30,000 people.The marchers are scheduled to arrive in #Jerusalem on Saturday. #Gaza

Hundreds march across #Israel to call attention to hostages held by #Hamas
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/02/29/gaza-hamas-war-hostage-families-march-to-jerusalem/3721709243693/

The #US said an extended #ceasefire was the most direct route to getting large-scale aid deliveries into #Gaza, and suggested that agreement was close.

At least 576,000 people in Gaza are “one step away from #famine” according to the #UN, and one in six #children under the age of two in northern Gaza are suffering from #AcuteMalnutrition and #wasting.

#Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as #Hamas response awaited – US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/israel-accepts-six-week-ceasefire-deal-as-hamas-response-awaited-us

That's true, but it won't be Netanyahu for much longer. #BennyGantz #Israel
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The official said #Netanyahu, #Israel’s prime minister, had a “tough talk” with Gantz about the trip and told him the country has “just one prime minister”.

Israeli cabinet member angers Netanyahu by taking 'unauthorised trip to Washington' - official
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/03/middle-east-crisis-live-hamas-ceasefire-talks-israel-gaza-latest-live-updates-news?page=with%3Ablock-65e48d1a8f0848c0e204daab#block-65e48d1a8f0848c0e204daab

"On March 2, 2024 #CaioDuilio, in her role of flagship of #OperationAspides, the vessel shot down a #drone launched by #Houthi rebels in the #RedSea using her 76 mm main gun. The drone, with characteristics similar to those used in previous attacks, was located about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Italian ship, flying towards it." - Caio Duillo [Wikipedia]

Italian warship forced to shoot down Houthi missile in Red Sea #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/italian-warship-forced-to-shoot-down-houthi-missile-in-red-sea

Operation Aspides https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aspides

The barring of Mr #BenGvir from attending intelligence briefings means the #SecurityMinister will now be left in the dark on key information about #NationalSecurity and intelligence. #Israel #Gaza

Israeli security minister is banned from intelligence meetings: Itamar Ben-Gvir is sidelined after he 'leaked a series of sensitive documents' and 'took illegal photos of secret briefing attendees'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13152189/Israeli-security-minister-banned-intelligence-meetings-Itamar-Ben-Gvir-leaked-sensitive-documents.html

Ships will have to obtain a permit from #Yemen's #Houthi-controlled #MaritimeAffairsAuthority before entering Yemeni waters, Houthi Telecommunications Minister Misfer Al-Numair said on Monday. #RedSea #Israel #Gaza

Ships entering Yemeni waters must obtain permit, Houthi minister says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ships-entering-yemeni-waters-must-obtain-permit-houthi-minister-says/ar-BB1jkl7V?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#PramilaPatten’s findings are based on interviews with released #hostages, whose testimony suggests #abuses are continuing in #Gaza. #Israel

#UN finds ‘convincing information’ that #Hamas raped and tortured Israeli hostages
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/un-envoy-reports-on-accounts-of-hamas-raping-and-torturing-israeli-hostages

The strong messages #Gantz received in private, which were accompanied by stronger public criticism from the #Biden administration in the last 48 hours, signal the #WhiteHouse has lost its patience with the Israeli government.

The #AidConvoy disaster in #Gaza last Thursday, during which more than 100 #Palestinians were killed, was a turning point for the Biden administration, #US officials tell Axios. #BennyGantz #Israel

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/israel-gaza-aid-benny-gantz-white-house

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#MANILA, #Philippines — Two #Filipinos have been killed while two were severely injured following a missile strike on a cargo vessel off #Yemen, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday.

The U.S. military said a missile attack by #Houthi rebels against the commercial ship #TrueConfidence on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. #Israel #Gaza #GulfOfAden

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/227199/2-filipinos-killed-2-severely-hurt-after-missile-attack-vs-cargo-vessel

The Indian Navy warship #INSKolkata successfully rescued 21 crew members, including one Indian national, from the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier #MVTrueConfidence after a maritime incident in the #GulfOfAden. The vessel was reportedly hit by a missile from #Yemen's #Houthi militants, resulting in three deaths and several people injured. #TrueConfidence #India #Israel #Gaza

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-indian-navy-warship-ins-kolkata-rescues-21-from-ship-hit-by-houthi-missile-5192833

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#MANILA, #Philippines — The remains of the two #Filipino seafarers who died from the missile strike in the #GulfOfAden were left in the ill-fated carrier vessel #TrueConfidence, Migrant Workers Officer-in-Charge #HansLeoCacdac said on Friday.

He emphasized that a salvaging operation would be conducted to retrieve the remains. #MVTrueConfidence #Houthi #Yemen #Israel #Gaza

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/227377/remains-of-2-filipino-seafarers

The #US plan to build a #FloatingPort off the #GazaCoast is a bold move, reminiscent of the #MulberryHarbours built after D-day in #Normandy, but there are serious concerns that what relief it brings will be too little too late for #Palestinians facing #starvation.

‘Who is going to distribute it?’: the key flaw in US’s plan to build aid port in Gaza | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/gaza-floating-port-aid-palestinians-impact

#Israel #IsraelGazaWar

Over in #Cyprus, #EUCommission president #UrsulaVonDerLeyen is holding talks with local leader #NikosChristodoulides in the latest fine-tuning of plans to create a maritime corridor from the east Mediterranean island to #Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-state-of-the-union-biden?page=with:block-65eadb5d8f08480e4918ba5c#block-65eadb5d8f08480e4918ba5c

#Israel #IsraelGazaWar

#MaritimeCorridor to #Gaza from #Cyprus could start this weekend, says #VonDerLeyen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-state-of-the-union-biden?page=with:block-65eae7ee8f087d93d3c5fb35#block-65eae7ee8f087d93d3c5fb35

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