- Hamas delegation has left Cairo with an official with the group saying Israel “thwarted” all attempts by mediators to reach an agreement.
- Israel has “consistently and groundlessly” blocked aid operations for Gaza even as the enclave falls deeper into famine, according to a new report based on interviews with government officials, humanitarian workers, and NGO staff.
- South Africa requests additional action, immediate ceasefire order from International Court of Justice to prevent “full-scale famine” in Gaza.
- Houthi-claimed strike on cargo ship causes first deaths since group began attacks on Red Sea shipping in response to Israel’s war on Gaza.
- At least 30,800 Palestinians have been killed and 72,198 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
White House seeks list of all upcoming Israel arms shipmentsThe White House has tasked the State Department and the Pentagon with compiling a roster of pending arms transfers to Israel, reports Axios, citing four US officials.The officials said the request was not an indication that Biden is considering suspending or conditioning Israeli weapons shipments in the near future. However, it does come as Biden faces growing scrutiny for his staunch backing of Israel — and amid US fears that Netanyahu cannot be deterred from a likely bloody invasion into Rafah.Earlier this week, over 30 Democrats in the House of Representatives penned a letter to Biden stating that Israel’s expected invasion of Rafah would likely disqualify it from US aid because Israel has not provided “credible assurances” it would respect international humanitarian law.Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, in comments to the Washington Post today, said: “If Israel launches an offensive in Rafah without adequately protecting the displaced civilian population, it may precipitate an unprecedented crisis in US-Israel relations, even involving arms supplies.”Click here to share on social media
- Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes S Africa’s request for ICJ emergency measuresThe Palestinian Foreign Ministry has welcomed South Africa’s request to the ICJ to order additional emergency measures against Israel, citing “engineered famine, starvation, and destitution” in Gaza.“The Palestinian people are no longer at immediate risk of death by starvation. Israel is massacring the Palestinian people seeking to obtain extremely limited humanitarian aid,” it said in a statement.“Israel, through its deliberate acts and omissions, is knowingly and unabatedly violating the Genocide Convention and is defying the provisional measures of the ICJ.”On Wednesday, South Africa asked the ICJ to order additional emergency measures against Israel.In February, South Africa had lodged an “urgent request” with the ICJ to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting Rafah breached provisional orders the court handed down on January 26.Click here to share on social media
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[Mohammed Salem/Reuters]Click here to share on social media- Qatar joins global condemnation of planned Israeli settlement expansionThe Qatari Foreign Ministry has said it condemns Israel’s plans to build 3,500 new illegal settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank “in the strongest terms”.In a press release, the ministry said Israel’s efforts to “Judaize large parts of the West Bank” constitute a “flagrant violation of international law” and undermine a potential two-state solution. It called on the international community to pressure Israel to halt such settlement policies.Israel has already received a wave of global backlash over the massive settlement expansion project in three communities near Jerusalem, even from staunch allies such as Germany and the US.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-20-starve-to-death-in-gaza-more-feared-dead
