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As the war rages in Gaza, US President Joe Biden says he hopes a ceasefire can come into effect early next week.
Here’s how things are going on Tuesday, February 27, 2024:
Fighting and humanitarian crisis
- The Israeli army shot dead three Palestinians during raids on the town of Tubas and the neighboring al-Far’a camp in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.
- Footage authenticated by Tel Aviv Tribune’s Sanad verification unit shows a large crowd of hungry and desperate Palestinians in Gaza City rushing for bags of flour.
- The Royal Jordanian Air Force has carried out aid airdrops off the coast of the Gaza Strip – the largest airdrop operation yet to deliver much-needed aid to millions of Palestinians amid restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities on the entry of aid by road into the territory.
- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reported that newborns are dying in Gaza because their mothers do not have access to proper care.
- The Palestinian prime minister announced the resignation of his government on Monday, paving the way for a reshuffle of the Palestinian Authority, which the United States hopes will eventually play a role in the post-war Gaza Strip.
- President Joe Biden said he hoped a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which would end hostilities and allow the release of remaining prisoners, could take effect early next week.
Regional tensions and diplomacy
- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday held the latest in a series of hearings examining the legal consequences of Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land.
- Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that the Israeli government had failed to comply with at least one measure of the ICJ’s legally binding order in the South Africa genocide case.
- HRW said Israel “continues to obstruct the provision of basic services and the entry and distribution of fuel and life-saving aid to Gaza, acts of collective punishment that amount to war crimes and include the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war.”
- At the UN, the US mission circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council that expresses support for diplomatic efforts to “urgently” reach a “ceasefire” agreement. temporary,” according to a copy seen by Tel Aviv Tribune’s Rami Ayari.
- The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed three unmanned surface ships, two mobile anti-ship cruise missiles and an attack drone on Monday over the Red Sea and in controlled areas of Yemen. by the Houthis.
Violence in the occupied West Bank
- Tel Aviv Tribune Arabic and local media report that Israeli forces attacked the Far’a camp, south of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank, leading to intense fighting with Palestinian resistance groups, including explosions.
- Raids and arrests were reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank.
