Israel’s conflict on Gaza: List of key occasions, day 138 | Israel War on Gaza News | USAEMALL.com

The US vetoes a supported UN decision demanding a right away humanitarian ceasefire, whereas ICJ hearings proceed.

Here’s how issues stand on Wednesday, February 21, 2024:

Fighting and humanitarian disaster

• Doctors Without Borders, recognized by its French initials MSF, stated the Israeli army has bombed a shelter internet hosting MSF workers in al-Mawasi close to Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
• In the 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday afternoon, 103 Palestinians have been reported killed and 142 injured by Israeli assaults on Gaza, in keeping with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

• The World Food Programme stated it has paused deliveries of meals to remoted northern Gaza due to assaults and the breakdown of civil order within the area. The weakening of the help operations threatens to deepen distress throughout the territory, the place Israel’s air and floor offensive has killed over 29,000 Palestinians.

Regional tensions and Diplomacy

• The US vetoed an Arab-backed and extensively supported UN decision demanding a right away humanitarian ceasefire in Israel’s conflict on Gaza.
• Before the vote, Algeria’s UN Ambassador Amar Bendjama stated: “A vote in favour of this draft resolution is a support to the Palestinians’ right to life. Conversely, voting against it implies an endorsement of the brutal violence and collective punishment inflicted against them.”
• China’s Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun stated that the US’s veto “stifles” an “overwhelming consensus” among the many UNSC’s members on a ceasefire in Gaza.
• Separately, South Africa argued on the United Nations’ high courtroom that Israel is accountable for apartheid towards the Palestinians and that Israel’s occupation of land hunted for a Palestinian state is “inherently and fundamentally illegal”. Israel rejects such claims.
• The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has described Israeli troopers’ reported looting of properties in Gaza as a “symptom of genocide and ethnic cleansing”.
• And in Yemen, the Houthi rebels claimed they struck an Israeli cargo ship, the MSC Silver, within the Gulf of Aden close to the doorway to the Red Sea with quite a lot of missiles.

At right now’s session, Amb. Dr. Riyad Mansour condemned the Security Council’s failure to name for a #ceasefire in #Gaza “By the time this session ends, over 25 #Palestinians will be dead due to the Council’s inaction, It means more babies will be murdered.” @AlgeriaUN @UN #UNSC pic.twitter.com/J9d0LT3bvs

— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) February 21, 2024

Violence within the occupied West Bank

• Israeli forces destroyed infrastructure and fired stay rounds in Jenin, as raids on dozens of properties proceed within the metropolis within the occupied West Bank, in keeping with the Palestinian information company Wafa.
• The Israeli army stated it had focused a “terrorist cell” with an air strike in Jenin, killing three individuals. Palestinian armed teams stated that they had responded by utilizing explosive units towards Israeli army automobiles.
• Israeli forces additionally arrested a minor within the city of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.