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03-01-2024
JERUSALEM: Israeli officials dismiss concerns over settler violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank after US sanctions four Israeli settlers for their role in undermining ‘peace, security, and stability’.
Qatar says Hamas has responded positively to receiving proposal to halt the war in Gaza, but that final deal is “weeks” away.
Israeli Defence Minister Gallant says Rafah, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to escape violence, is Israeli army’s next target for ground assault.
Palestinians released after being detained by Israeli forces in Gaza share harrowing accounts of suffering and torture while being held in Israel.
At least 27,019 people have been killed and 66,139 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
US President Joe Biden has signed an “executive order” imposing sanctions on four Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank for their roles in carrying out attacks on Palestinian residents and property.
Continued heavy fighting in the vicinity of the Nasser and al-Amal hospitals in Khan Younis is “jeopardizing the safety” of medical staff, the wounded, and internally displaced people sheltering inside the facilities, the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, has said in its daily update.
Both hospitals are suffering from a “serious shortage of oxygen” to treat patients, the agency added.
OCHA also reports that thousands of Palestinians continue to flee to Rafah, saying the southern city is now hosting more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people.
The UN said that, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 118 Palestinians were killed and 190 were injured between the afternoons of January 31 and February 1.
The US defence secretary spoke with the Israeli defence minister about shifting to “low-intensity operations in Gaza”, support for a diplomatic solution along the Israel-Lebanon border and stability in the occupied West Bank.
Austin also reportedly “thanked Minister Gallant for his efforts” in ensuring the uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The UN and humanitarian agencies have repeatedly said aid entering Gaza is only a fraction of what’s needed on the ground in the besieged enclave. On Thursday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, “Everyone is hungry in Gaza”.
Many statements from Israeli officials essentially are downplaying settler violence across the occupied West Bank against Palestinians.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a majority of those who live in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank are “law-abiding citizens”. Many of them are currently serving in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Netanyahu then ended his statement by saying that anyone who violates Israel’s laws is prosecuted.
However, we know that is incorrect given just how many attacks on Palestinians there have been in the last four months alone. (Int’l News Desk)
